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The spanish violinist and violist, Emilio Moreno, studied music with his father and at the Conservatorio Superior de Madrid and philosophy at university. He won a scholarship granted by the Swiss government of Switzerland to study for a Soloist Diplom on Baroque violin at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (Basel) under the guidance of Jaap Schröder and went on to do postgraduate studies at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona where he completed his Doctorate in musicology.
Emilio Moreno is one of Europe’s most distinguished performers of music from the Baroque and Classical periods and whose musical qualities are matched by the impact of his knowledge. He has had many years of practical experience around the world as a soloist, conductor and partner of the very best ensembles and musicians: Frans Brüggen, Gustav Leonhardt, La Petite Bande, Ensemble 415 (Director: Chiara Banchini), La Chapelle Royale (Director: Philippe Herreweghe), La Stravaganza Köln, etc. He currently leads the viola section of Orchestra of the 18th Century of Amsterdam (Director: Frans Brüggen). He regularly plays recitals as soloist and also chamber music concerts throught the world. He has also been a guest conductor of other Baroque ensembles in Europe, Japan, the USA and Mexico.
Emilio Moreno was founder of the record label Glossa and is its art and is its artistic director. He is the conductor of La Real Cámara and the period instrument orchestra El Concierto Español. Among his acclaimed recordings, for the labels Harmonia Mundi, Dennon, Philips, Sony and EMI, are his Boccherini Guitar Quintets playing alongside his brother José Miguel Moreno, a recording which won the Antonio Vivaldi International Award in Italy. Other outstanding awards include as conductor of El Concierto Español the CD dedicated to the chapel master of Felipe V, Francisco Corselli, a recording which won the Critics’ Special Prize in Spain; the Historical Heritage Award (2010) for his La Tirana contra Mambrú; and the FestClásica Prize (2010) and Diapason Découverte (2011) for his Iphigenia in Tauris composed by José de Nebra. With La Real Cámara, he has provided a survey of music from the times of the painter Francisco Goya, as well as notable discs devoted to the music of Luigi Boccherini (Los últimos tríos and Boccherini en Boadilla) in the company of artists such as Enrico Gatti, Wouter Müller and Gaetano Nasillo.
As an eminent music researcher and musicologist, Emilio Moreno is contributing in a definitive way to the rediscovery of forgotten music from the Spanish Baroque and Classical periods he regularly produces with his ensembles. The outcome of his research can be heard in the many concerts and recordings. He has published numerous papers and studies on Spanish early music. He teaches at the Escuela Superior de Música de Cataluña (ESMUC) where he is head of the Department of Ancient Music; he has frequently delivered courses and master-classes in Spain and abroad, including in Urbino, Budapest, Helsinki, Amsterdam, St. Petersburg, The Hague, Mexico City, Brisbane, New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong, the Azores and Panama. He has also been associate professor at the Gedai University of the Arts in Tokyo. |
