Roc Fargas i Castells

Conductor

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About

Roc Fargas i Castells, born in Barcelona, is a versatile and accomplished conductor, equally active in opera, ballet, and symphonic repertoire. With a foundation in Historical Performance and extensive experience in contemporary music, he brings a dynamic and multifaceted approach to his work. He studied music at Cambridge University, Historical Performance and Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music with Prof. Sian Edwards, and completed a Konzertexamen in conducting at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar with Prof. Nicolás Pasquet and Ekhart Wycik. He is also a scholarship recipient of the German Music Council’s Conducting Forum.

Roc Fargas i Castells, born in Barcelona, is a conductor active in opera, ballet, and symphonic repertoire.

• 1st Prize, Orchestra & Audience Prizes – Maestro Borislav Ivanov Conducting Competition (Varna, Bulgaria)
• Recent highlights: Hamburg State Opera, Bochum Symphony Orchestra and Mainz State Theatre
• Fellow – Conducting Forum of the German Music Council
• Fellow 2025–27 – Akademie Musiktheater Heute, Deutsche Bank Stiftung

Calendar

12, 13 & 14 December 2025
Göttinger Symphonie Orchester
Einbeck, Osterode and Göttingen

Henrik Albrecht: A Christmas Carol

Patrick Rohbeck, Narrator

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18 December 2025 - 19:30
Mriya Orchestra: Verklärte Nacht
Laeiszhalle, Kleiner Saal, Hamburg

~Works by C.P.E. Bach, Zoltan Almashi, Valentin Silvestrov, Arnold Schönberg and Anna Kuzina-Rozhdestvenska

Kateryna Suprun, viola

Artem Yasynskyy, piano

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December 2025 - January 2026
Staatstheater Mainz
Der Chronoplan, by Julia Kerr (World Premiere)

Gabriel Venzago, Musical Director

Roc Fargas i Castells, Assistant Conductor and Conductor for the performances on 18 & 21 February

Dates

24.01.2026 → Premiere, 27.01.2026, 18.02.2026 (Roc Fargas i Castells, conductor), 21.02.2026 (Roc Fargas i Castells, conductor), 06.03.2026, 23.03.2026, 29.03.2026, 04.04.2026

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7 February 2026 19:00
Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie
Opéra Comédie, Montpellier

Exils #2

~Works by Casals, Gerhard, Schönberg, Korngold, Pärt (born in 1935), Olga Podgaiskaya (born in 1981 ) and Samir Odeh – Tamimi (born in 1970 )

Vitali Alekseenok, conductor

Roc Fargas i Castells, assistant conductor

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14 March 2026 19:00
Neue Philharmonie Westfalen
Theater Marl, Main Stage

MARLER DEBUT

Solo with Orchestra Featuring winners of the “Jugend musiziert” competition with Neue Philharmonie Westfalen

Theater Marl, Main Stage

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April 2026
Landesjugendorchester Hessen

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Manuel de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain

Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

Jon Urdapilleta, piano

Dates

12., 18., 19. & 24., 26. & 27. April 2026

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April 2026
Győr Philharmonic Orchestra
Musikverein, Vienna

~Works by Spohr, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Beethoven and Rachmaninov

Assisting Christoph Poppen in preparing and rehearsing the orchestra for concerts on April 20 and 22

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April - May 2026
Die Hamburgische Staatsoper

THE TIMES ARE RACING

Four diverse choreographies by Pina Bausch, Hans van Manen, Demis Volpi and Justin Peck, spanning the last 50 years of dance history.

~Works by Mahler, Strauss, Britten, Rautavaara, Tickmayer, Piazzola and Deacon.

Hamburg Ballett

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester

Hamburg

Dates

Thu 30.4. 19:30

Sat 2.5. 19:30

Thu 7.5. 19:30

Sun 10.5. 18:00

Tue 12.5. 19:30

Thu 14.5. 14:00

Thu 14.5. 19:00

Sat 27.6. 19:30

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