Toni Flores – percussion
Born in Benaguasil (Valencia). He studied music at the Conservatory of Music in Valencia with Manuel Thomas, Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid with Enrique Llácer “Regoli” Joan Iborra, Javier Benet, and J. Maria Martin Porras and Rotterdams Conservatorium (Netherlands), Robert Van Sice marimba.
He has collaborated with various orchestras and chamber ensembles Spanish. Founding member of Perku-Va. He has participated in recordings and radio and television programs in Spain, Croatia, Mexico and Argentina. He has attended and participated in courses in Spain, France, England, Belgium, Holland, Slovenia, Croatia, Mexico, Argentina and Brazil, with international high-quality teachers.
His teaching was developed at the Professional Conservatory Ribarroja Municipal del Turia (Valencia) from the current 1988, creating the group which is Perkumanía Ensemble director.
With PERKUMANÍA ENSEMBLE, and participating in numerous meetings, conferences and exchanges of state and international, where he has been getting due recognition, is the organizer of the successive editions of the “International Seminar of Percussion in Riba-roja de Turia” in the who have participated percussionists and teachers, internationally recognized.
Also in the field teaching and dissemination, has developed an ongoing activity providing teacher training courses (Zephyr Godella and Valencia, Ministry of Education of the Generalitat Valenciana and Universitat Jaume I de Castellón) and concerts for school children through various institutional programs in collaboration with the Generalitat of Valencia and the Valencia.
In the field of production has made several first performances in Spain and several premieres of works for percussion group. It has produced the show “Around the World with 80 percussion instruments,” “PERKUMANICÓMIC” and “PERKUTRUM”, “Once upon a time … percussion “with an outstanding success and acceptance by the public. He recorded the CD of carols “Perkutiendo and singing Christmas” with the Choir of Trinity in Valencia with an outstanding success and acceptance by the public.
He has taught classes and workshops in different music schools, conservatories in Spain, Croatia and Argentina.
Toni Flores is sponsored by Sabian, Vic Firth drumsticks Subtracts Pierre Francois percussions, NP (Nova Percussió) and ADAMS
