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Felipe Aguirre (Bogotá, November 25, 1976) is a Colombian conductor currently residing in Spain.

Early life

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He was born in Bogotá, Colombia. He began studying piano at an early age with his father. At the Conservatory of his hometown, he studied piano with Tatiana Pavlova, composition with Blas Emilio Atehortúa, and conducting with Carlos Alvarado. In 1997, he moved to Vienna to continue his studies at the city’s Conservatory, graduating in 2001 after completing orchestral conducting training with professors Georg Mark and Reinhard Schwarz[1].

Career

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In 1998, he began his international career as a conductor at the Cape Town Opera, where, together with the Cape Town Philharmonic and singers such as Johan Botha and Michelle Breedt, he conducted productions of The Tales of Hoffmann (by J. Offenbach) and Dialogues of the Carmelites (by F. Poulenc). His debut as a pianist took place in the United States, performing Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 under Lucas Richman with the Spokane Symphony in Washington State. Since then, his musical activity as both conductor and pianist has taken him to major stages across Europe and the Americas. As a piano soloist, he has performed with various orchestras such as the National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia, the Tolima Symphony, the Cundinamarca Philharmonic, the Balearic Youth Orchestra, the Innsbruck Symphony, and Vienna's Orchester-Verein.

Since 2000, he has led the most prominent symphonic ensembles in Colombia: the Bogotá Philharmonic,[2][3] the Medellín Philharmonic,[4] the EAFIT Symphony Orchestra,[5] the Valle Philharmonic, the Cundinamarca Philharmonic, the FOSBO Orchestra, and the Colombian National Symphony Orchestra,[6] with which he has often toured internationally.[7]

In Europe, his conducting career began at the renowned Konzerthaus in Vienna, leading the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Anton Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony. In January 2000, he was appointed Principal Conductor of the Choral Society and Orchestra of the city of Schwechat (Lower Austria), a post that concluded with his appointment as honorary conductor. That same year, he conducted a series of symphonic-choral concerts with the Hungarian Kammer-Philharmonie.

From 2001 to 2003, he served as First Guest Conductor of Vienna’s Orchester-Verein, with which he frequently performed at the Golden Hall of the Musikverein. During the same season, he was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Schönbrunner Kapelle in Vienna, where he specialized in Mozart’s operatic repertoire. He also collaborated with the Early Music Orchestra and Choir of the Vienna Conservatory, focusing on baroque repertoire and historically informed performance. In 2005, he collaborated with the Opera of the Balearic Islands on a production of La Fanciulla del West by Giacomo Puccini, and appeared with the Tiroler Kammerorchester (Austria).

From 2002 to 2004, he was Principal Conductor of the Tolima Symphony Orchestra, gaining recognition for his interpretations of symphonies by Anton Bruckner and Dmitri Shostakovich, and for his collaboration with Incolballet in a production of The Nutcracker. In 2006, he took on the musical direction of a new staging of Mozart’s Don Giovanni in Bogotá[8]. In 2009, he was invited by Cuba’s Ministry of Culture to conduct the Oriente Symphony Orchestra and to premiere Bruckner’s symphonies in Cuba with the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba. He has also conducted the Opera of Colombia in several productions, including La Traviata (2010),[8] Madama Butterfly (2011),[8] and The Marriage of Figaro (2012).[8] Other productions include L'Enfant et les Sortilèges (2013) and Gianni Schicchi (2014), the latter performed on a national tour. Since 2015, he has conducted opera galas with renowned international singers such as Fernando de la Mora,[9] Olga Peretyatko,[10] Thomas Hampson,[11] Ainhoa Arteta,[12] and Roberto Alagna, with whom he has performed on several occasions[13][14], including at the Royal Opera House Muscat.

Since 2010, he has collaborated with the Balearic Islands Symphony Orchestra[15] and the Conservatory of Music of the Balearic Islands as a professor and conductor.[16] In 2015, he was a special guest conductor with the Presidential Symphony Orchestra of Turkey[17] in Ankara, with which he continues to collaborate. That same year, he conducted a new production of Dido and Aeneas at the Cuban National Lyric Theatre.[18] In 2016, he conducted the Brasília Symphony Orchestra in Brazil,[19] and in 2019 he appeared at the prestigious Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, leading the city's National Symphony Orchestra. Since 2022, he has been collaborating with the Symphony Orchestra of Lecce and the Salento in Italy as a Principal Gest Conductor[20]. Since 2014, he has served as Artistic Director of the Santa Catalina Classics Festival,[21] where he has collaborated with world-class musicians such as Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim, Kiri Te Kanawa, Anna Netrebko, and Hilary Hahn.

Publications

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  • F. Aguirre, At the Threshold of the Labyrinth: Reflections on Music, Art, and Philosophy, Editorial Cerix, Palma de Mallorca, 2023. ISBN: 978-84-945704-6-9.
  • F. Garrido, G. Laguna, and F. Aguirre (Eds.), Dionysus, Wine and Music: Divine Frenzy, from Yesterday to Today, Editorial Cerix / UCOPress, 2019. ISBN: 978-84-945704-3-8 / 978-84-9927-445-4
  • Iamblichus, Hierocles and other authors (Ed. and trans. by F. Aguirre), Pythagorean Wisdom | Texts and Fragments, Editorial Cerix, Palma de Mallorca, 2017. ISBN: 978-84-945704-2-1

Discography

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  • Robert Schumann, Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 (National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia)
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff, The Bells, Op. 35 (Bogotá Symphony Orchestra)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Requiem, KV 626 (Hungarian Chamber Philharmonic)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15[22] (Tiroler Kammerorchester)
  • Nicolás Prada, Cantata for Peace[23] (Popayán Philharmonic Orchestra)

References

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  1. ^ "Felipe Aguirre − Bio". Felipe Aguirre (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  2. ^ "Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá. Director Felipe Aguirre. Solista Eduardo Rojas, Piano (Colombia)". Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  3. ^ "Asiste al primer concierto del año de la Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá en Utadeo". Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  4. ^ Redacción (2015-03-12). "Mozart en el Metropolitano". Vivir en El Poblado (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  5. ^ "FELIPE AGUIRRE Y JORGE PINZÓN, INVITADOS EN EL SEGUNDO CONCIERTO DE TEMPORADA DE LA ORQUESTA SINFÓNICA EAFIT" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  6. ^ "La Sexta de Mahler con la Sinfónica y 100 músicos en escena: RCN Radio". Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  7. ^ Tiempo, Redacción El (2008-03-27). "National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia travels to Quito as a symbol of brotherhood". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  8. ^ a b c d "Felipe Aguirre, Dirección orquestal - Biografía, Presentaciones y Roles y repertorio en Operabase". Operabase (in Spanish). 2024-11-29. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  9. ^ "Fernando de la Mora y la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia". Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  10. ^ Redacción. "La soprano Olga Peretyatko ofrece un recital en el Formentor Sunset Classics". Platea Magazine (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  11. ^ Johnson, Helen (2016-05-03). "Travel review: Sunset Classics at Mallorca's Barcelo Formentor". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  12. ^ Rodas, Gabi (2016-10-07). "Ainhoa Arteta: prestigio y fuerza vocal en el escenario". Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  13. ^ "Roberto Alagna - Tenor - Francia - Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá - Director: Felipe Aguirre". Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  14. ^ Espectador, El (2020-03-24). "ELESPECTADOR.COM". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  15. ^ Notas, Doce (2014-12-18). "New Year's Concert of the Symphony Orchestra of the Balearic Islands". Doce Notas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-15.
  16. ^ Press, Europa (2019-10-01). "La Orquesta Sinfónica del Conservatorio Superior de Música de Baleares ofrecerá un concierto gratuito el 5 de octubre". www.europapress.es. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  17. ^ "Colombian conductor featured in special Turkish Presidential Orchestra concert". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2025-06-15.
  18. ^ "Havana Radio Station - Dido and Aeneas premieres in Havana's Historic Center" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-15.
  19. ^ "Sinfônica do Teatro Nacional homenageia a Colômbia em novembro | Metrópoles". www.metropoles.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2016-10-30. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  20. ^ Redazione (2022-12-30). "L'Orchestra Oles chiude la stagione con il concerto di fine anno all'Apollo". Telerama News (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-08-25.
  21. ^ "Santa Catalina Classics | The Festival | Barcelo.com". www.barcelo.com. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  22. ^ "Transformation - The Seven Circles of Life (2005)". Innstrumenti. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  23. ^ "Cantata por la paz – • 𝐂 𝐎 𝐑 𝐅 𝐄 𝐒 𝐓 𝐈 𝐕 𝐀 𝐋 •" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-07.
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