Curriculum

November, 2011

The spanish (Valencia) soprano Carmen Botella is specialized in performing renaissance and baroque music. She completed her singing studies at the Hochschule fur Musik in Vienna after winning the Premio Extraordinario de Fin de Grado at the Conservatory of Music Joaquin Rodrigo in Valencia. She has followed courses and masterclasses in early music interpretacion and singing with many prestigious musicians, amongst others Lambert Climent.
As soprano soloist she works regularly with many early music groups in Spain and abroard with numerous concerts and CD recordings, the groups include: Estil Concertant, Victoria Musicae, Harmonia del Parnàs, Ensemble Xácara, Accentus Austria, Los Músicos de Su Alteza, Capella Saetabis, Conversación Galante.
She has participated in a large number of early and religious music festival including the Peñíscola Internacional Festival of Medieval and Baroque Music , The International Festival of Religious Music in Cuenca, The Daroca Festival of Early Music , Siglos de Oro de Caja Madrid, The Religious Music Festival of Úbeda, MUSICAM XXI, Tardor Cultural de Vilafamés, The International Religious Music Festival in Benidorm, Requena Festival of Religious Music, The International Festival of La Mancha, Serenates Musicals and Música a la Capella at the University of Valencia, Veranos in Cuenca…
She has also performed in numerous important concert halls around the world such as the Palau de la Música de Valencia, Auditorio de Castellón, Auditorio de Zaragoza, Auditorio Manuel de Falla de Granada, Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, Monasterio de El Escorial, Akzent Teather and Großer Sendesaal ORF in Vienna, Troja Chateau in Prague and many important churches and cathedrals in Spain.
She has recorded for the Spanish National Radio (RNE) - Radio Clásica, RTVV, ORF (Austrian radio-television), RAI (italian radio-television), and for the Czech radio-television.

She has been professor of vocal technique in the choral conducting course organised by the Federal of Choirs in Valencia since 2007. And she is responsible for teaching vocal technique with the choir FECOCOVA, conducted by Josep R. Gil Tàrrega.

She also has a degree in hispanic studies from the University of Valencia