ABOUT

"As the choir finished singing Alcaraz, the audience simply sat quietly for a minute because, I am convinced, they did not want to destroy the mood that had been established by the exceptional performance with their applause..."

- Robin McNeil , Opus Colorado

"El conjunto interpretó obras de maestros valencianos donde sobresalió, por el ingenio del autor y la lógica interpretativa, Albert Alcaraz..."

- Juan Piñera , Radio Musical Nacional de Cuba

The spanish-french music composer and conductor Albert Alcaraz studied Piano, Violin, Singing and Conducting at the Conservatories of Alicante, Murcia, Valencia, and Music Education and History. He obtained the 'Master of Arts in Conducting' at the University of Geneva where he studied with Laurent Gay and Celso Antunes and later his PhD in Music. He expands his training in various international courses with teachers as Tom Krause, Elena Obratszova, Marimí del Pozo, Isabel Penagos, José Peris, Andrew Parrot, Ton Koopman, Emmanuel Krivine, Marcus Creed, Michel Corboz… and he works frequently with Nir Kabaretti, Ottavio Dantone, Gianluca Capuano, Yves Abel, Stefano Ranzani, Michail Jurowski, Jesús López-Cobos, Conxita García, Michael Schøndwand, Josep Pons, Riccardo Mutti, Daniele Gatti, Zubin Mehta…

He has performed during his profession many famous works as The Messiah, Samson, Rinaldo, Esther, Judas Maccabeus, Ode for St. Cecilia's Day (Händel), Matthäuspassion, Magnificat, Mass in cMoll, Johannespasion (Bach), The incoronazione di Poppea, Orfeo (Monteverdi), Dido & Aeneas, Ode for St. Cecilia's Day (Purcell), Requiem, Mass in c-Moll (Mozart), Missa Solemnis, Mass C- Dur, 9 Sinfonie (Beethoven), Die Schöpfung, Messe in dMoll (Haydn), Messe in e-Moll (Bruckner), Paulus, Elijah (Mendelssohn), Ein Deutsches Requiem (Brahms), Requiem (Fauré), Christmas Oratorio (Saint-Saëns), Romeo and Juliet (Gounod), Mass in d-Dur (Dvorák), Stabat Mater (Rossini), Requiem, Macbeth, I Vespri Siciliani, Falstaff, Un ballo in maschera (Verdi), The Seven Words of Christ (Dubois), Symphony of Psalms, The Wedding (Stravinsky), The Love for Three Oranges (Prokofiev), Stabat Mater, Gloria, Droughts (Poulenc), Carmina Burana (Orff) The Tabernera del puerto, Katiuska (Sorozábal), La revoltosa (Chapí)...in theaters and festivals such as the Paris Opera, Wallonie Opera, Lyon Opera, Montpellier Opera, Montecarlo Opera, Rome Opera, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro Massimo of Palermo, Opera Geneva, Lausanne Opera, Royal Concertgebouw, Boutwell Auditorium of Birmingham, Liederhalle of Stuttgart, Liceu Barcelona Opera, Operhaus Zurich, Philharmonie of Paris, Accademia Santa Cecilia of Rome, Théâtre du Capitole of Toulouse, Montpellier Opera, Seoul Arts Center, Busan Exhibition and Convention Center, National Auditorium of Music in Madrid...

Composition awards in Catalonia, Basque Country, Cantabria, Extremadura or Valencia his works are performed by groups and performers from around the world, as Musikaste, the Musical Fortnight, the Sacred Music Series or the Matinee Miramon 'Series of Basque National Orchestra' in San Sebastian, the Choral Competition Antigua Abesbatzak Lehiaketa' Zumarraga Cycles administration of the Provincial Council of Biscay and the International Choral Competition in Tolosa (Basque Country); The Festival Internazionale 'La Canto Fabricca del Canto' or Il Concorso Internazionale Guido d'Arezzo; Il Festival di Alta Puseria, Il Concorso Internazionale Corale Riva del Garda or the Rassegna Musica Sacra di Padova and the Festival della Coralita Veneta Mantova Festival and Ticino (Italy); Cork International Choral Festival and the Galway Arts Festival (Ireland); Pablo Casals Festival in Prades, the International Festival of Castelnaudary, the Festival Art Current Rouen or Florilège Vocal de Tours (France); International Festival of Puebla and Music Festival of Morelia (Mexico); International Choir Festival in Santiago de Cuba, or the Cycles of Camera and Polyphony of RTVE in Madrid; Round em Belém Dias da Música or Freamunde International Competition (Portugal); Festival International Mancomunitat Pla de Mallorca in the Balearic Islands; National Music Festival in Molina de Segura or Contest of Habanera and Polyphony of Totana (Murcia); Contests of Infiesto and Avilés, Asturias; Competition of 'Villa de Rojales' & Torrevieja International Competition and Festival 'Fira de Tots Sants of Cocentaina' or Religious Music Festival in Segorbe (Valencia); Choral Festival Montreux (Switzerland); the World Choir Games in Graz (Austria), Shaoxing (China), Sochi (Russia);Deutsch Chorfest or the Internationaler Kammerchor Wettbewerb Marktoberdorf (Germany); Habanera and Polyphony Contest in 'Villaricos Cuevas de Almanzora' in Almería; Portico of Sacred Music in Palencia or Logroño Choral Festival, or competition 'Antonio José de Burgos; Honor Band Festival Choir and international Ankara (Turkey); Cantemus international competition of Nyiregyhása or the International Festival of Dorog (Hungary); International Choir Contest of Flanders-Maasmechelen or Neerpelt Festival (Belgium), the International Festival in Randers (Denmark); Europa Cantat Junior in Bergen (Norway); Iberian Festival "Brother Daniel" or Week Religious Music in Badajoz (Extremadura) Cantonigros Music Festival (Catalonia) 'A Capella' Competition in Berrioplano (Navarra) International Choral Competition in Trelew, the Virla Coral or the World Symposium on Choral Music in Puerto Madryn (Argentina) and Seoul (South Korea) Minsk International Film Festival (Belarus); International Festival of Nafplio (Greece) or the International Choir Competition 'May Choir " of Varna (Bulgaria)…

His music is published in Valencia, Catalonia, the Basque Country, France, Germany, Ireland, Slovenia and USA. Many of them registered in Spain, Argentina, USA, United Kingdom, Germany, Latvia, Belarus or Italy, and is performed by soloist and groups from all over the world.

He frequently acts as a judge in various contests and competitions or guest conductor of orchestras and choirs. He also teaches at various seminars and workshops (Santander, Alicante, Valencia, Murcia, Badajoz, Albacete, Bilbao, Huesca, Oviedo, Valladolid, Malaga, Granada, Madrid, Segovia, Valencia, Lyon, Paris, Montpellier, Toulouse, Rome, Naples, London, Dublin, Seoul, Busan…) and his work has been broadcast by media such as Spanish TV, Spanish National Radio, Channel 9, TV3, Canal Sur, ETB, Radio France, Art, RTE (Ireland), BBC, Latvijas Radio, Radio Swiss Classic ...

Currently, he is the principal conductor of Capilla Antigua & Orquesta Barroca de Murcia and Les Plaisirs du Roi.