ABOUT
© Yang Wan Jung, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2024.
Biography — Antón Alcalde
Born in Rianxo in 1992, Antón Alcalde is a Spanish composer, conductor, and self-publisher based in Taiwan. Since the age of sixteen, he has received numerous national and international composition awards, and his works have been premiered and performed around the world — in over 35 countries to date.
Among the ensembles that have performed his music, it is worth highlighting groups such as the Real Filharmonía de Galicia (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Galicia) (Spain), KOAN 2 Ensemble (Spain), Vigo430 Ensemble (Spain), Banda Sinfónica Juvenil 'Simón Bolivar' (Venezuela), Bevers Harmonieorkest (Belgium), Gents Universitair Harmonie Orkest (Belgium), Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa (Portugal), Sinfonischen Verbandsjugendblasorchester Ortenau (Germany), Stadtkapelle Memmingen (Germany), Blasorchester Feldmusik Neuenkirch (Switzerland), Harmonie Municipale de Sion (Switzerland), Stadtmusik Bludenz (Austria), Orchestra di fiati di Valle Camonica (Italy), Luxembourg Military Band, High School of National Taiwan Normal University, Izumo Symphonic Band -ENISHI- (Japan), University of Washington Symphonic Band (USA), University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Symphonic Band (USA), University of the Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble (USA), Western University Wind Ensemble (Canada), Musique des Parachutistes de Toulouse (France), Banda Primitiva de Llíria (Spain), Banda Sinfónica del C.I.M. "La Armónica" de Buñol (Spain), S.M.I. "Santa Cecilia" de Cullera (Spain), and the Municipal Bands of Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Palma de Mallorca, A Coruña, and Santiago de Compostela, among others.
Alcalde has received commissions from major national and international institutions, including the Consello da Cultura Galega (Spain), the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Galicia (Spain), the Certamen Internacional de Bandas “Vila de la Sénia” (Spain), and the Bevers Harmonieorkest (Belgium), among others. He has collaborated with internationally renowned soloists such as Roberto Oliveira (Koninklijk Conservatorium, the Netherlands), Arturo Costa (Royal College of Music, London), Ximo Vicedo (solo trombone of the Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra), and Hiroko Yamakawa (Showa University of Music, Japan). Additionally, his music has been premiered and performed at major festivals and concert halls worldwide, including the World Music Contest Kerkrade (the Netherlands), Flicorno d’Oro (Italy), the Certamen Internacional de Bandas de Música de Valencia (Spain), the Extravaganza Percussion Festival at the Royal Irish Academy of Music (Ireland), the Juilliard School (USA), the 1st National Congress of Wind Orchestras of Spain, the National Concert Hall (Taiwan), the Auditorium 400 at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Spain), and Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen HBG Hall (Japan).
Alcalde has frequently been invited as a guest conductor by the FSSH Alumni Wind Band and the Hsinchu Municipal Wind Orchestra in Taiwan. He has also collaborated as a guest conductor with the HSNU Alumni Wind Band (High School of National Taiwan Normal University), the NCU Alumni Wind Band (National Central University), and the orchestra of Hsinchu County Cheng-Gong Junior High School (Taiwan).
He was a member of the Asociación Gallega de Compositores (Galician Association of Composers) from 2011 to 2021. Since 2016, he has been pursuing his own editorial project under the label "Aalcalde Music," exclusively selling his scores worldwide.
His music has received recognition in excess of twenty times among national and international awards and nominations, with notable achievements such as the first prize "Xavier Montsalvatge" at the prestigious 35th Premio Jóvenes Compositores Fundación SGAE-CNDM, the special award "Juventudes Musicales de España" — also awarded within the 35th Premio Jóvenes Compositores Fundación SGAE-CNDM — resulting in the role of composer-in-residence for the 2025-2026 season, and the honorable mention received at the prestigious 32th Concorso di Composizione Originale per Banda (Corciano, Italy).
Nace en Rianxo en 1992. Antón Alcalde es un compositor, director y autoeditor español afincado en Taiwán. Tienen en su haber numerosos premios nacionales e internacionales de composición desde los dieciséis años, y su obra es estrenada e interpretada en todo el mundo — sumando ya más de 35 países.
