Roberto Sanhermelando, double bass

Born in Alboraya (Valencia), he received the Prize for Extraordinary studies in double bass when her completed his training. He is a member of the Spanish National Youth Orchestra and has played with the Symphonic Academy of the Symphony Orchestra of the Balearic Islands. He collaborates with the Youth Orchestra of the Region of Valencia, the Youth Orchestra of Catalonia and the Youth Orchestra of the Federation of Musical Societies of the Region of Valencia, under the baton of Cristóbal Soler, Pablo Rus Broseta, John Carewe, Pablo Mielgo, Gordan Nikolic and Rubén Gimeno.

He combines his concert activities with postgraduate studies in Solo Performance at the Katarina Gurska Higher Conservatory and is taking classes in musical education.

He receives lessons from professors such as Julio Pastor, Luis Cabrera, Damián Rubido, Francisco Lluch, Francisco Ruíz and José Hernández. He is a founding member of Nostrum Mare Camerata.


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  • Of all the places where I have gone to study, Amsterdam is without doubt the one I like best. The city has a very active cultural life in addition to its Conservatory and, with its great infrastructure, is very well organized.
  • Pursuing a career as a professional musician is a good option for a young person today. The music industry is gigantic, and there is room for everyone. It is hard to become a concert soloist, because the bar is so high and competition is very tough. And today’s new technologies and consumption of ephemeral cultural products don’t make things easy for the classical music sector, but that is exactly why we artists need to keep fighting.
  • I try to see life in the simplest way possible. Are we governed by destiny? Yes, and if you work hard and enjoy what you do, you will get where you deserve to be. There is no such thing as destiny? That’s also true. You choose how you want to live every day of your life.
  • I play the double bass, and have a healthy relationship with my instruments. I do wish it were not such a physical instrument, though. I sometimes feel that the bass’s physical dimensions condition how we play it too much, and that affects the quality of the interpretation.
  • I would love to play Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony with Nostrum Mare Camerata.