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DAVID DEL PUERTO BIOGRAPHY Born in 1964 in Madrid, musically trained in the guitar, disciple of Francisco Guerrero and Luis de Pablo in his native city, David del Puerto emerged very early as one of the most talented composers of his generation. At just 20 his name was on the bill at the Almeida Festival in London and shortly afterwards he was commissioned by Pierre Boulez to write a new work for the Ensemble InterContemporain. Since then, his music has been present at the most important concerts, festivals and seasons in Europe, Japan, Indonesia, Australia, USA, Canada and Latin America, where it has been performed by ensembles such as the London Symphony, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nieuw Ensemble, Wisconsin University Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique du Rhin-Mulhouse, ONE (Spanish National Orchestra), Spanish Radio Television Orchestra, JONDE (Spanish National Youth Orchestra), ORCAM, Real Filharmonía de Galicia, OSPA, New Paths in Music Ensemble, Plural Ensemble, Grup Instrumental de Valencia, Taller Sonoro, Cuarteto Casals... His works have been performed by soloists the likes of Ernest Rombout, Ananda Sukarlan, Miquel Bernat, Ángel Luis Castaño, Manuel Guillén, Oren Fader, Evelyn Glennie and Sarah Leonard, and conducted by the likes of Ed Spanjaard, Sakari Oramo, Diego Masson, Luca Pfaff, David Alan Miller, José Ramón Encinar, Josep Pons, Enrique García Asensio, Pedro Halffter, Fabián Panisello, Tapio Tuomela, Pablo González Bernardo, Pablo Heras, Dmitri Loos, etc. He has also been intensely active in teaching as guest professor at Universities, Conservatories and courses in Europe and the USA. He is currently professor of Analysis at the Escuela Reina Sofía in Madrid. In 1993, he won the Gaudeamus Prize with his “Concerto for oboe and chamber ensemble" and in the same year received the “El ojo crítico” award from Radio Nacional de España. In 2005, he was awarded the National Music Award for composition. In 2008 he and accordionist Ángel Luis Castaño founded the group Rejoice!, in which he is the guitarist, the composer and the lyricist. As a soloist he has been performing his own music with the Cadaques Orchestra in Madrid, Seville and Grenade, with the Plural Ensemble in the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, the group Matritum in Coruña etc. David del Puerto’s musical career has been marked by a calm but steadfast search for himself, with no reservations or concessions, which has led him along one of the most original and personal paths in the world of music today.