Enrique García Asensio
Enrique García Asensio (born August 22, 1937 in Valencia ) is a Spanish conductor and music teacher.
Asensio studied violin , chamber music , counterpoint , fugue and composition at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música in Madrid . He then studied orchestral conducting at the Munich University of Music and with Sergiu Celibidache at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena . From 1962 to 1964 he was director of the Conservatory and Orquesta de la Sociedad Filarmónica in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. From 1964 to 1965 he directed the Municipal Symphony Orchestra of Valencia and taught chamber music at the city's Conservatory.
From 1966 to 1984 Asensio directed the symphony orchestra of Spanish television. From 1970 to 1991 he held the chair for orchestral conducting at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música in Madrid. From 1976 to 1980 he presented the program El Mundo de la Música on Spanish television . In 1985 he became director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Bilbao . In 1991 he received a prize from the Spanish Ministry of Culture for a recording of Ernesto Halffter's Sinfonietta .
From 1993 to 1998, Asensio was the technical and artistic director of the Banda Sinfónica Municipal de Madrid , after which he again directed the symphony orchestra of Spanish television until 2001. In October 2001 he became director of the Banda Sinfónica Municipal de Madrid . In 2004 he became professor of orchestral conducting at the Escuela Superior de Música del País Vasco in San Sebastián. He held this professorship until 2010.
Award
- 1967: Winner of the Dimitri Mitropoulos International Music Competition
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| SURNAME | García Asensio, Enrique |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish conductor and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Valencia |