DANIEL ABAD CASANOVA
LATIN AMERICA
Daniel Abad Casanova is one of the conductors with one of the most versatile musical careers that captivates and excites all kinds of audiences. His musical repertoire covers all kinds of styles, from baroque to contemporary music.
Known for the intensity of his interpretations of the great classics and his ability to fuse classical music with different musical styles, such as Pop or Rock, thus bringing classical music closer to all kinds of audiences, spreading his musical vitality in each concert.
Currently, Abad Casanova is the principal conductor of the Chamber Orchestra of the Valencian Community, principal guest conductor of the Andorran Opera and the Municipal Band of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
He has conducted prestigious symphony orchestras such as the Valencia Orchestra, Murcia Region Symphony Orchestra, ADDA Symphony, Castellón Symphony, Albacete Symphony, Inegale Youth Orchestra, Andorran Opera Orchestra, Valencian Community Youth Baroque Orchestra, Symphony City of Elche, City of Llíria Orchestra, New Professionals Orchestra (London), Jenaer Philharmoniker (Germany), “Oltenia” Craiova Philharmonic (Romania), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Municipal Symphony Band, Miguel Hernández University Symphony Orchestra, and many others. plus.
He studied piano at the “Oscar Esplá” Superior Conservatory of Music in Alicante and Orchestral Conducting and Choral Conducting at the “Joaquín Rodrigo” Superior Conservatory of Music in Valencia, obtaining the highest marks.
He continued his time of musical improvement, expanding his studies in Orchestra Conducting in London with teachers Neil Thomson and John Farrer, and in Weimar (Germany) with teacher Jorma Panula.
As one of the youngest conductors in his country, Daniel Abad Casanova began to perform numerous concerts throughout multiple Spanish cities. In this sense, Abad Casanova has directed and worked with prestigious national and international soloists such as Manuel Ausensi, Antonio Gandía, Simón Orfila, Carmen Romeu, Haochen Zhang, Aisha Syed, Antonio Serrano, Andreas Prittwitz, Rubén Simeó, Iturvides Vilchez, Joana Jiménez, etc.
Among his repertoire, both operatic and zarzuela, are performances such as Giulio Cesare, Carmen, L'elisir d'amore, Hoffmann's tales, Cavalleria Rusticana, La Revoltosa, Luis Alonso's wedding, among other titles.
His concern to innovate in the classical music scene has led him to carry out large-scale projects with great enthusiasm and acceptance by the public. Among these projects we find «Clásicas» in which, together with the Valencia Orchestra, the singer Soledad Giménez and international artists such as Iván Melón Lewis, Yoel Páez and Haruyoshi Mori, they created a symphonic project highlighting the value of women as composers, with symphonic arrangements made by himself and Iván Melón Lewis of worldwide popular songs composed by women. In recent editions of the Temudas Fest (Theater, Music and Dance) he has directed the Las Palmas Symphonic Band in events that brought together more than 4,000 people.
In the 2019 edition of the Deleste Festival, he conducted the symphonic concert of the Valencia Orchestra together with the group Indie – Rock Second, in which he also made the symphonic arrangements of several of the songs on Second's latest album: "Rings and Raíces". Together with the Inegale Joven Orquesta, made up of 90 musicians between the ages of 15 and 25, they have carried out the "Fiesta" project in which they perform a symphonic repertoire of Spanish and Latin American music, creating an interaction and festive atmosphere between the orchestra and public. In his commitment to transmitting the importance of music and its benefits in all areas, he created, together with the neurobiologist and consultant Fernando Botella, the show "El Mensaje de la Música", which is performed by different audiences throughout Spain.
In 2019, together with the journalist David Blay, he published the book "El Viaje del Equilibrista", a fable about balance in life, profession and art, edited by White Gloves.
