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ANGEL GIL-ORDÓÑEZ, conductor
Resume
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Leadership Positions
Music Director and Co-founder
PostClassical Ensemble
Washington, DC
2002-Present
Artistic and Educational Advisor
Trinitate Philarmonia
León, Mexico
2009-Present
Principal Guest Conductor
Perspectives Ensemble – New York
2012-Present
Music Director (Adjunct Professor)
Georgetown University Orchestra
Washington, DC
2012-Present
Music Director and Co-founder
IberArtists New York, Inc.
1997-Present
Director of Orchestral Studies (Adjunct Professor)
Music Director and Conductor
Wesleyan Ensemble of the Americas
Wesleyan University Orchestra
Wesleyan University Concert Choir
Professor of Conducting
Director of Private Lessons,
Chamber Music and Ensembles Program
Wesleyan University (Connecticut)
1998-2012
Music Director and Founder
musica aperta washington
Washington, DC
1997-2001
Associate Conductor
National Symphony Orchestra of Spain
Madrid, Spain
1991-1993
Music Director and Founder
Academia de Madrid
Principal Guest Conductor
Classical Orchestra of Madrid
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Music Director and Conductor
Orchestra and Choir of the Spanish Cultural Institute
Munich, Germany
1986-1991
Guest Conducting
ORCHESTRAS:
-China:
Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra
-France:
Paris Philharmonic Orchestra
-Germany:
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Orchestra
University of Mainz Symphony Orchestra
Gauting Symphony Orchestra.
-Italy:
Opera di Trieste Symphony Orchestra
-Mexico:
Opera de Bellas Artes Symphony Orchestra (Mexico City)
Xalapa Symphony Orchestra
Guanajuato Symphony Orchestra.
-Panama:
National Symphony Orchestra
-Peru:
National Youth Symphony Orchestra
-Spain:
National Orchestra of Spain
Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Orchestras of Madrid, Galicia, Asturias, Bilbao, Castilla y León, Málaga, Córdoba,
and Valencia.
Classical Orchestra of Madrid
Academia de Madrid
Camara XXI Chamber Orchestra
Andrés Segovia Chamber Orchestra
Reina Sofía Chamber Orchestra
Sa Nostra Chamber Orchestra.
-Switzerland:
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Solists de Berne Chamber Orchestra
-USA:
Brooklyn Philharmonic (New York)
American Composers Orchestra (New York)
Orchestra of St. Luke’s (New York)
National Gallery Orchestra (Washington DC)
Pacific Symphony Orchestra (California)
Hartford Symphony Orchestra (Connecticut)
Boulder Philharmonic (Colorado)
Perspectives Ensemble (New York)
Colorado Opera Symphony Orchestra (Denver)
Santa Fe Chamber Orchestra (New Mexico)
CHOIRS:
-Germany:
Schütz Choir of Munich
Choir of the University of Mainz
-Spain:
Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid
Coro de Valencia
Escolanía de Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados (Valencia)
Coro Ars Nova (Madrid)
Coro del Teatro Lírico Nacional de Madrid
-USA:
Opera Colorado Choir (Denver)
Woodley Ensemble (Washington, DC)
St. Paul’s Parish Boy and Girl Chorister and Men’s Schola (Washington, DC)
The Collegiate Chorale (New York City)
Morgan State University Choir (Baltimore)
Georgetown University Chamber Singers (Washington, DC)
Washington Bach Consort (Washington, DC)
Choral Arts Society (Washington, DC)
Washington National Cathedral Boy and Girl Choristers (Washingotn, DC)
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OPERA:
-Italy:
Opera de Trieste
-Mexico:
Bellas Artes Opera
-Spain:
Teatro Lírico Nacional
-USA:
Opera Colorado (Denver)
Mount Vernon College Opera Company (Washington DC)
Strathmore Music Center (Bethesda, MD)
BALLET:
-Mexico:
Pilar Rioja Ballet Company (Mexico City)
-Spain:
Ballet de Víctor Ullate (Madrid)
-USA:
María Benítez Ballet Company (New Mexico)
Gabriela Granados Ballet Company (New York)
Pilar Rioja Ballet Company (New York)
Peridance Contemporary Dance Company (New York)
FESTIVALS:
-Germany:
Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
-Mexico:
Festival Internacional Cervantino (Guanajuato)
-Spain:
Festival Internacional de Galicia
Festival de Peralada (Barcelona)
Festival de Sagunto (Valencia)
Festival de Fuengirola (Málaga)
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Recordings
RTVE Label:
Los Sueños de Manuel de Falla. Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra of Spain
SGAE Label:
Young Spanish Composers. Camara XXI chamber orchestra
Trompa Records:
Música Cinematografica by Manuel Balboa. Symphony Orchestra of Galicia
NickelOdeon II Records:
Film music by Jose Luis Garci. Soundtrack from Academy Award “El Abuelo”. Madrid
Symphony Orchestra.
