CRISTINA MARTI, guitar
She was born in Pedreguer in 1983. She studies guitar at the Conservatoire Tenor Cortis of Denia, with Concha Ballester and obtains a special award at the end of the degree. She won the first prize in the tenth edition of the Contest “Concurs de Joves Intèrprets Ruperto Chapí de Villena”as well as the best guitarist of the Valencian Land in the 11th edition of the Contest Francesc Tarrega of Villa Real. She takes part in post-graduated courses with José Tomás, Carles Trepat, Manuel Barrueco, Hopkinson Smith, and Josep Vicent Giner. She finished her high guitar music studies at the High School of Music in Alicante with the teacher Ignacio Rodes. At present, she teaches guitar lessons at the School of Music in Teulada.

PAULA ORTOLÀ, oboe
She was born in Ondara in 1981. She began her music studies at the Professional Music School in Alicante, where she obtained her diploma as an Oboe teacher and a special award in Intermediate level. She finished her advanced studies at the Advanced School of Music of Valencia with the teacher Francisco Salanova.
She has taken continuing-education courses in oboe with the teachers Jesús Fuster, Stefan Schilli, Juan Carlos Bàguena Roig, Fermin Clemente and Miguel Quirós. She has been a member of the Marina Alta Orchestra, performing as a soloist several times, with the conductor Francisco Estévez. She has participated in several recordings with The Marina Alta Orchestra too. At present, she teaches oboe lessons in several schools.

FRANCESC ESTÉVEZ, conductor
He was born in Ondara. He began his music studies at the Advanced School of Music in Valencia. Afterwards, he graduated from Composition and conducting at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid (Avanced School of Music of Madrid), with the teachers Antón García Abril and Enrique García Asensio.
He furthered his studies in Conducting with the teachers Helmuth Rilling in Stutgart, Karl Österreicher and Richard Edlinger in Viena and Harold Faberman at University of Hartfort, Connecticut, USA.
In 1998 he founded the Marina Alta Orchestra (OMA), in which he is the permanent conductor and recorded 6 CDs. He has conducted the Henry Purcell orchestra of Valencia, The Mediterranean Symphonic Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Debrecen (Hungary), Solisti di Praga (Czech Republic), Symphonic Orchestra of Michoacán State (Mexico) and has worked with the Chamber Orchestra of Dresden.

CARMEN PAULA ROMERO, soprano
She was born in Murcia in 1983. She began her piano lessons at the Tenor Cortis School of Music in Denia where she studied with the teacher Pepa Álvarez and graduated from Intermediate School of Music in 2001. Since then, she has studied at the Advanced School of Music in Castelló where she obtained her Diploma in advanced piano studies with honors.
She completed her piano training with continuing-education courses at the Musikeon School in Valencia conducted by Luca Chiantore.
After being part of the Choral society in Denia from 1995 until 2002, she started her singing lessons at the Professional School of Music Mestre Tàrrega of Castelló and finished them at the Professional School of Music of Valencia obtaining her diploma with distinction. At present, she continues studying singing at the Advanced School of Music in Catalonia where she studies with the teacher Enedina Lloris.

ERNESTO CHULIÁ, trumpet
He was born in Catarroja (Valencia). He learned music in a familiar background, learning singing, harmony and music theory from his father. He studied trumpet with Vicente López and Maurice André, obtaining International awards in contests such as Alber, Luneville, Perpignan (France), Moers (Germany), Manresa, Benidorm and Córdoba (Spain). He has offered more than two hundred concerts with Iberbrass, a metal quintet for more than ten years as well as getting awards in several chamber music contests.
Besides, he has performed as a soloist in different orchestras along the country and has formed a duet with the pianist Fernando Tortajada and the organist Josep Vicent Giner. Composers such as Antonio Fornet, Vicente Roncero, Juan Pons, Salvador and Vicente Chulià and Vicente Gasca have composed pieces of music for him. At present, he is a soloist at the Municipal Symphonic Band of Madrid and teacher at the School of Music in Fuenlabrada.

JOAQUÍN CABRERA, trumpet
He was born in Teulada, Alicante. He studied music at Oscar Esplà Music Schools in Alicante and at the Royal School of Music of Madrid, finishing his studies and obtaining his diploma in Barcelona. Manuel Valero and Vicente López have been his teachers. Moreover he learned from Guy Touvron, Maurice André and Bo Nilson in Sweden, Italy and Paris. He is one of the most in demand trumpet players in many Professional Orchestras and Bands as a frequent collaborator, taking part in many chamber projects. His teaching work is worldwide recognized, having pupils in schools such as in Paris and Lyon. At present, he teaches trumpet at the schools in Teulada and Benidorm.

JOSEP VICENT GINER, organ
He is an organ and harpsichord player born in Denia. He studied with teachers Rynko Ottes, Javier Artigues, Josep Mª Mas i Bonet and Michael Radulescu. He finished his studies of high level with the highest marks, among them, a special award at the end of the degree, the academic grade “Magister Artium” of the University of Vienna with the qualification “cum laude“ and the award “Premi al Mèrit Artístic del Ministeri de Ciència i Cultura Austríac”.
He regularly offers concerts in the Iberian Peninsula as well as Europe, both as organ and harpsichord player with programmes of renaissance, baroque, romantic, chamber and contemporary music (playing for the first time works of Amando Blanquer, Gordon Lawson and Josef Lammerz). As visitor teacher he teaches seminars and courses of interpretation. He is organ professor of the Conservatory in Valencia.

