Lorenzo Palomo
b. 1938
Spanish
Summary
Lorenzo Palomo resides in Berlin (Germany), where he has been a member of the music staff of the Berlin Opera (Deutsche Oper Berlin) from 1981 to 2004.
His music has been interpreted in the most renowned concert halls worldwide, among them Carnegie Hall (New York), Symphony Hall (Boston), Philharmonie (Berlin), Auditorio Nacional (Madrid), L’Auditori (Barcelona) and many others.
Among the orchestras which have interpreted Lorenzo Palomo’s compositions are many of the important orchestras around the world including the Symphony Orchestras of Boston, London Symphony, Berlin Opera (Deutsche Oper Berlin), Hamburg Symphony and Philharmonic, Tokio Yomiuri Nippon, Suisse Romande of Geneva, Rome’s Accademia Santa Cecilia, Bergen and Oslo Philharmonics, the New Russia Symphony Orchestra of Moscow, Spain’s National Orchestra and Symphony Orchestras of Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, etc.
His Majesty, King Juan Carlos I of Spain, knighted Lorenzo Palomo into the Order of Isabel la Católica for his work disseminating the name of Spain worldwide through his music.
Biography
He studied piano and harmony at the Córdoba Conservatory and at the age of twenty he entered the Barcelona Superior Conservatory of Music, where he studied composition with Joaquín Zamacois and piano with Sofía Puche de Mendlewicz. Awarded with the Juan March Foundation grant he studied orchestra conducting with Boris Goldovsky in New York.
In 1973 Lorenzo Palomo was appointed Music Director and Conductor of the Valencia Symphony Orchestra alternating this position with the one as Principal Guest Conductor of the Manila Symphony Orchestra (Philippines). During these years he conducted concerts as well as many opera performances, among them in 1976 in Geneva with the Suisse Romande Orchestra the concert celebrating Manuel de Falla’s Centennial.
His music has been interpreted in the most renowned concert halls worldwide, among them Carnegie Hall (New York), Symphony Hall (Boston), Verizon Hall (Kimmel Center, Philadelphia), Covent Garden (London), Suntory Hall (Tokyo), Tschaikowsky Auditorium (Moscow), Philharmonie (Berlin), Konzerthaus (Berlin), Victoria Hall (Geneva), Auditorio Nacional (Madrid), L’Auditori (Barcelona), Palau de la Música (Valencia), Teatro de la Maestranza (Seville), Palacio Euskalduna (Bilbao), Auditorio Manuel de Falla (Granada) and many others.
Among the orchestras which have interpreted Lorenzo Palomo’s compositions are many of the most important orchestras around the world including the Symphony Orchestras of Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, London Symphony, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Opera (Deutsche Oper Berlin), Dresden Philharmonic, Hamburg Symphony and Philharmonic, Tokio Yomiuri Nippon, Suisse Romande of Geneva, Rome’s Accademia Santa Cecilia, Bergen and Oslo Philharmonics, the New Russia Symphony Orchestra of Moscow, Spain’s National Orchestra and Symphony Orchestras of Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Bilbao, Euskadi, Seville, Castilla-Leon etc.