Aalcalde Music

Born in Rianxo in 1992, Alcalde is a Spanish composer, arranger, 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 30 countries to date.

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Among the ensembles that have performed his music, it is worth highlighting groups such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Galicia (Spain), Banda Sinfónica Juvenil 'Simón Bolivar' (Venezuela), Bevers Harmonieorkest (Belgium), Gents Universitair Harmonie Orkest (Belgium), Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa, 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.

 

He has received commissions from important national and international institutions such as the Concello da Cultura Gallega (Spain), the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Galicia (Spain), the Certamen Internacional de Bandas 'Vila de la Sénia' (Spain), Bevers Harmonieorkest (Belgium), and Izumo Symphonic Band -ENISHI- (Japan), among others. He has collaborated with internationally renowned soloists such as Roberto Oliveira (multidisciplinary artist, Conservatorium Koninklijk in the Netherlands), Arturo Costa (cello soloist, Royal College of Music in London), Ximo Vicedo (solo trombonist of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Televisión Española), and Hiroko Yamakawa (saxophone soloist, Showa University of Music in Japan). Additionally, his music has been premiered and performed at major festivals and concert halls worldwide, including the World Music Contest Kerkrade (Netherlands), Flicorno d'Oro (Italy), Certamen Internacional de Bandas de Música de Valencia (Spain), "Extravaganza Percussion Festival" at the Royal Irish Academy of Music (Ireland), the Juilliard School (USA), the I Wind Orchestras National Congress of Spain, National Concert Hall (Taiwan), Auditorium 400 at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte "Reina Sofía" (Spain), and Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen HBG Hall (Japan).

 

Alcalde has frequently invited as a guest conductor for the Hsinchu Municipal Wind Orchestra (Taiwan), and he has also collaborated as guest conductor of the HSNU Alumni WindBand (High School of National Taiwan Normal University), the FSSH Alumni Wind Band, and the orchestra of the Hsinchu County Cheng-Gong Junior High School (Taiwan).

 

Alcalde 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 XXXV Premio Jóvenes Compositores Fundación SGAE-CNDM, the special award 'Juventudes Musicales de España' – also awarded within the XXXV 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 XXXII Concorso di Composizione Originale per Banda (Corciano, Italy).

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