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Josep Pons - Conductor

“I experience music as truth, in each concert I experience an intimate emotion.”

Guided by this deep commitment, Josep Pons has built a career spanning more than four decades as a conductor. Over the years, he has brought a fresh perspective to the symphonic and operatic repertoire, combining the great works of the tradition with a steady commitment to contemporary music and lesser-performed repertoire, shaping an artistic vision that moves and transforms audiences.

BIOGRAPHY

Upcoming concerts

Immerse yourself in Josep Pons’ discography: a musical journey that transcends, inspiring emotions and revealing the greatness of his musical vision.

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Dates

Concert

ORCHESTRA

Location

Tickets

November 8, 2026

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24
Four Last Songs

Jüri Reinvere (1971-)
Das Lied von den zwei Erden

Paulina Linnosaari, soprano
Kristi Mühling, kannel

Deutsche Radio Philharmonie
Congresshalle, Saarbrücken
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November 13,14, 15, 2026

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Lohengrin, Prelude to Act I
Parsifal, Prelude to Act III and Good Friday Spell

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Das Lied von der Erde

Fleur Barron, contralto
Benjamin Bruns, tenor

Orquesta Nacional de España
Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid
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November 25, 2026

George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Jasbo Brown Blues – arreglos Lluís Vidal

Frederic Mompou (1893-1987)
Cançó i dansa nº6 – arreglos Lluís Vidal

Feliu Gasull (1959-)
Solitud per engany

Astor Piazzola (1921-1992)
La muerte del ángel

Joan Guinjoan (1931-2019)
El diari

Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951)
Simfonia de cambra n. 9

Barcelona Art Orchestra & Formació Nova
Sala Fabià Puigserver, Barcelona
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November 28, 2026

Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
Orchestral Suite from the opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
El amor brujo, 1925 version

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
The Magic Flute, selection of excerpts

Franz Lehár (1870-1948)
The Merry Widow, selection of excerpts

Maria Toledo, cantaora
Marcelina Román, soprano
Carles Pachon, baritone
Muntsa Alcañiz, actress

Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
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December 13, 2026

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Excerpts from Lohengrin, Parsifal, Die Walküre and Götterdämmerung

Nicholas Brownlee, baritone

Deutsche Radio Philharmonie
Congresshalle, Saarbrücken
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Discography

Immerse yourself in Josep Pons’ discography: a musical journey that transcends, inspiring emotions and revealing the greatness of his musical vision.

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Jeux de miroirs

Berio Sinfonia

Goyescas

Sacre · Pétrouchka

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Reviews

“Here, Josep Pons makes a kind of symphonic summary of the score, tackling the key moments of this human tragedy. He deftly mixes the purely orchestral passages and those in which the vocal interventions are to a great extent supported by a very active orchestra… Josep Pons’ musical direction enthusiastically emphasizes the epic work in a display of orchestral dynamics, from the most delicate pianissimos to the tragic fortissimos.”

Classic Toulouse

January 2016

“During the whole concert, Josep Pons is as usual very efficient, the gesture is precise and the orchestra responds perfectly.”

Classique info

“Pons began the programme with a vital and warmhearted account of Stravinsky’s Scherzo à la Russe, and created an immaculately textured underlay for Frank Peter Zimmermann’s lyrically rhapsodic approach to the Brahms Violin Concerto…”

The Guardian

Georges Hall

August 2013

“Pons is not used to working with the SCO, and Falla is not a composer with whom they have worked very often; but exciting results can come from such circumstances, and so it proved tonight with an exciting, throbbing performance of both works that pulsed with Latin life and gleamed with Mediterranean sunlight.”

Seen and Heard International

Simon Thompson

December 2014

“In this superbly well executed performance, the BBCSO of smaller size showed what a first-class orchestra is. A great merit in this sense belongs to Josep Pons.”

Classical Source

Parsifal at the Teatre del Liceu “A transparent, meticulous and clarifying vision of the inexhaustible background of the score.”

Beckmesser

June 2023

“[…] The idiomatic baton of the Spanish maestro Josep Pons conjured an air of authenticity. His opening gambit, the brooding Interlude and sizzling Dance from Manuel de Falla’s unfairly neglected opera La Vida Breve, displayed an instinct for subtle grace and building dramatic tension.”

The Guardian

Clive Paget

July 2023

“Josep Pons duly brought out the drama of the initial pages of de Falla’s La Vida Breve, before heading into a rendition of the main section such as (rightly) predicated suavity over rhetoric, while not lacking for impetus as this music reached its effervescent close”

Arcana

Richard Whitehouse

July 2023

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