He was born in Santomera (Murcia). Barchelor’s degree from Conservatory of Music of Murcia. Studied at “Creative School of Music” in Madrid, and Berklee School of Music in Boston (USA). He took the master course “Educative Research: Curricular and Professional Development”.

He has taught numerous courses on Percussion all over Spain: in Schools of Music, Associations of Music, Youth Orchestras, Universities and Teacher Training Centres. He has also given courses and held clinics both in America (Mexico and Puerto Rico) and in Europe (Croatia and Slovenia).

He has been a member of numerous national and international symphonic orchestras playing as a percussionist and as a timpanist both as a student and as a professional musician. Among these orchestras, it is worth mentioning the Orchestra of Schools of Music of Berlin (Germany), the Youth Orchestra of Tirana (Albania) and the Youth Orchestra of the European Community. He was a soloist timpanist at the Symphonic Orchestra of the Region of Murcia (Spain) from 1990 to 1994 with the head conductor Mr. Manuel Hernández Silva. He participated in a good number of contests and festivals with many Music Bands of the regions of Alicante, Murcia and Albacete (Spain).

As a percussionist, he accompanied soloists of great stature, for example, Luis Julio Toro (Venezuela), Kebin Bobo (USA), Kai Stensgaard (Denmark), Bogdan Bacanu (Romania), Christoph Sietzen (Germany), Samuel Takye (Ghana) among others. As a drummer, he accompanied prestigious artists such as Ute Lemper (Germany), Swingle Singers (France), Robert Bonfiglio (USA), Ira & Claudia Thomas (USA), Lou Bennet (USA), Jorge Pardo (Spain), Carlos Benavent (Spain), Carlos Piñana (Spain), Rosa (TV Operación Triunfo – Spain), Diego Martín (Spain); also percussion bands, some of them are: PERCUSIÓN-PLUS, ETNOS-PERCUSIÓN and PERKUMANIA.

He composed works and made musical arrangements for the percussion groups N’cayman, Alia and Alpaky.

He carried out a great number of recordings for The Symphonic Orchestra of Murcia, The Symphonic Orchestra of Cordoba, The Big Bands of Murcia, Alicante and Albacete, and also for bands of percussion, contemporary music, Jazz-Fussion, Salsa, Flamenco, New Musics, Pop-Rock, Latin Rock, etc. Among these, it is noteworthy to mention the ones done together with Jorge Pardo, Carlos Benavent, Carlos Piñana and for the well-known Spanish singer Rosa (Operación Triunfo), as well as for RNE (National Radio of Spain) and TV. He has performed demonstrations of percussion instruments in Frankfurt Fair (Germany) for the trademarks Consolar de Mar and Jimbao.

In 2003 and 2004 he was on tour with the singer Diego Martín; in 2005 with the singer Angel Rios, in 2008 and 2009 with the percussion ensemble Perku-Va around Mexico, Puerto Rico, Croatia, Slovenia and Austria. In 2010 he performed on the TV programme “Homenaje a la Copla” on Canal 7 (local TV channel in Murcia-Spain).

Nowadays, he is a percussion teacher at the Professional Conservatory of Music in Lorca (Murcia), a soloist of the Symphonic Orchestra of Albacete, a collaborator of the Symphonic Orchestra of Galicia (A Coruña- Spain), Philharmonic Orchestra of Galicia (Santiago de Compostela-Spain) and Symphonic Orchestra of Córdoba (Spain). Founder member of the percussion band Perku-Va, (with which he toured successfully in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Slovenia, Croatia and Austria). Founder member and conductor of the percussion band N’Cayman Percussion , with which he was awarded several prizes in Castilla-La Mancha, Alicante and Cádiz. Drummer of Indicco, Ibérica Dixie Jazz Band, Into Jazz, Victor Perona Jazz Projetc and Big Band of Albacete.

Alberto Marquina plays with instruments Pearl, Sabian and Adams.

Sun, July 11th

Meeting Point at the Austrian Hospice at 5:00 pm

Musical walk through the Old City of Jerusalem and

Final concert at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer at 6.30 pm

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Not only the soccer loving world is having a party this evening, music is also celebrating its triumph in a grand finale in the quarters of the Old City. What began as a “roof concert” a few years ago – as a vision on a higher level up in the air – has come down to earth again and mixes with the people, spreading colourful and diverse sounds through the narrow alleyways. Every one is invited to be a musician and to leave her/his musical marks. And at the great closing event in the courtyard of the Church of the Redeemer everyone is in the team of the world cup winner. Long live music!

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All years, the final concert of Sounding Jerusalem is transporting a special message. What began as the „roof concert“ – a vision of music connecting people up in the air, on top oft he roofs of Jerusalem’s Old City – has come down to the earth. This musical vision is no longer an untouchable cloud of sounds in the sky, but tries to mix with the people and become part of the life in the narrow alleyways.

The goal ist to abolish the limitations between active musician and passive spectator. Music is a common good and therefore should be experienced in common.  Everyone is invited to be a musician and to express himself/herself in a piece of percussion that is especially composed for this evening.

A festive group of people (this means you) will meet at the Austrian Hospice at 5.00 pm and from there start a sounding procession to the picturesque courtyard oft he Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. Everyone will be provided with a little instrument of percussion and professionally instructed to actively be part of the musical orchestration that will sound through the streets oft he Old City.

After arriving in the Church of Redeemer, there will be a huge musical performance involving all levels of the beautiful courtyard. 30 percussionists from all over the world, the musicians performing the Sounding Jerusalem „Mélange Oriental“ programme as well as a renowned photographer artist from Europe, projecting his subtle and touching impressions of Jerusalem, will as a final highlight create a firework of rhythm, melodies and visual eye catchers.

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Percussion Improvisation, Sound Installation, Oriental Music
Visuals by Austrian Photographer Christian Jungwirth

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Erich Oskar Huetter – cello, Stefan Heckel – accordion, Paul Gulda – piano, Mahran Moreb – qanun, César Carcopino – percussion, Claus Hessler – percussion, Anika Nilles – percussion, Lucas Dillmann – percussion, Lennart Fleischer – percussion, Stefan Wandel – percussion, Toni Flores – percussion, Alberto Marquina – percussion, Rafael Mas – percussion, Pep Soler – percussion, Mª Angeles Murillo – percussion, Anna-Maria Hepberger – percussion, Florian Längle – percussion and several more musicians from Europe

STUDIO PERCUSSION graz: Günter Meinhart, Mamadou Diabate, Ismael Barrios, Bernhard Richter

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