Biography - Isaac Galán

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Isaac Galán was born in Zaragoza in 1981 and he started his singing career in the Music
Professional Conservatory in his home town and later on continued in the Superior School of
Music Reina Sofía under the direction of Teresa Berganza, Tom Krause and Manuel Cid. He
also performed during a course the Opera studio in the Ópera Theatre in Zurich. In addition,
he has been among the best and awarded in different international contests such as the
“Francisco Viñas” or “Manuel Ausensi” in Barcelona, and won the Audience Award in the Lirical
Ambassadors celebrated in Montreal , Canada.
He has been directed as leader singer by worldknown directors such Lorin Maazel, Riccardo
Muti, Zubin Metha, Ivor Bolton, Alberto Zedda, Ottavio Dantone, Philippe Entremont, Sir
Andrew Davis, Jesús López Cobos, Dennis Russell Davies, Plácido Domingo or Andrea
Battistoni, among others.
During three courses he has been the lead singer in the Landestheater in Linz, where he has
sung different roles such as Fígaro in “El barbero de Sevilla”, Conde in “ Las bodas de Figaro”,
Lescaut in “Manon”, Orphee in “ Orphee” of Philippe Glass, Testo in” Il Combattimento di
Tancredi e Clorinda” of Monteverdi, Papageno in “ La Flauta Mágica” or Malatesta in” Don
Pasquale”.
In the last few years Isaac Galán is developing an important operistic activity in theatres as the
“Teatro Real in Madrid”, the” Gran Teatro del Liceu” in Barcelona, the ”Ópera”in Oviedo, the
“Teatro Colón” in Buenos Aires, the Pentecostés Festival in Salzburgo, the Festival in Ravenna,
the” Ópera” in Montpellier, the “Palau de les Arts” in Valencia, the “Teatro de la Zarzuela”, the “
Teatro de la Maestranza” or the” Teatro Manuel Malta”, among others.
He has also participated in important productions under the scenic direction of Krzysztof
Warlikowski, Laurent Pelly, Chritoph Marthaler, E. Sagi, Vicent Boussard, Francisco Negrín,
GianCarlo del Mónaco, Damiano Michieletto and Olivier Tambosi.
As a Concert Singer he has rehearsed in places such as the Auditorium in Zaragoza, the
National Auditorium in Madrid, the Baluarte Auditorium in Pamplona, the “ Teatro
Monumental” in Madrid, the Auditorium in Lleieda, the “Citè des Congress” in Nantes and
Angers or the Palma de Mallorca Auditorium. Furthermore, he has sung under important
orchestras as the “Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire”, the “Orquesta Sinfónica” in
Baleares, the “Orquesta Nacional” in Spain, the “Orquesta Sinfónica” in Navarra, the
“Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid”, the “Grupo Enigma” of the Auditorium in Zaragoza,
the “Orchestra Sinfónica” in Santo Domingo or the Orchestra of the University of Valencia,
among others.