Héctor Teja Herrera

Héctor Teja Herrera

Born in Cádiz, Spain, in 2007. Since 2025, he studies at the Reina Sofía School of Music, in the Bassoon Chair, under Professor Gustavo Núñez. He has been granted a scholarship by Fundación Albéniz.

He began playing the bassoon in 2018 at the Real Conservatorio Profesional de Música Manuel de Falla in his hometown, studying with Arnau Coma. His first orchestral experience came in 2021 with the Joven Camerata Jerezana, and in 2022, after participating in the Eurochestries Festival, he decided to fully dedicate himself to music. In 2023, he acquired his Moosmann soloist model bassoon and continued expanding his training. Although he was not selected by the Barenboim-Said Foundation that year, in 2024 he was a finalist in his conservatory’s competition, received the ADCS special prize, and was one of four bassoonists chosen as first option by the Barenboim-Said Foundation.