Alejandro Cantalapiedra

Conductor
Written By Rozemarijn Tiben

Alejandro Cantalapiedra

Conductor

Representation in the Benelux and Germany

Contact:
E: leontien.vandervliet@interartists.nl
T: +31 6 5 24 68 707

Spanish conductor Alejandro Cantalapiedra (1994) is raising attention as an architect of sound. His structural vision of musical works combined with charismatic musicianship enable him to give special character to the great symphonic repertoire.

From 2023 to 2025 he has been assistant conductor to the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and Dutch National Opera, where he worked intensively with chief conductor Lorenzo Viotti. He assisted Viotti in productions with both the orchestra and opera, like in Verdi’s Requiem, Lohengrin, Il Tritico, Fledermaus, Peter Grimes.

Cantalapiedra has also assisted at Dutch National Opera in productions with other conductors and orchestras like: Cornelius Meister (Salome), Marc Albrecht (Königskinder), Patrick Hahn (Der Freischütz), Vassily Petrenko (Boris Godunov, with Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra), and Kwamé Ryan (Direction: Calixto Bieito Die ersten Menschen, with the Rotterdam Philharmonic).
At the Opera he conducted twice the Young Patrons Gala at the Opera: with Residentie Orchestra and with the National Ballet Orchestra.

Cantalapiedra conducted the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra (NKO) at the Cello Biënnale (2024) and at the Vest in de Stad festival in Alkmaar (2023). NKO’s artistic leader Gordan Nikolic, invited Cantalpiedra for a project with Sinfonia Varsovia. With the Netherlands Philharmonic, he led the recording of Welkom bij het Orkest and conducted the orchestra’s Summer Koepel Festival in 2024 and 2025 with a.o. the Gulda Cello concerto and the popular scratch orchestra project, where amateur musicians perform Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 alongside members of the Netherlands Philharmonic.

Willem de Bordes, Artistic Leader, noted: “Alejandro Cantalapiedra has a very clear technique that the musicians greatly appreciate. His overview of the large structure, his fast rehearsal process and tireless energy make him an ideal conductor to work with.”

In 2025–26, he will make his professional debut in Spain, conducting the Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias at the International Festival of Piano in Gijón. In the opera field, he will assist Lorenzo Viotti in Gounod’s Faust in Valencia and Gustavo Gimeno in Smetana’s The Bartered Bride at Teatro Real. With the Dutch Reisopera, he will serve as Chorus Master and Assistant Conductor in The Cunning Little Vixen.

Alejandro started his conducting studies with Juan María Esteban del Pozo and Miguel Romea, before moving to the Netherlands where he continues to study at Codarts Rotterdam with Hans Leenders, Sander Teepen, and Wiecher Mandemaker. He attended masterclasses of Antony Hermus and Karel Deseure, among others. .

Highlights 25-26

Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias & International Festival of Piano in Gijón.

21 augustus at 20 hrs, Teatro Jovellanos in Gijón (www.teatrojovellanos.janto.es)

  • Rachmaninov concerto no. 2, pianist Sofya Gulyak

  • Schubert Symphony no. 4

22 August at 19hrs Colegiata Santa María La Mayor in Salas

23 August at 19hrs Central Hidroeléctruca in Grandas de Salime

  • Haendel Suite in D HWV341

  • Schubert Symphony no. 4

1 September - 15 October, Palau Reine Sofia Valencia, Gounod’s Faust - assist Lorenzo Viotti

1 December - 14 February Dutch Reisopera, The Cunning Little Vixen. Alejandro Cantalapiedra will serve as Chorus Master and Assistant Conductor

1 March - 30 April 2026 Teatro Real Madrid, Smetana’s The Bartered Bride - assist Gustavo Gimeno

 
 
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