Roberto González-Monjas (born February 23, 1988, in

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) is a Spanish classical

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and

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Education

He studied at the

Mozarteum University of Salzburg Mozarteum University Salzburg (German language, German: ''Universität Mozarteum Salzburg'') is one of three affiliated but separate (it is actually a state university) entities under the "Mozarteum" name in Salzburg, Salzburg municipality; th ...

with

Igor Ozim Igor Ozim (9 May 1931 – 23 March 2024) was a Slovenian classical violinist and Pedagogy, pedagogue. He was based in Salzburg, Austria. Life and career Igor Ozim was born in 1931 in Ljubljana. He came from a musical family: both parents played ...

and at the

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with David Takeno. He has been very much influenced by musical contact with

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, Rainer Schmidt, Sergey Fatkulin, Reinhard Goebel, Mark Stringer, Leonidas Kavakos, Gábor Takacs-Nagy,

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, the Hagen Quartet,

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and Ferenc Rados.

Conductor and soloist

Since the 2019/2020 season, Roberto González-Monjas is the Chief conductor of the Dalasinfoniettan in Falun, Sweden. In July 2020 the Musikkollegium Winterthur announced Roberto González-Monjas as their new Chief Conductor, effective from Season 2021/2022. He has conducted and played as a soloist with well-known orchestras such as the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg,

Ulster Orchestra The Ulster Orchestra is a full-time professional orchestra in Northern Ireland. Based in Belfast, the orchestra plays the majority of its concerts in Belfast's Ulster Hall and Waterfront Hall. It also gives concerts across the United Kingdom ...

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Verbier Festival The Verbier Festival is a two week annual international music festival which is held in late July and early August in the mountain resort of Verbier southeast of Lausanne, Switzerland. Begun by Swedish expatriate in 1994, it has attracted int ...

Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine,

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, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León (of which he is an

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and the Berliner Barock Solisten. In May 2018 he premiered "Colorfields", Violin Concerto No. 2 written and dedicated to him by composer Richard Dubugnon.

Concertmaster and chamber musician

Since the 2013/14 season, Roberto González-Monjas is the

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of the

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and Primarius of the Winterthurer Streichquartett in a 50% capacity. In March 2020 it was announced that he would be stepping down from this position at the end of the 2020/2021 Season. From February 2014 until July 2020 he was the concertmaster of the

Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia The Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) is an Italian symphony orchestra based in Rome. Resident at the Parco della Musica, the orchestra primarily performs its Rome concerts in ...

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. He has played as a guest concertmaster with the

Philharmonia Orchestra The Philharmonia Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London. It was founded in 1945 by Walter Legge, a classical music record producer for EMI Classics, EMI. Among the conductors who worked with the orchestra in its early years were Rich ...

, the

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (''Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin'') is a German symphony orchestra based in Berlin. In Berlin, the orchestra gives concerts at the Konzerthaus Berlin and at the Berliner Philharmonie. The orchestra has a ...

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, the

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, the Bavarian Kammerphilharmonie and the

. While his usual recital partner is Kit Armstrong, he also performs with pianists Alexander Lonquich,

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and

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. He has also joined music formations with Andreas Ottensamer, Nicolas Altstaedt,

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, Alessandro Carbonare,

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and

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Teacher and educator

Roberto González-Monjas is the co-founder and artistic director of ''Iberacademy'' in Medellín,

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, a non-profit organization which aims at creating an efficient and sustainable model of musical education in Latin America, focusing on vulnerable segments of population and supporting highly talented young musicians. He also works with other educational institutions such as the ''

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'' orchestra in

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and the ''

'' junior orchestra in Switzerland. He is a violin professor at the ''

'' in London.

Instrument

He plays a

Giuseppe Guarneri Bartolomeo Giuseppe "del Gesù" Guarneri (, , ; 21 August 1698 – 17 October 1744) was an Italian luthier from the Guarneri family of Cremona. He rivals Antonio Stradivari (1644–1737) with regard to the respect and reverence accorded his i ...

‘filius Andreae’ violin from around 1710. Its purchase was made possible thanks to five families from the city of

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and the ''Rychenberg Foundation''. He also owns a violin made by Stephan von Baehr in 2011.

Discography

His debut recording features

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′s Haffner Serenade and

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′s Serenade Op. 1 with the Musikkollegium Winterthur, and was released in October 2017 by

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. He also contributed to Reinhard Goebel's recording of

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′s Brandenburg Concerti with the ''Berliner Barocksolisten'' for

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. His last recording featured Symphonies and Flute Concertos by

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References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez-Monjas, Roberto 1988 births Living people People from Valladolid Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Mozarteum University Salzburg alumni Spanish male classical violinists Leaders of the Philharmonia Orchestra 21st-century Spanish conductors (music) Spanish male conductors (music) Academics of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama