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The Conservatorio Superior de Música «Eduardo Martínez Torner» (CONSMUPA) is located in Oviedo, the capital city of Asturias.
Asturias is a region situated in the north of Spain that offers a great wealth of landscapes due to its closeness both to the Atlantic coast and to the Cantabrian Mountains. It has over one million inhabitants and a surface area of approximately 10,000 km2.
Oviedo is a hospitable city of nearly 210,000 inhabitants that has a vibrant music scene. Apart from the Conservatory Oviedo is the seat of two professional symphony orchestras, the OSPA and the Oviedo Filarmonía. Youth orchestras (like the JOSPA) and other organizations, such as the Asociación de Amigos de la Ópera, the Sociedad Filarmónica, or The Prince of Asturias Foundation, also contribute to enhance its rich musical environment.
Welcome to CONSMUPA as an exchange student or teacher!
Dr. Fernando Agüeria Cueva
Director of CONSMUPA
History
The “Eduardo Martínez Torner” Higher Conservatory of Music (CONSMUPA) is a public institution under the authority of theConsejería de Educación y Universidades of the Principality of Asturias.
The Conservatory, that celebrated its 125 anniversary in the 2008/2009 academic year, is situated in the so-called Deán Payarinos’ House (a former residence of the canon of Oviedo Benigno Rodríguez Pajares). It contributes to the animated musical activity in the one-thousand-year-old city of Oviedo, which having only slightly more than 200,000 inhabitants has gained the title of the “small Spanish Vienna”. The building, after a complete renovation inside, was inaugurated by the King and Queen of Spain in November 1987. The Conservatory was name after the distinguished and beloved musicologistEduardo Martínez Torner (1888–1955) who was born in Oviedo,.
In 1988, the institution received the title of Higher Conservatory of Music. Its teaching staff was constituted by members of the Asturian Symphony Orchestra. New majors were created and since 1990 the education on offer has been extended thanks to the incorporations of new professors from different parts of Spain, the new Symphony Orchestra of the Principality of Asturias and the “Moscow Virtuosi” Orchestra. This is how a multidisciplinary and international team was created. Thanks to their shared experience and teamwork, the best education on offer within the Spanish higher music education institutions has been generated.
In 1994, CONSMUPA initiated its international cooperation projects by joining the European Association of Conservatoires (AEC) and in 2004 it hosted the LI International AEC Congress, which was a historical event for the country.
Two years later, the institution received the Erasmus Charter granted by the European Community, authorizing it to organize mobility projects for students and staff within the European educational institutions, as well as to participate in the creation of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) issued from the Bologna Declaration. These were the fundamental experiences for taking part in other inter-institutional programmes, such as Music across the Atlantic, with Indiana University South Bend (USA), in order to work together in the fields of music creation and performance.
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Born in Madrid. In a short time, he moved with his family to Almería and Cádiz, whereby he began his Piano studies at Academia de Bellas Artes Santa Cecilia in El Puerto de Santa María and the Real Conservatorio Profesional de Música Manuel de Falla. Later, he furthered his studies at Conservatorio de Música Amaniel, in his hometown, and the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid with Fernando Puchol, where he obtained three Graduation Prizes in Piano, Chamber Music and Musical Analysis, as well as the bachelor’s degree in Piano, Chamber Music and Improvisation.
Nace en Madrid. Pronto su familia se traslada a Almería y a Cádiz, donde inicia sus estudios de Piano en la Academia de Bellas Artes Santa Cecilia de El Puerto de Santa María y el Real Conservatorio Profesional de Música Manuel de Falla de Cádiz. Posteriormente, continúa en el Conservatorio Profesional de Música Amaniel de su ciudad natal y el Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid, estudiando con Fernando Puchol, donde obtiene tres Premios de Honor de Fin de Grado en Piano, Música de Cámara y Formas Musicales, el Título de Profesor Superior de Piano y los Títulos Superiores de Música de Cámara e Improvisación.
Estudió en el Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid bajo la dirección de Pedro Corostola, obteniendo el Premio Extraordinario de Fin de Carrera de Violonchelo a los 16 años de edad. Obtuvo además el Premio de Honor Fin de Carrera de Música de Cámara y simultaneó la carrera de piano bajo la dirección de Guillermo González. Becada por el Banco Exterior de España, amplió sus estudios con Reimund Korupp y Reine Flachot; además de asistir a clases magistrales con D. Geringas y M. Rostropovich. Posteriormente, amplió su formación en los Cursos de Especialización Musical de la Universidad de Alcalá con Imre Rohmann y obtuvo el Máster en Interpretación Musical por la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, con su trabajo de investigación sobre el vibrato en el cuarteto de cuerda.
Inicia sus estudios musicales como niño cantor en la Escolanía del Real Sitio de Covadonga y con el trompetista de jazz Gonzalo Casielles, para continuarlos posteriormente en los Conservatorios Superiores de Oviedo, Madrid y Salamanca; así como en numerosos cursos nacionales e internacionales.
