• "A Trip to Spain" gives a warm welcome to the Costa Fascinosa cruise ship

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  • "Back to Normandy", a new international Cd release

    The renowned band music publishing house Molenaar Editions (The Netherlands) has just published a new Cd recording titled “Back to Normandy” that includes the European Overture by Javier Pérez Garrido. The Portuguese Air Force Band conducted by Lt. Col. Elio Luis Salsinha Murcho have been the performers of this emblematic recording for celebrating the 75 anniversary of the Invasion of Normandy.

  • "Heroic Overture, Op.26a": mandatory piece by I International Conducting Workshop & Competition "Villa de Pozo Estrecho"

    The Heroic Overture, Op.26a by Javier Pérez Garrido is one of the selected works of this important event. This workshop-contest will host important teachers such as the conductors Víctor Enguídanos Royo (Tercio de Levante), Francisco Javier Gutierrez Juan (Municipal of Seville), Héctor Jesús Hurtado Salazar (SAM Santa Cecilia) and the composer Javier Pérez Garrido (CSMN). The selected students, from different countries, will receive some lessons, including an analitic approach to the Heroic Overture by professor Pérez Garrido and will conduct during the concert for opting to the competition prizes. The final concert will be at Centro Cultural Ramón Alonso Luzzy in Cartagena, Spain (july 8th, 19.00 p.m)

     

  • A Canadian premiere of "A trip to Spain"

    The Didsbury High School Symphonic Winds under the musical direction of Kirk Wassmer will perform for the first time in Canada the composition A trip to Spaincomposed by Javier Pérez Garrido. This easy concert band suite describes the most representative Spanish cities (Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville and Granada) and was worldwide premiered during their Spanish tour, 2015.

  • A Fandango in Florida!

    The Christ’s church Academy Band under the direction of recogniced Mr. Lee Ponder -recently selected for the Florida Band Directors Hall of Fame- will be performing for the very first time in America the composition for solo tenor saxophone and band Urban Concert Op.60 by Pérez Garrido. Furthermore, the concert will have the world premiere of the last band work by Javier entitled Fandango in Florida!. Pérez Garrido will travel to the US to stay with the band during this exciting event that will be held next May 11th 2020.

  • A premiere in Madrid under the baton of Pérez Garrido

    The Didsbury High School Symphonic Windsfrom Canada under the direction of Kirk Wassmer will have a concert tour in Spain next April. Due to the reason that the band wanted to premiere a Spanish composition they decided to commission composer Javier Pérez Garrido to write a new piece for this special ocassion. Thanks to this cooperation project A trip to Spainwas born at the end of 2014. This symphonic composition for concert band is divided into five little movements dedicated to the cities where the Didsburywill be in such as Madrid, Seville, Granada, Valencia and Barcelona. Their first concert will be at Teatro Auditorio "Federico García Lorca"in Madrid (April 16th, 20.00pm) and Javier Pérez Garrido has been invited to conduct the first public performance of his new band work.

  • An Irish Dream at the valencian Palau de la Música

    An Irish dream will be played by Banda Sinfónica de la Societat Instructiva Unió Musical de Montserrat, Valencia and Manuel Godoy. 

    The concert is going to be at the worldwide known Palau de la Música in Valencia, Spain (July 27th, 11:30 a.m.).

  • An Spring concert conducted by Pérez Garrido

    The Sociedad Unión Musical “Santa Cecilia” from Caudete (Albacete) will be conducted by Javier Pérez Garrido at the end of March. The concert which is being rehearsed since January will be performed in Caudete's Municipal Auditorium (March 29th, 7:00 p.m.). The compositions will be: Children's March by Percy Grainger, Olympica by Jan Van der Roost, Cloudburst by Eric Whitacre and the premiere of Anniversary Overture and Beethoven is dancing Salsa! both of them composed by Javier Pérez Garrido.

  • An unforgettable centennial

    The Banda Sinfónica Municipal from Alicante has celebrated their 100th birthday with an unforgettable concert in the same place where they played for the very first time in 1912. Lots of people could enjoy the first performance of the concert band composition "Fanfarria, Op.50" by Javier Pérez Garrido, a piece commissioned for this occasion.

  • Andalusian music for trumpetist José Chafer’s new Cd recording

    José Chafer has started a great Cd recording in Murcia this week. Manu Mellaerts, Slawomir Cichor, Raúl García and Javier Artigas will be playing during some of the recordings as well as the Banda Sinfónica del Conservatorio Superior de Murcia concert band and conductor Luis Pedrón.

  • Anniversary Overture will be played in Cartagena

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  • Another recognition to Pérez Garrido by Global Music Awards

    The album "Textures" by trumpetist José Chafer has recently won the Silver Medal by Global Music Awards, California. This cd recording includes, among other compositions, the Concertino de los Filabres, Op.54 for four trumpets and band by Javier Pérez Garrido. The piece, commissioned by the 38th International Trumpet Guild, was premiered in Michigan and, since 2013, has been played in some American and European countries. The Global Music Awards reward again Pérez Garrido for the fourth time during the last three years.

  • Beethoven will dance salsa alongside the "Unión Musical de Torre Pacheco"

    The Unión Musical from Torre Pacheco, under the direction of maestro Antonio García Gil, is gearing up to captivate its audience with the first performance in the Region of Murcia of 'Beethoven is dancing salsa!'. This musical suite is based on themes by the German master, adapted to Latin music by Javier Pérez Garrido.

  • Composer Pérez Garrido wins the Akademia Music Awards

    The internationally renowned competition based in Los Ángeles, the Akademia Music Awards, has just announced the musicians that will be officially awarded during the next Gala Event in California, 2019. Among them, Spanish composer Javier Pérez Garrido has won at the “Best Song: Instrumental/Ambiental” category for composing the symphonic fantasy based on the legendary and wild west Far West Fantasy.

  • Concert band conducting course with Andrés Valero-Castells

    Javier Pérez Garrido has just finished a concert band conducting course. His teacher has been the conductor and composer Andrés Valero-Castells, one of the most important Spanish musicians. This event took place in Manzanares, Ciudad Real at the beginning of August. 

  • Conducting course with maestros Jan Cober and José Rafael Pascual Vilaplana

    The third edition of the Band Conducting Course “Riba-roja del Turia” has just finished with a magnificent concert conducted by Javier Pérez Garrido and other active students.

  • Enjoy watching here "Heroic Overture" for band

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  • Fanfarria, Op.50 will be performed at the Roman Theatre of Mérida in a historic concert.

    On October 5th, starting at 8:00 p.m., the majestic Roman Theatre of Mérida will host an unprecedented concert in celebration of the Guardia Civil's 2024 Patroness Day. The Guardia Civil's Music Unit, under the expert direction of Lieutenant Colonel Jaime Enguídanos Royo, will open this special event by performing Fanfarria, Op. 50 by composer Javier Pérez Garrido.

  • Fantasia will be mandatory work at the XX National Band Music Competition from Murcia

    The composition "Fantasía, Op.14" by Javier Pérez Garrido will be performed as a mandatory work during the First Section of the National Band Music Competition "Ciudad de Murcia". This prestigious event, open to every Spanish amateur bands, will be having its 20th edition this year.
  • First performance of Fantasía Op.14 in South America

    The Banda Sinfónica Juvenil de la Red de Escuelas de Música de Medellín under the direction of Frank the Vuyst will perform the band composition "Fantasía, Op.14" by Javier Pérez Garrido at the Teatro de la Universidad de Medellín, Colombia.

    Fantasía, Op.14 is becoming one of the most renowned works by Pérez Garrido.

    The concert will be held on March 31th, 7:00 p.m.

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