"Natura": Nature, Life and Love — II
ADDA Symphony Orchestra Alicante
Carles Marín — piano
Nayden Todorov — guest conductor
Dvořák — Overture "In the Kingdom of Nature"
Saint-Saëns — Piano Concerto No. 5 "Egyptian"
Beethoven — Symphony No. 8
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CARLES MARÍN — piano
Pianist Carles Marín has given recitals in some of the world’s most prestigious concert halls, including the Miami International Piano Festival, the “Grosser Saal” of the Mozarteum (within the Salzburg Festival), Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, De Doelen in Rotterdam, the “Sala Michelangeli” at the Bolzano Festival, Paris’s Salle Cortot, Brussels’s Salle Gotique, the Florence Festival, Sydney’s “Seymour Centre”, the “Mediterranean Festival” (under the artistic direction of Maestro Zubin Mehta), the “Rafael Orozco” Festival in Córdoba, Granada’s “Manuel de Falla” Auditorium, Palau de la Música Catalana, Madrid’s “Juan March” Foundation, the Echternach Festival (Luxembourg), the Lucca Festival, the Symphonic Hall of Palau de Les Arts “Reina Sofía”, Valencia’s “Iturbi” Hall at Palau de la Música, Zaragoza’s “Mozart” Hall at the Auditorium, Bologna’s “Bossi” Hall, and Milan’s Ateneo — among many others.
Introduced as a young artist by Maestro Miguel Ángel Gómez-Martínez, he has appeared as soloist with leading orchestras including the Orquesta de la Comunidad Valenciana and the resident orchestra of Palau de Les Arts, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, the Orquesta de Valencia, the Rotterdam Ensemble, the Mahler Chamber Soloists, Madrid’s “Reina Sofía” Orchestra, the Orquesta de Córdoba, Moonwinds Sinfònic, the Orquesta de Castellón, the Orquesta de Elche, and the Andrés Segovia Orchestra — under conductors such as Bernácer, Bragado, Dinic, García Asensio, Omer Meir Welber, Soler, Beltrán-Zabala, Valero Terribas, Lluna, Josep Vicent, and Liebreich.
As a composer, his works include *Studies for Piano* and the *Paraphrase on Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries* (Boileau Editions, Barcelona). His variation cycles *Matrioshka* and *Fígaro* will receive their world premieres performed by Marín himself at the Gustav Mahler Center in Dobbiaco in summer 2026.
He is winner of numerous international competitions: First Prize at the “Scarlatti” Competition (Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, 2007); Best Soloist Award at the Internationale Sommerakademie Mozarteum (Salzburg, 2008); First Prize at the Flame Competition (UNESCO, Paris, 2003); First Prize at the José Roca Competition (Valencia, 2000); First Prize of the Yamaha Foundation of Europe (2001); Huysens Prize of Amsterdam for Artistic Excellence (awarded by the Dutch Government, 2007); Second Prize at the Marsala International Competition (2007).
He has also been awarded distinctions at other international competitions, including those in Panama, Iturbi, Vianna da Mota, the Baltic (Gdańsk), and Sydney.
His teachers include Amparo Fandos, María Gil, Joaquín Soriano, Ramzi Yassa, Aquiles Delle Vigne, Mario Monreal, Claudio Martínez-Mehner, Giselle Brodsky, Joaquín Achúcarro, Edna Golandsky, and Jorge Luís Prats. He received masterclasses from Alicia de Larrocha and Michel Béroff.
He is professor at the Katarina Gurska Superior School of Music in Madrid.
NAYDEN TODOROV — guest conductor
Nayden Todorov is one of today’s foremost European musicians, renowned for his vivid, versatile interpretations across musical genres.
Born in 1974 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, he began piano studies at age five and made his conducting debut at sixteen.
After studies in Sofia, Vienna, and Jerusalem, he launched an international concert career, performing across Europe, North and South America, Asia, and Africa.
He has collaborated with orchestras including the Vienna Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo City Philharmonic, Northern Israel Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra of Brasília, Cairo Philharmonic, Sicilian Symphony Orchestra, and many others.
In classical music, he has worked with most of the era’s leading artists: Joshua Bell, Midori, Sarah Chang, Maxim Vengerov, Martha Argerich, Maria João Pires, Ivo Pogorelich, Gautier Capuçon, Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson, and Plácido Domingo — among others.
He has also collaborated with prominent pop artists, including Jon Lord (Deep Purple), Anastacia, Steve Balsamo, Doogie White, and many more.
He hosts a television programme dedicated to classical music; in his spare time, he writes short stories — several of which have been published in a collected volume.
In his native Bulgaria, he was twice named “Musician of the Year”.
For his cultural contributions, he was decorated by the President of Romania with the Order of Cultural Merit, Grand Officer rank. Recently, he was appointed Knight of the French Republic’s Order of Arts and Letters.
Since 2017, he has served as Music Director of the Sofia Philharmonic. In recent years, he has also held the office of Minister of Culture of Bulgaria on three occasions.