Spanish conductor Irene Delgado-Jiménez has recently served as Assistant Conductor at the Neue Oper Wien at Wolfgang Rihm’s production “Proserpina”. She currently holds the position of Chorus Director at Chorus Delicti in Vienna and Guest Conductor at Orquestra Terres de Marca in Barcelona. In 2021, Maestro Delgado-Jiménez made her debut at the Wiener Konzerthaus with the Tonkünstler Orchestra and her operatic debut in Vienna took place in May 2021, with Stravinsky’s opera “Mavra”. In 2022 she will participate in the 1st Ferit Tüzün International Conducting Competition in Turkey.
Trained in Barcelona with Jordi Mora and Vienna with Andreas Stoehr, Irene has recently worked as assistant conductor for performances at the Musikverein, Wiener Kammeroper, and Vienna Radiokulturhaus, as well as premiered commissioned works for the opening of the Viennese Ball of Sciences in 2019 and 2020, held at the City Hall. In 2019, she had her Italian debut with the Catania Philharmonic and the Coro Lirico Siciliano. Delgado-Jiménez has also conducted in Argentina, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Sweden.
In 2017, Irene was awarded a Special Commendation at the Graz Conducting Competition in Austria in conducting the Kammerphilharmonie Graz. In 2012 she won the Piano Prize of Honor of the Barcelona Conservatory, as well as the Soloist Competition, performing Beethoven’s 3rd Piano Concerto. She has participated in masterclasses with Douglas Bostock, Sian Edwards, Mark Heron and Simon Carrington, among others.
Delgado-Jiménez conducted many different orchestras, choirs and ensembles in Barcelona. Namely, from 2016 to 2018 she held the positions of Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Sant Cugat Sinfonietta -formerly Sant Cugat Youth Orchestra-, Symphonic Band AMCV and the Tornaveu Jazz Chamber Choir.
Delgado-Jiménez is very committed to nurturing the cultural scene of her home country beyond the podium. She has written for several music magazines and spreads awareness of classical music through various media. Moreover, she leads the organization Thalassa Music Project, dedicated to the promotion and divulgation of classical music at a professional level in the south of Spain.