José María Álvarez
Artistic director of MUSIC'us,
Director of Vocal Quorum Madrid , Kid Singers, NC/BC , Diversity Youth Choir , MUSIC'us Camerata , MUSIC'us Orchestra ,Workshop Choir Direction and workshop Orchestra direction
Curriculum Vitae
José María Álvarez Muñoz is Higher Professor of Orchestra, Choir and Opera Conducting by the Moscow Tchaikovsky Higher Conservatory and Doctor Cum Laude by the Autonomous University of Madrid. It has been specialized in baroque and classical music in the Master Courses in Orchestral Conducting of the International Bachakademie with maestro Helmuth Rilling, in Stuttgart, Moscow and Santiago de Compostela. ANDs Master in Musicology from the Autonomous University of Madrid with Honorable Mention for his TFM “Amateur choral activity as a regenerative tool of classical music” (published by Ediciones Universidad Autónoma).
He has been director and founder of the
Ars Viva Moscow Orchestra
, assistant director of the
Orchestra and Choir of the Moscow Opera Studio and guest conductor of the National Orchestra of Ecuador
on various occasions. In January 2013 he was awarded by the National Assembly of Ecuador with the 'Vicente Rocafuerte' distinction for artistic merit.
Since his arrival in Spain in 1996, he has been guest director of the
Betic Philharmonic Orchestra of Seville
; straight
ry founder of the Baroque Orchestra and Choir of the Ayamonte International Festival
, Huelva. He has been an orchestra director and professor at six conservatories in
the C
community of Madrid (2004-2013).
He has been principal director of the Complutense University Choir of Madrid
; guest director of
Excelentia Foundation
in several concerts with the European Royal Ensemble orchestra; of the
Saint George Choir
from Madrid, with which he won first prize in the Ciudad de Cieza National Choir Competition, Murcia; He has been founding director of the groups
Voices of Ecuador Choir,
Qvorvm
(groups
professional vocal-instrumental training),
Bach Studio Choir
from Madrid,
MUSICvox
,
Schola Cantorum Prince Michael
(Basilica of Saint Michael),
San Ignacio de Loyola Choir and San Ignacio de Loyola White Voices Choir
and of
Diversity Youth Choir
; has been director of the
Extremadura Choirs City of Plasencia
and of
Counterpoint Voices Choir
.
Currently it is
director of the Orchestra and Choir of the Autonomous University of Madrid
(UAM);
director of the Choir of the CEU San Pablo University of Madrid
, with which he has made international tours through Italy, Germany, Ecuador, Argentina, Poland and the United Kingdom; director of
Maximiliano Kolbe Choir and the Maximiliano Kolbe White Voices Choir
, of the
Orfeón Moratalaz
, from the children's choir
Kid Singers
,
from Quorum Vocal Madrid
and of
MUSIC'us Camerata
(MUSIC'us groups). Since 2014 it is
founding director of the MUSIC'us Symphony Orchestra (OSM)
.
Has been
professor in the Master of Musical Performance and Creation at the Rey Juan Carlos University
. It also has real
collaborations with the
University of La Rioja
. Participate in the
CIVIS Young Orchestras Project
promoted by the EU: in 2022 he conducted G. Mahler's 'Symphony No. 1' in Marseille and in 2023 he did the same at the National Music Auditorium in Madrid with 'Carmina Burana' by C. Orff.
In recent years it has reaped
twenty five prizes
in various competitions, both choirs, orchestras and individuals, among which the 1st National Prize in the National School Choir Competition organized by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports 2015 and having been chosen 'Best Director' stands out. of Primary for the last five consecutive years as well as of Secondary on six occasions in the Contest that the Department of Education of the CAM organizes annually. In July 2019, he won four awards at the III Leonardo Da Vinci International Festival in Florence and in July 2022, in this same event, he won another five (including the Best Director Award).
Since November 2013 it is
founding partner and artistic director
from the classical music management company MUSIC'us.
