Pedro Pablo Cámara Toldos
(1986) Pedro is a musician that keeps the essence of the music he plays: by making the saxophone his own voice, he speaks the language of each period to convey the history of each work. In this continuous search, he aims to equip the saxophone with a technique that adapts to each particular language, preventing the over-conditioning of the style by the instrument. His deep knowledge of the evolution of the repertoire and the possibilities of the saxophone are crucial for preserving the essence of every piece he plays.
His training has been always as comprehensive and broad as possible. This perspective took him to work closely with great musicians in different fields and places: he did his saxophone training with Marcus Weiss and Vicente Toldos; he developed his chamber music skills with F. Rados, C. Martínez-Mehner, R. Schmidt, E. Feltz and S. Azzolini in the Hochschule für Musik of Basel (Switzerland); he obtained his bachelor degree in Musicology by the Universidad de La Rioja (Spain), and he also holds a diploma in Music Pedagogy by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain).
He has participated in festivals such as Cervantino International Festival in Mexico, Darmstadt Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Klangwerkstatt Festival and Infektion Festival, both in Germany, Impuls Academyin Austria, Segovia Classical Music Festival in Spain, and Adelboden Festival, Montreux Festival and Lucerne Festival in Switzerland.
He also collaborates with formations with a bigger format such as the European Philharmonic of Switzerland, the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra, the Frankfurt Radio Orchestra and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. He has worked with world-leading conductors such as Simon Rattle and Pablo Heras-Casado.
His continuous development of the musical language has produced an extensive corpus of new works; they have been born from a close collaboration with composers such as Paul, Sánchez-Verdú, Escudero, Méndez, Frank, Torá or Alonso.
He has won more than 20 international competitions, such as BOG-Competition (Basel), Orpheus-Competition (Basel), KHS Musikpreise (Bern), Nicati de Luze (Lausanne), the 38eme Concurs de musique Lyceum Club (Lausanne) and the X and XI edition of the Chamber Music-Competition Monserrat Alavedra (Barcelona).
Currently he is working in a serie of recordings as soloist and chamber music. He already has published 5 Cd’s. His commitment to scenic and interdisciplinary formats is noteworthy, participating in the premiere of productions of the Berlin Staatsoper, Madrid Teatro Real or Musiktheatertage Wien. He is a member of the Opera Lab Berlin and is doing an artistic research focused on new forms of expression with the saxophone at the UVa and the IKG.
Pedro is professor at the Centro Superior Katarina Gurska in Madrid and he also teaches at the International Community Music School in Basel. As guest he was invited for masterclasses in Musikhochschule Munich, UdK Berlin, KUG Graz, UNAM CDMX, Prince Claus Conservatoire of Groningen, Hochschule for Musik Basel,HKBU Hong Kong, among others.
He is artist of Selmer Paris, Vandoren France and Silverstein Works.