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\n\t\tJosep<\/span> Pons<\/span> -<\/span> Director<\/span>\t<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Josep Pons has been the Musical Director of the Gran Teatre del Liceu since 2012 and his latest renewal is until 2026.\u00a0
Over these years he has directed around forty pieces, with particular attention to the great works of the 19th and 20th-century repertoire, such as The Ring of the Nibelung cycle, Tristan and Isolde, Parsifal, or Wagner\u2019s Lohengrin, Richard Strauss\u2019 Elektra, Wozzeck by Alban Berg or Debussy\u2019s Pell\u00e9as and M\u00e9lisande, as well as other styles such as Mozart\u2019s Da Ponte trilogy and Handel\u2019s Rodelinda, and several premieres.<\/p>\n

He is Honorary Director of the “Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de Espa\u00f1a”, where he was the principal and artistic director from 2003 to 2012, and also of the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada (1993-2003). He was the founder of the Orquestra de Cambra Teatre Lliure, where he was the principal director from 1985 to 1997, and of the JONC (Jove Orquestra Nacional de Catalunya), of which he is the \u201cFounding Director”.
In 1992, he was the Executive Musical Director of the \u201cBarcelona-92\u201d Olympic Games ceremonies\u00a0<\/p>\n

He has recently been elected as the Principal and Artistic Director of the “Deutsche Radio Philharmonie” starting from the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Josep Pons\u2019 discography, with more than 50 CDs and DVDs, most of which published by Harmonia Mundi France and Deutsche Grammophon, include recordings of de Falla and French repertoire considered exemplary performances and which have received numerous awards, such as the Acad\u00e9mie Charles Cros Award, the Cannes Classical Awards and a Grammy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His recording of Noches en los jardines de Espa\u00f1a with Javier Perianes won a Choc de la Musique, Melancol\u00eda with Patricia Petibon received a Gramophone Editor\u2019s Choice award, and his collaboration with Tomatito earned him a Latin Grammy. His recording of Berio’s Sinfonia and 10 Fr\u00fche Lieder by Mahler\/Berio with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Matthias Goerne won the BBC Music Award, Choc de la musique, ECHO Klassik Awards and the T\u00e9l\u00e9rama ffff award.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His latest releases with Harmonia Mundi have been the recordings of the Goyescas opera by Granados with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and Le Tombeau de Couperin \u2013 Alborada del gracioso by Ravel with the Orchestre de Par\u00eds and Javier Perianes.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Among other awards, he has been honoured with the “National Music Award” granted by the Spanish Ministry of Culture for his outstanding work in 20th century music.\u00a0
In 2019 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and also received the Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts.
He is a Supernumerary Academic of the Royal Catalan Academy of Fine Arts of Saint George.<\/p>\n

Throughout his career, Josep Pons has forged strong relationships with most of the great European orchestras, having recorded with the Orchestre de Paris and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, with which he has appeared several times at the BBC Proms.<\/p>\n

Josep Pons began his musical education at the prestigious Escolania de Montserrat. The secular tradition and intense study of polyphony as well as contemporary music at this centre marked his subsequent musical and intellectual development.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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