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Francisco Garcia-Fullana was born in Palma de Mallorca (Spain) in 1990. In 2006, he won the National Prize of Violin Pablo Sarasate. He performed his first recital when he was eight and when he was nine years old, he performed with theBalearic Islands Symphony Orchestra. Being fifteen, Francisco made his debut at the National Auditory of Music in Madrid performing on the Pablo de Sarasate's Stradivarius. In May 2007 he gave his first recital in New York. In October 2008 he played Mendelssohn Concert in The Auditorium of the BMW Welt in Munich under Sir Colin Davis.
He has
performed as a soloist with the Spanish
Radio Television Symphony Orchestra, Balearic
Islands Symphony Orchestra, the
Principality of Asturias Symphonic Orchestra, the
Pablo Sarasate Symphony Orchestra,
the Carl Maria Von-Weber Orchestra, the RCSMM Orchestra and the Junge
Münchner Philharmonie, under
conductors such as Sir
Colin Davis, Justin
Brown, Salvador
Brotons, Adrian
Leaper, Philippe
Bender,
Alondra de la
Parra,
Xavier
Puig,
Joaquín Valdeón, Jurgen Becker, Antonio Moya, Rafael Nadal, and
Volker Dietzsch. He has played recitals and concerts in
different halls in Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Portugal and
USA.
He has
attended courses and masterclasses with Manuel
Guillén, Vartan
Manoogian, Masao
Kawasaki, Kathleen
Winkler Lorand
Fényves, Nicolas
Chumachenco,
Mauricio Fuks, Yossi
Zivoni, György
Pauk,
and Cho-Liang-Lin in
Spain, Switzerland, Aspen (Aspen
Music Festival and School)
and Santa Barbara (Music
Academy of the West). In
July 2003, and being only 12 years old, he was number one in the
Undergraduate Violin Auditions at the Royal
Superior Conservatory of Music in Madrid.
On
April 16th 2006, he played for the Spanish Royal Family in the
Cathedral of Palma de Mallorca, as well as in April 2003, 2004
and 2005. In March 2004, he performed Bach’s E Major Concerto,
in front of an audience of about 3000 people at the Kreuzkirche,
Dresden (Germany). In October 2003, he shared a concert with the
Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in the Auditorium of Palma de
Mallorca and recorded in 2002 and 2006 for the Spanish
Television program “El Conciertazo” hosted by Fernando Argenta.
In October 2002 he played in a live broadcast of the classical
music radio program “Clásicos Populares” (National Spanish
Radio) and was invited to perform as soloist with Pablo
Sarasate’s Orchestra, in the concert that honored the great
Spanish violinist Eduardo Hernández Asiaín, who is a specialist
on Sarasate’s pieces. Since 2003 he has played every year as an
invited soloist for the Christmas and Easter concerts in the
Cathedral of Palma de Mallorca (Spain).
In
March 2006, he won the 2006 Soloist Competition for the Royal
Superior Conservatory of Music in Madrid and in September of
that same year he won the National prize of Violin “Pablo
Sarasate”. In January 2004, he won the Yamaha Music Foundation
of Europe (YMFE) string instruments competition in Spain and
also won first prize in the II International Violin Competition
(may 2004), first violin prize in the “Julio Cardona”
International Competition, for up to 18 years old, in Portugal
(April 2003). There, he also won the prize for the best
interpretation of a Portuguese piece. He won first prize in the
“Comarca del Condado” V Competition, (Huelva) May 2003, “Ciudad
de Móstoles” prize in the “National Competition of Real
Musical-Ciudad de Móstoles” (June 2002), “Ciutat de Xátiva” VI
Competition first prize in January 2002, “Sóller” first prize at
the “Miquel Ballester i Serra” VII competition (September 2000),
first prize at the “Joaquín Maya” Competition, Pamplona
(December 1999). He has premiered pieces of music by composers
such as Bernardo Pomar and Bartolomé Poquet. He has played as
soloist with the Balearic Islands Symphonic Orchestra, Spanish
Radio Television Orchestra, Pablo Sarasate’s Orchestra, Asturias
Principate Symphonic Orchestra and with the Carl-Maria-Von-Weber
Orchestra, in Sajonia (Germany). In December 2005, after winning
a competition, he performed as soloist with the Royal Superior
Conservatory of Music Symphonic Orchestra in Madrid.
As a
violinist of the Stiftung Lyra Foundation he was selected to
participate in the 2004 International Margess Gala Concert
in Switzerland, accompanied by the English pianist Charles Owen,
and in 2008 he played as soloist Mendelssohn Concert in the BMW
Welt Auditorium in Munich, under Sir Colin Davis.
He
played for the concert that was given in honor of the composer,
Antón García Abril from the Comunidad de Madrid. In November
2004, he was invited as violinist for the Yamaha Meeting
celebrated in Mondariz. On the 10th of June 2005, he performed a
recital in the Spanish Ambassador’s Official Residence in
Washington D.C. In the summer, from 2006 to 2008,he studied at
the Aspen Music Festival and School (Colorado), with professor
Masao Kawasaki, and in summer 2009
at
Music
Academy of the West with
Kathleen Winkler
.
He has played with the Aspen Chamber Symphony, directed by David
Zinman, James Conlon and Sir Neville Marriner, among others.
On the
3rd of October 2005, he obtained great success performing
Paganini First Violin Concerto, with the Balearic Islands
Symphonic Orchestra in the Auditorium of Palma de Mallorca. On
the 28th of April 2006, he performed a recital in the
National Auditory of Madrid with Pablo de Sarasate’s
Stradivarius. The 21th December 2006 he performed at the
National Auditory of Music in Madrid (Spain) with de Radio
Spanish Television Orchestra. This concert was broadcasted live
by Spanish National Television (TVE).
Prize
María Paula Alonso de Ruiz Martínez. Prize Miguel Ángel
Colmenero 2007. For his trajectory as violin student and
soloist the Consell of Mallorca awarded him Prize Jaume II of
the Arts, in September of 2006.
He made
his debut in New York last May 3rd 2007
in a recital at the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute. On December 12th
, 2007 he performed on From
the Top,
the classical music radio show hosted by Christopher O'riley for
NPR.
On October 2008 he played
Mendelssohn Concert in The Auditorium of the BMW Welt in Munich
with conductor Sir Colin Davis. On June 2009 he performed
a recital for the Washington
Performing Arts Society in Washington.
On September 2009 he played Mendelssohn
Violin Concertp with the Spanish Radio Television Orchestra in
Teatro Monumental (Madrid). This concert was broadcasted by TVE
and RNE. Francisco plays the violin "Ex Posselt", a violin Pressenda" 1844, from the Rare Instruments Collection of The Juilliard School of Music.
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