Josetxu Obregón

Josetxu Obregón
Josetxu Obregón
Background information
Genres	Baroque
Instruments	Cello
Website	http://www.josetxuobregon.com/
Notable instruments
1740 Sebastian Klotz cello

Josetxu Obregón is a Spanish cellist, specializing in early music performance.

Biography

After developing a career as a modern cellist, having been appointed teacher of Madrid Royal Conservatory and cellist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, Josetxu Obregón oriented his life towards the early performance field. Born in Bilbao, he has been awarded with eleven prizes at international competitions, and coursed Bachelor and Master Studies in Spain, Germany and Netherlands. He specialised in Baroque cello interpretation with Lucia Swarts in the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, having also a constant contact with Anner Bijlsma who taught him weekly. He received also lessons from Jaap ter Linden, Balazs Mate, Marc Vanscheewijck, Eric Hoeprich, Judy Tarling, Bart van Oort, Frank de Bruine, etc.

Orchestras

Selected this season as principal cellist of the European Union Baroque Orchestra, he has played under Lars Ulrich Mortensen (Concerto Copenhagen), Cristina Pluhar (L'Arpeggiata) and Maggie Faultless with great success, also appearing as soloist of Vivaldi concerto for 2 cellos in concerts in 13 countries. He performs with ensembles as Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (UK), Arte dei Suonatori (PL), Rotterdams Baroque Ensemble, Esterhazy Trio, Aldiviva and Bach Ensemble. He is the Artistic Leader of the ensemble La Ritirata. As a soloist he performed both Haydn Cello Concertos and several Boccherini Cello Concertos with orchestras in Spain, Portugal and Netherlands. He was also invited to play Boccherini cello sonatas as soloist with Forma Antiqva.

Recordings

“Boccherini Sonatas”. La Ritirata. Verso VRS 2065 (2008)
“Prokofiev, Cassadó, Webern”. Josetxu Obregón - Ignacio Prego. Verso VRS 2073 (2009)
“Chiaroscuro”. La Ritirata. Arsis ARSIS 4229 (2009)
“Boccherini. Trios Op. 34, Vol. I. La Ritirata. Columna Música 1CM0258 (2010)
“Boccherini. Trios Op. 34, Vol. II. La Ritirata. Columna Música 1CM0275 (2011)

He recently made a CD recording of Beethoven’s triple concerto for the Spanish label Piccolo, having also recorded for the early music label Obsidian (UK); Verso, RTVE and Antena 3 (ES); NPS Radio 3 (NL) and Macedonian Television.

Tours

He has played in important Early Music Festivals as Fringe Festival Oudemuziek Utrecht (Netherlands), Sevicq Brežice (Slovenia), Quedlinburger Musiksommer, Bachwochen Wiesbaden and Konzertring Coesfeld (Germany), Varaždinske barokne večeri and Festival komorne glazbe Rijeka (Croatia), Ohrid Summer Festival (Macedonia), Saison de musique sur instruments anciens Strasbourg (France), Fondazione Academia Montis Regalis Mondovì (Italy), Kipria International Festival (Cyprus), York Early Music Festival and Music at Oxford (UK), Festival International Echternach (Luxembourg), etc. He made his debut in America with a USA tour playing in New York, Hartford, etc. Next appointments include Mexico and Japan.

He was personally invited by Anner Bijlsma to perform in a Dutch documentary film on Luigi Boccherini and Anner Bijlsma, filmed in Arenas de San Pedro, Spain, where the composer lived the last years of his life.

Instruments