Manuel de Falla Big Band's biography |  Argentina

Biography

The City of Buenos Aires offers a degree program in Jazz at the Manuel de Falla

Conservatory of Music that is the pride and joy of all jazz enthusiasts. The course is

directed by pianist and composer Ernesto Jodos, one of today’s most prestigious jazz

musicians; it has been providing the local scene with a number of young, professional-

level instrumentalists.

Having established a strong collaboration, every year the Festival invites an outstanding

musician that combines artistic quality, a solid career and enthusiasm for teaching, to

work with the students. This year, the Manuel de Falla Big Band and its permanent

conductor, Valentín Reiners, receive John Hollenbeck – one of the key figures on

today’s New York jazz scene. Valentín Reiners is a guitarist, composer, arranger and

leader of various jazz bands. He has performed and collaborated with national and

international musicians, such as Charles Tolliver, Conrad Herwing, Ernesto Jodos, Walter Malosetti, Pepi Taveira, Juan Cruz de Urquiza, Fats Fernández, among others. For this edition of the BAJ, he will perform with the Manuel de Falla Conservatory’s Big

Band, with a repertoire by drummer John Hollenbeck.