MARIA NACY, organ
She studied organ with Montserrat Torrent at the Advanced School of Music of Barcleona, with Michael Radulescu at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Viena and in different continuing-education schools in Europe. She has performed in many countries in Europe and in the USA. She has recorded two CDs with music of J.S. Bach and J.Reubke with the church organ in Dominicos de Montpellier (France), ‘Five centuries of Music’ CD with the organ at the Monastery of Vallbona de les Monges (Urgell) and a CD dedicated to the Ancient Iberian and German music with the historic organ of La Pobla de Cérvoles (Garrigues). She has lately recorded the ‘Bach at the MOnastery of Vallbona’ CD in commemoration of the 850 years of the foundation of the Santa Maria Monastery. Since 1991, Maria Nacy has been the official organ teacher at the School of Music of Barcelona. Moreover she has been an organist at the Sant Bertomeu and Santa Tecla de Sitges parish churches. She teaches Ancient Iberian music in our country and abroad. In the summer of 2005 she founded the Baroque Organ School in La Pobla de Cérvoles, dedicated to the study of Ancient Iberian and European music, where she is a teacher and artistic director.

AMELIE DEMBSKI, mezzosopran
She was born in 1983 in Mönchengladbach (Germany). She studied singing lessons specializing in mezzosoprano with Rachel Robins at the “Folkwang” music school in Essen. At present, she studies Catholic church music within ecclesiastical music training in the bishopric of Aachen (Germany). She works as a singing educator in her home town as well as a national and international soloist in oratories, mass services with orchestra, chamber concerts, symphonic concerts and recitals. She has travelled around Italy, Portugal, Spain, Scandinavia, Czech Republic, Poland adn Lituania, where she has peformed several concerts with the well-known chamber orchestra of Lituania.

HENNING DEMBSKI, organ
He was born in 1070 in Mechernich (Germany). He studied ecclesiastical catholic music at “Schumann” music school in Düsseldorf obtaining an A national level diploma. Among his teachers we can talk about Wolfgang Seifen (organ extemporisation), Prof. Paul Heuser (“Orgel-Literaturspiel”), Georg Friedrich Schenck (piano) and Raimund Wippermann (choir conductor). He took several continuing-education couses with the teachers Hubert Schoonbroodt, Daniel Roth, Ben van Oosten, Thierry Mechler, Jos van der Kooy, Jon Laukvik, Andreas Rothkopf and Harald Vogel. In 1993 he won the “Gottfried-Schreuer” organ contest in “Literaturspiel” and extemporisation in Düsseldorf. He has worked as a choir conductor in St. Peter in Zülpich and in St. Georg in Erzingen and as a teacher in Ecclesiastical music at the Bishopric of Freiburg. Since 1999, Henning Dembski has been a choir conductor and organist in St. Andreas in Korschenbroich as well as artistic director of the International week of the Organ and the circle of friends of the Organ music. The city of Korschenbroich appointed him president of the jury at the International Organ contest in St. Andreas. He has performed in several countries such as Italy, Spain, Belgium, Poland, Estonia, Lituania, Czech Republic, Scandinavia and Switzerland.

CABANILLES CHOIR
The choir Coro Cabanilles de Algemesí is a formation of mixed voices with 80 members, with ages ranging from 16 to 45 years. Their activities consist of participating in very important liturgical solemnizations at the Basilica de San Jaime in Algemesí and of following a very intense concert schedule, both throughout Spain and Europe.
They have participated in various choral meetings and contests, among which those held at Loreto (Italy), , Llangollen (Wales), First Prize at the VII International Contest “Villa de Avilés” in 1990 and others stand out.
Among the whole repertoire of the Coro Cabanilles a prominent place is taken by the revival of the “Danzas al Santísimo Corpus Cristi” in 1979 by the Valencian composer Joan Bautista Comes, which had not been performed in its entirety for approximately three hundred years, and by work focussing on the interpretation of the vocal heritage left by the composer Cabanilles as well as on the Valencian polyphony.
They have made two sound recordings:
“Cuatro Villancicos del Padre Soler” in the year 1986, and
“Obra vocal de Cabanilles” in 1990.
The Cabanilles Choir was founded by Diego Ramón Lluch and is currently conducted by Júlia Oltra.

ARNAU REYNÉS, organ
He was born in Campanet (Mallorca). He obtained his degree as a piano teacher at the Advanced school of Music of Valencia with the teacher Perfecto García and organ and armonium diploma at the Advanced School of Music of Barcelona with the teacher Montserrat Torrent. He has taken organ interpretation courses by Harald Vogel, M. Radulescu and Montserrat Torrent. He is a music teacher at the University of Balearic Islands and organist at the San Francisco de Palma Basilica. He has performed throughout Spain and Europe. He has researched and published about historic organs on the Balearic Islands. He has performed with the Symphonic Orchestra of the Balearic Islands as well as with the Symphonic orchestra of Barcelona. He is co-founder and director of the Organ Circle of Friends ACA and works for several choirs on the Islands. He has recorded on TV and radio such as ZDF from Germany and Classical Radio. Several Majorca Organ CDs have been recently published by Priory Records firm.

BRASS QUINTET “AL VENT”
A stable group formed in our area (Pego) in 1992. Since then they have played more than hundred of concerts covering a great number of styles and epochs, and making whole concerts of renaissance music (Gandia 2004) or Jazz Festivals (Calp 2007) focusing on the baroque, contemporary, and light repertoire. They have recorded two CDs.