Musicians

Álvaro Iborra JimenézClarinet

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Born in Pamplona (Spain), Álvaro Iborra Jiménez began his musical studies in Tafalla, continued in Pamplona and after in Zaragoza with Emilio Ferrando, obtaining the highest results. He improved his skills in Karlsruhe (Germany) with Wolfgang Meyer where he started to get into the historical clarinet. After this, he improved his knowledge about historical clarinet and chalumeau with Lorenzo Coppola at the ESMUC in Barcelona.

Throughout his academic formation, he made several clarinet master courses with professors Joan Enric Lluna, Wolfgang Meyer, Herman Browne and Eduard Brunner. In addition to this, he also took part in some master courses related to ancient music with professors Donna Agrell (Schola Cantorum Basiliensis) and Andrew Ackerman (Concentus Musicus Wien).

Álvaro Iborra Jiménez received different awards at Chamber Music Competitions: Zaragoza (2002), Burgos (2005), Verona (2006) and Bari (2007). He was a member of the Basque Youth Orchestra, the National Young Orchestra of Spain, and The World Orchestra.

In the area of interpretation with modern instruments, he has collaborated and still collaborates with many orchestras such as The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, recording  «Porgy and Bess» in Graz, Austria in 2009, led by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. He has also collaborated with Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi, Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra, «Concerto» orchestra (Pamplona), Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España, Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa (extra E-flat clarinet), Banda Sinfónica Municipal de Madrid, and with the Chamber Orchestra «Enigma» of Zaragoza.

In the area of interpretation of historical instruments he has collaborated and collaborates assiduously with several orchestras and ensembles such as Concentus Musicus Wien, Bachakademie Stuttgart, Europa Galante, Freiburger Barockorchester, Insula Orchestra, Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra, {oh}! Orkiestra, Les Passions de l’Âme, Capella Cracoviensis, Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Collegium 1704 and Das Neue Orchester Köln, working with Conductors such as Nikolaus Harnoncourt, René Jacobs, Philippe Herreweghe, Fabio Biondi, Vaclav Luks, Hans Christof Rademann, Paul McCreesh, Christoph Spering, Ivor Bolton, Jérémie Rhorer, Jan Tomasz Adamus, Laurence Equilbey.