He is an orchestral conductor born in Valencia, Spain who was a student of violin, harmony, counterpoint, chamber music and composition at the Royal Conservatory in Madrid. He later studied conducting at the Higher School of Music in Munich and then at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena.
In the field of musical education he has been a teacher at the Valencia Conservatory, the Head of the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Conservatory of Music and Professor of Orchestral Conducting at the Madrid Conservatory.
He has conducted several acclaimed orchestras including the Madrid Symphony Orchestra and the Washington National Symphony Orchestra and currently serves as the resident conductor for the Radiotelevision Espanola Symphony Orchestra.
He has been awarded the title of Knight of the Order of Santo Caliz and Santa Maria del Puig and was awarded the 1992 National Music Prize by the Asociacion de Cultura Viva for a “life devoted to music”.
He became the Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Municipal Symphonic Band of Madrid in 2006.
Madrid Symphony Recordings
3 Sonatas for Orchestra ( Anton Garcia Abril)
Marco Polo 8.223849
Sources:
- http://www.garciaasensio.com/ingles/principal.htm
- http://www.naxos.com/scripts/artists_gallery/artist_pro_new.asp?artist_name=Asencio,%20Enrique%20Garcia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Garc%C3%ADa_Asensio