Entre las formaciones que han interpretado su música cabe destacar la Real Filharmonía de Galicia (España), Ensemble KOAN 2 (España), Ensemble Vigo430 (España), Banda Sinfónica Juvenil 'Simón Bolivar' (Venezuela), Bevers Harmonieorkest (Bélgica), Gents Universitair Harmonie Orkest (Bélgica), Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa, Sinfonischen Verbandsjugendblasorchester Ortenau (Alemania), Stadtkapelle Memmingen (Alemania), Blasorchester Feldmusik Neuenkirch (Suiza), Harmonie Municipale de Sion (Suiza), Stadtmusik Bludenz (Austria), Orchestra di fiati di Valle Camonica (Italia), Luxembourg Military Band, High School of National Taiwan Normal University, Izumo Symphonic Band -ENISHI- (Japón), University of Washington Symphonic Band (EE. UU.), University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Symphonic Band (EE. UU.), University of the Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble (EE. UU.), Western University Wind Ensemble (Canadá), Musique des Parachutistes de Toulouse (Francia), Banda Primitiva de Llíria (España), Banda Sinfónica del C.I.M. "La Armónica" de Buñol (España), S.M.I. "Santa Cecilia" de Cullera (España); y las Bandas Municipales de Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Palma de Mallorca, A Coruña y Santiago de Compostela entre otras.
Alcalde ha recibido encargos de importantes instituciones nacionales e internacionales como el Consejo de la Cultura Gallega, la Real Filharmonía de Galicia, el Certamen Internacional de Bandas 'Vila de la Sénia' (España), o la Bevers Harmonieorkest (Bélgica), entre otras. Ha colaborado con solistas de talla internacional como Roberto Oliveira (Conservatorium Koninklijk de Países Bajos), Arturo Costa (Royal College of Music de Londres), Ximo Vicedo (trombón solista de la Orquesta Sinfónica de la Radio Televisión Española) y Hiroko Yamakawa (Showa University of Music de Japón). Por otro lado, su música ha sido estrenada e interpretada en importantes festivales y grandes salas de concierto de todo el mundo, destacando el World Music Contest Kerkrade (Países Bajos), Flicorno d'Oro (Italia), Certamen Internacional de Bandas de Música de Valencia (España), Extravaganza Percussion Festival de la Royal Irish Academy of Music (Irlanda), Brass Quintet Seminar de la Juilliard School (EE. UU.), I Congreso Nacional de Bandas de Música de España, Auditorio Nacional de Taiwán, Auditorium 400 del Museo Nacional Centro de Arte "Reina Sofía" (España), o el Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen HBG Hall (Japón).
Alcalde ha colaborado en numerosas ocasiones como director invitado de la FSSH Alumni Wind Band y de la Hsinchu Municipal Wind Orchestra, así como de la Alumni Wind Band de la High School of National Taiwan Normal University, la National Central University Alumni Wind Orchestra y la orquesta sinfónica del Hsinchu County Cheng-Gong Junior High School, en Taiwán.
Ha sido miembro de la Asociación Gallega de Compositores (2011 al 2021) y, desde el 2016, viene desarrollando su propio proyecto editorial bajo el sello "Aalcalde Music", desde el cual vende en exclusiva todas sus partituras por todo el mundo.
Su obra ha superado la veintena de galardones entre premios y nominaciones nacionales e internacionales, destacando el primer premio "Xavier Montsalvatge" en el prestigioso XXXV Premio Jóvenes Compositores Fundación SGAE-CNDM, el premio especial "Juventudes Musicales de España" — también ofrecido dentro del XXXV Premio Jóvenes Compositores Fundación SGAE-CNDM — materializándose en el rol de compositor residente durante la temporada 2025-2026, y la mención de honor obtenida en el prestigioso XXXII Concorso di Composizione Originale per Banda (Corciano, Italia).
Nace en Rianxo en 1992. Antón Alcalde é un compositor, director e autoeditor galego afincado en Taiwán. Conta con numerosos premios nacionais e internacionais de composición desde os dezaseis anos, e a súa obra é estreada e interpretada en todo o mundo — sumando xa máis de 35 países.
