Currently
Musician. Orchestra & Gospel Choir Conductor. Educator. Manresa 1959.
Masters Degree in Music of Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya. 2010.
Conducting
- Barcelona Gospel Messengers ( Bcn). 2008. Founder
- Esclat Gospel Singers (Manresa). 2000. Founder
- Goizargi Gospel Choir ( Euskadi). 2017. Founder
- Cors de Gospel del Conservatori del Liceu (Barcelona). 2008/ 2019.
- Barcelona Big Latin Band .1996. Founder
Creation, director and performance arranger
- Be Here Now. George Harrison Tribute. Bcn Gospel Messengers
- Go Higher!. Bcn Gospel Messengers
- What’s going on? Messengers sing Motown. Bcn Gospel Messengers
- Indians. Música d’anada i tornada . Strings Camerata Bacasis, RE Latin trio and Marta Riera
- Gospel meets Latin. London Community Gospel Choir, Messengers and Barcelona Big Latin Band
- Gospel meets Flamenco. Paula Domínguez & Ramon Escalé
- Pavana Club. Barcelona Big Latin Band
- Suite Llatina 0.7. Barcelona Big Latin Band
- From roots to Heaven. Esclat Gospel Singers & Kessengue Ensemble
- From the Heart of Africa. Esclat Gospel Singers & Barcelona Big Latin Band
Artistic Collaborations
- Gospel:
- Bazil Meade & London Community Gospel Choir (UK), Donald Lawrence (USA), Smokie Norful (USA), Daniel Thomas (UK), Linda Tillery & the Cultural Heritage Choir (USA). Andrea Encinas (UK), Isaac Cates (USA), Lurine Cato (UK), Trey McLaughlin and The Sounds of Zamar (USA), Monica Bernassola (Itàlia ), Jason Taylor (USA), Rosemary Cosby (USA).
- Latin jazz:
- Barcelona Big Latin Band & Chucho Valdés, Omara Portuondo, Paquito d’Rivera, Jerry González, Lucrecia, Telva Rojas, José Luís Cortés “El Tosco”.
- Other:
- Raimon, Txarango, La Locomotora Negra, Dagoll Dagom, Big Mama, Jordi Molina, La Vella Dixieland, Paula Domínguez, Els Comediants.
Events direction:
- Campus Gospel Rajadel. 15 editions.
- One Heart Gospel Festival. First edition on 2019.
- Unity. 400 voices for peace. First edition on 2018.
Solidary collaborations:
- Great Gospel Singers at Chazon Children Center a Molo (Kenya)
- Safari Children’s Choir at New life School. Entebbe (Uganda)
Education, direction and founder:
- Messengers Gospel College (Barcelona) 2014-2019.
- Izar Gospel Unity (Euskadi) 2019-2020.
- Arteta Gospel School (Barakaldo) 2017-2019
- Workshops: Catalunya, Menorca, Madrid, Sevilla, Mallorca, Burgos, Miranda de Ebro, Bilbao, Barakaldo, Getxo, Portugalete, Plentzia, Eivissa, Tenerife, Pamplona, France, Italy, UK, Sardinia, Kenya, Uganda
- Conservatorio Superior del Liceu. Choir conductor. 2008-2019.
International educational collaborations
- British Gospel Arts (London)
- Music Mission Trips (USA)
Discography as a leader:
- Barcelona Big Latin Band. “Live ”
- Barcelona Big Latin Band. “Bueno pa Gozar ” ,
- Barcelona Big Latin Band. “Suite Llatina 0.7 ”
- Barcelona Big Latin Band Pavana Club “
- Barcelona Gospel Messengers & Paula Domínguez “Cospel meets flamenco “
- Barcelona Gospel Messengers “Go higher “
- Barcelona Gospel Messengers “Be Here Now. George Harrison Tribute “
- Esclat Gospel Singers . “Esclat Gospel ”
- Esclat Gospel Singers & Big Band de la Unió Musical del Bages “Plaça Reial”
- Esclat Gospel Singers “The Gospel Machine “
- Esclat Gospel Singers & Big Mama “From Roots to Heaven”
- Esclat Gospel Singers “Spirituals”
- Esclat Gospel Singers .” From the Heart of África “
- Jordi Molina & Ramon Escalé . “ Mosaic ”
- Jordi Molina & Ramon Escalé . “ Caurus ”
- Escalé & Ribalta & Zamora . “ ERZ Cafè ”
Awards
- Jazz Musicians Association Award 2001. Best Big Band conductor.
- Jazz Musicians Association Award 2002. Best Big Band conductor.
- Enderrock Award Best Jazz Album 2013 “Pavana Club” Barcelona Big Latin Band
- 2017 Enderrock Award Best Jazz Album 2017 “Be Here Now: George Harrison Tribute” Barcelona Gospel Messengers.