Curriculum (English)

FCO. JAVIER GUTIÉRREZ JUAN

 (Conductor)

Born in Guillena, but currently living in Villanueva del Ariscal, near Seville (Spain), Francisco Javier Gutiérrez Juan is one of the leading international Spanish conductors. He stands out on account of his versatility as a conductor of important orchestras and professional symphonic orchestras and bands in Europe and America, and is known for tackling all types of genres, ranging from opera to jazz, without forgetting the great symphonic classics, operetta, flamenco, copla (Spanish folk songs), pop, studio recordings, radio and television work, premieres, among other work. This versatility is based on a solid musical background based in Seville and Madrid and completed with numerous international perfection courses both home and abroad with leading masters, and having achieved a brilliant academic curriculum with distinction awards, special mention at elemental grade, and special awards both at the middle and end of his degree. Javier has the following titles: conducting professor; professor of harmony, musical counterpoint, composition and instrumentation; oboe professor, musical theory professor, sight reading and transport among others.

With regard to music, he has carried out important historical recoveries of lost or altered works and has published the treaty “The March form” edited by ABEC. He makes documentaries and collaborates closely with articles in the mass media like Telesevilla, Giralda TV, El Correo TV, Ondaluz, Canal Sur Radio, Correo de Andalucía, Diario de Sevilla and ABC among others.

Currently he is the chief Director of the Municipal Symphonic Band of Seville; he conducts orchestras and symphonic bands as well as giving conferences and classes in universities all over Spain, the United States, Portugal, Costa Rica, Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela; in addition he participates in international congresses and forms part of juries in international competitions. He is the artistic director of the National Band Congress of Processional Music (Ciudad de Sevilla) and president of the music section of the Arts and Science Association of Seville. He has received numerous awards and prizes both in Europe and America. He has performed in important concert halls abroad like the Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica, Teatro Maestranza and Teatro Lope de Vega in Seville, Teatro Ford (Berry, Georgia, USA), Teatro de las Artes (Maracaibo, Venezuela), Teatro Mélico Salazar de Costa Rica, Teatro el Globo (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Auditorio de la URU (Maracaibo, Venezuela), Auditori de Barcelona, Auditorio de Galicia (Spain), Ópera de la Coruña (Spain), Teatro Isabel la Católica in Granada (Spain), Teatro Apolo in Almería (Spain), Teatro de la Patria (Bogotá, Colombia), the Spanish Cathedrals of Málaga and Sevilla, the Cathedral of of Alajuela (Costa Rica), the Auditoriums of Castellón and Albacete (Spain), Templo Colonial de Nicoya (Costa Rica), the FIBES Auditorium in Seville, Gran Teatro in Córdoba (Spain), Teatro de las Cortes (San Fernando, Spain), Auditorio Miguel Delibes (Valladolid, Spain), and so on.

Among others he has conducted the Royal Symphonic Orchestra in Seville, the Royal Guard Symphonic Band in Spain (Madrid), the Symphonic Orchestra of Maracaibo (Venezuela), Berry College Symphony Wind Ensemble (Georgia, United States), the Orchestra of Córdoba, the National Concert Band of San José in Costa Rica, Symphonic Orchestra of Castilla León (Spain), the Symphonic Band of the Colombian National Army (Bogotá, Colombia), the Philarmonic Orchestra of Andalucía, Camerata Silva Dionisio Púrpura (Lisbon, Portugal), the Philarmonic Bética Orchestra in Seville, BSNC (Argentina), the Official Concert Band Simón Bolivar (Venezuela), the Manuel Castillo Chamber Orchestra (Seville), the Pacific Concert Band (Costa Rica), the Chamber Orchestra of Spanish Radio and Television (Madrid), the National Band of Guanacaste (Costa Rica), the National Band of Puntarenas (Costa Rica), the Regimental Band of the King Number 1 (Madrid), the Regimental Music Band Soria Number 9 (Seville), the Straits Music Band of the Airforce (Seville), the Municipal Symphonic Bands of Madrid, Barcelona, La Coruña, Santiago de Compostela, Bilbao, Vitoria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Albacete, Castellón, Alicante, Badajoz, Granada, Almería, the Ópera choir of the Maestranza Theatre (Seville), the Lyrical choir in Huelva, and the Manuel de Falla choir in Seville among others. In these concerts he has had the opportunity to conduct singers  and soloists who are leading figures on the international scene, covering all different genres.

As an oboe soloist he has performed and been accompanied by different types of groups and orchestras. He has taken part on many occasions in different studio recordings and also for both radio and television. He has been a member of several orchestras and professional bands.

Socially committed, Javier has made a large number of performances and recordings and has appeared on television in support of Associations of Downs Syndrome, Autism, Cáritas, and the Blind People’s Association in Argentina, among others.

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