Entre as formacións que teñen interpretado a súa música cómpre destacar a Real Filharmonía de Galicia (España), Ensemble KOAN 2 (España), Ensemble Vigo430 (España), Banda Sinfónica Xuvenil “Simón Bolívar” (Venezuela), Bevers Harmonieorkest (Bélxica), Gents Universitair Harmonie Orkest (Bélxica), Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa, Sinfonischen Verbandsjugendblasorchester Ortenau (Alemaña), Stadtkapelle Memmingen (Alemaña), Blasorchester Feldmusik Neuenkirch (Suíza), Harmonie Municipale de Sion (Suíza), Stadtmusik Bludenz (Austria), Orchestra di fiati di Valle Camonica (Italia), Luxembourg Military Band, High School of National Taiwan Normal University, Izumo Symphonic Band – ENISHI – (Xapón), University of Washington Symphonic Band (E.U.A.), University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Symphonic Band (E.U.A.), University of the Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble (E.U.A.), Western University Wind Ensemble (Canadá), Musique des Parachutistes de Toulouse (Francia), Banda Primitiva de Llíria (España), Banda Sinfónica do C.I.M. “La Armónica” de Buñol (España), S.M.I. “Santa Cecilia” de Cullera (España); e as Bandas Municipais de Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Palma de Mallorca, A Coruña e Santiago de Compostela, entre outras.
Recibiu encargos de importantes institucións nacionais e internacionais como o Consello da Cultura Galega, a Real Filharmonía de Galicia, o Certamen Internacional de Bandas “Vila de la Sénia” (España), ou a Bevers Harmonieorkest (Bélxica), entre outras. Colaborou con solistas de prestixio internacional como Roberto Oliveira (Conservatorium Koninklijk dos Países Baixos), Arturo Costa (Royal College of Music de Londres), Ximo Vicedo (trombón solista da Orquestra Sinfónica de Radio Televisión Española) e Hiroko Yamakawa (Showa University of Music de Xapón). Por outra banda, a súa música foi estreada e interpretada en destacados festivais e importantes salas de concerto de todo o mundo, como o World Music Contest Kerkrade (Países Baixos), Flicorno d’Oro (Italia), Certamen Internacional de Bandas de Música de Valencia (España), Extravaganza Percussion Festival da Royal Irish Academy of Music (Irlanda), Brass Quintet Seminar da Juilliard School (E.U.A.), I Congreso Nacional de Bandas de Música de España, Auditorio Nacional de Taiwán, Auditorium 400 do Museo Nacional Centro de Arte “Reina Sofía” (España), ou o Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen HBG Hall (Xapón).
Alcalde colaborou en numerosas ocasións como director convidado da FSSH Alumni Wind Band e da Hsinchu Municipal Wind Orchestra, así como da Alumni Wind Band da High School of National Taiwan Normal University, da National Central University Alumni Wind Orchestra e da orquestra sinfónica do Hsinchu County Cheng-Gong Junior High School, en Taiwán.
Foi membro da Asociación Galega de Compositores (2011–2021) e, desde o 2016, desenvolve o seu propio proxecto editorial baixo o selo “Aalcalde Music”, dende o cal distribúe en exclusiva todas as súas partituras por todo o mundo.
A súa obra suma máis de vinte galardóns entre premios e nomeamentos nacionais e internacionais, salientando o primeiro premio “Xavier Montsalvatge” no prestixioso XXXV Premio Jóvenes Compositores Fundación SGAE-CNDM, o premio especial “Juventudes Musicales de España” — tamén outorgado dentro do mesmo certame, o XXXV Premio Jóvenes Compositores Fundación SGAE-CNDM — que se materializa no rol de compositor residente durante a tempada 2025–2026, e a mención de honra obtida no recoñecido XXXII Concorso di Composizione Originale per Banda (Corciano, Italia).
