Juan Antonio Simarro
Juan Antonio Simarro González (born December 17, 1973 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife), stage name Juan Antonio Simarro, is a Spanish composer, interpreter and producer. His skills stand out in modern classical music composition, for which he is known in Europe. He has a broad career as an arranger and a producer for popular singers, and as a composer for drama, television and cinema. Musical education and beginnings. Born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands), Simarro moved to Madrid, his current home, when he was 4. He started his musical education at 13, covering musical theory , chorale, music history, violoncello, Piano, harmony, contemporary harmony, improvisation, jazz and orchestra conducting. He received his bachelor's degree in Musical Education from the Complutense University of Madrid. He participated in recording and tours with various artists. Since 2006 Simarro has focused on music composition. Arranger and producer. Simarro has been contracted as a live musician, arranger or producer for Nena Daconte, , Julio Iglesias, Dúo Dinámico, Bertín Osborne and José Vélez and similar artists. Looking for his own paths in order to find and develop creativity, he partnered as an executive producer for "Marditos Roedores Producciones Multimedia". In 2008, he  funded his own musical production company, "Analógica Producciones S.L.", from which he launched his first classic music album, starting his solo career. Works for TV, cinema and drama. Simarro has composed a variety of musical pieces for Spanish television: , , , , , , , and the spots series about the . His film composition credits include "New Dominican Yorker" ("Daniel Melguiz"), "The land of the Lapping Death" and "Obsesión 42.195" ("Roberto Carrasco"). In 2013 he composed and directed the B.S.O. of the movie "Black diamonds" (written and directed by "Miguel Alcantud"). He is also the music composer of the Spanish short movies "La Salchicha" or "El  niño de Alambre", and various drama projects. Career as a classical music composer. He is frequently the interpreter of his own workpieces, performing solo on piano, violoncello, violin, and ukulele. After composing some pieces and covers for different TV programs, in 2006, altogether with , he releases his ballets "El Equilibrista" and "La Malaventura" (edited by "RTVE Música" recording company). On October 1, 2013, commemorating the International Day of the Music, he releases in Minsk (Belarus) his orchestral works "Cádiz, Symphonic Poem", "Adagio for violin, piano and string orchestra", "String Quartet no. 1", piano duos and solos. A great variety of  orchestras could enjoy Simarro's talent: City of Praga Symphony Orchestra, RTVE Symphony Orchestra, Lviv Symphony Orchestra (Ukraine), Belarusian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra, Neotonarte Cord Orchestra, The Moscow State Radio Television Symphony Orchestra, Anzoátegui Metropolitan Philharmonic Orchestra, Nueva Espartala State (Venezuela) Symphonic Orchestra, The National Ensemble, etc. Some other artists collaborated in his masterpieces, like "Iñaki Etxepare" and "Edith Saldaña" (violoncello), "Ara Malikian", "Jacqueline Wdderburn-Maxwell", "Nazary Pylatyuk" (violin), "Antonio Palmer", "Igor Pylatyuk", "Borja Quintas" and "Gerardo Estrada" (orchestra conducting). He picked "National Auditorium of Madrid" to release most of his works, while others have been premiered or performed  in auditoriums like "Teatro Monumental" and "Sala Manuel de Falla" in Madrid, "Teatro Euskalduna" in Bilbao, "Meridian Center" in Moscow, "Radio Television Auditorium" in Belarus, "Palau de la Musica" in Barcelona and "Auditorium of Palma de Mallorca". Touching other styles. "Bipolar, more or less" (2012), defined as pop but born of an undetermined musical style, is a compositional collaboration of renowned professional musical artists. It was conceived to explore different sensibilities in the pop music field. The single "Night at the Café Montarto" (2013), is a jazz piece that emerged from a piano improvisation. He studied and developed for the  movie "Black Diamonds" (2013), a soundtrack heavily influenced by African tribal rhythms. Current activity. Simarro is the Artistic Director for the non-profit Spanish foundation "Voces para la conciencia y el Desarrollo". The organization's aim is support of the sustainable development of people and nations, working against poverty, and providing culture inspirational and a source for social change. To support this, he carried on certain activities as philanthropic gigs and cultural workshops in developing countries. In 2013 he premiered his first solo album, "Juan Antonio Simarro", under the seal of his own music producer, "Análogica Producciones S.L.". During 2013  and 2014, he toured different countries in Europe and the Americas (Madrid, Moscow, Ukraine, Belarus, US, Venezuela, etc.) There, he showed his compositions and perform some solos. Among his masterpieces we find his passionate "Cadiz, Symphonic Poem", recalling an unequivocal Spanish sound, and his intense and romantic "Adagio for violin, piano and orchestra". In 2015 he will attend to an unavoidable date with the Salzburg Festival, in Austria.