Inked Concerto*
-15-20 Minute Concerto with Piano Accompaniment.
-Create a new standard in the repertoire, playable by skilled undergraduate performers while having enough depth and challenge to be a meaningful piece for more skilled players.
-Build a community through an interactive experience, allowing consortium members to interact with the composer through active meetings and updates.
The goal of the work is to produce a new standard in the bass trombone repertoire based on the art of tattooing. Not just the art, but the process, the history, the individual styles and the relationships that are built between you and the artist.
Meet the Composer
Ricardo Mollá received his Bachelor’s Degree in trombone at the Conservatorio Superior de Música Oscar Esplá in Alicante (Spain) and the Hochschule für Musik, Theatre und Medien Hannover (Germany) with Javier García and Jonas Bylund, respectively. Personally invited by Joseph Alessi, principal trombone of the New York Philharmonic, he was awarded a scholarship by the Artists’ Society of Spain (AIE) and Foundation JONDE-BBVA to study at the prestigious The Juilliard School of New York where he is pursuing a Master’s Degree in Classical Music.
Besides this, he was a member of the Spanish Brass Academy, studying with Guillies Milliere, Indalecio Bonet and Carlos Gil. In addition, he has attended advanced courses and masterclasses for trombone with teachers as Michel Becquet, Christian Lindberg, Ian Bousfield, James Markey, Colin Williams, David Rejano or Mark Hampson.
His debut as a soloist was in Carnegie Hall (Recital Weill) after winning the first prize in the New York Artist International Competition.
Throughout his career Ricardo has received awards in more than twenty national and international competitions, including the Concurso Permanente Juventudes Musicales of Spain, the Certamen Nacional de Interpretación Intercentros Melómano of Spain, the INTERMUSICA International Competition (Austria), Die Hannoversche Börse der Musiktalente (Germany), the Recontre International des Cuivres de l’IMEP (Belgium), the Concorso Internationale Citta di Chieri (Italy), and the International Virtuoso Competition (USA).
As a trombone soloist, he has performed in the Lucerne Festival (Switzerland), the ManiFeste IRCAM of Paris (France), the Spanish Brass Festival (Spain), the Recontre International des Cuivres (Belgium), Letnia Akaemia (Poland), the FOCUS! Festival of New York (U.S.A.), and the International Trombone Festival; and in prestigious venues around the world such us Carnegie Hall (Recital Weill) of New York (EEUU), KKL-Luzerne (Switzerland), National Auditorium of Music of Madrid (with the Chamartin Symphony Orchestra), Palau de la Música of Valencia (with the Orchestra of Valencia), and Monumental Theatre of Madrid (with the Radiotelevision Orchestra of Spain (upcoming concert)).
He has collaborated with many professional orchestras which include the Esemble Intercontemporain of Paris, Hannover Opera, National Orchestra of Spain, Radiotelevision Orchestra of Spain, Porto Casa da Musica Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Radio, Orchestra of Valencia, Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of Extremadura, Juilliard Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Alumni, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, among others. With these orchestras he has played under the baton of conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Simon Rattle, Riccardo Chailly, Fabio Luisi, Alan Gilbert, Heinz Holliger, Matthias Pintscher, David Robertson, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Peter Eötvös, among others.
In the field of pedagogy, he has been invited to give courses, masterclasses, and talks in Europe, North America, South America and Asia, including the National University of Singapore’s Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (Singapore), Royal Conservatory of The Hague (Netherlands), Poznan Music Academy (Poland), New Mexico State University (EEUU), University of Antioquia (Colombia), Escola Profissional de Musica of Espinho (Portugal), Escola Superior de Musica do Porto (ESMAE), Conservatorio Superior de Música of Alicante (Spain), Conservatorio Superior de Música of Málaga (Spain), Conservatorio Superior de Música of Palma de Mallorca (Spain), Conservatorio Superior de Música of Granada (Spain), Conservatorio Superior de Música of Jaen (Spain), Conservatorio Superior de Música of Tenerife (Spain), among many others.
Since the summer of 2015, he is the Director of the Numskull Brass Festival Caudete and the digital platform Orchestral Play Along. Ricardo currently splits his time between working as a trombone soloist, composing and giving talks about stage fear. Since 2015, he is artist of the brand Antoine Courtois.
Ricardo Mollá worked as Principal Trombone of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra for the season 2016-07. For the season 2016-07, Ricardo Mollá has worked as acting-Principal Trombone of the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Nowadays, Ricardo is Principal Trombone of the Lucerne Festival Alumni, conducted by Riccardo Chailly.