José Antonio Molina
José Antonio Molina Miniño (born June 4, 1960 in Santo Domingo ) is a Dominican conductor , pianist and composer .
Molina studied piano with Vicente Grisolía at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música . In 1980 he went to New York and obtained a bachelor's and master's degree from the Manhattan School of Music (1984 and 1985, respectively). At the same time he studied composition and conducting at the Juilliard School of Music .
In 1984 he made his pianist debut with the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de la República Dominicana under the direction of Julio de Windt with Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto. In the same year he conducted the New York Lab Orchestra at the premiere of its Etudes For Orchestra . In 1986 he conducted the Venezuelan Orquesta Sinfónica de Maracaibo in a Gershwin program. On the 16th anniversary of the founding of the Teatro Nacional de la República Dominicana , he conducted the world premiere of his Merengue fantasía for orchestra. It was used at the 1990 Modern Dance Festival as music for a ballet performance under the direction of Eduardo Villanueva .
During a trip to Cuba in 1991, Molina directed the Orquesta Sinfónica de Matanzas and the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Cuba and conducted a performance of the opera Cavalleria rusticana in Havana at the end of the year . On the 50th anniversary of the ordination of Pope John Paul II in 1995, Molina led a program with Gloria Estefan . From 1996 he was conductor and arranger of the Pavarotti and friends programs .
In 1996 Molina became chief conductor of the Greater Palm Beach Symphony , with which he participated in the Blowing Rock and Sun Fest music festivals in Florida. In 1997 he accompanied the singer Marilyn Horne at a concert with the orchestra . In the same year he became honorary professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo and cultural ambassador of the Dominican Republic. In 2001 he received the Orden al Mérito de Duarte, Sanchez y Mella , and in 2008 the Pedro Urena National University awarded him an honorary doctorate.
At the first Latin Caribbean Festival , Leonard Slatkin directed the world premiere of his Yaya overture at the Kennedy Center . In 2006, Molina was invited to conduct and arrange the program for the opening of the Carnival Performing Arts Center in Miami. The following year the Concert Association of Florida appointed him musical director and chief conductor of the Florida Symphony and Miami Pops Orchestra . In 2008 he became principal guest conductor and in 2009 musical director of the National Symphony Orchestra of the Dominican Republic .
Web links
- El Tren de Yaguaramas - José Antonio Molina
- ReverbNation - José Antonio Molina
- Latin Art Museum - José Antonio Molina
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| SURNAME | Molina, José Antonio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Molina Miniño, José Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dominican conductor, composer and pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4th 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santo Domingo |