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Daniel Huertas is a young Spanish conductor interested in the classical and contemporary repertoire. His performances are characterised by a clear reading of the score and a sincere, direct expression. In the summer of 2022, he was awarded the Neeme Järvi Prize at the Yehudi Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, and in February 2023 he won second prize in the Juventudes Musicales de España conducting competition.
Daniel began his musical education in Campo de Criptana, Spain, at the age of 5. He took up the clarinet, while also showing an interest in conducting and the piano. He studied clarinet with José Luis Estellés, and orchestral and choral conducting with Arturo Tamayo and Gabriel Baltes at Musikene, San Sebastian. He continued his studies in conducting contemporary music at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, and holds a master’s degree in orchestral conducting from the Haute École de Musique de Genève with Laurent Gay.
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He has had the opportunity to work with groups such as the French Basque Country National Orchestra, Contrechamps Ensemble, Gstaad Festival Orchestra, Pays de Savoie Orchestra, Biel/Bienne Symphony Orchestra, Ars Nova Ensemble and Pays de la Loire National Orchestra. He undertook an internship at the Grand Théâtre de Genève during the production of Parsifal with Jonathan Nott, and has conducted opera productions such as Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti and Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro.
During the 2023-2024 season, he will be guest conductor of the Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra and the Südwestfalen Philharmonic Orchestra. He will continue his career in the lyrical repertoire as musical director of the production of Britten’s The Turn of the Screw at the Haute École de Musique de Genève and assistant conductor of the production of Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges at the Tenerife Opera, with conductor Jordi Francés. From January 2024 to 2026, he is assistant conductor at Ensemble Intercontemporain in Paris.
Daniel Huertas 