INVITED GUEST MUSICIANS AND COLLABORATORS
We would like to dedicate this page to highlight those artists and musicians who have given their time to come along and accompany us in our singing and to support us at our concerts.
Our musical director Irene Oliva Andres is always seeking to explore new ideas on how we can present our songs and music, ensuring a varied and exciting experience for our audience when they come along to our concerts.
Also we would like to introducie you in this space all those people who collaborate with Crescendo in an altruistic way by carrying out some work in our association. Thank you all!
David Valera Ruiz is a dolçaina professional performer, and also he composes and conducts. He has already released two CDs, one featuring Moorish and Christian marches, and another called "Tradifusió" which blends traditional music with flamenco. You can listen to a snippet of each song on their website, in the "discography" section. He will soon be releasing another album for dulzaina and piano, "Sinèrgies".
You can read more information on his website, https://davidvalera.es/
The name of the instrument he plays is "dolçaina" in Valencian language (most use) and dulzaina in Spanish.
DONNIE MACDIARMID
DONNIE, THE PIPER
Donald Mackay Macdiarmid, also known as Donnie the Piper, was born in Glasgow in 1948. Thanks to a very diligent Mother, he started bagpipe and highland dance lessons at the age of eight.
He left his home town when he was 17 to join the British army where he served for 23 years. Donnie came to live in Spain in the year 2000. He was the Pipe Major for the Torrevieja Pipe & Drums band until 2013. Nowadays Donnie pipes at New Year´s celebrations, Burns Suppers and various charity events.
JOSEP ANDREU
MARTÍNEZ VALERO
Josep A. Martínez Valero is a professional violinist who trained at the conservatoires in Elche and Murcia. He has furthered his training through courses and masterclasses with renowned teachers of performance, conducting and music education.
He has an extensive career as a performer in orchestras, having been a founding member of the Orquestra Simfònica Ciutat d’Elx since 1988 and concertmaster of the Alcoi Symphony Orchestra for 18 years. He has also collaborated with various symphonic ensembles.
As a conductor, he has been the founder and conductor of the Orquestra de Corda de l’Ateneu Musical de la Vila Joiosa since 2015.
His artistic activity spans various styles, notably his involvement in early music, medieval and folk ensembles such as Tresalen and Zarzagán, as well as other previous projects.
He currently combines his performing career with teaching.
TONI GUILLÉN POSTEGUILLO
Antonio Guillén Posteguillo (Toni Guillén), with a degree in composition and harpsichord by the Murcia High Conservatory "Manuel Masotti", has been during more than ten years the official accompanist pianist of Crescendo International Mixed Choir. During those years, he has accompanied and conducted several mixed choral groups, and teached piano, harpsichord, harmony and musical analysis in several schools as well as in his particular lessons. He has written arrangements for Crescendo and other musical associations, and for the Murcia Symphonic Orchestra.
He studied composition with the doctor Sixto Manuel Herrero, and harpsichord with the cathedratic Javier Artigas, and taken lessons from the harpsichord cathedratic of the Paris Conservatory, Olivier Beaumont. He continued his studies in the Sibelius Academy of Helsinki . Toni is specialist in baroque music, and now is employed as a harpsichord teacher at the Valencia Professional Conservatory of Music. He also accompanies the choir "Aromas de Guardamar", and gives private lessons in harmony, music analysis, piano and music theory.
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