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Carlos obtained teaching degrees in piano, theory, harmony, counterpoint and composition at the Royal Conservatoire of Music in Madrid. In
1988 he moved to London to study at the Royal College of Music, where he completed postgraduate studies in composition with Anthony Milner and Timothy Salter, as well as conducting with Christopher Adey, and obtaining a teacher's
diploma (theory and composition), ARCM. He then went on to study conducting in Vienna for three years with Jacques Delacôte. In the Czech Republic he has conducted the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic and Marienbad Symphony Orchestras
and has also recorded a programme under the title Spain in the Romantic Germanic Opera with the Pilsen Radio Orchestra. In 1993 he became assistant conductor and chorus master of the Earls Court arena production of
Carmen, with which he travelled to Zurich, Munich and Berlin, working with José Carreras, Simon Estes and the Ambrosian Opera Chorus. He has been an assistant to Jacques Delacôte, John McCarthy, Simon Joly and Terry
Edwards, and has worked as a specialist interpreter to Harry Christophers during masterclasses in Granada. He studied singing at the Escuela Superior de Canto, Madrid, where he also worked as an accompanist. In
London he has sung as a soloist in recitals and the operas Anna Bolena, La Traviata and Un ballo in maschera and has collaborated with Midsummer Opera in their production of Rossini's La donna del lago. He studied with Andrew
Downie and is currently studying with Jean Hornbuckle. In 1995 he founded the chamber choir
Coro Cervantes, under the auspices of the Instituto Cervantes. He has taught choral and orchestral conducting regularly since 1999 at the Conservatoire of
Celaya, Mexico, and in 2002 also taught conducting at the Conservatoire of Trujillo, Peru. There he is also Music Director member of the jury of the International Singing Competition. As a conductor, in 2001 he collaborated
with Blackheath Opera in their production of Frank Bridge's opera The Christmas Rose, the London Gay Symphony Orchestra and the Camden and Kingsway Symphony Orchestra. He has had several articles published and works premiered in
Madrid and London and translates for EMI Classics and Naxos. During 2000 and 2001 he has been Festival Assistant of Spitalfields Festival, in London, and since 1998 he has been Assistant Secretary of the Iberian and Latin American
Music Society, ILAMS. He conducted a
masterclass in autumn 2001 on Spanish and Latin American vocal repertoire at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London.Coro Cervantes www.corocervantes.co.uk info@corocerv.f9.co.uk Carlos Fernández Aransay carlos@aransay.wanadoo.co.uk +44 (0)20 8981 0800 |
