Mario Torres Mas

Mario Torres Mas is a composer and orchestral and choral conductor. He currently serves as assistant conductor of the Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana at the Palau de les Arts de València (Valencia Opera House). He trained at the Haute École de Musique in Geneva and at the Conservatori Superior de Música «Joaquín Rodrigo» de València, where he received the Special Graduation Prize in Conducting. He has also been assistant conductor of the Jove Orquestra de la Generalitat Valenciana, as well as founder and conductor of the Orquestra de les Saturnals, and founder and editor of the contemporary-music portal MIKROKOSMOS.

He trained in Conducting and Composition at the Conservatori Superior de Música «Joaquín Rodrigo» de València with Andrés Valero-Castells, Marc García Vitoria and Voro García. In conducting, he studied orchestral conducting with Juan Pablo Hellín and choral conducting with Nadia Stoyanova. He has been especially involved in the centre's opera productions, taking part as Assistant Music Director in Mozart's Così fan tutte (2022-2023), as an arranger for Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann (2020-2021), and as a chorus member in Bizet's Carmen (2018-2019) and Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims (2023-2024). He received the Special Graduation Prize in Conducting. He furthered his studies at the Haute École de Musique de Genève with Laurent Gay and Mark Biggins, and received additional training from teachers such as Hilari García Gázquez, Carlos Garcés, Heinz Holliger, Pablo Rus Broseta, Rafael Sánchez Mombiedro and Josep Ramón Gil-Tàrrega. He has conducted the Orquestra Filharmònica of the Universitat de València, the Jove Orquestra de la Generalitat Valenciana, the Orfeó Veus Juntes, Neovocalis and the choir of the Conservatori Superior de Música de València. Since 2023 he has also been assistant conductor of the Jove Orquestra de la Generalitat Valenciana, combining this role with his Master's studies in Geneva. With this ensemble he has conducted works such as Petrushka, the Symphonie Fantastique, The Planets and Schubert's Great Symphony.

In 2021 he founded the Orquestra de les Saturnals, with the project Música d'Entreguerres, dedicated to recovering Valencian musical heritage. In 2022 he created MIKROKOSMOS, a portal dedicated to contemporary music featuring a podcast and music criticism, through which he has interviewed internationally renowned composers. He currently serves as assistant conductor of the Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, working at the Palau de les Arts de València with maestro Jordi Blanch. With the Cor de la Generalitat he has put on productions such as Verdi's Luisa Miller and Berlioz's L'Enfance du Christ with maestro Sir Mark Elder; the world premiere of Enemigo del Pueblo by Francisco Coll; and Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin with maestro Timur Zangiyev.

Last updated: 10/9/26