Antón Alcalde，1992年出生於西班牙里安霍（Rianxo），是一位現居台灣的作曲家、編曲家與自行出版者。自16歲起他便屢獲國內外作曲獎項，其作品至今已在全球超過30個國家首演與演出。
在演出他作品的樂團中，值得一提的包括：西班牙加利西亞皇家愛樂管弦樂團(Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Galicia)、委內瑞拉「西蒙·玻利瓦」青年交響管樂團(Banda Sinfónica Juvenil 'Simón Bolivar')、比利時比佛斯交響管樂團(Bevers Harmonieorkest)、葡萄牙交響管樂團(Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa)、奧地利盧森堡軍樂隊(Luxembourg Military Band)、日本「出雲交響吹奏楽団−縁−」、美國華盛頓大學交響管樂團(University of Washington Symphonic Band)、西班牙以利亞音樂與教育協會「原始」交響管樂團(Banda Primitiva de Llíria)、西班牙布紐「和諧」音樂教學中心交響管樂團(anda Sinfónica del C.I.M. "La Armónica" de Buñol)以及庫耶拉「聖賽西莉亞」音樂教育協會交響管樂團(S.M.I. "Santa Cecilia" de Cullera)等。
他曾接受多個重要國家、國際組織的委託創作，包括：西班牙加利西亞文化委員會(Concello da Cultura Gallega)、西班牙加利西亞皇家愛樂管弦樂團(Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Galicia)、西班牙「塞尼亞鎮國際管樂比賽」(Certamen Internacional de Bandas 'Vila de la Sénia')、比利時比佛斯交響管樂團(Bevers Harmonieorkest)，以及日本「出雲交響吹奏楽団−縁−」 等。此外，他的音樂作品也曾於世界各大音樂節及演奏廳中首演與演出，包括：荷蘭世界音樂大賽、義大利金色號角管樂大賽、西班牙瓦倫西亞國際管樂比賽、愛爾蘭都柏林皇家愛爾蘭音樂學院的「盛會擊樂節」、美國茱莉亞銅管五重奏研討會、西班牙全國管樂大會、台灣國家音樂廳、馬德里索菲亞王后國家藝術中心博物館400廳，以及日本廣島文化學園HBG音樂廳等。
Antón定居台灣期間多次受邀擔任新竹市立管樂團的客席指揮，亦曾擔任師大附中校友管樂團、鳳山高中校友管樂團以及新竹縣成功國中管弦樂團客席指揮。
他的音樂創作曾獲超過20次國內外獎項和提名肯定，2024年於享譽盛名的室內樂青年作曲家比賽「第35屆西班牙SGAE－CNDM獎（XXXV Premio Jóvenes Compositores Fundación SGAE-CNDM）中榮獲首獎「哈維爾・蒙薩爾瓦奇獎」（Xavier Montsalvatge），以及同場比賽頒發的西班牙青年音樂家協會特別獎（Juventudes Musicales de España），並成為該基金會2025至2026樂季的駐團作曲家。此外，他亦於義大利第32屆科爾恰諾舉辦的第三十二屆管樂原創作曲大賽上獲得榮譽獎項。
AWARDS & PRIZES
From international accolades to prestigious awards, Antón Alcalde's music has received recognition more than twenty times since the age of sixteen.
© Luis Camacho / Fundación SGAE, Madrid, Spain, 2024.
2025 Receives the Musical Creation Incentive for the world premiere of his work Anatomías del Abismo, offered by the SGAE Foundation (32 years old).
2024 Special prize "Juventudes Musicales de España", also
awarded within the prestigious 35th Young Composers
Award SGAE-CNDM Foundation, Madrid (Spain) — for
Anatomías del Abismo (32 years old).
2022 Finalist at the Gil Soundtrack Award 2022, Murcia (Spain)
— for Memoria Líquida (30 years old).
2021 Receives the Musical Creation Incentive for the world premiere of his work Un Ollo de Vidro, offered by the SGAE Foundation (28 years old).
2018 Receives the Musical Creation Incentive for the world premiere of his work What do you think about the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?, offered by the SGAE Foundation (25 years old).
2016 Finalist at the Gil Soundtrack Award 2016, Murcia (Spain)
— for Through the Time (23 years old).
2016 Receives the Musical Creation Incentive for the world premiere of his work Maquialó, offered by the SGAE Foundation (23 years old).
2014 Bronze medal at the Global Music Awards, San Diego
(USA) — for Symphony No.2 "A Lenda de Paio Gómez
Chariño" (21 years old).
2014 Receives the Musical Creation Incentive for the world premiere of his work Three Revelations, offered by the SGAE Foundation (21 years old).
2013 Official nomination at the Hollywood Music in Media
Awards, Los Angeles (USA) — for Gavilán (A Wizard of
Earthsea) (20 years old).
2011 First prize at the 2nd Category of the 4th Galician
Composition Contest for Band (Spain) — for Camiños da Fin da Terra (19 years old).
