BIOGRAPHY
Josep Gil studied at the Estonian Music and Theatre Academy (Tallinn), where he completed a Master’s Degree in Orchestral Conducting and a Master’s Degree in Choral Conducting with Professor Toomas Kapten.
He has worked as an assistant conductor in the following institutions: Opera Royal de Wallonie, Radio Philarmonie Saarbrücken, Teatro Municipale Giuseppe Verdi di Salerno, Les Arts de Valencia, El Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona, Teatro Real de Madrid, and the National Choir and Orchestra of Spain.
He has also assisted maestros such as Gustavo Dudamel, James Gaffigan, Gustavo Gimeno or Daniel Oren.
As an opera conductor, his debut in 2021 at El Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona with “Lucia di Lammermoor”, by Donizetti, stands out. In the 2021/22 season, he made his debut in the German theatre at the Komische Oper Berlin, with the opera “Orphée aux Enfers”, by J. Offenbach.
He has also conducted operas such as Donizetti's “l'Elisir d'Amore”, Mozart's “Così Fan Tutte” and “Le Nozze di Figaro” and Gerónimo Giménez's zarzuela “El Barbero de Sevilla”.
His operatic repertoire has more than 25 titles, and in 2024 he will be a guest conductor at the Komische Oper Berlin with the opera “Hänsel und Gretel”.
In the field of oratorios, Josep has conducted Mozart's “Requiem” and “Coronation Mass”, Beethoven's “Mass in C Major”, Rossini's “Stabat Mater” and Puccini's “Messa di Gloria”.
In the symphonic genre, some of his significant participations as a guest conductor were with the Simfònica del Vallés at the Palau de la Música Catalana and with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria at the Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Orchestra of the Generalitat Valenciana at the Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofía, the Spanish National Orchestra at the Auditorio Nacional and the Symphony Orchestra Radio Television Española at the Teatro Monumental de Madrid.
Since the year 2019, he is the Artistic Director of the Classical Music Cycle Crea Escena of Vila-real, his hometown.
Since season 2023/24 he is the Musical Director of Youth Orchestra of Gran Canaria, Associate Director of Chorus of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Programmer and Coordinator of School and Family Concerts of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, and Assistant Conductor of Karel Mark Chichon (Music and Artistic Director of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria).
SCHEDULE 2023-2024
SCHEDULE 2022-2023
SCHEDULE 2021-2022
22 September 2023
CHORAL WORKSHOP with KAUNAS STATE CHOIR and CORO OFGC
Hall Gabriel Rodó. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Anton Bruckner,“Os Justi”
Johannes Brahms, “Geistliches Lied”
Samuel Barber, “Agnus Dei”
1 December 2023
ORQUESTA SINFÓNICA RADIO TELEVISIÓN ESPAÑOLA
Teatro Monumental de Madrid
Anniversary Concert of the Diplomatic relationship between Spain and China
Tan Dun, Internet Symphony "Eroica"
Joaquín Turina, Danzas fantásticas
Liu Chi, My Motherland. Concert for Erhu and Orchestra (Arr. Wang Danhong)
Isaac Albéniz, Suite Alhambra (orchestration Juan Francisco Padilla)
Zhou Long, The Rhyme of Taigu
9 and 10 December 2023
YOUTH ORCHESTRA GRAN CANARIA
Gran Canaria Island
Christmas Concert
Aaron Copland, Fanfare for common man
Joaquín Rodrigo, Adagio for wind instruments
Antonín Dvorak, Serenade for Strings
Franz Schubert, Symphony n.7 “Unfinished”
18, 19 and 20 January 2024
ORQUESTA FILARMÓNICA DE GRAN CANARIA
Hall Gabriel Rodó, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
“New Worlds”, School Concerts
Ana Hernández, actress and narrator
Antonín Dvorak, Symphony n.9 “New World”
1, 2 and 3 February 2024
ORQUESTA FILARMÓNICA DE GRAN CANARIA
Hall Gabriel Rodó, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
“Tatakapum, the Mistery of Composing”, School Concerts
Judit Martín, actress and narrator
Mozart, Monteverdi, Holst, Bizet, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Strauss, Haendel and Bártok
7, 8, 9 and 10 February 2024
ORQUESTA FILARMÓNICA DE GRAN CANARIA
Hall Gabriel Rodó, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
“The Legend of the Faun”, School Concerts
Andreas Prittwitz, original idea, actor and soloist
Antonín Dvorak, Symphony n.9 “New World”
I.Stravinsky, The Firebird
L. van Beethoven, Symphony n.7 “Pastorale”
H. Zimmer, The Caribbean Pirates
23, 24 and 25 March 2024
YOUTH ORCHESTRA GRAN CANARIA
Gran Canaria Island.
Soloists Concert
11, 12 and 14 April 2024
SPANISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA
SPANISH NATIONAL BALLET
Auditorio Nacional, Madrid
Family Concert.
Maria Toledo, cantaora
Ana Hernández, actress and narrator
Rubén Olmo, director National Ballet
Manuel de Falla, Suite El Amor Brujo (Version 1925)
25 May 2024
ORQUESTA ART CREARE
Auditori Municipal Músic Rafael Beltrán Moner, Vila-real
L.van Beethoven, Symphony n.7
29 and 30 June 2024
YOUTH ORCHESTRA GRAN CANARIA
Gran Canaria Island
CHORUS OFGC, Luís García
YOUTH and CHILDREN CHORUS OFGC, Marcela Garrón
Carl Orff, Carmina Burana
6 and 7 July 2024
YOUTH ORCHESTRA GRAN CANARIA
Gran Canaria Island
CHORUS OFGC, Luís García
YOUTH and CHILDREN CHORUS OFGC, Marcela Garrón
Carl Orff, Carmina Burana
GALLERY
© Sabrina Ceballos OFGC / Auditorio Alfredo Kraus
© Bernard Doughty
© Bernard Doughty
© Lorenzo Duaso / Palau de la Música Catalana
© Sabrina Ceballos OFGC / Auditorio Alfredo Kraus
© Lorenzo Duaso / Palau de la Música Catalana
© Lorenzo Duaso / Palau de la Música Catalana
© Antoni Bofill / Gran Teatre el Liceu de Barcelona
© Bernard Doughty
