Artistic Director of the Semana de Música Religiosa de Cuenca.
Music and Artistic Director of the CullerArts International Festival and Competition.
Music Director of the Teatro Lírico Nacional de la Zarzuela 2010-15
Associate Conductor and Principal Guest of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra 2013-16
Artistic Music Director of the Philharmonic Orchestra of the University of Valencia 1995-2010
Artistic Music Director of the Symphony Orchestra of the Federation of Musical Societies of the Valencian Community.
President of AESDO, Spanish Association of Orchestra Conductors.
Considered one of the most important conductors of his generation, Cristóbal Soler has established a successful career conducting extensive symphonic repertoire and opera productions. He has always received excellent reviews that emphasize his charisma and interpretation as well as accurate and consolidated conducting technique. This is the result of a solid and rigorous training in Vienna during a decade, from the hand of great directors like Harnoncourt, Sawallisch, Prêtre, Vladimir Fedoseyev or Mariss Jansons.
He has received many accolades for Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro, Cosí fan tutte, La Traviata, Rigoletto, L’elisir d’amore, Don Pasquale, La Sonambula, Carmen, Lalo´s Le Roi d’Ýs, Gounod´s Mireille, La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein, Werther, Aida.
His catalog of zarzuelas as well as the symphonic repertoire of his country reveals Soler as one of today’s best ambassadors of Spanish Music. Some Spanish Lyrical titles have received mentions and awards: Los diamantes de la corona (International Opera Awards 2015 nominee), El Gato Montés (Teatro Campoamor Lyrical Award for best lyrical production) and the premiere of Galanteos en Venecia (Max Awards 2016 nominee).
Maestro Soler pays special attention to the forgotten lyrical heritage by recovering world premieres in modern times such as Le Revenant and Le Diable à Seville by M. Gomis; Il Burbero di Buon Cuore by V. Martin y Soler; Falla´s Los amores de la Inés or Giner´s L´Indovina.
Similarly, educational projects are part of his aims (Spanish premiere of Pinocchio, opera by P. Valtinoni). Soler is very concerned about the creation of new public and ongoing support to new generations of musicians.
Cristobal Soler is the Artistic Director of the Religious Music Week of Cuenca (awarded with the “City of Cuenca Prize”); Artistic and Musical Director Cullerarts (Cullera, Valencia) and Chairman and Founder Member of AESDO, the Spanish Association of Conductors.
Cristóbal Soler was born in Alcásser, Valencia. He started his studies in orchestral conducting under his mentor, Maestro José Maria Cervera Collado. He also appeared in numerous productions as the assistant conductor at important venues such as the Gran Teatre Liceu in Barcelona, Teatro Lírico Nacional de la Zarzuela in Madrid, Staatstheater Karlsruhe or the National Opera of Romania, where he held the position of assistant conductor during one season. After completing his Degree of Composition and Orchestral Conducting, he continued his graduate studies as conductor at the University in Munich, where he obtained high honors. He was the youngest artist ever to conduct a subscription concert with the Valencia Symphony Orchestra and still maintains a fruitful collaboration as guest conductor since then.
Soler was the founder and artistic director of the Philharmonic Orchestra of the University of Valencia (1995-2010), winning the First Prize at the International Youth Music Festival and Competition in Vienna in 1998. He still serves as an Orchestra Direction graduate professor.
Reiner Bischof, General Secretary of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, invited him to become his assistant, working closely with great conductors such as Wofgang Sawallisch, George Prêtre, Vladimir Fedoseyev or Mariss Jansons.
Nikolaus Harnoncourt invited him to assist with his 2003-2004 rehearsals in Vienna, Graz, Berlin and Zurich. During the same time, while caring his integral formation in Central Europe, he collaborated with some of the most representative orchestras in Spain like the Orchestra of the Spanish National Radio and Television Corporation, ORTVE (new engagement as Guest Conductor in collaboration with National Heritage), Galicia Symphony Orchestra, Navarre Symphony Orchestra, Community of Madrid Orchestra, and Catalonia National Orchestra, performing at halls such as the Palau de les Arts in Valencia, Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Palau de la Música in Barcelona and Auditorio Baluarte in Pamplona.
In parallel, he gained recognition with subscription concerts across Europe with the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra at the Victoria Hall in Geneva, the Salle Metrópol in Lausanne, and an outstanding Austrian tour including theatres such as the Mozarteum in Salzburg, or the Austria Centre in Vienna.
He is often invited to conduct lyrical productions at the Teatro Principal in Valencia, Campoamor Theatre in Oviedo, Teatro Villamarta, Festival of A Coruña, Theatre La Maestranza of Seville, Teatro Principal de Palma de Mallorca, Theatre Sâo Carlos of Lisbon.
