SALVADOR BROTONS

Salvador Brotons was born in Barcelona into a family of musicians. He studied the flute with his father and continued his studies in the flute, composition and orchestral conducting at the Barcelona Conservatory of Music. In 1985 he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship and moved to the United States where he received his Doctorate in Music from Florida State University. He was a student of Xavier Monsalvatge and R. Johnson in composition, and Antoni Ros-Marbà and P. Spurgeon in conducting. From 1977 to 1985 he served as principal flute of the Orquestra del Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona, and from 1981 to 1985 as a member of the Orquestra Ciutat de Barcelona. As a composer, he has written over eighty pieces, mainly for orchestra and chamber groups. He has received fifteen composition awards, and has received many commissions, with several of his works published and recorded in Europe and the United States. Salvador Brotons was Assistant Conductor of the Florida State University Symphony Orchestra from 1986 to 1987, Music Director and Conductor of the Oregon Sinfonietta from 1990 to 1993, the Mittleman Jewish Community Orchestra from 1989 to 1991, and the Portland State University Symphony Orchestra from 1987 to 1997. He also taught counterpoint, orchestra conducting, music history and music literature at Portland State University. In the summer he teaches in and directs the XXI Century Music Festival held on the island of Minorca. He has been the Conductor and Music Director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (W A) since 1991. He is also the Conductor and Music Director of the El Vallès Symphony Orchestra in his native Barcelona and the Balearic Islands Symphony Orchestra in Palma de Mallorca. Guest engagements have led to appearances in many other countries.

June 2002

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