The Franz Schubert Filharmonia has enjoyed a great reception from the audience since its inception, both for its artistic quality and for the relevance of its programmes.
Formed by a new generation of the best spanish musicians who perform under the inspired direction of Tomàs Grau, Music Director, the orchestra has collaborated with such soloists as Anne-Sophie Mutter, Maria João Pires, Joshua Bell, Mischa Maisky, Maxim Vengerov, Midori, Ivo Pogorelich, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Gil Shaham, Rudolf Buchbinder, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Stephen Kovacevich, Gautier Capuçon, Seong-Jin Cho, Anna Fedorova, Sabine Meyer, Steven Isserlis, Ermonela Jaho, Roberto Alagna, Mark Padmore, Alice Sara Ott, Paul Lewis, Alexei Volodin, Javier Perianes, Ainhoa Arteta, Leticia Moreno, Pablo Ferrández, Judith Jáuregui and Iván Martín.
The Franz Schubert Filharmonia has also worked with such conductors as Christoph Eschenbach, Krzysztof Urbański, Josep Pons, Ton Koopman, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Laurence Equilbey, Antoni Ros Marbà, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Salvador Mas, Pablo González, Edmon Colomer, Paul Agnew, Guillermo García Calvo, Thomas Rösner, Virginia Martínez, Jordi Mora, Josep Caballé Domenech, Marzio Conti and Salvador Brotons, among others.
The orchestra has performed in such venues as the Carnegie Hall in New York, Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid, Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, Gran Teatre del Liceu, L’Auditori de Barcelona, Auditorio de Zaragoza, Palacio Euskalduna in Bilbao and Palau de les Arts in Valencia, and has made concert tours in the United States, Germany, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.
The Franz Schubert Filharmonia performs its subscription seasons in Barcelona, Tarragona and Lleida, and since 2009 has had the honour of being the resident orchestra of El Vendrell, the birthplace of the maestro Pablo Casals.
The orchestra has recorded several albums, among which we can highlight Alba Eterna, an opera by the composer Albert Guinovart and produced by the Sony Classical label, and Die Romantische Seele with the pianist Judith Jáuregui, produced by the label ARS Produktion, winner of the International Classical Music Awards, and nominated for the Opus Klassik Awards.