2015 arrancó majestuoso para Juanjo Mena en el Avery Fisher Hall, con el público de pie al final de su debut al frente de la Orquesta Filarmónica de Nueva York.

Juanjo Mena afronta desde el 28 de noviembre un apretado y brillante calendario que le llevará a presentarse, hasta enero de 2015, con dos de las más prestigiosas orquestas norteamericanas, la Philadelphia Orchestra y la New York Philharmonic, y con agrupaciones con las que mantiene una fuerte vinculación: la BBC Philharmonic, de la que es director titular; la Orquesta Nacional de España y la Sinfónica de Madrid.

«This was the best all-French concert I have heard for a long time…..
I can’t think of a more sympathetic/enthusiastic conductor for this music than Juanjo Mena. His sense of orchestral balance was superb, as was his care over, among other things, dynamics, colouration, and rhythmic/lyrical contrast.» (Geoff Diggings, Seen and Heard International)
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«The music glinted and sparkled as it made its inevitable, quicksilver progress…. This was a highly successful LPO debut for Juanjo Mena, a partnership that hopefully will continue, for it has great potential.»
(Alan Sanders, Classical Source)
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«Thrilling French fare from the LPO and Juanjo Mena»
(Katy Wright, Bachtrack)

«Mena led a sparkling performance of Schubert’s Great Symphony in C major» (Aaron Keebaugh, Boston Classical Review)

«Mena had the orchestra sounding warmer and soft-edged. The textures seemed three-dimensional, as he pinpointed each unusual color within.» (David Weininger, The Boston Globe)

«It is difficult to remember having enjoyed a performance of the Fourth as much as this» (Rohan Shotton, Bachtrack)

«The final pages of the symphony were moving into the realm of the ecstatic, and rightly earned that huge reception.» (Robert Beale, Manchester Evening News)

«Exhilarating and transparent Choral Symphony from the BBC Philharmonic» (Michael Cookson, Seen and Heard International)

El ciclo estival Veranos de la Villa cierra este año su temporada con un concierto protagonizado por la Orquesta y Coro de RTVE dirigidos por Juanjo Mena, en el que interpretarán una de las piezas más populares del repertorio sinfónico-coral, la celebérrima cantata Carmina Burana, del compositor alemán Carl Orff.

Juanjo Mena dirigirá a la BBC Philharmonic en dos conciertos durante la temporada de los prestigiosos BBC Proms en el Royal Albert Hall de Londres. Las obras a interpretar incluyen la evocativa pieza Variaciones Enigma de Elgar y la quinta sinfonía de Mahler.

El director de orquesta Juanjo Mena, al frente de la orquesta de la que es titular, la BBC Philharmonic, inicia el sábado 15 de marzo una gira de once conciertos que tendrán lugar en las más importantes salas de Austria, Alemania, Eslovenia, Croacia y Hungría. En programa, desde sinfonías de Mendelssohn, Dvorák o Bruckner hasta repertorio actual como “Rough Music”, de HK Gruber con Martin Grubinger.

The Guardian

«Mena’s handling of the work’s grand arc from dawn to dusk was majestic… the fine detail had the intense glitter of water droplets within the profound buffeting delivered by this incredible, pan-Mancunian meta-band.»

The Arts Desk

«Mena’s conducting was expansive and expressive, showing admirable control and majestic pacing.»

Seen and Heard International

«Under Juanjo Mena the performance of ‘An Alpine Symphony’ was a simply stunning experience. The whole concert was something special and will live long in the memory.»

«Also Sprach Zarathustra and Don Quixote showed Mena to be a Straussian of real finesse and stature. He has a superb ear for tone colour.»

Artsdesk:

«Mena directed with unfailing energy at the end of a busy night and the orchestra responded superbly…. All credit to the Phil: this was an imaginative, action-packed, exhausting, but thoroughly engaging and enlightening programme.»

The Guardian:

«Mena seemed infinitely alert to its mix of relentless energy and sensuality, while the dexterous clarity of the playing was persuasive in the extreme.»

(English) “ It was the Spanish conductor and frequent visitor to the Oslo Philharmonic Juanjo Mena who added colour to tonight’s concert…. In Schubert’s great C major Symphony, we experienced just what gives the Symphony its nickname, namely ‘the great’ ”

Reseña del concierto del 12/10/2013 en Manchester por Michael Cookson

(English) The BBC Phil, under the baton of Juanjo Mena, produced an electrifying performance, remarkable not only for its rhythmic power but also for the beauty of the more reflective moments

Mirando atrás a los conciertos de la BBC Philharmonic en la temporada de PROMs 2013

El trío compuesto por Renée Fleming, la Sinfónica de Houston y Juanjo Mena emocionó al auditorio Jones Hall lleno en la noche de apertura de la temporada número cien de la orquesta.

Tras su primer debut con la Filarmónica de Los Angeles en 2011, Juanjo Mena ha vuelto este año para dirigir el concierto de fin de temporada en el Walt Disney Concert Hall.

El Correo acaba de publicar una entrevista al director Juanjo Mena