Invited Artist

The Málaga Philharmonic Orchestra gave its inaugural concert on February 14, 1991. It was then born as the Málaga City Orchestra, a consortium between the Málaga City Council and the Andalusian Government, and which responded to the conviction that a city like Málaga should have a great symphony orchestra.

At the head of the Orchestra, and its project, six principal conductors have imprinted their own personality: Octav Calleya, Odón Alonso, Alexander Rahbari, Aldo Ceccato, Edmon Colomer and Manuel Hernández Silva.

Currently, the master José María Moreno holds the title and artistic direction.

The Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra has believed it is essential not to limit its activity to subscription programming and has deployed enthusiastic parallel proposals. Along with recordings on CD of repertoires of a very diverse nature, and with different teachers, we must add two Chamber Music Series, parallel to its subscription symphonic programming, its cycle The Philharmonic in Front of the Sea, specially designed for new audiences and young people. of special artistic projection and the Young Baroque Orchestra of Andalusia (JOBA) which was born in 2010 as a pedagogical project.

The Hon. Malaga City Council awarded him the “Málaga Award” for the best musical work of the year 2001 and the M Capital Company its Culture Award, among other distinctions from various entities associated with culture at the provincial and national level.

The SGAE granted the Orchestra a special award in 2007, in recognition of its work carried out in favor of contemporary Spanish music.

The OFM has been awarded by the Ateneo de Málaga, the Zegrí Cultural Association, the Malaga Association of Writers “Amigos de Málaga” and the Friends of the OFM Association in recognition of its 25th Anniversary.
In 2017, the Malaga Provincial Council granted the OFM the Distinction of Honor of the Province for cultural and social development in the province.

It is the Resident Orchestra of the “Premio Jaén” International Piano Competition and the Andrés Segovia International Classical Guitar Competition in La Herradura, Almuñécar, Granada.

The Junta de Andalucía awarded him the Andalusian Flag of the Arts 2021.