2009 First prize at the Concert Category of the 2nd Galician
Composition Contest for Band (Spain) — for Pórtico
2009 First prize at the 2nd Ibero-American Composition Contest for Band (Spain) — for Viaxe ao Centro da Terra (16 years old).
2024 First prize "Xavier Montsalvatge" at the prestigious
35th Young Composers Award SGAE-CNDM Foundation,
Madrid (Spain) — for Anatomías del Abismo (32 years old).
2023 Honorable mention at the 32th International Composition
Competition of Corciano (Italy) — for Scenes from Bashô
(30 years old).
2022 Winner at the wind orchestra category of the 9th "Martín
Códax" Music Awards 2022, Galicia (Spain), for his music
for the project Heroínas na Memoria, designed by "Banda Unión Musical de Meaño" (Meaño Musical Union Wind Orchestra) (30 years old).
2019 Third prize "Francisco Guerrero Marín" at the prestigious
30th Young Composers Award SGAE-CNDM Foundation,
Madrid (Spain) — for Firefly (after "Tokyo Blues")
(27 years old).
2017 Receives the Musical Creation Incentive for the world premiere of his work Holograms offered by the SGAE Foundation (24 years old).
2016 First prize at the Composition Contest of Pasodobles from
the 25th Meaño Bands Festival, Galicia (Spain) — for
BUMM (23 years old).
2014 Bronze medal at the Global Music Awards, San Diego
(USA) — for Maquialó (21 years old).
2014 Silver medal at the Global Music Awards, San Diego
(USA) — for The Heroes of the Orzán (21 years old).
2013 Official nomination at the Hollywood Music in Media
Awards, Los Angeles (USA) — for The Heroes of Orzán
(20 years old).
2011 First prize at the 3rd Category of the 4th Galician
Composition Contest for Band (Spain) — for Noite de Defuntos (19 years old).
2010 First prize at the Concert Category of the 3rd Galician
Composition Contest for Band (Spain) — for Dolmen
2009 First prize at the Symphonic Category of the 2nd Galician
Composition Contest for Band (Spain) — for Symphony No.1 "Marea Negra" (17 years old).
2006 Second classified at the regional phase of the 4th National Performance Contest "Intercentros Melómano", Spain (13 years old).
TIMELINE
of the most significant events since the birth of
Antón Alcalde, particularly regarding his career as a performer, composer, and conductor.
© María Elena Rodríguez Beltrán, 2002.
2025 Guest conductor of the FSSH Alumni Wind Band (Taiwan) with the program "¡Danzando!" (Dancing!). Conducts the Taiwanese premiere of Irish Cooking with the FSSH Alumni Wind Band.
Guest conductor of the National Central University Wind
Orchestra (Taiwan).
Anatomías del Abismo is premiered live on
“Radio Nacional de España” (National Radio of Spain) in
the program “Vent Nocturne.”
Serves as a member of the jury in the 18th Galician
Composition Competition (Spain), alongside Fernando
Buide and Amparo Edo.
Receives the Musical Creation Incentive for the world premiere of Anatomías del Abismo, awarded by the SGAE Foundation.
2023 Receives the Honorable Mention at the 32th International
Composition Competition of Corciano (Italy) for his work
Scenes from Bashô.
Guest conductor of the Hsinchu Municipal Wind Orchestra
(Taiwan) with the program "The Shape of Water".
Get married.
2021 Composes Un Ollo de Vidro, commissioned and performed by the "Real Filharmonía de Galicia" (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Galicia), conducted by Paul Daniels.
Interview on the TV show "A Revista FDS" (Spain) regarding the world premiere of Un Ollo de Vidro.
Receives the Musical Creation Incentive for the world premiere of Un Ollo de Vidro, awarded by the SGAE Foundation.
2019 Moves to Taiwan.
Completes his first musical theater work, Atlantis,
developed over seven years.
Wins the “Francisco Guerrero Marín” third prize at the
prestigious 30th Young Composers Award organized by
the SGAE-CNDM Foundation with his work Firefly (after "Tokyo Blues"). The first performance is given by the KOAN 2 Ensemble, conducted by José Ramón Encinar, at the Auditorium 400 of the "Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía" (Queen Sofía National Museum Art Center), in Madrid (Spain).