His engagements at Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid for the last five seasons include collaborations with prestigious producers such as Graham Vick, Pier Luigi Pizzi, José Carlos Plaza, Emilio Sagi, and Paco Mir, among others, introducing the great repertoire of zarzuelas from the XIX and XX Century: El barberillo de Lavapiés, Pan y toros, Alma de Dios, El trust de los tenorios, Los claveles, La reina mora, Doña Francisquita, Luisa Fernanda, La Generala, La Revoltosa, La Verbena de la Paloma; Agua, Azucarillos y Aguardiente, Los descamisados, El año pasado por agua, Marina, El Dominó azul, La Dogaresa, Galanteos en Venecia, Katiuska or La Gran Vía.
Amongst his recordings, it is worth mentioning Stravinski´s The Soldier´s Tale, Britten´s The Young Person´s Guide to the Orchestra, Llopis´ Abu Simbel, works by Falla, Granados, Chapí, Esplá, Gomis and Sarasate. He is currently working on a series of recordings of Spanish repertoire: Manuel de Falla and Granados (in commemoration of his double anniversary) and a CD recorded for Naxos International: a selection of today´s most outstanding Spanish composers (Francisco Coll, José Luis Turina, Sánchez Verdú).
Cristóbal Soler is founding president of AESDO, Spanish Association of Orchestral Directors, and, since 2017, artistic director of the Cuenca Religious Music Week, recently awarded the “Cultural Badge of the Community of Castilla-La Mancha”, by the Culture Observatory. Likewise, Cristóbal Soler has been awarded the “Ciudad de Cuenca 2018” Award, for his work as artistic director of the SMR. In 2019 he was appointed artistic and musical director of the CullerArts Festival and President of the CullerArts International Violin Competition.
His latest works include La verbena de la Paloma with ORTVE; El barberillo de Lavapiés, La traviata and a Lyric Gala at CullerArts, an extraordinary concert at the Teatro Cervantes in Málaga and a Lyric Gala at ADDA, among others.
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Music and Artistic Director of the CullerArts International Festival and Competition.
Music Director of the Teatro Lírico Nacional de la Zarzuela 2010-15
Associate Conductor and Principal Guest of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra 2013-16
Artistic Music Director of the Philharmonic Orchestra of the University of Valencia 1995-2010
Artistic Music Director of the Symphony Orchestra of the Federation of Musical Societies of the Valencian Community.
President of AESDO, Spanish Association of Orchestra Conductors.
Considered one of the most important conductors of his generation, Cristóbal Soler has established a successful career conducting extensive symphonic repertoire and opera productions. He has always received excellent reviews that emphasize his charisma and interpretation as well as accurate and consolidated conducting technique. This is the result of a solid and rigorous training in Vienna during a decade, from the hand of great directors like Harnoncourt, Sawallisch, Prêtre, Vladimir Fedoseyev or Mariss Jansons.
He has received many accolades for Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro, Cosí fan tutte, La Traviata, Rigoletto, L’elisir d’amore, Don Pasquale, La Sonambula, Carmen, Lalo´s Le Roi d’Ýs, Gounod´s Mireille, La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein, Werther, Aida.
His catalog of zarzuelas as well as the symphonic repertoire of his country reveals Soler as one of today’s best ambassadors of Spanish Music. Some Spanish Lyrical titles have received mentions and awards: Los diamantes de la corona (International Opera Awards 2015 nominee), El Gato Montés (Teatro Campoamor Lyrical Award for best lyrical production) and the premiere of Galanteos en Venecia (Max Awards 2016 nominee).
Maestro Soler pays special attention to the forgotten lyrical heritage by recovering world premieres in modern times such as Le Revenant and Le Diable à Seville by M. Gomis; Il Burbero di Buon Cuore by V. Martin y Soler; Falla´s Los amores de la Inés or Giner´s L´Indovina.
Similarly, educational projects are part of his aims (Spanish premiere of Pinocchio, opera by P. Valtinoni). Soler is very concerned about the creation of new public and ongoing support to new generations of musicians.
Cristobal Soler is the Artistic Director of the Religious Music Week of Cuenca (awarded with the “City of Cuenca Prize”); Artistic and Musical Director Cullerarts (Cullera, Valencia) and Chairman and Founder Member of AESDO, the Spanish Association of Conductors.
Cristóbal Soler was born in Alcásser, Valencia. He started his studies in orchestral conducting under his mentor, Maestro José Maria Cervera Collado. He also appeared in numerous productions as the assistant conductor at important venues such as the Gran Teatre Liceu in Barcelona, Teatro Lírico Nacional de la Zarzuela in Madrid, Staatstheater Karlsruhe or the National Opera of Romania, where he held the position of assistant conductor during one season. After completing his Degree of Composition and Orchestral Conducting, he continued his graduate studies as conductor at the University in Munich, where he obtained high honors. He was the youngest artist ever to conduct a subscription concert with the Valencia Symphony Orchestra and still maintains a fruitful collaboration as guest conductor since then.
