Josep Vicent is a Spanish

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. Principal Conductor - Music Director with ADDA Simfònica of Spain. Artistic and General Director at ADDA Auditorium in

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(

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). Vicent was born in

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a town located in the musical regional of the

in Spain and studied at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Alicante and the

Sweelinck Conservatorium The Conservatorium van Amsterdam (CvA) is a Dutch conservatoire of music located in Amsterdam. This school is the music division of the Amsterdam University of the Arts, the city's vocational university of arts. The Conservatorium van Amsterdam ...

in Amsterdam. He conducts regularly orchestras like Rotterdam Philharmonic,

London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London. Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London's orchestras, symphony orchestras. The LSO was created by a group of players who left Henry Wood's Queen's ...

Belgian National Orchestra The Belgian National Orchestra (, ) is a Belgian orchestra, based in Brussels. Its principal concert venue is the Brussels Centre for Fine Arts ( BOZAR). The orchestra also gives concerts outside Brussels in such cities as Sankt-Vith and Hassel ...

among many others. He was artistic director at Xenakis Festival and The Amsterdam Percussion Group. He has been also chief conductor and artistic director with Balearic Symphony Orchestra. Currently, he is the artistic director and principal conductor at

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and Principal Conductor & Music Director of ''ADDA Simfònica'' (the resident orchestra at ADDA Auditorium located in

, Spain). He, with ADDA Simfònica, was nominated for the 2024

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in the category ''Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album'' for the album ''The Chick Corea Symphony Tribute - Ritmo''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vicent, Josep 1970 births Living people Spanish percussionists Spanish male conductors (music) Music directors Conservatorium van Amsterdam alumni 21st-century Spanish conductors (music) 21st-century Spanish male musicians Spanish male musicians http://www.ibermusica-artists.es/es/artistas/29/josep-vicent