Name Antoni Ros-Marba | Role Conductor | |
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Similar People Real Filharmonia de Galicia, Josep Pons, Enrique Garcia Asensio, Jesus Lopez‑Cobos, Salvador Brotons | ||
Bacarisse "Fantasía Andaluza" Antoni Ros Marbá
Antoni Ros-Marba ([ənˈtoni ˈroz mərˈβa]) (born 1937 in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat) is a Spanish conductor from Catalonia. He began his musical education at the Conservatori Superior de Musica de Barcelona. He studied conducting with Eduard Toldra, Sergiu Celibidache, and Jean Martinon.
In 1966, after the founding of the RTVE Symphony Orchestra in Madrid, Ros-Marba won a conducting competition and was named the Principal Conductor of this orchestra. In 1967, he became Principal Conductor of the Orquestra Ciutat de Barcelona, until 1978, and again from 1981 to 1986. In 1978 he was named Music Director of the Spanish National Orchestra. From 1979-1986, he led the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra as Principal Conductor.
In 2005, in the National Day of Catalonia, arranged a new version for the Catalonia national anthem, interpreted by the Orquestra Simfonica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya and the Orfeo Catala.
In recent years Ros-Marba has conducted the Real Filharmonia de Galicia in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
A selection of Antoni Ros Marba's scores is preserved in the Biblioteca de Catalunya. This selection includes scores from the time that Ros Marba collaborated with Esbart Verdaguer.