Alejandro Posada Gómez (born in

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

1960) is a Colombian conductor.

Education

Posada studied in Colombia and Austria.

Career

In 1992 Posada won second prize at the

Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition The Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition, is a music competition for young conducting, conductors organized by the Cadaqués Orchestra in Catalonia, Spain. History The competition takes place every two years and is organized b ...

. In 2002 he was appointed chief conductor of the

Castile and León Symphony Orchestra The Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra (''Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León'', OSCyL for short) is a Spanish symphony orchestra based in Valladolid, the city which serves as the ''de facto'' capital of the Castile and León region. History ...

and the following year he combined this role with a shared directorship at the

National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia The National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia ( es, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia) is a Colombian orchestra based in Bogotá History The orchestra was founded in 2003 following the dissolution of the Colombia Symphony Orchestra (''Orque ...

. In 2009, Posada left his post at the Castile and León Symphony Orchestra and was replaced by

Lionel Bringuier Lionel Bringuier (born 24 September 1986), Nice, is a French conductor, cellist and pianist. Bringuier is the fourth child in a family of musicians, including his brother Nicolas Bringuier, a pianist. At age 5, Bringuier began musical studies at ...

Discography

His recordings include a disc devoted to music by

Antonio José Martínez Palacios Antonio José Martínez Palacios (12 December 190211 October 1936), professionally known as Antonio José, was a Spanish composer. Maurice Ravel apparently said of Antonio José: "He will become ''the'' Spanish composer of our century", howev ...

(''Sinfonía castellana, Evocaciones, El mozo de mulas'') in

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' Spanish Classics series.

References

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