Javier Jacinto

Javier Jacinto (born 1968) is a Spanish composer and conductor.

Born in 1968 in Pasaia, Guipuzcoa, Spain, Jacinto is a graduate of the Conservatoire of Music of San Sebastian and a graduate in Orchestral Conducting, as well as in Composition for the Real High Conservatoire of Music of Madrid, studying with Francisco Escudero and Antón García Abril. He studied composition and orchestral conducting with Franco Donatoni, Carmelo Bernaola, Cristobal Halffter, Gerard Grisey and Enrique García Asensio.

Jacinto taught Musical Computer Science in the "Laboratory of Musical Computer science and Composition for Computer" of the professional conservatoire Pasaia Musikal in Guipuzcoa from 1996 until 2001. During the period 2001-2003 he is a teacher of composition in the High Conservatoire of Music of Badajoz.

From 2001 to 2003 he conducted the Symphonic Orchestra of the High Conservatoire of Music of Badajoz. During the season 2003-2004 he was the Director of the municipal band of the City of Badajoz.

In April 2002, his piece "The Great Garden" was released by RTVE's Orchestra in the Monumental Theatre of Madrid under Alvaro Albiach's conduction, and later interpreted by the Royal (Real) Symphonic Orchestra of Seville, under the conduction of J.R. Encinar. In 2005 his work "Prelude and Don Quijote's fantasy" for guitar was interpreted by M ª Esther Guzmán in the Festival of Music of Santander and later in Tokyo, Japan. In February 2006 his opera "Caronte", with a libretto by E. Santiago, scenery by Angel Haro and wardrobe by Paco Rabanne was released in the Basque Country. In December 2006 he releases his first symphony, entitled "Brief", with the RTVE Orchestra under the conduction of G. Pehlivanian in the Monumental Theatre of Madrid.