T15. A9
SALE OF INDIVIDUAL ENTRY: From August 1, 2025
JOAN ENRIC LLUNA. Clarinet
Joan Enric Lluna, one of the most prominent Spanish clarinetists of his generation, combines his career as a soloist with orchestral conducting and teaching. He is principal clarinet of the Valencian Community Orchestra at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, a position he was appointed to by Lorin Maazel in 2006. He was principal clarinet of the Bournemouth Sinfonietta and has collaborated with orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic, Philharmonia, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, and Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
He has performed as a soloist with conductors like Zubin Mehta, Neville Marriner, and Gianandrea Noseda, at venues such as Berlin’s Konzerthaus, the City of London Festival, and The Hague’s Festival Classique. He regularly collaborates with chamber groups like the Tokyo, Brodsky, and Diotima Quartets and with soloists such as Lluís Claret, Josep Colom, and Juan Carlos Garvayo.
As a conductor, he has led ensembles such as the Manchester Camerata, Valencia Orchestra, Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra, and Berliner Camerata, with which he debuted at the Berlin Philharmonic’s chamber hall. In 2006, he founded the Moonwinds ensemble, and since 2009, he has directed the Godella Chamber Music Residencies festival. His Moonwinds Simfònic project, premiered in 2020, combines artistic excellence with pedagogical outreach.
Lluna has premiered numerous concertos and chamber works by composers such as Sir John Tavener, Guinjoan, Cano, Jesús Torres, Sotelo, Sánchez-Verdú, and Isidora Zebeljan, and is preparing premieres with works by Jorge Grundman and Miquel Ortega. His discography exceeds 25 recordings, including three versions of Mozart’s K622 Concerto, Brahms’ works with the Tokyo Quartet, Weber’s symphonies with the Berliner Camerata, and albums such as Jazz Impact, Le jour de l’an, and Benet Casablancas: The Clarinet Music.
Dedicated to recovering Spanish and Valencian musical heritage, he is currently working on the critical edition of unpublished ballets by Vicente Martín y Soler, whose music he recorded on the album Suites de ballet (Aria Classics), awarded the Melómano d’Or.
A teacher at ESMUC and the Trinity College of Music in London, he is regularly invited by academies such as the Sibelius Academy, Royal College, and California State University. He was recently distinguished as “Insigne de la Música” by the Valencian Music Academy.
JOANA CARNEIRO. Directora invitada
Joana Carneiro is one of the most prominent conductors of her generation, recognized for her expressive energy and commitment to contemporary music. A finalist in the prestigious Maazel-Vilar Competition at Carnegie Hall, she has been Artistic Director of the Gulbenkian Youth Orchestra since 2013. She was Principal Conductor of the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra at Lisbon’s São Carlos Theatre (2014-2022), Music Director of the Berkeley Symphony (2009-2018), and Principal Guest Conductor of the Real Filharmonia de Galicia for four seasons.
Highly sought after internationally, Carneiro has developed an intense operatic career. In 2022, she premiered The Handmaid’s Tale in London with the English National Opera, to which she will return in 2024/25 with Thea Musgrave’s Mary, Queen of Scots. She has also conducted John Adams’ Nixon in China with the Scottish Opera, The Rake’s Progress in Lisbon, A Wonderful Town at the Danish Royal Opera, and A Flowering Tree and La Passion de Simone in cities like Vienna, Paris, Chicago, Cincinnati, Gothenburg, and Ojai. In 2023, she directed the premiere of Bobbi Jene Smith’s ballet Pit at Paris’ Opéra Garnier.
In the 2024/25 season, she will conduct the Naples Philharmonic, Orchestre Métropolitain de Montreal, NAC Ottawa, New Zealand Symphony, Macao Orchestra, and Scottish Chamber Orchestra. In Spain, she has conducted nearly all major orchestras, including the Bilbao Symphony, Castilla y León Symphony, OSPA, Spanish National Orchestra, and Real Filharmonia de Galicia.
Throughout her career, she has collaborated with orchestras such as the BBC Symphony, BBC Scottish, Philharmonia Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Gothenburg Symphony, Helsinki Philharmonic, Vienna Radio Symphony, Brussels Philharmonic, Orchestre National de Bordeaux, and Musikkollegium Winterthur. Outside Europe, she has worked with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Beijing Orchestra, and São Paulo State Orchestra.
Born in Lisbon, she began as a violist before studying conducting with Jean-Marc Burfin. She earned her master’s degree at Northwestern University (USA) with Victor Yampolsky and pursued doctoral studies at the University of Michigan with Kenneth Kiesler.
In 2010, she received the Helen M. Thompson Award from the League of American Orchestras and was decorated with the Order of the Infant Dom Henrique in 2004 by President Jorge Sampaio.
