Antonio Salguero
Antonio Salguero
Antonio Salguero is a clarinetist who has always combined performing and teaching. Throughout his career, he has been invited to perform at prestigious festivals in Palermo, Beijing, Harbin, Hangzhou, Bergen, Madrid, Oostend, Seville, Oporto, Lisbon and Algiers among others, both as a soloist, and taking part in chamber music and orchestral formations.
He has worked with orchestras such as the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, Orquesta Ciudad de Almería and Orquesta de Cadiz. He was a founding member of the Orquesta Arsian, an Andalusian project that for more than a decade has been developing an interesting work beyond its territory ranging from the operatic repertoire to symphonic, not leaving aside other fields such as chamber music and contemporary repertoire.
He is currently principal clarinet of Orquesta Bética de Cámara, a formation that was founded by Manuel de Falla, and during the last years under the conducting of Michael Thomas, has become a chamber music reference in Spain, preserving the legacy of the Andalusian musician without neglecting the own repertoire of this kind of orchestra.
As a soloist Antonio has performed in places like Germany, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, Greece and England. He has also performed with Ensemble Solistas de Seville and Taller Sonoro, which are specialized groups in the contemporary repertoire through several national festivals, China and Mexico.
In 1998 he became the first Spanish clarinetist to win the First Prize at the International Clarinet Competition “Ciudad de Dos Hermanas”. In the same edition, he also won the Special Prize “Manuel Castillo” for the best interpretation of the piece Orippo, created by the composer himself.
His last recording in 2017, “Clarinet Sonatas 20th century”, has obtained the best reviews of the specialized press of his country and abroad
.Since 2001 Antonio Salguero has been a clarinet professor at the Conservatorio Superior de Música Manuel Castillo in Seville and since 2007 he has collaborated with the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.