GUILLERMO LAPORTA

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Guillermo Laporta es flautista, compositor y diseñador, afincado entre Asturias y Nueva York. Su trabajo ha sido reconocido en medios como The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time Out, The Huffington Post, The Washington Post, EL PAÍS, EL Mundo y Japan Entertainment, así como en radios y televisiones nacionales como RTVE.

Entre sus composiciones destacan la ópera/película Architecture of a Common Man (2023), el ballet/ópera Two Roads (2020), la ópera Noctum (2011) y el musical LONDON, El Espectáculo (2009), todas ellas caracterizadas por su fusión de música, narrativa visual y tecnología.

Guillermo es fundador, director ejecutivo y co-director artístico de CreArtBox, una innovadora compañía musical con sede en Nueva York, que actualmente celebra su undécima temporada. En 2020, fundó el Festival ADAR en España, con el propósito de revitalizar el arte en zonas rurales despobladas.

Apasionado por la expansión del repertorio de flauta, especialmente en la música de cámara, compone nuevas obras y realiza transcripciones de piezas originalmente escritas para otros instrumentos. Ha publicado tres álbumes de estudio, dos de los cuales incluyen sus propias composiciones para flauta y piano.

Como intérprete, ha trabajado con orquestas como la Orquesta de la BBC, bajo la batuta de prestigiosos directores. Se ha presentado en escenarios icónicos como el Carnegie Hall y el Lincoln Center, y ha grabado para sellos como Warner Music, EMI y Naxos.

Entre 2009 y 2012, fue flautista co-principal de la Orquesta Filarmónica de Oviedo. Su formación incluyó estudios en el Royal College of Music (2008-2012) bajo la tutela del flautista y director Jaime Martín.

JOSEFINA URRACA

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Josefina Urraca, co-director of CreArtBox and the ADAR Festival, is a Spanish pianist whose passion for music has led her to study at some of the world's most prestigious institutions, including Madrid, Paris, London and New York. Her teachers and mentors include renowned musicians such as Dmitri Bashkirov and Maria Joao Pires. Urraca is known for her interpretations characterized by "introspection and musical unbridledness," as praised by Classical World, and has performed in major concert halls such as Carnegie Hall and the Salle Cortot in Paris.

Throughout her career, Josefina has received numerous awards and recognitions from foundations and international competitions, standing out for her talent and dedication. She has been honored by entities such as the New York State Council on the Arts and the Manhattan School of Music. In addition to her outstanding career as a performer, she has contributed significantly to music education and has worked on several projects that promote music and the arts in the community.

As co-founder of CreArtBox, Urraca has played a crucial role in creating innovative art experiences that combine classical music with visual and theatrical elements. The ensemble has been acclaimed by publications such as The New Yorker and Time Out. Together with Guillermo Laporta, she has also founded a platform to develop the arts in rural areas of Spain, most notably with the ADAR Festival. Josefina divides her time between New York and Leiguarda, Asturias, where she continues to promote music and the arts in diverse communities.

RAQUEL LOPEZ FERNANDEZ

SCIENTIFIC TRANSFER AND CULTURAL MEDIATION

Raquel López Fernández holds a PhD in Art History (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) and a diploma in Nursing (Universidad de Oviedo). During her pre-doctoral period she worked at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spanish National Research Council). Her academic training also includes international institutions such as the Università di Pisa, the Università di Bologna and the Institut National d'histoire de l'art de Paris. She is currently a researcher at the Department of Art History and Musicology of the University of Oviedo.

She is a specialist in dance and performative arts and her lines of research cover different links between visual and performing arts, and, more generally, the different relationships between art and society during contemporaneity. She is interested in working with history from the perspective of care, community memory, transcultural phenomena, ecofeminism, cultural mediation and educational innovation.

He has coordinated and/or participated in scientific transfer and dissemination activities in prestigious institutions such as the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, the Museo Picasso Málaga, the Museo del Romanticismo, the MCNARS, the Teatros del Canal or the Residencia de Estudiantes-CSIC in Madrid. His work also includes teaching, curating art events and editing publications.

She has worked as a teacher in different contexts and educational levels of academic training. She has also worked as an art critic and curator of artistic events. She combines her scientific research with artistic research through media such as writing, movement and engraving.