Cutting a magnetizing figure on the podium, Spanish conductor Sergio Alapont is known for his passionate, compelling and inspirational conducting and as one of the leading conductors of his generation.

Season 2022-23 engagements include the opening night of the Festival de Pollença in a programme of Dvorák’s Eighth Symphony and Mozart’s KV. 482 Piano Concerto with Kristian Bezuidenhout and the Balearic Symphony Orchestra; a programme of Brahms and Beethoven for the Opening Season Concert at the Teatro Comunale of Sassari followed by performances of Don Giovanni; at Teatro Calderon of Valladolid he conducts Carmen. He makes his debut in Canada with the Orchestre Symphonique de Longueuil at the Maison Symphonique de Montreal in a programme of Spanish works by Palomo, Falla, Turina and Ravel. Later he will be conducting the Spanish Radio Television Symphony Orchestra.

Next season 23-24 starts with La Bohème at the Irish National Opera and several concerts in France with the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire (ONPL) – Nantes Opéra. Maestro Alapont’s recent appointment as Conductor at Orquestra Clássica do Centro in Coimbra takes him to Portugal for a variety of symphonic repertoire throughout the season.

Sergio Alapont’s studies took him to Valencia, Madrid and Munich before he continued his training at the Conservatoire of Music in Pescara with Donato Renzetti, graduating “Cum Laude”. He also studied with Jorma Panula at Royal College of Music of Stockholm, Helmuth Rilling at Bachakademie of Stuttgart, and Masaaki Suzuki at Bach Collegium of Japan. Additionally, he had the opportunity to assist Marco Armiliato at the Metropolitan Opera of New York, and Semyon Bychkov or Antonio Pappano in symphonic concerts.

In 2016 Alapont won the Best Conductor Award at GBOSCAR– L’Eccellenza dell’Opera for his performances of Aida at Teatro di Sassari.