Antoni Ros-Marbà (; born 1937 in

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) is a

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and composer from

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. He began his musical education at the Conservatori Superior de Música de Barcelona. He studied conducting with

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, and

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. He coached the last ''Giravolt de maig'' directed by

: "I worked directly with him. Accompanying the singers with piano, it was a wonderful moment", says Ros-Marbà. In 1992, he took part in the first theatrical performance of

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's only opera, ''La Dueña'', at the

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and the

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. In 1966, after the founding of the RTVE Symphony Orchestra in

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, Ros-Marbà 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 to 1986, he led the

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as Principal Conductor. Between 2001 and 2002, Ros-Marbà worked with Mihai Amihalachioaie. In 2005, on the

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, he arranged a new version of the Catalonia national anthem, interpreted by the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya and the

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. Ros-Marba conducted the Real Filharmonia de Galicia between 2001 and 2013, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. A selection of Antoni Ros-Marbà's scores is preserved in the

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. This selection includes scores from the time that Ros Marbà collaborated with Esbart Verdaguer.

References

External links

Selection of Antoni Ros Marbà's scores in the Biblioteca de Catalunya
(in Spanish)

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