JOSE IGNACIO BLESA LULL

José I. Blesa Llull nació en Llíria, Valencia en España. Completó sus estudios en el Conservatorio Municipal de Valencia y Conservatori Superior de Música de Castellódonde obtuvo las licenciaturas en Composición, Dirección, Clarinete, Musicología y Educación Musical y el Premio Especial en Estudios de Composición.

As a multi-award winning composer, his music has been performed internationally in Spain, the United States, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines, Japan, Belgium, Brazil, France, Italy, Colombia, Argentina, Portugal and Mexico. His works have been performed by soloists and groups such as José Franch-Ballester, Spanish Brass Luur Metals, Dario Sotelo, Alberto Roque, Manuel Galduf, Municipal Bands of Valencia, Mallorca, Bilbao, Santiago de Compostela, Córdoba (Argentina), Banda Sinfonica do São Paulo State (Brazil), and ESML Sopros Orchestra (Lisbon).

Recently, José has conducted his own music with Tainan Wind Ensemble (Taiwan), Drexel UniversityConcert Band, MusikVerein Heitersheim (Germany), Banda de Música de Pontevedra, Orquesta de Sopros do Medio Tejo and Academia de Musicos de Abrantes (Portugal), Pihalni Orkester Zelezarjev (Slovenia), Banda del Conservatori de Tortosa and Banda de Música de Felanitx. Currently, José lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, where he is pursuing a Master's degree in Wind Conducting at the University of Massachusetts with Dr. Matthew Westgate.