Juan Pedro was born in Iznatoraf (Spain). He began his musical studies in his hometown at the age of 5. When he was 7 years old he started his studies at the Ramos de Pareja Conservatoire in Baeza, and later studied at the Jaen Conservatorie with saxophone teachers like Alfonso Padilla and Marcos López. This degree he finished with best qualifications.

He also had master classes with Gilles Tressos, Cristhophe Bois, Manuel Ureña, José Antonio Santos, Federico Coca, Mariano García, Andrés Gomis, Juan Jiménez, Joël Versavaud, Miha Rogina, Daniel Gauthier, Jean Yves Formeau, Vincent David, Arno Bornkamp, Claude Delangle and Eric Devallon.

Juan Pedro was awarded with the 2nd Prize at the Saxophone Competition in Jaén (Spain) and he has also won the First Prize and Special Award for the best interpretation of a Slovenian work in the 6th International Saxophone Competition (Nova Gorica) in Slovenia. In 2009 Juan Pedro was chosen to receive a master class with Claude Delangle in Utrera (Sevilla), and in 2010 he was also selected to receive another master class with him in Granada.

Juan Pedro is the saxophone soloist and the 2nd conductor of the music band of his hometown, Iznatoraf. Since April 2010 he is taking part in the Municipal Band of Jaen. He has the title of the International University of Andalucía as an expert in musical interpretation of saxophone.In 2011 Juan Pedro is in the 3rd year of his Superior degree of music with his teacher Juan Jiménez in Sevilla, and was awarded with Honorable Mention in 2010.

Repertoire

Solo

J. S. Bach, Partita in A minor, BWV 1013 (soprano saxophone)
J. S. Bach, Suite Nº 1 (alto saxophone)
L. Berio, Sequenza VIIb (soprano saxophone)
L. Berio, Sequenza IXb (alto saxophone)
P. Bonneau, Deux pieces en forme de valse (alto saxophone)
G. Erkoreka, Duduk I (soprano saxophone)
B. Jolas, Episode Quatrieme (tenor saxophone)
C. Lauba, Balafon (alto saxophone)
R. Noda, Improvisations (alto saxophone)
F. Rossé, Lobuk Constrictor (alto saxophone)
G. Scelsi, Ixor (soprano saxophone)
M. Sotelo, Muros de dolor (tenor saxophone)
K. Stockhausen, In Freundschaft (soprano saxophone)

With piano

J. Absil, Sonate (alto saxophone)
I. Albéniz, Suite española (soprano saxophone)
D. Bedard, Fantasie (soprano saxophone)
P. Bonneau, Piece concertante dans l´espirit de jazz (alto saxophone)
R. Boutry, Divertimento (alto saxophone)
E. Bozza, Aria (alto saxophone)
A. Caplet, Légende (alto saxophone)
D. Cimarosa, Oboe Concerto (soprano saxophone)
P. Creston, Sonata (Op. 19) (alto saxophone)
C. Debussy, Raphsodie, Rev. V. David (alto saxophone)
J. Demersseman, Fantasie (alto saxophone)
E. Denisov, Sonata (alto saxophone)
A. Desenclos, Prelude, Cadence et Finale (alto saxophone)
P. M. Dubois, Concerto (alto saxophone)
M. de Falla, Danse Espagnole from La vida breve (soprano saxophone)
M. de Falla, Suite popular española (soprano saxophone)
A. Glazounov, Concerto in E flat Major (alto saxophone)
I. Gotkovsky, Brillance (alto saxophone)
P. Hindemith, Sonata (alto saxophone)
J. Ibert, Concertino de camera (alto saxophone)
P. Iturralde, Pequeña czarda (alto saxophone)
P. Iturralde, Suite Hellénique (alto saxophone)
P. Maurice, Tableaux de Provence (alto saxophone)
D. Milhaud, Scaramouche (alto saxophone)
R. Muczynski, Sonate (alto saxophone)
C. Pascal, Sonatine (alto saxophone)
A. Piazzolla, Historie du Tango (soprano saxophone)
A. Piazzolla, Oblivion (soprano saxophone)
A. Piazzolla, Tango études (alto saxophone)
B. Pucihar, Aria and improvisation (alto saxophone)
M. Ravel, Piece en forme de Habanera (alto saxophone)
F. Schmitt, Legende (alto saxophone)
R. Schumann, Trois Romances (soprano saxophone)
J. B. Singelée, Concertino (alto saxophone)
H. Tomasi, Ballade (alto saxophone)
H. Tomasi, Concerto (alto saxophone)
L. Vega, Laberintos (alto saxophone)
H. Villalobos, Fantasie (soprano saxophone)

Chamber music

I. Albéniz, Sevilla (saxophone quartet)
E. Bozza, Andante et Scherzo (saxophone quartet)
P. M. Dubois, Quatuor (saxophone quartet)
T. Escaich, Tango virtuoso (saxophone quartet)
P. Hindemith, Konzertstück (saxophone duo)
J-M. Leclair, Sonates en Ut et en Fa (two saxophones)
G. Pierné, Introduction et variations sur une ronde populaire (saxophone quartet)
J. B. Singelée, Duo concertante (soprano and alto saxophones and piano)
J. B. Singelée, Premier quatuor (saxophone quartet)
P. C. Staicu, Bribes I (saxophone quartet)
H. Tomasi, Concert champêtre (trio)

With orchestra

R. Binge, Concerto (alto saxophone)
A. Caplet, Légende (alto saxophone)
D. Cimarosa, Oboe Concerto (soprano saxophone)
C. Debussy, Rapsodie (alto saxophone)
J. Demersseman, Fantasie (alto saxophone)
P. M. Dubois, Concerto (alto saxophone)
A. Glazounov, Concerto in E flat Major (alto saxophone)
J. Ibert, Concertino de camera (alto saxophone)
D. Milhaud, Scaramouche (alto saxophone)
F. Schmitt, Legende (alto saxophone)
H. Tomasi, Ballade (alto saxophone)
H. Tomasi, Concerto (alto saxophone)
H. Villalobos, Fantasie (soprano saxophone

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