Juan Ferrer​​

Júri VI APC International Clarinet Competition – Masterclass – Concerto de Gala

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Juan Ferrer is considered one of the most versatile and active Spanish clarinetists of his generation and the first Spanish Clarinetist to be part of the juries of the prestigious Moscow De Ghent Tchaikovsky Competition, also being part as a soloist and maestro offered recitals and Master Classes, in Versailles (France), Competition for Asia and Oceania in Taipei (Taiwan) and Carlino (Italy). 

Artist of the recognized brands Buffet-Crampon Paris and Vandoren Paris, Ferrer is part of the Galicia Simphony Orchestra (OSG in spanish), as the principal clarinet since 1994. Although his activity as a interpreter has led him to offer concerts in China, Taiwan, Switzerland, France, Italy, Belgium, Portugal, Brazil, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Argentina and throughout Spain; as a soloist and in recitals as well with chamber groups such as the Trío Untía, the Instrumental Group Siglo XX or the Quintet of Soloists of the GSO.

Ferrer´s interpretative quality has earned him the great opportunity to be invited as a regular guest of the Leipzig Radio Orchestra, Barcelona's Liceu Orchestra, Valencia's Palau de les Arts, Catalonia National Orchestra or the RTVE Orchestra, among many others, and has worked under the orders of some of the most prestigious batons: Gustavo Dudamel, Lorin Maazel, Daniel Harding, Sir Neville Marriner, Osmo Vänska, Guennadi Rozdestvenski, Peter Maag, James Conlon, Jesús López Cobos, Stanislaw Scrowaczewski, Dima Slobodeniouk, Gian andrea Noseda, Christoph Eschenbach, Juanjo Menachenbach Alberto Zedda among many others.

Juan A. Ferrer began his musical studies at the Montserrat Musical Society, continuing later at the Valencia Conservatory, where he obtained the title of Clarinet Teacher with the Highest Notes into the Honor Roll, them Juan get the Superior Degree at the Joaquín Rodrigo Conservatory of Valencia also with the Honor Roll, and the unanimous Honorable Mention of the Degree Award.

During all his formation, Juan studied with professors José Vicente Herrera, Larry Passin, Andrew Marriner, Alan Damiens, Walter Boeykens, Anthony Gigliotti, Guy Deplus, Jehuda Gilad, among others.

Between 1992 and 1993 he assiduously collaborated with the National Symphony Orchestra of Catalonia (ONC in spanish), them in february 1993, Juan won a scholarship to study at the University of Southern California, selected by Professor Jehuda Gilad as a pupil.

Ferrer´s pedagogical work with students from conservatories and universities of Europe, Asia and Latin America, has been cataloged as a great contribution to the clarinet world, Juan´s teaching dynamics and great intuition, brings new knowledges, experiences and skills into the new generations of clarinetists from around the world.

In 2016, Juan participated (as a soloist and teacher) representing the Buffet Crampon brand as a Buffet Artist in the International Meeting of Rio de Janeiro, Colombia and Costa Rica. 

Invited by juries from all over the world, Juan Ferrer is he also focuses his pedagogical work without abandoning the symphonic context, working especially with the Young Orchestra OSG, Joven Symphony Orchestra of Euskadi, Young National Symphony of Catalonia, Young Orchestra of the Canary Islands. 

Ferrer usually teaches courses in Spain, France, China, Taiwan, Italy, Portugal, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Belgium, Russia and in the International Clarinet Meeting of Argentina, in addition to all these participations, Juan represent his country as a Spanish artist in six editions of the Ibero-American Clarinet Academy. at Castelo de Paiva in Portugal.

Juan´s unstoppable solo, academic and orchestral activity, has been recognized with the invitation to participate as an international guest professor for El Sistema (Venezuela), with three annual meetings starting in the 2017-18 season, activities that during the quarantine due to the Covid-19 pandemia still happens through online sessions in 2020 – 2021 season. Since 2020 Juan is enrolled as a Professor at the Alfonso X el Sabio University in Madrid where he teaches into the University in Musical Interpretation and Performative Research.

Recently, Juan Ferrer has just recorded an album with the pianist Daniel del Pino with works dedicated to him by internationally renowned authors: Salvador Brotóns, Fernado Buide, Eduardo Soutullo, Karolis Biveinis, Octavio Vázquez, Vladimir Rosinskij and Juan Durán.