Soler was the founder and artistic director of the Philharmonic Orchestra of the University of Valencia (1995-2010), winning the First Prize at the International Youth Music Festival and Competition in Vienna in 1998. He still serves as an Orchestra Direction graduate professor.
Reiner Bischof, General Secretary of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, invited him to become his assistant, working closely with great conductors such as Wofgang Sawallisch, George Prêtre, Vladimir Fedoseyev or Mariss Jansons.
Nikolaus Harnoncourt invited him to assist with his 2003-2004 rehearsals in Vienna, Graz, Berlin and Zurich. During the same time, while caring his integral formation in Central Europe, he collaborated with some of the most representative orchestras in Spain like the Orchestra of the Spanish National Radio and Television Corporation, ORTVE (new engagement as Guest Conductor in collaboration with National Heritage), Galicia Symphony Orchestra, Navarre Symphony Orchestra, Community of Madrid Orchestra, and Catalonia National Orchestra, performing at halls such as the Palau de les Arts in Valencia, Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Palau de la Música in Barcelona and Auditorio Baluarte in Pamplona.
In parallel, he gained recognition with subscription concerts across Europe with the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra at the Victoria Hall in Geneva, the Salle Metrópol in Lausanne, and an outstanding Austrian tour including theatres such as the Mozarteum in Salzburg, or the Austria Centre in Vienna.
He is often invited to conduct lyrical productions at the Teatro Principal in Valencia, Campoamor Theatre in Oviedo, Teatro Villamarta, Festival of A Coruña, Theatre La Maestranza of Seville, Teatro Principal de Palma de Mallorca, Theatre Sâo Carlos of Lisbon.
His engagements at Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid for the last five seasons include collaborations with prestigious producers such as Graham Vick, Pier Luigi Pizzi, José Carlos Plaza, Emilio Sagi, and Paco Mir, among others, introducing the great repertoire of zarzuelas from the XIX and XX Century: El barberillo de Lavapiés, Pan y toros, Alma de Dios, El trust de los tenorios, Los claveles, La reina mora, Doña Francisquita, Luisa Fernanda, La Generala, La Revoltosa, La Verbena de la Paloma; Agua, Azucarillos y Aguardiente, Los descamisados, El año pasado por agua, Marina, El Dominó azul, La Dogaresa, Galanteos en Venecia, Katiuska or La Gran Vía.
Amongst his recordings, it is worth mentioning Stravinski´s The Soldier´s Tale, Britten´s The Young Person´s Guide to the Orchestra, Llopis´ Abu Simbel, works by Falla, Granados, Chapí, Esplá, Gomis and Sarasate. He is currently working on a series of recordings of Spanish repertoire: Manuel de Falla and Granados (in commemoration of his double anniversary) and a CD recorded for Naxos International: a selection of today´s most outstanding Spanish composers (Francisco Coll, José Luis Turina, Sánchez Verdú).
Cristóbal Soler is founding president of AESDO, Spanish Association of Orchestral Directors, and, since 2017, artistic director of the Cuenca Religious Music Week, recently awarded the “Cultural Badge of the Community of Castilla-La Mancha”, by the Culture Observatory. Likewise, Cristóbal Soler has been awarded the “Ciudad de Cuenca 2018” Award, for his work as artistic director of the SMR. In 2019 he was appointed artistic and musical director of the CullerArts Festival and President of the CullerArts International Violin Competition.
His latest works include La verbena de la Paloma with ORTVE; El barberillo de Lavapiés, La traviata and a Lyric Gala at CullerArts, an extraordinary concert at the Teatro Cervantes in Málaga and a Lyric Gala at ADDA, among others.
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It cannot be altered without permission. Please destroy any previous biographical material.
