ADDA Simfònica

ADDA Simfònica

Symphony orchestra of the Valencia Region Foundation – ADDA, based at ADDA (Alicante Provincial Council Concert Hall), in a Mediterranean city where the sun shines all year round, ADDA·SIMFÒNICA ALICANTE has become an integral part of the music scene in the Valencia Region, performing as well at Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía and throughout Spain, with performances at festivals all over the country, making their international debut in 2022 with an acclaimed doble concert in Berlin.

ADDA·Simfònica’s musical personality reflects that of its founder and chief conductor Josep Vicent. Under his baton, the orchestra takes the audience on an emotional and inspirational journey in every concert.

The orchestra maintains an intense activity in its Concert Season, sharing programming with the most renowned orchestras, conductors and soloists in the world, featuring pieces by Strauss, Berlioz, Chick Corea, Mussorgsky, Ravel, Beethoven, Shostakovich, Adams, Berio, Mahler... and artists such as Stefanie Irányi, Alessi, Muira, London Voices, Messina, Trio VibrArt or Iréne Theorin, during the next 23/24 season. Hand in hand with chief conductor Josep Vicent, await outstanding projects with the Orfeón Donostiarra at the National Auditorium, Palau de la Música in Barcelona, ​​Auditorium of Zaragoza, as well as the only opera by Manuel de Falla in Concert (Miquel Ortega), in addition to an exciting tour through Japan.

While ADDA·Simfònica’s capacity for innovation, dynamism, stylistic versatility and talent have impressed concert hall audiences, this socially committed ensemble has performed in many other settings, collaborating on educational projects with Títeres Etcétera or giving performances in care homes and hospitals across Alicante province. It has launched ground- breaking initiatives focused on contemporary music, as well as a series of immersive Digital Albums. The orchestra has released more than 15 albums and other audio-visual products for a number of labels like Warner Classics, Aria Classics, Parma Recordings, Discmedi or IMM Klassik. Four albums have been awarded the prestigious “Melómano de Oro”, those being “Music for Emotions”, “Fight for Light”, “Ritual Dances” and “Ritmo The Chick Corea Symphony Tribute”, the latter being as well nominated for the Latin GRAMMY and the american GRAMMY AWARDS.

ADDA·SIMFÒNICA ALICANTE has performed alongside extraordinary conductors and soloists, such as Valery Gergiev, Maria João Pires, Javier Perianes, Paquito D’Rivera, the Labèque sisters, Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, Joaquín Riquelme, Stefanie Irányi, Juan Pérez Floristán, Ginesa Ortega, Denis Kozhukhin, Ángeles Blancas, Ramón Vargas, Pacho Flores, Spanish Brass, Jurjen Hempel, Carles Magraner, Joaquín Achúcarro Judith Jáuregui, or Marina Heredia, among many others. 

Remarkable projects led by chief conductor Josep Vicent include opera and stage productions designed jointly with Emilio Sagi or Carlus Padrissa and La Fura dels Baus (El Amor Brujo, Carmen, La Bohème, The Creation, Carmina Burana, Pastoral for the Planet, etc.); the “Chick Corea Symphony Tribute”; all of Stravinsky’s ballets in audio-visual format; or world premieres of works by composers Nicola Campogrande, Óscar Navarro, Jesse Passenier, Michael Nyman, Vicent Egea, Ximo Cano, David Mora, Per Egland and Jesús Mula.

With an unstoppable artistic career that music critics define as "a world-class instrument that spreads enthusiasm, with an energy and sound within the reach of very few orchestras", ADDA SIMFÒNICA ALICANTE and its chief conductor Josep Vicent have become an essential cultural mark.