Maximino Zumalave

Maximino Zumalave (born 22 January 1956 in Santiago de Compostela) is a Spanish orchestra conductor and pianist.

Education Maximino Zumalave graduated in Marine Biology, piano, and conducting. He studied in Santiago de Compostela, Madrid, Vienna and Stuttgart with Angel Brage, Guillermo González, Rosa Sabater, John Eliot Gardiner and Helmuth Rilling.

Career Conductor Maximino Zumalave founded the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Galicia, sharing the joint artistic direction with Helmuth Rilling until the year 2000. He is currently the Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Galicia and Joint Director of the School for Advanced Musical Studies in Santiago; he previously served as Principal Guest Conductor of the Galicia Symphony Orchestra and Principal Conductor of the Santiago University Choir and the Collegium Compostellanum.

In February 1995 he was inducted to the Royal Galician Academy of Arts. He also received the Castelao Medal in 2008 and the Premio da Cultura Galega in 2016.

Educator As an educator, Zumalave frequently organizes massive didactic concerts and regular master classes as Chairman of Lyrical Theatre at the International Music University in Compostela. He once explained and conducted the Pastoral Symphony in front of nearly 14,000 students. He is also a member of the Neue Bachgesellschaft (New Bach Society) and procured for Santiago de Compostela the Spanish seat for the courses of the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart. Additionally, Zumalave is a professor of Symphonism at the Música en Compostela International University Courses of Spanish Music Interpretation and Information.

He has been invited in numerous occasions to participate as a member of the jury in many contests and international awards: President of the Jury of the 2003 edition of the Mariele Ventre awards for choirmasters in Bologna; President of the Jury of the Galician Music Awards 2002; President of the Jury of the International Piano Competition "Cidade de Ferrol" 2002 (and member of the jury in some of the previous editions); Member of the Jury of the "Andrés Gaos" composition awards (in several editions, the last one, the 5th, in 2003); Member of the Jury of the Auditorio de Galicia Composition Awards 2003; Member of the Jury for the selection of scholarship holders of the Foundation Pedro Barrié de la Maza in several occasions; Member of the jury for the selection of scholarship holders of the Delegation of A Corunna; Member of the commission of the Zuid-Nederlandse voor Hogeschool Muziek Maastricht; Member of the Jury of the 52º Concorso Polifonico Internazionale "Guido D' Arezzo" 2004.