Iván Palomares de la Encina

Iván Palomares de la Encina (Madrid, 1977) studied music at the Conservatorio Superior de Música in Madrid, specialising in Orchestra Conducting and Composition, and completed his training in Belgium, Scotland, Germany, and the United States.
He develops his professional career in the field of concert music (as a composer and conductor) and in the field of composition for audiovisual media, participating in numerous projects for film, dance, theatre, and television, both in Spain and abroad.
Throughout his career, he has been recognised with more than twenty international awards and nominations for his works for film and concert, conducting and working with leading orchestras and artists such as the OSRTVE, ROSS, OEX, Habemus Quartet, the Baroque Music Group “La Folía” and the Sexteto Barbieri, and in venues such as the National Music Auditorium of Madrid, the Monumental Theatre of Madrid or the Warner Bros Studios in Los Angeles, California.
Passionate about multidisciplinary artistic projects, his sensitive score for the film “En las Estrellas”, nominated for the 33rd GOYA Awards, won the Audiovisual Academy of Valencia Award, the MundoBSO Award for Best Spanish Soundtrack, as well as other national and international awards and nominations such as the Revelation Composer by the International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA). His latest works include the feature film “Las Niñas de Cristal” (Netflix Original), the series “La Templanza” (Amazon Prime Original), La Cocinera de Castamar (A3Media, Netflix), “La Desgracia de Ron Hopper” (Jaime Falero’s feature film) and the controversial documentary feature film “Palabras para un Fin del Mundo”