**NOTICE: Given the organ’s location on stage, the recommended area for best visibility at this concert is the 1st amphitheater.**
Majestic, versatile, and full of nuances, the Gerhard Grenzing organ at the Sony Auditorium becomes the focal point of this series, dedicated to exploring the full expressive potential of one of the most imposing instruments in Western tradition. Through performances by great national and international organists, the series invites audiences to rediscover the organ repertoire in all its richness, offering a unique sonic experience.
Juan de la Rubia
De la Rubia has performed as a soloist and conductor with orchestras such as the Spanish National Orchestra, RTVE Orchestra, ORCAM, the Symphony Orchestras of Galicia, Bilbao, Principado de Asturias, Castilla y León, and the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra, among other prominent ensembles.
He has collaborated with conductors including Andrew Grams, François-Xavier Roth, Salvador Mas, Simon Rattle, Roberto González Monjas, Pablo González, Pascal Rophé, and Thierry Fischer.
In the field of historically informed performance, he has worked with Les Siècles and conducted the Freiburger Barockorchester and the Tenerife Baroque Orchestra. More recently, he spearheaded the creation of his own orchestra, the Orquestra del Miracle, which received excellent public and critical acclaim at its debut in June 2023.
Additionally, he has collaborated with soloists such as Matthias Goerne, Carolyn Sampson, Elena Obraztsova, Marta Mathéu, and Philippe Jaroussky—with whom he recorded the CD “Sacred Cantatas” (Erato, 2016), nominated for a Grammy Award—or Marco Mezquida, with whom he developed the improvisation project Bach&Forward.
De la Rubia has also specialized in improvising to silent films, including works such as Faust and Nosferatu (Murnau), Metropolis (Lang), The General (Keaton), and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Wiene).
His discography includes recordings dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio de Cabezón—featuring the Hauslaib claviorgan (1590) from the Museu de la Música de Barcelona—and, most recently, a recording made on the organ of Bogotá Cathedral.
A member of the Reial Acadèmia de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi and Professor at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya, he regularly gives masterclasses in Budapest, Stuttgart, and Rome.
