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). From 2008. Founder
- Esclat Gospel Singers (Manresa). From 2000. Founder
- Goizargi Gospel Choir ( Euskadi). From 2017. Founder
- Cors de Gospel del Conservatori del Liceu (Barcelona). 2008/ 2019.
- Barcelona Big Latin Band .From 1996. Founder
Creation, director and performance arranger
- Gospel, the uplifting Music. Banda Municipal de Barcelona (dir: José Rafael Pascual-Vilaplana) & Bcn Gospel Messengers
- 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, Banda Municipal de Barcelona, La Locomotora Negra, Dagoll Dagom, Big Mama, Jordi Molina, La Vella Dixieland, Banda Municipal de Bilbao, Paula Domínguez, Els Comediants, Camerata Bacasis.
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) 2019-2021.
- Arteta Gospel School (Barakaldo) 2017-2019
- Workshops: I have taught more than 300 workshops mostly in Catalunya, but also in Menorca, Madrid, Sevilla, Mallorca, Burgos, Valencia, Miranda de Ebro, Bilbao, Barakaldo, Getxo, Portugalete, Plentzia, Eivissa, Tenerife, Pamplona, as well as France, Italy, UK, Switzerland, Sardinia, Kenya, Uganda
- Conservatorio Superior del Liceu. Choir conductor. 2006-2019.
International educational collaborations
- British Gospel Arts (London)
- Music Mission Trips (USA)
Discography as a leader:
- Barcelona Gospel Messengers “What’s going on?” Messengers sing Motown
- Barcelona Gospel Messengers “Go higher “
- Barcelona Gospel Messengers “Be Here Now. George Harrison Tribute“
- Barcelona Gospel Messengers& Paula Domínguez “Gospel meets flamenco “
- 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 “
- 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.