2021-2022 Performances
SIMFÒNIC CANT D´ESTIL with the Orquesta de Valencia
15 July 2022 19:30 Teatro Principal, Valencia
CARMEN (CONCERT VERSION)
5 August 2022 Jardines del Mercado Municipal de Cullera, Ópera Cullerarts
LYRIC GALA - OPERA AND ZARZUELA
7 August 2022 Jardines del Mercado Municipal de Cullera, Ópera Cullerarts
LUISA FERNANDA (CONCERT VERSION)
9 August 2022 Jardines del Mercado Municipal de Cullera, Ópera Cullerarts
15 July 2022 19:30 Teatro Principal, Valencia
CARMEN (CONCERT VERSION)
5 August 2022 Jardines del Mercado Municipal de Cullera, Ópera Cullerarts
LYRIC GALA - OPERA AND ZARZUELA
7 August 2022 Jardines del Mercado Municipal de Cullera, Ópera Cullerarts
LUISA FERNANDA (CONCERT VERSION)
9 August 2022 Jardines del Mercado Municipal de Cullera, Ópera Cullerarts
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Reviews
IL TUTORE BURLATO. TEATRO MARTÍN Y SOLER, PALAU DE LES ARTS. 2020/2021
"Cristóbal Soler is a great connoisseur of Martin i Soler's music and recreates these pages with love and judgment. Under his music direction, the freshness of the work is not lost, and the work on the dynamics to emphasize the nuances and situations of the libretto is particularly noteworthy." César Rus (Ópera Actual)
"The orchestra was, as always, spectacular and the music direction of another Valencian genius, this time of conducting, only proved right those of us who defend that Cristóbal Soler has to play a greater and greater role in our musical horizon, both public and private.." Pedro Rodríguez (A VUELAPLUMA)
"Cristóbal Soler conducted with wisdom and good style a very small house orchestra, which performed without any difficulty." Justo Romero (VALENCIAPLAZA)
"The Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana sounded in the pit with that refined quality that is a trademark of the house. Cristóbal Soler knew how to imprint verve, theatrical magic and personality to an orchestra that also in these classical matters sounds marvelous." Justo Romero (Scherzo)
"The orchestra was, as always, spectacular and the music direction of another Valencian genius, this time of conducting, only proved right those of us who defend that Cristóbal Soler has to play a greater and greater role in our musical horizon, both public and private.." Pedro Rodríguez (A VUELAPLUMA)
"Cristóbal Soler conducted with wisdom and good style a very small house orchestra, which performed without any difficulty." Justo Romero (VALENCIAPLAZA)
"The Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana sounded in the pit with that refined quality that is a trademark of the house. Cristóbal Soler knew how to imprint verve, theatrical magic and personality to an orchestra that also in these classical matters sounds marvelous." Justo Romero (Scherzo)
FUNDACIÓN BBVA CYCLE OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC CONCERTS. Auditorio Nacional de Madrid. 2019
"Those who think that a symphonic work of this magnitude [Mahler's Fourth Symphony, arranged by Klaus Simon] detracts when it is presented with a much smaller orchestra are mistaken. And even more so when this orchestra has the quality of the PluralEnsemble. The good vibes that had been generated during the rehearsals were even more evident in the performance of this work. Maestro Soler conducted with the flexibility required for each of the 16 musicians of the PluralEnsemble to express their voice.(...) The audience thanked him with great applause. " Michael Thallium (Scherzo)
WERTHER. Teatre Principal de Palma. 2018
"Cristóbal Soler conducted the Symphony Orchestra, as a whole it was the best of all, measured in volume, taking risks, and fluid in execution." J. A. Mendiola (Arabalears.cat)
"Cristóbal Soler, at the head of the musical direction, made the Symphony Orchestra sound impeccably, both in the instrumental moments and in those that accompany the scenes." P. Estelrich i Massuti (Diario de Mallorca)
"What a balance of sounds and instrumental balance the director achieved! Bravo Cristóbal Soler." I. Capriles (Operaworld)
"Cristóbal Soler, at the head of the musical direction, made the Symphony Orchestra sound impeccably, both in the instrumental moments and in those that accompany the scenes." P. Estelrich i Massuti (Diario de Mallorca)
"What a balance of sounds and instrumental balance the director achieved! Bravo Cristóbal Soler." I. Capriles (Operaworld)
CONCERT WITH THE Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias. Auditorio Príncipe Felipe. 2018
"The Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias (OSPA) with Cristóbal Soler on its podium offered a round musical evening to close the month of April (...) This is how the musical evening ended, with the overture of "Rosamunda" by Schubert, very clear in the version of the OSPA with Soler conducting, to get all the game to this page of classicist style.." Diana Díaz (La Nueva España)
"The concert offered yesterday by the The Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias (OSPA) together with the conductor Cristóbal Soler pleased the public with an entertaining music program full of contrasts. (...) The OSPA and Soler knew how to create an atmosphere of darkness in which they were completed with moments of great sonorous brilliance ["Symphony no. 7, Unfinished" by Schubert]". Andrea G. Torres (La Nueva España)
"The concert offered yesterday by the The Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias (OSPA) together with the conductor Cristóbal Soler pleased the public with an entertaining music program full of contrasts. (...) The OSPA and Soler knew how to create an atmosphere of darkness in which they were completed with moments of great sonorous brilliance ["Symphony no. 7, Unfinished" by Schubert]". Andrea G. Torres (La Nueva España)
Interviews
La Opinión de Murcia. 30 December 2020
Melómano Digital. 16 June 2020
II Jornadas Internacionales de dirección musical Cristóbal Soler. 10 July 2020
Melómano Digital. 16 June 2020
II Jornadas Internacionales de dirección musical Cristóbal Soler. 10 July 2020