Javier Giner.

French Horn

Born in Algeciras (Cádiz), he began his musical studies at the age of 10 under the guidance of his father, Aniceto Giner Arranz. He later attended the Royal Conservatory of Music “Victoria Eugenia” in Granada, where he studied the French horn with Miguel Ángel Quirós León, achieving top marks.

He refined his technique with renowned musicians such as Bruno Schneider, Ignacio García, Raúl Díaz, Oscar Sala, Stephen Stirling, Manuel Pérez, and Will Sanders. He also deepened his chamber music expertise under the tutelage of Daniel Barenboim, Benjamín Moreno, Vicente López, Juanjo Serna, Dietrich Unkrodt, José Luis Estellés, and Dominique Rombaut.

He has been principal horn in the Ciudad de Almería Orchestra, the Andalusian Youth Orchestra, and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, and has collaborated with prestigious ensembles such as the Ciudad de Granada Orchestra, the Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra, the Málaga Philharmonic, and the Staatskapelle Berlin.

Over the years, he has worked under the baton of distinguished conductors, including Krzysztof Penderecki, Diego Masson, Enrique Mazzola, Michael Thomas, Gloria Isabel Ramos, Vladimir Ashkenazy, and Daniel Barenboim. In 2003-2004, he was awarded a scholarship to train at the Staatskapelle Berlin under soloist Ignacio García and toured internationally with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.

He has performed at prestigious venues such as London’s Royal Albert Hall (three editions of the BBC Proms), Barbican Centre, Victoria Hall Geneva, the Salzburg Festival, the Lucerne Festival, Teatro Colón Buenos Aires, and festivals in São Paulo, Montevideo, Bayreuth, and Palestine.

A member of the Granada Brass Quintet, he has won 14 chamber music competition prizes at both national and international levels and recorded four albums. His discography includes collaborations with EMI Classic, Warner Classic, BBC London, Canal Arte, RTVE, and Canal Sur.

As a soloist, he has performed Maurice Jarre’s Couleurs du Temps with the Ciudad de Almería Orchestra and Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 4 with the Andalusian Youth Orchestra, conducted by Michael Thomas.

His conducting experience includes serving as assistant conductor to Michael Thomas in the Bicentenary Youth Orchestra of Cádiz. He is currently the principal conductor and artistic director of the Southern Spain Youth Symphony Orchestra, as well as horn professor at the Royal Conservatory of Music Carlos Ross in Guadix. He also leads Churriana de la Vega’s Concert Band, Lanjarón’s Concert Band, and the Torre del Alfiler Plucked String Orchestra.