Juanjo Mena
A respected conductor, Juanjo Mena has led the BBC Philharmonic and is noted for his work in opera. In 2017, he became principal conductor of the Cincinnati May Festival.
Juan José Mena, known as Juanjo Mena, was born on September 21, 1965, in Vitoria-Gasteiz in Spain's Basque-dominated Araba province. His brother Carlos is a noted countertenor. Juanjo studied at the Conservatorio Jesús Guridi in Vitoria-Gasteiz, and went on to the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música in Madrid, taking courses in composition and orchestration with Carmelo Bernaola, and conducting with Enrique García Asensio. He traveled to Munich for further studies with Sergiu Celibidache. Returning to Basque country, he was asked by the Basque regional government to form a new youth orchestra and then became the associate conductor of the region's Euskadi Symphony Orchestra. Mena was named the principal conductor and artistic director of Spain's Bilbao Symphony Orchestra in 1999 and remained there until 2008. He also held guest conducting slots during this period, making his North American debut with the Baltimore Symphony in 2004. From 2007 to 2013, Mena was the principal guest conductor of the Bergen Symphony Orchestra in Norway. In 2011, he became the principal conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, with a three-year contract that was renewed for another three-year term. Mena was named the principal guest conductor of the Orquesta Nacional de España, and in 2017, after guest conducting appearances with major American orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Houston Symphony, he became the principal conductor of the venerable Cincinnati May Festival of choral music.
Mena has recorded with several of the orchestras with which he has been associated, beginning with recordings of music by Jesús Guridi and Andrés Isasi for the Naxos label in the 2000s decade. He led the BBC Philharmonic in a series of recordings for Chandos, including a 2019 reading of Falla's La vida breve. In 2021, a BBC Philharmonic recording appeared with Mena backing percussionist Colin Currie in a percussion concerto by HK Gruber. Mena has won several major Spanish awards, including the Premio Nacional de Música (2016).
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Discografia
21 album • Ordinato per Bestseller
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Ginastera: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3
Juanjo Mena, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Xiayin Wang
Sinfonie - Pubblicato da Chandos il 1 giu 2018
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Ginastera: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
Juanjo Mena, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Lucas Somoza Osterc
Sinfonie - Pubblicato da Chandos il 29 gen 2016
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Ginastera: Piano Concerto No. 2, Panambí
Juanjo Mena, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Xiayin Wang, Ladies of Manchester Chamber Choir
Musica concertante - Pubblicato da Chandos il 1 nov 2016
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Albéniz: Orchestral Works
Juanjo Mena, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Martin Roscoe
Sinfonie - Pubblicato da Chandos il 1 mag 2016
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Pierne: Piano Concerto, Divertissements sur un Thème Pastoral, Suites from Ramuntcho & Marche des petits soldats de plomb
Juanjo Mena, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Sinfonie - Pubblicato da Chandos il 1 gen 2011
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De Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain, The Three-Cornered Hat & Homenajes
Juanjo Mena, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Raquel Lojendio, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Sinfonie - Pubblicato da Chandos il 31 gen 2012
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Falla: La Vida Breve
Opera - Pubblicato da Chandos il 1 mar 2019
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Pierné: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2
Juanjo Mena, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Sinfonie - Pubblicato da Chandos il 1 set 2015
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HK Gruber: Percussion Concertos
Juanjo Mena, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Colin Currie
Classica - Pubblicato da Colin Currie Records il 19 mar 2021
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Pierné : Orchestral Works, Vol. 2
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Juanjo Mena
Classica - Pubblicato da Chandos il 1 set 2015
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Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony
Steven Osborne, Cynthia Millar, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena
Classica - Pubblicato da Hyperion il 27 lug 2012
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Concierto Al-Andalus a la Memoria de Paco de Lucía
Canizares, Juanjo Mena, Orquesta Sinfonica De Galicia
Flamenco - Pubblicato da JMC Music Productions S.L. il 26 mag 2023
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Arriaga: Symphony, Herminie, etc.
Juanjo Mena, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Berit Norbakken Solset
Sinfonie - Pubblicato da Chandos il 1 feb 2019
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Pierne: Piano Concerto in C minor, Op. 12 / Ramuntcho Suites Nos. 1 and 2
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena, Juan Jose Mena
Classica - Pubblicato da Chandos il 1 gen 2011
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Turina: Canto a Sevilla
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Martin Roscoe, Maria Espada, Juanjo Mena
Classica - Pubblicato da Chandos il 1 giu 2014
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Turina: Danzas fantásticas
Juanjo Mena, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Clara Mouriz
Sinfonie - Pubblicato da Chandos il 1 feb 2013
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Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, Bassoon Concerto & Invitation to the Dance
Juanjo Mena, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Karen Geoghegan
Sinfonie - Pubblicato da Chandos il 1 nov 2012
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 6
Juanjo Mena, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Sinfonie - Pubblicato da Chandos il 1 ago 2021
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Montsalvatge: Partita 1958, Cinco Cancione Negras, Calidoscopi simfònic & Simfonia de Rèquiem
Juanjo Mena, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Clara Mouriz, Ruby Hughes
Sinfonie - Pubblicato da Chandos il 1 set 2012
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Claude Baker: Piano Concerto "From Noon to Starry Night" & Aus Schwanengesang (Live)
Marc-André Hamelin, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Juanjo Mena, Gilbert Varga
Classica - Pubblicato da Naxos il 13 ott 2017
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Turina: Canto a Sevilla, La procesión del Rocío, Rapsodia sinfónica & Danzas gitanas
Juanjo Mena, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Martin Roscoe, Maria Espada
Sinfonie - Pubblicato da Chandos il 1 giu 2014
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