Juan was born in Segovia (Spain). He began studying saxophone at the age of 9 and obtained the honorary award of the middle grade Nicomedes García. During this period he was also awarded the scholarship of the Young Performers Obra Social y Cultural Caja Segovia, the  programme for three consecutive years (2005-2006-2007), as well as the Fellowship 'Music School of Excellence' granted by the Junta de Castilla y León, which allowed him to join the Joven Banda Sinfónica de Castilla y León (JOBASCyL). There Juan had the opportunity to work with internationally renowned directors such as Enrique García Asensio and Henry Adams.

In 2006 Juan entered the Conservatoire of Music and Dance of the Balearic Islands, where he specialized in saxophone, as well as the Conservatoire of Music of Mallorca, in the specialty of organ. He was a member of the General Company of Saxophones (CGS in Spanish), led by professors Rodrigo Pérez Vila, Andrés Gomis, J. Miguel Cantero, Ana Lencina and Yuko Mizutani, and a member of the saxophone quartet 'Quartet Hoffmann', obtaining the 1st Prize in the Fourth Chamber Music Competition 'Higini Angles', and the 2nd Prize at the First International Yamaha Competition, in addition to being selected by the Ministry of Culture for the 'INJUVE' musical circuit.

During this period he has had the opportunity to work with a large and significant number of saxophonists and teachers of international reputation such as Jean Marie Londeix, Claude Delangle, Arno Bornkamp, M. Bernadette Charrier, Christian Wirth, Julien Petit, Lars Mlekusch, Pedro Iturralde, Marcus Weiis, Randal Hall, Daniel Gauthier, Alain Damiens (InterContemporain Ensemble), David Brutti, as well as composers such as François Rossé, with whom Juan worked on improvisation. Furthermore, Juan toured extensively through Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Germany and Estonia with the CGS and Hoffman Quartet and collaborated on several occasions with the orchestra 'Andrés Segovia' in the Auditorio Nacional de Música of Madrid.

In 2011 he won the 1st Prize at Concurso Permanente de Jóvenes Intérpretes and also obtained a degree in saxophone with the highest scores. Juan also obtained the middle degree in organ in Tomeu Mut´s class (in Mallorca, Balearic Islands), having also received class with organists such as Roland Börger (Netherlands) and Hans Hellsen (Sweden).

Now Juan is particularly interested in composition and production for media. He has worked extensively in the world of jazz performance and electronic music, having received various awards and recognitions. Juan attended several electro-acoustic classes with Alberto Bernal.  He has premiered some of his compositions at the Conservatoire of Music of Segovia, the Conservatoire of Music and Dance of the Balearic Islands and "Medialab-Prado” (Madrid), and participated in the recording of various record formats.

You can get to know more about Juan at the following website: www.craneocontemporaneo.es.

Repertoire

Solo:

Soprano Saxophone:
C. P. E. Bach, Sonata in A minor Wq.132
J. S. Bach, Partita in A minor BWV 1013
M. Marais, Les Folies d´Espagne
L. Berio, Sequenza VIIb
C. Lauba, Tadj
F. B. Mâche, Aulodie
G. Scelsi, Tre Pezzi
G. Scelsi, Quays
K. Stockhausen, In Freundschaft
F. Tanada, Misterious Morning

Alto Saxophone:
L. Berio, Sequenza IXb
C. Lauba, Balafon
C. Lauba, Jungle
F. Rossé;, Le Frêne Egaré

Tenor Saxophone:
P. Hurel, OP CIT
C. Lauba, Hard
P. Mefano, Periple
A. Posadas, Anábasis
E. Rolin, No tenor tech out*
F. Rossé, Ost Atem*
J. Torres, Épodo

Barinote Saxophone:
G. Lauzurica, 'Solo'
H. Parra, Time Fields
C. Havel, Oxyton

With piano:

C. P. E. Bach, Sonata in A minor Wq 128
R. Boutry, Divertimento
J. Brahms, Sonata No. 2 (Op. 120)
A. Caplet,  Legend
P. Creston, Sonata (Op. 19)
P. M. Dubois, Concerto
C. Debussy, Rapsodie
J. Demersseman, Fantasia
E. Denisov, Sonata
A. Desenclos, Prelude, Cadence et Finale
A. Glazounov, Concerto in E flat Major
I. Gotkovsky, Brillance
P. Hindemith, Sonata
J. Ibert, Concertino de camera
C. Koechlin,  Études
D. Milhaud, Scaramouche
R. Muczinsky, Sonata (Op.29)
I. Nodaïra, Arabesque I
A. Ponchielli, Capriccio (Op. 80)
G. Scelsi, Krishna e Radha
F. Schmitt, Légende
E. Schulhoff, Hot Sonate
R. Schumann, Drei Romanzen
H. Villalobos, Fantasia

Chamber Music:

P. Dusapin, To God (soprano voice and soprano saxophone)
P. Hindemith, Konsertstück (two alto saxophones)
J. Ibert, Concertino de camera
C. Lauba, Dies irae (soprano saxophone and organ)
M. Lindberg, Ablauf (soprano and baritone saxophone with percussion)
J. M. López López, El Margen de Indefinición (alto saxophone and vibraphone)
D. Milhaud, Scaramouche
F. Rossé, Ximix (two soprano saxophones)
A. Webern, Quartet for clarinet, tenor saxophone, violin and piano
H. Villalobos, Fantasia

With orchestra:

L. Berio, Récit (chemins VII)
A. Caplet, Legende
P. M. Dubois, Concerto
C. Debussy, Rapsodie
A. Glazounov, Concerto in E flat Major
B. J. Ibert, Concertino de camera
P. Iturralde, Pequeña czarda
L. E. Larsson, Concerto (Op. 14)
F. Martin, Ballade
M. Mihalovici, Chant Premier
F. Schmitt, Légende
H. Tomasi, Concerto
H. Villalobos, Fantasie

If you are interested in working with Juan Antonio, please get in touch with the EMCY Office.