Born in Tenerife, Daniel Molina is a clarinettist who stands out among his generation for his profile as a soloist and his activity as a chamber musician. His career has led him to perform in the most prestigious concert halls throughout Spain, playing in national and international festivals alongside pianists and chamber groups of the highest level, playing on stages such as the Palau de la Música Catalana, Auditorio Nacional de España, Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Auditorio Adán Martín, Museo del Romanticismo de Madrid and the Palacio Real de La Granja de San Ildefonso, and recently the Emil Schumacher Museum (Hagen, Germany) alongside the pianist Luis López as part of the European Music Festival. As a soloist, he has collaborated with the Banda Sinfónica Municipal de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the Orquesta Sinfónica del Conservatorio Superior Katarina Gurska and the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria. Notable awards include a second prize in the MusiCanarias competition held in the Auditorio Adán Martín de Tenerife; third prize in the III Concurso de Jóvenes Intérpretes de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; third prize in the International Orchestra Auditions Award granted by the Samnium University of Music; Honourable Mention in the Concurso del Festival Internacional Peregrinos Musicales in Santiago de Compostela; and recently a second prize in the XXXVIII Concurso de Interpretación Sociedad de Conciertos de Alicante Oftalvist. Since 2021 he has been a clarinettist and founding member of the chamber ensemble Aguere Ensemble, with which he has also won several international accolades such as First Prize at the VI Paris International Competition and an honourable mention at the International Musical Competition Malopolska (Poland). After finishing his higher studies at the CSKG in Madrid, the Fundación MAPFRE Canarias awarded him a postgraduate scholarship in music, with which he studied a master’s degree in solo performance at the same centre with professor and clarinettist Cristo Barrios. The same foundation awarded him the Futuro 2022 Prize, with which he has recorded his first album for the Odradek Records label with the pianist Javier Negrín in Odradek’s studio, The Spheres, in Pescara (Italy). Currently, Molina combines his concert activity with his pedagogical work, giving masterclasses in higher education centres all over Spain, linked to his recent research focused on the presence and stage awareness of the musical performer, as well as clarinet masterclasses and conferences related to the self-management of the solo musician’s career. Since July 2023, he has been Artistic Director of the Aguere International Chamber Music Festival.
