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\u201cFaced with an acoustically optimal yet undoubtedly challenging space for the instruments, and with the risk that Xenakis\u2019s radical poetics might have been diluted, Asier Puga delivered a rigorous performance of spasmodic energy \u2014 not even diminished by the textual interpolations of the narrator, Sim\u00f3n Ferrero, who was effective in his contextual role.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00d3PERA ACTUAL, Ismael G. Cabral (critic)
July 4, 2023<\/p>\n

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Asier Puga, Principal and Artistic Director of the Zaragoza Auditorium Chamber Orchestra \u2013 Grupo Enigma since 2020, trained as a conductor under Peter Stark, Robin O\u2019Neill, and Howard Williams at the Royal College of Music in London, where he graduated with the highest distinction. He previously studied with Arturo Tamayo, Manel Valdivieso, and Enrique Garc\u00eda Asensio at the Centro Superior de M\u00fasica del Pa\u00eds Vasco (Musikene). He furthered his studies by attending masterclasses with renowned conductors such as Pierre Boulez (Lucerne Festival Academy), Diego Masson (London Sinfonietta Academy), and Martin Andr\u00e9 (RCM), among others.<\/p>\n

In his professional career, he has conducted the Castilla y Le\u00f3n Symphony Orchestra, Basque National Orchestra, Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Itin\u00e9raire, Explore Ensemble, Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra, Taller Sonoro, Burgos Symphony Orchestra, RCM Philharmonic Orchestra, RCM Symphony Orchestra, RCM New Ensemble, and the municipal bands of Vitoria-Gasteiz and Bilbao, as well as the Orquesta Cl\u00e1sica de Lanzarote, among others.<\/p>\n

He has performed in prestigious festivals and concert halls such as the Zaragoza Auditorium, L\u2019Auditori Barcelona, Palau de la M\u00fasica de Valencia, Auditorio 400 \u2013 Reina Sof\u00eda, Kings Place (London), Teatros del Canal (Madrid), Quincena Musical de San Sebasti\u00e1n, Euskalduna Palace, Espacio Turina, Fundaci\u00f3n Juan March, Britten Theatre, Festival Carmelo Bernaola, and the Guggenheim Museum, among others.<\/p>\n

Interested equally in symphonic, vocal, and operatic repertoire as well as in new forms of contemporary expression, Asier Puga has collaborated with prominent artists such as choreographer, dancer, and performance artist La Ribot (with whom he co-directed the show Juana<\/em>), actor Juan Loriente, flamenco singer and multidisciplinary artist Ni\u00f1o de Elche, jazz drummer Gonzalo del Val and his trio, filmmaker Mar\u00eda Ruido, composer and sound artist Lloren\u00e7 Barber, performer Carlos Llavata, and flamenco dancer and researcher Fernando L\u00f3pez.<\/p>\n

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Interested equally in symphonic, vocal, and operatic repertoire as well as in new forms of contemporary expression, Asier Puga has collaborated with prominent artists such as choreographer, dancer, and performance artist La Ribot (with whom he co-directed the show Juana<\/em>), actor Juan Loriente, flamenco singer and multidisciplinary artist Ni\u00f1o de Elche, jazz drummer Gonzalo del Val and his trio, filmmaker Mar\u00eda Ruido, composer and sound artist Lloren\u00e7 Barber, performer Carlos Llavata, and flamenco dancer and researcher Fernando L\u00f3pez.In 2014, he made his operatic debut with Haydn\u2019s Armida<\/em>, and in 2015 conducted the world premiere of Michael Oliva\u2019s Singularity<\/em>. Asier has also studied vocal accompaniment with pianist Maciej Pikulski. His growing passion for the vocal world has led him to work with numerous singers, including Carlos Mena, Astrid Nordstad, Alejandro del Cerro, Maciej Nerkovsky, Maria Ostroukhova, Helena Orcoyen, and Julien Van Mellaerts, among others.<\/p>\n

Asier Puga served as assistant conductor to Robert Trevi\u00f1o and the Malm\u00f6 Symphony Orchestra (Sweden) during the 2019 Beethoven Festival, where they performed and recorded the complete cycle of Beethoven\u2019s symphonies.<\/p>\n

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