Antoni Ros-Marbà (Catalan pronunciation: [ənˈtɔni ˈroz mərˈβa]) (born 1937 in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat) is a Spanish conductor from Catalonia. He began his musical education at the Conservatori Superior de Música de Barcelona. He studied conducting with Eduard Toldrà, Sergiu Celibidache, and Jean Martinon.
In 1966, after the founding of the RTVE Symphony Orchestra in Madrid, Ros-Marbà won a conducting competition and was named the Principal Conductor of this orchestra. In 1967, he became Principal Conductor of the Orquestra Ciutat de Barcelona, until 1978, and again from 1981 to 1986. In 1978 he was named Music Director of the Spanish National Orchestra. From 1979-1986, he led the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra as Principal Conductor.
In 2005, in the National Day of Catalonia, arranged a new version for the Catalonia national anthem, interpreted by the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya and the Orfeó Català.
In recent years Ros-Marba has conducted the Real Filharmonia de Galicia in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
| Preceded by none |
Director, RTVE Symphony Orchestra 1965–1967 |
Succeeded by Enrique García Asensio |
| Preceded by Rafael Ferrer |
Principal Conductor, Orquestra Ciutat de Barcelona 1967–1978 |
Succeeded by Salvador Mas |
| Preceded by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos |
Principal Conductor, Orquesta Nacional de España 1978–1981 |
Succeeded by Jesús López-Cobos |
| Preceded by Szymon Goldberg |
Principal Conductor, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra 1979–1986 |
Succeeded by Hartmut Haenchen |
| Preceded by Salvador Mas |
Principal Conductor, Orquestra Ciutat de Barcelona 1981–1986 |
Succeeded by Franz-Paul Decker |
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