Premiere broadcast on “Radio Nacional de España” (National Radio of Spain) within the program "Miramondo Múltiplo" regarding the world premiere of Firefly (after "Tokyo Blues").
2017 First visit to Iceland.
Selected for a composition residency at the ArtsIceland Institute in Ísafjörður, where he composed Resonant Isles, commissioned as the test piece for the First Division of the 2018 edition of the 12th International Bands Competition “Vila de la Sénia.”
Receives the Musical Creation Incentive for the world premiere of Holograms, awarded by the SGAE Foundation.
2015 First visit to Japan.
Japanese premiere of Symphony No. 2: A Lenda de Paio Gómez Chariño at the All Japan Band Competition Chugoku, Hiroshima.
His composition Noite de Defuntos is selected as the test piece for the Second Division of the 9th Galician Band Competition (Spain).
2013 First visit to the USA.
Receives two nominations at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards, Los Angeles (USA), for his works Gavilán: A Wizard of Earthsea and The Heroes of Orzán.
2011 Composes and wins two first prizes—Second and Third
Category—at the 4th Galician Composition Contest for Band with his works Camiños da Fin da Terra and Noite de Defuntos, respectively.
Daniel Figueira writes his Final Year Project dissertation on the treatment of the horn in the music of Antón Alcalde.
His composition Dolmen is selected as the test piece for the Second Division of the 5th Galician Band Competition (Spain).
2009 Composes and wins first prize at the 2nd Ibero-American Composition Contest for Band with his work Viaxe ao Centro da Terra.
Composes and wins first prize in all categories of the 2nd Galician Composition Contest for Band—Symphonic and Concert—with his works Symphony No.1 "Marea Negra" and Pórtico, respectively.
Studies Scoring for Motion Pictures with Patrick Doyle, Wataru Hokoyama, and Oscar winner Michael Giacchino at the 5th Film Music Festival in Úbeda.
Gives a lecture in the Department of Music History, Faculty of History, at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), being the youngest speaker ever invited by the University to date.
Interview on the TV show "De Galicia para o Mundo" (Spain) regarding the first prizes obtained in all categories of the 2nd Galician Composition Contest for Band.
Obtains his Professional Degree in Percussion from the "Manuel Quiroga" Professional Conservatory of Music in Pontevedra, and becomes professor of percussion at the Rianxo Music School (Spain), a position he holds until 2014.
2006 Joins the percussion section of the "Banda Sinfónica da Federación Galega de Bandas de Música Populares" (Symphonic Band of the Galician Federation of Popular Wind Orchestras), Spain, serving as a member from its inauguralconcert on May 26 until 2009.
2004 Composes and performs O Mapa do Castelo (The Map of the Castle), premiered in the International Percussion Festival Merza 2004 in Vila de Cruces (Spain). Alcalde takes percussion masterclasses with renowned international percussionists such as Nick Woud, Nancy Zeltsman, Tobias Guttmann, Bogdan Bacanu, Jan Pustjens, Ali N'Diaye, Cesar Peris, Juanjo Guillem, and Romain Kuonen, among others.
2000 Studies percussion and music theory at the Rianxo
— 06 Music School (Spain).
2024 Wins the “Xavier Montsalvatge” first prize at the
prestigious 35th Young Composers Award organized by
the SGAE-CNDM Foundation with his work Anatomías del
Abismo. The first performance is given by the Vigo430
Ensemble, conducted by Lara Diloy, at the Auditorium 400 of the "Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía" (Queen Sofía National Museum Art Center) in Madrid (Spain).
Receives the “Juventudes Musicales de España” special
prize—also awarded within the prestigious 35th Young
Composers Award SGAE-CNDM Foundation—for the
same work.
Guest conductor of the FSSH Alumni Wind Band (Taiwan) with the program "Un Nuevo Comienzo" (A New Beginning).
Guest conductor of the Hsinchu County Cheng-Gong Junior High School Orchestra.
2022 Conducts the Taiwanese premiere of Camiños da
Fin da Terra with the Hsinchu Municipal Wind Orchestra (Taiwan). Presents the world premiere of Sun Moon Lake with the Hsinchu Municipal Wind Orchestra together with the Lan Yang Wind Band in a synchronized online performance (due to COVID-19 restrictions), held between the two ensembles over 80 km apart. Conducted by Jian- Ming Wu.
