Juan Lois Dieguez
Juan Lois Diégez was born in Agolada, Galicia, in 1980. Composer, conductor and trumpet player, he studied at Conservatorio Superior de Vigo, at Escuela Práctica Orquestal de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia and at Escuela de Altos Estudios Musicales de Galicia.
He took lessons from the following professors: John Aigi Hürn, Stanley Curtis, Javier Viceiro Filgueira, Javier Simó Echarte, Antonio Cambres Rodríguez, Benjamín Moreno, José Mª Ortí Soriano and Eric Aubier. He works as a professor in Escuelas de geografía galled and at Escuela Profesional de Viana do Castelo (Portugal). He has collaborated with many bands and Galician orchestras as well as with Principado de Asturias Young Symphonic Orchestra, Galicia Young Symphonic Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra (touring Spain, Morocco and Portugal) and with Galicia Royal Philharmonic, in which he was co-principal trumpet for two years.
He studied conducting and instrumentation with masters such as Marcel van Bree, Javier Viceiro Filgueira, Óscar Navarro, José Rafael Pascual-Vilaplana, Jan Cober, Jan Van der Roost, Hardy Mertens and Bert Appermont. He has been principal conductor of many amateur bands, obtaining awards in different contests, as well as for Banda Municipal de Pontevedra. In 2010, he was elected assistant conductor of Banda Municipal de Barcelona.
Juan is invited to conduct major Galician orchestras, including Pontevedra Philharmonic Orchestra, Banda Municipal de A Coruña and Banda Municipal de Barcelona. Today Juan combines his work as instrumentalist professor in Banda Municipal de Santiago de Compostela with the position of principal conductor of Banda and Escuela de Música de Salceda de Caselas and the Galicia Brass Band.
