Josep Vicent becomes chief conductor of the Argovia Philharmonic
Spaniard Josep Vicent will take over the post of Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Argovia Philharmonic from the 2025/26 season. He succeeds Rune Bergmann in this position.
Vicent was born in Altea, a city in the Valencian Community region of Spain, and studied at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Alicante and the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam. Since 2015/16, Josep Vicent has been artistic and musical director of ADDA (Auditorio de Diputación de Alicante) and chief conductor of ADDA Simfònica Alicante. He has worked with personalities such as Maria João Pires, the Labèque Sisters, Pinchas Zukerman, Anna Fedorova, Paquito D'Rivera, Miura, Ramón Vargas and Iréne Theorin.
Founded in 1963 as the Aargau Symphony Orchestra, the orchestra has been based in the Alte Reithalle Aarau since October 2021. From 2001 to 2019, the British conductor Douglas Bostock led the orchestra as chief conductor. The Norwegian Rune Bergmann has been chief conductor since the 2020/21 season.
