Roberto González-Monjas
Roberto González-Monjas is a Spanish classical violinist and conductor. He is chief conductor of three orchestras — Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, and Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg.
Education
He studied at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg with Igor Ozim and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with David Takeno. He has been very much influenced by musical contact with John Corigliano, Ana Chumachenco, Rainer Schmidt, Sergey Fatkulin, Reinhard Goebel, Mark Stringer, Leonidas Kavakos, Gábor Takacs-Nagy, Christian Tetzlaff, the Hagen Quartet, András Schiff and Ferenc Rados.Conductor and soloist
Since the 2019/2020 season, Roberto González-Monjas is the Chief conductor of the Dalasinfoniettan in Falun, Sweden.In July 2020 the Musikkollegium Winterthur announced Roberto González-Monjas as their new Chief Conductor, effective from Season 2021/2022.
He has conducted and played as a soloist with well-known orchestras such as the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Ulster Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, New World Symphony (orchestra), the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Camerata Salzburg and the Berliner Barock Solisten.
In May 2018 he premiered "Colorfields", Violin Concerto No. 2 written and dedicated to him by composer Richard Dubugnon.
Concertmaster and chamber musician
Since the 2013/14 season, Roberto González-Monjas is the concertmaster of the Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur and Primarius of the Winterthurer Streichquartett in a 50% capacity. In March 2020 it was announced that he would be stepping down from this position at the end of the 2020/2021 Season. From February 2014 until July 2020 he was the concertmaster of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome.He has played as a guest concertmaster with the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, the Manchester Camerata, the Bavarian Kammerphilharmonie and the Camerata Salzburg.
While his usual recital partner is Kit Armstrong, he also performs with pianists Alexander Lonquich, Yuja Wang and Louis Schwizgebel. He has also joined music formations with Andreas Ottensamer, Nicolas Altstaedt, Ian Bostridge, Ana Chumachenco, Alessandro Carbonare, Christian Zacharias and Ray Chen.