Run by the National Institute of the Performing Arts and Music (INAEM, Spanish Ministry of Culture), the Spanish National Youth Orchestra (JONDE) was founded in 1983 and for over forty years has been providing high-level training for musicians who have completed their education and are about to transition into professional careers. The orchestra holds annual concerts, such as the one this year at the Palau de la Música, conducted by Nuno Rebelho, the current principal conductor and artistic director of the Symphony Orchestra of the Principality of Asturias, who had previously conducted the ensemble as a guest conductor. In this performance in Barcelona, the symphonic ensemble will be joined by Francisco Fullana, a violin soloist from Mallorca who is making a name for himself in the world of historically informed Baroque performance. Described as a “remarkable talent” by Gustavo Dudamel, Fullana is also a chamber musician and is deeply committed to music education for young people.

The programme of the Barcelona concert includes Fabià Santcovsky Reschini’s Concert dels Elements I&II [Concert of the Elements I&II], a recently created composition that joins the JONDE’s repertoire after winning the 41st Reina Sofía Prize for Musical Composition in 2023. Additionally, one of the most famous works by the composer from Camprodon, Isaac Albéniz,  Suite Iberia, will also be performed, along with Igor Stravinsky’s wildly popular The Rite of Spring.

A production by Palau de la Música Catalana and JONDE