IIgnasi Solé Piñas – Conductor

Born in Catalunya, Ignasi starts his cello studies

at the age of 4 tutored by the cello disciples of
Pau Casals, Jacques Doué and Peter
Thielemann. During his youth, Ignasi won
several prizes for young musicians.

At the age of 18th Ignasi is accepted at the emblematic Liceu

of Barcelona, to study Cello Performance with the Principal
Cello of the Spanish National Symphony Orchestra, Angel
Luis Quintana. At same time Ignasi gets offered a place as
Solo Cello at the Young Opera of Catalonia. Alongside his
cello studies, Ignasi studied Conducting with the principal
conductors of the Opera del Liceu and the National
Symphony Orchestra of Catalunya.

After finishing his Bachelor, Ignasi starts his Master Studies

in the Netherlands with the disciple of Paul Tortelier, Herre-
Jan Stegenga, and conducting with the former assistant of
Valery Gergiev, Hans Leenders. During his masters, Ignasi
was an academist for both the Rotterdam Philharmonic and
the National Wroclaw Symphony Orchestra.

In 2017, after finishing his Master studies, Ignasi moved to

Aberdeen to work with Sistema Scotland in Big Noise Torry
to further improve his pedagogical and conducting skills. In
October that year, he volunteered to be the assistant
conductor of UoASO. In 2019, he was offered the role as
Musical Director.
Repertoire d The Orchestra
d Flute Trombone Second Violins
Hansel Und Gretel (Humperdinck) d Sarah Clinch* Dominic Gallo*± Zoë Young*
Robbie McDermott Bryony Baxter
Vorspiel d Mélanie Vallat
Emma Harkins Douglas Morrison (Bass) Cameron Clark
One of Humperdincks best known works, the overture to his
Hansel and Gretel opera is known well in the orchestral world.
d Zoë Wakeford Tsin Zan Graham
Tuba Isla Jones
Starting with the beautiful horn chorale the twists and turns of this d Oboe Finley Campbell* Miruna Popescu
fabulous overture really depict the two children’s playfulness and
smart wits.
d Emily Porteous* Robyn Francis
Jamie Reilly Percussion Kirstie Colburn
Murray Bartle* Ana Almeida
Peer Gynt Suites 1&2 (Grieg) Clarinet Stephanie Purdie
This collection of incidental music to go with the play of the same Sarah Eggleton* Callum Philip Viola
name, Grieg takes us through a wonderland as we leave the Lauren Quither Euan Macdonald Mairi McKellar*
Norwegian mountains and venture to the North African desert. Holly Tristram Eilidh Welsh
The iconic flute solo at the beginning in the suite, we move further Seonaid Eadie First Violin Emma Bell
on to the thumping bassoon and low strings in the Alton Towers Clara-Jane Maunder† Alba Cristóbal
theme, In The Hall of The Mountain King. Bassoon Kiera Mitchell Alex Thompson
Cameron Anderton* Jessie Jungels Owen Eatough
Amy Hutchison
INTERVAL Horn Hannah Voute Cello
Ben Williams* Rachael Lindsay Carliona López*
Ida Eriksson Ariana Black Nicole Berg
Carmen Suites 1&2 (Bizet) Joe Boyd Ellen Vielinski Robert Matheson
Bizet’s operatic giant “Carmen” tells the tale of Carmen, a hot- Katy Dyches Todd Heather Lanz Sarah Boyle
tempered, reckless and thrill seeking lady that gets herself stuck in Lauren Thompson Scott Herbert±
a lot of drama. Featuring some of the most iconic music in classical Rachel Whitelaw Andrew Smith
repertoire, listen as the bombastic brass set the scene with our Trumpet
Sara Akural Owen Gibson
trumpet section lyrically telling us Carmen’s struggles. This toe- Caitlin Diver*
Lucy Van Blanken Eilidh Stewart
tapping suite will keep you humming from the moment the strings Leah Forsythe
Jasna Martinovic
begin in the epic prologue. Ivan Ma
Abi Pearson
Tessa Kolster
Nahul Calzado Chaui
Double Bass
† Concert Master Callum Young*
* Section Leader Lai Yee Orbell
± Committee Member