Hispania Clásica, known from 1914 to 1996 as Conciertos Daniel, is a

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promotion agency active in Europe and in the

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. The agency's primary base is in

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. 2008 is Hispania Clásica's

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year. It was founded in Berlin in 1908 as Konzertdirektion H. Daniel by

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n-born

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Ernesto de Quesada Ernesto de Quesada López Chaves (1 November 1886 — 1972) was the Cuban-born impresario who founded Conciertos Daniel, the Classical music, classical music management agency now known as Hispania Clásica. Biography Early life Ernesto de Quesa ...

. As World War I was beginning in 1914, de Quesada moved his agency to Madrid and renamed it Conciertos Daniel. Ernesto de Quesada's youngest son, Ricardo de Quesada, heading the agency in Madrid after the death of his father in 1972, reorganized the agency in 1996 and renamed it Hispania Clásica; he has recently (2007) retired. One of the founder's grandsons, Enrique de Quesada, Jr. in

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, is the agency director for

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. Hispania Clásica also has offices in

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and in

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. Carlos Izcaray, the young

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and conductor who was a subject of

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and

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concern in 2004, and who was a 2007

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of the elite American Academy of Conducting under the direction of

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at the

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, is one of the Hispania Clásica artists. Hispania Clásica is a member of the European Association of Artist Managers (AEAA), which was founded in Paris, France in 1947.

Artists

The artists who have worked with the agency during its first ten decades include:

References

External links

* Conciertos Daniel / Hispania Clásic
Artists.
* Conciertos Daniel / Hispania Clásic

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