Fernando Malvar-Ruiz is a musician.

Education

Fernando Malvar-Ruiz was born in Equatorial Guinea on July 11, 1968. He began his musical studies at the age of ten. After earning his undergraduate degree in piano performance and music theory from the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música in Madrid, he completed his Kodály certification in Kecskemét,

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, where he was awarded the Sarolta Kodály scholarship. He holds a master's degree in Choral Conducting from

Ohio State University The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one ...

, and has completed all coursework toward a doctoral degree in musical arts from the University of Illinois.

Career

Malvar-Ruiz has guest conducted internationally including the Kodály Music Education Institute of Australia, the World Children's Choir in Hong Kong, the Czech Republic, Bermuda, and the Des Moines International Children's Choral Festival. For 11 years, he instructed the summer master's Program in Kodály at Capital University and since 2008 has served on the faculty of the Internacional De Verano de Direccion Coral y Pedagogoia Musical in Las Palmas, Spain. Malvar-Ruiz also regularly conducts honor choirs and choral festivals throughout the United States for ACDA and OAKE regional and national conventions.

The American Boychoir

Malvar-Ruiz is the Litton-Lodal Music Director of The American Boychoir, a music boarding school, located in Princeton, New Jersey, has performed for the 9/11 Memorial Service broadcast live on CNN around the world, " Look to Your Path" at the 2005 Academy Awards, the YouthAIDS Benefit Gala, and the US Open Tennis Tournament. He prepares the choir for regular performances with some of the finest orchestras in the world, including the

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, Royal Concertgebouw, The Staatskapelle at Dresden in Germany, The

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, and has worked with

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, Kurt Masur, and

Charles Dutoit Charles Édouard Dutoit is a Swiss conductor. He is the principal guest conductor for the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia. In 2017, he became the 103rd recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal Award. Dutoit held previous positions ...

Recordings

With The American Boychoir - * I Hear America Singing (2013) - Albemarle Records * Journey On...Passport to a World of Music (2010) – Albemarle Records * Harmony: American Songs of Faith (2007) – Albemarle Records * Voices of Angels (2004) – Albemarle Records * Litton Live (2002) - Albemarle Records, Music Director : James Litton As conductor * Biebl:

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* Prayer of the Children * Weep No More

References

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