Daniel Ferriz Azorin
Born in Yecla in 1975. He began studying at the age of ten at the Escuela de la Asociación de Amigos de la Música de Yecla and continued at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Murcia where he was awarded the Honour Prize at the end of his degree in the speciality of tuba.
He continued his studies at the Conservatory of Perpignan in France with Mel Culbertson and attended numerous advanced courses with renowned teachers such as Roger Bobo, Jens Björn, Miguel Vallés, Vicente López and Gene Pokorny among others. He also improved his training at the Academia Internacional de Metales Ciutat de Vila-Real and later at the itinerant academy Los viajes de Tubiller.
From 1997 to 2001 he was a member of the Orquesta de Jóvenes de la Región de Murcia and collaborated with the Orquesta de Jóvenes de Bruselas, Orquesta de Cámara de Elche, Orquesta Ciudad de León, Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias and Banda Municipal de Bilbao.
He premiered works by Rafael Liñán and Ramón Ramos with the tuba ensemble TubabuT and performed as a soloist in Overhauled Music and Ginés Carrión’s Chucho’s Tuba.
He has taught in music schools in Torrepacheco (Murcia), Montealegre del Castillo (Albacete), El Tiemblo (Ávila), and at professional conservatories in Palencia, Ávila, Jumilla and Lorca, taking part in many courses and masterclasses.
For five years he co-directed the Festival de Tuba y Bombardino Jumilla Low Brass and from 2004 to 2014 he was principal / professor at the Escuela de tuba Ciudad de Yecla.
Currently, he teaches Euphonium / Tuba and Chamber Music at the Escuela y Conservatorio de Molina de Segura in Murcia and teaches Euphonium.
