In January 2021, Josep Pons made his debut with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, one of Europe’s leading symphony orchestras. The concert, held at the Auditorium Rainier III, marked the beginning of his collaboration with the Monaco orchestra and represented another important milestone in his international career.
The programme explored the dialogue between the French and Spanish repertoires through works by Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy and Manuel de Falla, composers who have long occupied a central place in Josep Pons’s artistic life. The programme showcased the orchestra’s refined sound while highlighting a repertoire that has become one of the hallmarks of his conducting career, both in concert and on record.
Specialist critics praised the clarity of the musical interpretation, the balance between orchestral sections and the exceptional attention to colour and detail, qualities particularly suited to this repertoire. Several reviews also emphasised the immediate rapport established between conductor and orchestra and the natural flow of the musical narrative.
The debut further strengthened Josep Pons’s international profile and added the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo to the distinguished list of leading European orchestras with which he has collaborated.