Enrique Hernandis
Position
Associate Professor
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Career Highlights
- Over 10 years as head of the Composition Department at the Valencia Professional Conservatory of Music
- Professor since 2003
- Curricula developer for public conservatories
- Author of two harmony books published by Impromptu: Ejercitacion Armonica, Book 1 and Book 2
- President of the Valencia Composers Association (COSICOVA), 2005–2007
- Guest composer for 5 Tage fur Neue Musik festival in Zurich with soloists Branimir Slokar, Claude Delangle, and Mel Culbertson
- Private lessons of contemporary composition in London with Hilda Paredes and psychology at Valencia University
Awards
- Recipient of over 20 composition awards, highlighting “Hellenikon Idyllion” (Olympic Games, Athens, 2004)
- City of Madrid Award (2005)
- European Young Composers Award (Belgium, 2007)
- Daniel Young Composers Award (Israel, 2008)
- City of Alicante Award
- Villa de Benidorm First Prize and Special Prize by audience rating
- Fallera of Valencia Prize
- Tolosako Musika Banda First Prize
- Hellenikon Idyllion Award for the Olympic Games in Athens
- Second prize in Castellon Government Contest, conducting the Navajas Wind Band
Education
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School NameUniversidad Internacional de La RiojaCountrySpainDegreeMaster of Arts (MA)Field of StudyOrchestral ConductingDate Degree Received
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School NameConservatorio Superior de Música de ValenciaCountrySpainDegreeBachelor of Arts (BA)Field of StudyCompositionDate Degree Received
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School NameConservatorio Jose IturbiCountrySpainDegreeBachelor of Arts (BA)Field of StudyPercussion PerformanceDate Degree Received
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