Álvaro Gallego

Born in Madrid in 1988. Graduated Superior of Viola Degree (2010) and Viola Pedagogy Degree (2011) at the Real Conservatorio Superior De Música De Madrid with Alan Kovacs. Scholarship and special mention at the Carl Flesch Akademie in Baden-Baden and also a scholarship from the BBVA Foundation to continue his studies in Berlin with Hartmut Rohde. From November 2013 to September 2018, he is an interim professor of viola at the "Conservatorio Superior De Música De Aragón". He gives masterclasses at Berklee College of Music in Valencia, Astorga International Music Course, El Micalet Academy and Forum Musikae. Also invited as a tutor of the Martín I Soler Philharmonic Orchestra, the Youth Orchestra of the Generalitat Valenciana and The National Youth Orchestra of Spain (JONDE). He combines his teaching work with recitals as soloist in Accademia Neue Musik Bolzano and Autumn Soriano Music Festival. In chamber music, he is part of the Vaikus Quartet, Borgia Quartet and Galerna Quartet playing in France, Germany and Spain. Also, he collaborates as solo viola in feature films as "Solo" by Hugo Stuven and "The Girl in the Spider's Web" by Fede Álvarez or the Documentary Series "The Challenge". Extensive orchestral activity collaborating with the National Orchestra of Spain, the Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville, the Orchestra of Valencia, the Spanish Radio and Television Orchestra as an intern in 2010/11 and the Orchestra of the Valencian Community "Palau De Les Arts" Reina Sofía from 2012 to 2017 under the baton of O. M. Wellber, R. Chailly, P. Domingo, H. Nanasi, W. Jurowsky, R. Abbado, F. Biondi and Z. Mehta, among others. Invited as principal viola in the Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra. Founding member of the Ibero-American Youth Orchestra under the direction of Gustavo Dudamel. Principal viola of the Young National Orchestra of Spain, co-principal viola in the Orchestra of Europe and member of Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester under the baton of A. Pappano, D. Afkham, H. Blomstedt, Sir C. Davis, D. Gatti and P. Jordan, among others. Since August 2017 he has been a member of the Oviedo Filarmonía Orchestra.