About me

Daniel Sánchez Velasco (Avilés, 1972) studied orchestra conducting with Maximiano Valdés, Isaac Karabtchevsky, Leonid Grin, Neeme Järvi and Ari Rasilainen.
He has conducted the Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias (OSPA), Orquesta Sinfónica de Bilbao (BOS), Orquesta Ciudad de Granada (OCG), Orquesta de Extremadura (OEX), Orquesta Sinfónica de la Región de Murcia (OSRM), Orquesta de Córdoba, Jugend Philarmonie Salzburg (Austria), Pärnu City Orchestra (Estonia), Estonian Youth Chamber Orchestra, Estonian National Youth Symphony Orchestra, Nürnberger Sinfoniker (Germany), Sinfonieorchester der Musikhochschule Würzburg (Germany), Deutsche Staatsphilarmonie Rheinland-Pfalz (Germany), Mikkeli City Orchestra (Finland), Jÿvaskÿla Sinfonia (Finland), Joven Orquesta Sinfónica de Asturias and Orquesta Clásica de Asturias.

Daniel Sánchez Velasco has a well-deserved reputation as music composer, specially for his symphonic music. His pieces have been played by the Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, Oviedo Filarmonía, Orquesta Sinfónica de Gijón, Joven Orquesta del Principado de Asturias, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, Orquesta de Extremadura, Orquesta Nacional de España, Sinfonieorchester der Musikhochschule Würzburg (Germany), Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco (México), Modesto Symphony Orchestra (USA) and Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra (USA).

Now he is working in several projects as conductor and composer.

Daniel Sánchez Velasco studied clarinet and piano in the Conservatorio de Avilés, Conservatorio Superior de Oviedo y Karlsruhe Musik Hochschule (Alemania).

In 2013 he finish the Master of Music in Performance for Orchestra Conducting in the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg (Alemania) with Ari Rasilainen.

In 2016 he won the 3rd Prize and Special Audience Prize in the IV Competition for Orchestra Conductors of the Orquesta de Córdoba.