CHIEF CONDUCTOR DESIGNATE, BBC PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR, BERGEN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (2007-2013)
Juanjo Mena is one of the most renowned Spanish conductors on the international circuit. Student of Sergiu Celibidache at the Musikhochschule in Munich, he has received many awards throughout his career.
He was Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Bilbao (1999- 2008) and Principal Guest Conductor of the Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova (2007- 2010). He is now Principal Guest Conductor of the Bergen Filharmoniske Orkestra (2007- 2013) and Principal Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra from 2011- 2012 season.
He has conducted prestigious Orchestras in Europe and Asia, as the Oslo Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, BBC Scottish Symphony, RAI Torino, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi or Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. His brilliant career in America has led him to conduct the Symphonic Orchestras from Chicago, Philadelphia, Houston and Baltimore, among others. Juanjo Mena frequently collaborates with the best Spanish orchestras.
He has collaborated with many important artists such as Joshua Bell, Rudolf Buchbinder, Till Fellner, Steven Isserlis, Lang Lang, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Mischa Maisky, Truls Mork, Viktoria Mullova, Julian Rachlin, Fazil Say, et Frank Peter Zimmermann, among others.
Among his future engagements, he will conduct Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Boston Symphony Orchestra with Yo- Yo Ma. He has also been invited to conduct the Denmark Radio Orchestra, Dresdner Philharmonie, Orchestre National de Lyon, Orquesta Nacional de España, Prague Symphony, Sao Paolo Symphony, etc.
He has conducted the most important operas of the romantic period such as Der fliegende Holländer, Salome, Elektra, Ariadne auf Naxos, Duke Bluebeard or Erwartung. Recent productions include Eugene Onegin in Genova, Le nozze di Figaro in Lausanne and Billy Budd in Bilbao.
Juanjo Mena has recorded for labels such as Naxos and Chandos.
April 2011
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