Conducting

"Estellés conducted really successfully in every way. He showed his elegance, mastery of euphonic space, an anticipated upbeat pulse, the expression in his left hand, attention to detail at the entrances and a natural rhythm with the baton..." [EL MUNDO]

 
 

Playing

"His sound, his technical easiness, his sense of tempo and his way of understanding melody are a pure prodigy." [ABC]

 
 

Teaching

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Musikene

By Studies, Teaching

José Luis has been a Musikene professor since its creation in 2001. You can study with him both Bachelor in Musical Performance and Master in Musical Performance (Clarinet). José Luis is also a professor of Chamber Music and Ensemble in Master studies, conducting the Musikene Master Ensemble.

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MSKNmásterEnsemble, season 24*25

By Conducting, Ensemble, Orchestra, Studies, Teaching
MSKNmásterEnsemble is a versatile and lively orchestral ensemble in which the Master in Music Performance students obtain a high-level professional training, focusing above all on the repertoire that ranges from the 20th century classics to the première of new works, and contrasting it with the classical and romantic repertoire.

José Luis Estellés is conducting this 2023*24 three programs.

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AIMS 2024

By Masterclasses, Teaching

José Luis Estellés in AIMS – Academia Internacional de Música de Solsona

The Wind Academy, 14th – 20th of August, 2023

AIMS stands for Academia Internacional de Música de Solsona.  Creating great music starts by nurturing young musicians, so the AIMS Academy invites and brings talented young music students together from around the world, and provides private and group mentoring with highly renowned music professors from well-known institutions. José Luis Estellés is the Artistic Director of the International Wind Academy.

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FIM VALÈNCIA 2024

By Conducting, Masterclasses, Orchestra, Teaching

José Luis Estellés takes over this year’s FIM València clarinet masterclasses, and will conduct the FIM Orchestra.

The Valencia International Music Festival (FIM2024) will take place at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de València “Joaquín Rodrigo”, 16th-20th of July, 2024.

│FIMValencia 2024 is directed to professional musicians and music students in advanced courses, born in 2009 or before and with at least 7 years of musical studies.

Registration starts April 1st at 10:00

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Jesús Torres CD release

By Chamber Music, Playing, Recording

Label Ibs classical to release latest José Luis Estellés’s recording, Jesús Torres Piano Duos

Jesús Torres Fantasía for clarinet and piano

José Luis Estellés has participated alongside with pianist Alberto Rosado and other prominent Spanish soloists (Clara Andrada, Robert Silla, Miquel Bernat, David Apellániz, María Zubimendi) in the recording of all duos by the outstanding composer Jesús Torres.

José Luis Estellés has been a champion of Jesús Torres’s much esteemed music, conducting, commissioning, premiering and recording several of his pieces.

This Ibs Classical CD is Estellés’s 4th collaboration with the label, and there will be more releases soon.

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MSKN MasterEnsemble, season 23*24

By Conducting, Ensemble, Orchestra, Studies, Teaching
MSKNmásterEnsemble is a versatile and lively orchestral ensemble in which the Master in Music Performance students obtain a high-level professional training, focusing above all on the repertoire that ranges from the 20th century classics to the première of new works, and contrasting it with the classical and romantic repertoire.

José Luis Estellés is programming and conducting this 2023*24 three programs.

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Xàbia – Música a l’estiu 2023

By Masterclasses, Teaching

José Luis Estellés in Música a l’estiu (Xàbia) – 2023

The 37th International Woodwinds Summer Course, 24th – 30th of July, 2023

To say Xàbia in summer is to say music. In its 37th edition, students of woodwind instruments gather in this pleasant coastal town to enjoy an intense advanced course with a unique teaching staff.

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LA MÍSTICA DE SONIDOS ETERNOS

By Critics, Critics chamber music

Works by Takemitsu and  Messiaen.

GRANADA, MANUEL DE FALLA AUDITORIUM

José Antonio Cantón│Scherzo Magazine│January 2021

[…] The performance of this instrumental quartet must be considered as a true artistic event… José Luis Estellés entered fully into action in the Abîme des oiseaux, suspending the sound of his clarinet in space… thus achieving one of the most astonishing moments of the concert, which left a feeling of total dissolution of time, all seasoned by the appearance of intervals that curiously pointed to some modulations of the overwhelming melopea of the third act of Tristan invented by Wagner for the English horn.

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Contemporary clarinet at the Centro Guerrero

By Playing, Solo

José Luis Estellés performs six pieces for solo clarinet written by female composers.

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of contemporary music at the Centro Guerrero in Granada

The concert title – Between Elektra and Salome – is inspired by two Jordi Teixidor paintings, in exhibited in this special venue.

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RECORDING OF THE MONTH, MUSICWEB-INTERNATIONAL

By Critics, Critics CD

Fin du temps. Works by Takemitsu and  Messiaen. CD IBS Classical

RECORDING OF THE MONTH

Marc Rochester│MusicWeb-International│September 2020

[…] This is not only a recorded performance of the Quatuor pour la fin du Temps which I would recommend unreservedly, but the one which I would suggest stands as about the best currently available on CD… This is extraordinarily special music-making from all four players, and the result is a performance of rare potency.

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FIN DU TEMPS

By Critics, Critics CD

Fin du temps. Obras de Messiaen y Takemitsu. CD IBS Classical

DISCO RECOMENDADO DEL MES

Santi Riu Solé│Revista Segarra│Septiembre 2020

[…] Los intérpretes muestran un trabajo lleno de transparencia, equilibrio de voces y cohesión. Podemos destacar momentos de gran belleza como el solo de clarinete que ofrece José Luís Estellés con un fiato y un sonido siempre sensual -Abime des Oiseaux -con unos crescendos que no parecen tener fin- y que son servidos con verdadera poesía.

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