Francisco Mora

CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL INFORMATION Name: Francisco Javier Mora Souto Place and Year of Birth: Pontevedra, 1978 Address: C/ Ameán, 8 – Pontevedra, Spain Phone: +34 630 835 745 Email: eldelfindeju@gmail.com Nationality: Spanish Profession: Orchestral Conductor, Trumpeter, Professor PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - OCG Co-Principal Trumpet City of Granada Orchestra– Spain Period: 2003 – 2007 - Music and Performing Arts Professor (Tenured Civil Servant) Professional Conservatory of Music “Manuel Quiroga” – Spain Period: 2007 – Present - Music Director and Chief Conductor OSMAQ Symphony Orchestra – Spain Period: Present ACADEMIC EDUCATION Bachelor’s Degree in Trumpet Performance Higher Conservatory of Music of Vigo – Spain Teacher: Javier Viceiro Master’s Degree in Trumpet Performance Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe – Germany Teacher: Reinhold Friedrich Diploma in Wind Band Conducting – Level I & II European Academy for Wind Band – Portugal Maestro: Jan Cober Bachelor’s Degree in Orchestral and Choral Conducting – (Currently in progress) CSM Galicia – Spain Maestro: Boris Perrenoud, Javier Fajardo, Cristóbal Soler OTHER TRAINING IN ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTING AND COMPETITIONS: He has attended masterclasses with renowned conductors such as James Ross, Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez, Pablo Heras-Casado, Josep Vicent, Boris Perrenoud and Cristóbal Soler, among others. He was selected to participate in Jorma Panula’s International Orchestral Conducting Course “El Escorial” (Madrid, Spain). He was selected as a semifinalist in the Italian Conducting Competition, where he was awarded a Certificate of Merit. He is currently selected to participate in the PICC26 and has also been selected for the Atanasov Prize Conducting Competition 2026. Furthermore, he has conducted the OSMAQ in performances at prestigious festivals and concert venues, including the Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao as part of the International Musika-Música Festival, the Afundación Auditorium, the Palace of Culture in Pontevedra, and the City of Culture in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. He is currently serving as Assistant Conductor to Maestro Cristóbal Soler.