Naxos DVDs and CDs:
Restored Soundtrack of New Deal Documentaries The Plow that Broke the Plains and The River
by Virgil Thomson. PostClassical Ensemble. Floyd King, narrator (DVD and CD). World
Premiere recording (Naxos Artist of the Week)
Restored Soundtrack of The City by Aaron Copland. PostClassical Ensemble. Francis Guinan,
narrator (DVD). World Premiere recording (Naxos Artist of the Week)
Discover Film Music. PostClassical Ensemble. Works by Virgil Thomson (CD)
Xavier Monsalvatge. Madrigal. Perspectives Ensemble. Sasha Cooke and Tim Fain, soloists. CD
Hiawatha Melodrama. Beckerman/Horowitz. Arrangements by Angel Gil-Ordóñez.
PostClasscial Ensemble. Kevin Deas, narrator and bass soloist. CD
PRIZES
Composition Prize at the II Certamen de Música Coral Alavesa
Alava (Spain)
1985
WAMMIE award in the category of best conductor
from the Washington DC association of professional musicians
2011
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HONORS
In 2006, the King of Spain awarded Mr. Gil-Ordóñez the country’s highest civilian decoration,
the Royal Order of Queen Isabella, which is equivalent to a knighthood, for his work in
advancing Spanish culture in the world, in particular for performing and teaching Spanish music
in its cultural context.
EDUCATION
-Conducting Studies With Sergiu Celibidache
1986-1992
Münchner Philharmoniker (Munich, Germany).
Mainzer Universität-Musikhochschule (Mainz, Germany). Seven Semesters
Five Master Classes (Cluny and Paris, France)
Three Conducting Courses at the Scuola di Alto Perfezionamiento Musicale (Saluzzo, Italy)
Two Assistantships at the Orchesterakademie des Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival (Germany)
-Germany:
Composition studies with Günter Bialas,
Paul Engel and Friedrich Schwenk (Munich)
Violin Master Classes with Rony Rogoff (Oberuff)
-France:
Studies of Contemporary Music at the Centre Acanthes (Paris)
Iannis Xenakis (Composition), Irvin Arditti (Violin),
James Wood (Choral Conducting)
Claude Helffer and Rudolph Frisius (Analysis)
Centre Acanthes
Conducting Master Classes with Pierre Boulez (Avignon)
-Spain:
Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Summer Courses
Musical Analysis Master Classes with Paul Badura-Skoda
Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid
Violin, Polyphony and Choir Conducting,
Harmony, Counterpoint, Music History
Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid
Violin Master Classes with Wladimiro Martín
Violin studies (privately) with Angel Ortiz Valverde
Choral Conducting studies with M. Carmen Ruiz-Simó and Pascual Ortega
Grant for the XV Curso Internacional Manuel de Falla (Granada)
Grant for the XXVII Curso de Música en Compostela (Santiago de Compostela)
Curso de Dirección Coral Castillo de la Mota (Valladolid)
Voice studies (private) with Ana María Iriarte
Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid
Musical Analysis Master Classes with Jacques Chailley
1987-1990
1989
1985
1988
1989
1978-1985
1982
1983-1985
1984
1984-1985
1985
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OTHER STUDIES
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Ingeniero de Obras Públicas (Hidrología)
1975-1980
STUDY GRANTS
Centre Acanthes (Paris)
Banco de España
Performing Arts Grant
Ministerio Español de Cultura
Performing Arts Grant
1985
1989
1990
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Research Grant at the Residencia de Estudiantes
1991-1993
OTHER TEACHING
CONDUCTING:
1987-1992
Maestro Celibidache Conducting Class (Assistant): Courses in
Munich (Munich Philharmonic), University of Mainz, SchleswigHolstein Orchesterakademie, France (Cluny), Italy (Scuola di Alto
Perfezionamiento Musicale, Saluzzo)
1990
Choir Conducting Course at the National Conservatory in Madrid
1993, 1994 and 1995
Master Classes at the National Symphony Orchestra of Panama.
1997
Master Classes at the National Conservatory, Mexico City
2011
Master Classes at the National Conservatory, Perú
CHAMBER MUSIC, CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA:
1988 and 1989
Académie Internationale du Languedoc (France)
1993, 1994 and 1995
National Conservatory (Honorary Professor since 1994) and
Universidad Santa María la Antigua, Panama
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MEMBERSHIPS
Since June 2006, Mr. Gil-Ordóñez is a member of the Cosmos Club Historic Preservation
Foundation in Washington, DC.
LANGUAGES
Spanish, English, French, German, and Italian