Who am I?
If there's one adjective that defines his musical career, it would be multidisciplinary. Focused on musicological research for his composing and performing work, he generates projects, performs as a soloist, conducts research, and much more, which you can discover here.
"To send light into the darkness of the human heart... that is the duty of the artist." - Robert Schumann
Early Music
I am passionate about dedicating myself to the wonderful world of early music. Throughout my career, I have participated in numerous projects and concerts with diverse groups who have shared this music with me—music that, in addition to touching the soul, nourishes the senses. Through my humble consort of instruments, I have brought to life the music of the Cancionero de Palacio, Victoria's TL, Carlos Patiño, the Uppsala Songbook, Schutz, Bach... and the music of colonial Peru. And all of this has been alongside ensembles such as the Academia Capella des Ministrers, Capella Moeneris, Camerata Ars Summa, Ensemble Alonso Lobo, Le Soupers du Roi, Camerata Antonio Soler, Capella de la Santa Espina, and Balthasar Neumann's NOVA.
SOLOIST
2.026 Sinfonia Concertante Hob.I:105 J. Haydn with the Luxembourg National Youth Orchestra in Luxembourg and Bochum (Germany)
2025 Presentation of the album Fagot 360º at the Cuenca Theatre-Auditorium (Spain)
2023 Concert in Casas de Fernando Alonso (Cuenca) within the Music and Heritage program of the Provincial Council of Cuenca with the Fagot 360º program.
2022 Concerto for two bassoons and orchestra by C. Baguer with the Retired Musicians Orchestra of Barcelona (Spain)
2022 Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra RV 473 by A. Vivaldi with the RCSMM String Orchestra at the National Auditorium in Madrid (Spain)
2022 Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra K. 191/186e by WA Mozart at the Brescia Festival (Italy)
2017 Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon RV 107 by A. Vivaldi in Cuenca (Spain)
Musicology
She has always been passionate about research, learning what music was performed in other eras and how it was done. The following books are the fruit of this passion:
2026. Article Missa pro Defunctis a 5 by Cristóbal de Morales. Context, analysis, transcription and Mexican obsequias for Emperor Charles V. Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.
2025. Publication of El Fagot del Cajón, following the discovery of the last bassoon of the Music Chapel of the SICB of Cuenca, dated to the beginning of the 20th century.
2024. Publication of Book V. Discovery and investigation of the Pange Lingua Mass of TL de Victoria in the SICB of Cuenca.
2024. Participation in the Congress "Holy Week Music as an Asset of Cultural Interest" organized by the University of San Pablo (Seville) with the presentation, and subsequent publication, "Hybridization of brotherhood music and other genres"
2023. Review, refinement and digitization of the Music Catalog of the Cathedral Archive of the SICB of Cuenca.
Modern bassoon
A specialist in performing bassoon and orchestra concertos as a soloist, he has toured Europe, taking to the stage and playing works ranging from Vivaldi, his greatest specialty, to Mozart, Haydn, and more. He has also worked as a freelance musician since the age of 12 with orchestras worldwide, boasting extensive experience as principal bassoonist and manager of bassoon and woodwind sections with orchestras such as ORCAM, ONJ, and the City of QNK Orchestra.
Other musical facets
1
Composer
2025 - Soundtrack "Limbo"
2023 - Seven pieces for Gregorian chant for solo bassoon for the "Lux in Tenebris" festival in Uclés (Cuenca)
2023 - Soundtrack for "The Song of the Fjord."
2023 - "Crying Out for Protection" for Holy Week in Cuenca
2023 - "Fanfare for a Resurrection" for Holy Week in Cuenca
2
Manager
Artistic Director of Camerata Ars Summa, specializing in early music.
Artistic Director of the 1st and 2nd "Semitonía" Early Music Festival and Course in Cuenca.
Artistic Director of Quilisma in Cuenca, specializing in Early Music.
Artistic Director of the "Vetus Música" Festival in the province of Cuenca with the aim of promoting early music in rural Spain.
3
Teaching
2025 II International Course on Early Music Semitonía in Cuenca as a professor of chamber music and bassoon.
2024 I International Course on Early Music Semitonía in Cuenca as a chamber music teacher.
2024 Masterclass at the "Joaquín Rodrigo" Higher Conservatory of Valencia (Spain)
2023 Masterclass at the Royal Conservatory of Music of Madrid (Spain)
AWARDS
2025 First prize at the Birmingham International Music Competition (UK)
2024 Third prize in the Las Conchillas International Music Competition (Chile)
2024 First prize at the Birmingham International Music Competition (UK)
2023 First prize at the Birmingham International Music Competition (UK)
2023 First prize in the "Artist of the Year" International Competition (USA)
2023 First prize in the "Best Vivaldi" International Competition (USA)
2022 First prize at the Birmingham International Music Competition (UK)
2022 Second prize in the London International Music Competition (UK)
2022 First prize at the International Music Competition of Cannes (Vienna, Austria)
2022 First prize in the "Best Bach" International Competition (USA)
2022 Silver Prize. Master Star/Bassoon at the "Amadeus" International Music Competition (Austria)
2021 Honorary Award upon completion of studies in recognition of the quality of his work in the specialty of Bassoon by the RCSMM (Spain)
2021 First prize in the "Best Mozart" International Competition (USA)
2021 Second prize in the "Best Vivaldi" International Competition (USA)
2021 First prize in the "Artist of the Year" International Competition (USA)
2021 First prize in the "Talent Music" International Competition in Brescia (Italy)
2017 First prize in the VIII National Competition for Young Performers "City of Cuenca" (Spain)
DISCOGRAPHY
360º BASSOON
CONCERTS
Photo book
Photography by Daniel Martín Vera and Inês A. (exclusively the orchestral)
VIDEOS
MASTER ORCHESTRA FESTIVAL 2021 || JAVIER CARUDA ORTIZ, bassoon
Concert for Bassoon and Orchestra, WA Mozart - Brescia
Sonata Telemann F minor I und II Javier Caruda Ortiz und Joan Boronat
Sonata in F minor, G. Ph. Telemann - Cuenca, with Joan Boronat
Concerto RV. 473 A. Vivaldi - Javier Caruda Ortiz
Concerto RV 473 A. Vivaldi - National Music Auditorium of Madrid
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