I would love to meet musicians around the world and this is the perfect way to do it, so feel welcome to contact me! As a horn teacher we can experience technique, solo and orchestral excerpts together. I am really looking forward to hear from you.

BIOGRAPHY

Alberto studied in Madrid with Radovan Vlatković at “Reina Sofía” School of Music, and continues his musical formation with Radek Baborák, Hermann Baumann, Dale Clevenger, Stefan Dohr and Richard Watkins.

Currently Principal Horn at the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra since 2016/17 session. Former Principal Horn of the BBC Philharmonic and Orchestra de la Comunidad de Madrid when he was appointed with only 18 years old.
From 2010 to 2014 he has been first horn of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester.

Alberto plays as principal horn guest with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, London Symphony and Philharmonia Orchestras, Deutsche Symphonie Berlin, Frankfurt Radio Orchestra, Filarmonica alla Scala Milan, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and works with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Herbert Blomstedt, Riccardo Chailly, Gustavo Dudamel, John Eliot Gardiner, Bernard Haitink, Zubin Mehta, Andris Nelsons, Sir Simon Rattle, M.Tilson Thomas or Franz Welser-Möst, among others.

He was recently invited by the maestro Claudio Abbado to join the Orchestra Mozart and Lucerne Festival Orchestra.

As a soloist he won two first prizes in competitions in 2004 and 2006 and has performed the Strauss Horn concerto with the Spanish Radio Television Orchestra RTVE, Mozart Horn Concerto with München Kammerorchester, Schumann Konzertstück with the National Youth Orchestra of Spain and also has appeared as a soloist together with the BBC Philharmonic and BBCSSO in performances of the concertos by Britten, Mozart and Strauss.

In addition Alberto is a International teacher at the Royal Northen College of Music in Manchester and gives masterclass at the Royal Academy and Royal College of Music in London.

www.alberto-menendez.com