Marta Almajano

Department of Early Music

malmajano@esmuc.cat

Cant històric

Almajano Marta

Concerts

She has sung in festivals and concert halls on all five continents, such as the Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, the Palau de la Música and the Auditori de Barcelona, the Théâtre de l'Opéra Comique in Paris, the Tonhalle in Zurich, the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, The Library of Congress in Washington, the Conzerthaus and Musikverein in Vienna, the Conzerthaus in Berlin, the Lincoln Center in New York, the Herbst Theater in San Francisco, the Biennial of Brisbane, the International Music Festival of Macao, the Festival of Colonial Music and the Cervantino Festival of Mexico, the Festival of Music and Dance of Granada, the Flanders Festival, the Santander Festival, the International Double Reed in Rotterdam, the Art Sacré in Paris, in Chaise-Dieu, in Ancient Music festivals in Barcelona, Sevilla, Stuttgart, Sant Maurizio in Milan, Innsbruck, Utrecht, Bruges, Antwerp, Ambronay, Saintes, and Beaune, among others.

Recordings

She has produced more than thirty recordings, among which her task of recovering Spanish music stands out.

Awards

In 2003, she received the Performance award from the Aragonese Association of Music Performers; in 2004, she was awarded the Silver Sabina from the Forum de Opinión La Sabina, and in 2009, she was awarded the Defender of Zaragoza Medal.

Career

She has been invited by renowned groups such as Il Giardino Armonico, Zefiro, Poema Harmònic, Elyma, Les Talens Lyriques, Orfeón Donostiarra, Orfeó Català, Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música de Barcelona, Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, Europa Galante, as well as orchestras like the National Orchestra of Latvia, the Orchestra and Choir of the Bach Society of the Netherlands, the New York Baroque Collegium, the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra of San Francisco, and symphony orchestras from Euskadi, Barcelona, Tenerife, Galicia, el Vallès, Granada, Córdoba, etc.

She has worked under the direction of prestigious musicians such as Christophe Coin, Robert King, Gustav Leonhardt, Christophe Russeau, Fabio Biondi, Eric Ericson, Giovanni Antonini, Víctor Pablo Pérez, Antoni Ros Marbà, Christian Zacharias, etc. She was a member of Al Ayre Español from its foundation in 1987 until 2004 when she was awarded the National Music Prize for her entire career.