Conducts the Taiwanese premiere of Symphony No. 1
"Marea Negra" and Nalu with the HSNU Alumni Wind Band.
In October, holds the world premiere of Cantigas,
performed by Arturo Costa and Yen-Chih Lin at the Recital Hall of the National Concert Hall in Taipei (Taiwan). His music is performed in a private concert at the Chimei Museum in Tainan (Taiwan) by Arturo Costa, using the original Luigi Boccherini Stradivari (1709).
His music for the project Heroínas na Memoria, commissioned by the Banda Unión Musical de Meaño (Meaño Musical Union Wind Orchestra), is awarded in the wind orchestra category of the 9th "Martín Códax" Music Awards (Spain).
Finalist at the Gil Soundtrack Award 2022 with his
soundtrack Memoria Líquida.
Ángel Blanco writes his Final Year Project dissertation on the treatment of percussion in the symphonies of Antón Alcalde. Similarly, Pablo Sobradelo writes his Final Year Project dissertation on the treatment of horn ensemble in Antón Alcalde’s works for wind orchestra.
2020 Sculptures in Brass is selected and receives its world premiere by the American Brass Quintet during the New Music lecture of the Juilliard Brass Quintet Seminar, New York (USA).
2018 Writes …that pale blue dot and What do you think about
the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and
Nagasaki?, commissioned and dedicated to the "Real
Filharmonía de Galicia" (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Galicia) and the "Banda Municipal de Santiago de Compostela" (Santiago de Compostela Municipal Wind Orchestra), respectively.
Interview on the TV show "ZigZag" (Spain) regarding the world premiere of ...that pale blue dot.
Receives the Musical Creation Incentive for the world premiere of What do you think about the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?, awarded by the SGAE Foundation.
2016 Writes his multimedia work Holograms for Roberto Oliveira, premiered at the Extravaganza Percussion Festival, Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin (Ireland).
Winner of the first prize in the Composition Contest of Pasodobles at the 25th Meaño Bands Festival for his work BUMM.
Starts his own self-publishing project.
Finalist at the Gil Soundtrack Award 2016 with his soundtrack Through the Time. Serves as a member of the jury in the 3rd International Composition Competition “Música Jove” (Valencia, Spain), alongside Francisco José
Martínez Gallego and Vicente Ortiz Gimeno.
2014 First visit to England.
Obtains three medals—one silver, two bronze—at the Global Music Awards, San Diego (USA).
Composes and performs Maquialó on commission from the Council of Galician Culture, Santiago de Compostela.
Studies English at EF Education First program in Eastbourne (England).
Receives the Musical Creation Incentive for the world premiere of Three Revelations, awarded by the SGAE Foundation.
2012 His composition Camiños da Fin da Terra is selected as the test piece for the Second Division of the 6th Galician Band Competition (Spain).
2010 Composes and wins first prize at the 3rd Galician Composition Contest for Band with his work Dolmen.
His compositions Symphony No.1 "Marea Negra" and Pórtico are selected as the test pieces for the First and Second Divisions of the 4th Galician Band Competition (Spain), respectively.
2008 Writes and premieres Pinocho (Pinocchio)—his first work for wind orchestra to be performed—with the "Banda Municipal de Santiago de Compostela" (Santiago de Compostela Municipal Wind Orchestra), Spain, conducted by Andrés Valero Castells.
2005 Writes Concertino, performed by Nick Woud’s students at
the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (Netherlands).
Attends the Professional Conservatory of Music
“Manuel Quiroga” in Pontevedra (Spain), where he writes and performs Tryptic with the conservatory’s orchestra.
Wins second place at the regional phase of the 4th National Performance Contest “Intercentros Melómano”.
2003 Composes and conducts Pictures, premiered by
professors of the International Percussion Festival Merza
2003 in Vila de Cruces (Spain). Alcalde takes percussion
masterclasses with renowned international percussionists such as Nick Woud, Nancy Zeltsman, Roberto Oliveira, Pedro Varea, and Ton Risco, among others.
Joins the percussion section of the “Banda Filharmónica Galega” (Philharmonic Wind Orchestra of Galicia), Spain, becoming the youngest performer in the history of the
ensemble.
1992 Born on July 3 in Rianxo, A Coruña (Spain).
© María Elena Rodríguez Beltrán, 1992.
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