Juan de la Rubia, principal organist of the Basilica of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, hails from Vall d’Uixó (Castellón, Spain). He began his training under the guidance of his father and Ricardo Pitarch. His artistic education developed across several European capitals, under the mentorship of renowned teachers such as Òscar Candendo, Wolfgang Seifen, Michel Bouvard, and Montserrat Torrent. He also received guidance from Olivier Latry and Ton Koopman. The outstanding awards he received upon graduation, along with first prizes in the Permanent Competition of Juventudes Musicales of Spain and the Primer Palau, played a crucial role in the launch of his career.
His active work as a soloist has taken him to major venues in over thirty countries around the world, including the Palau de la Música Catalana, the Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid, the Konzerthaus in Berlin, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Auditorium of the Maison de Radio France in Paris, the Mariinsky Theatre, and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic. He has also performed in prominent cathedrals such as those in Cologne, Berlin, Westminster, Vienna, Geneva, Bogotá, Mexico City, Tunis, and the church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris.
De la Rubia has performed as both soloist and conductor with orchestras such as the Spanish National Orchestra, the RTVE Orchestra, ORCAM, the Symphony Orchestras of Galicia, Bilbao, the Principality of Asturias, Castilla y León, and the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra, among other notable ensembles. He has collaborated with conductors including Andrew Grams, François-Xavier Roth, Salvador Mas, Simon Rattle, Roberto González Monjas, Pablo González, Pascal Rophé, and Thierry Fischer.
In the field of historically informed performance, he has worked with Les Siècles and conducted the Freiburger Barockorchester, the Tenerife Baroque Orchestra, and recently launched his own ensemble: the Orquestra del Miracle, which received an enthusiastic response from audiences and critics at its debut in June 2023.
He has also collaborated with soloists such as Matthias Goerne, Carolyn Sampson, Elena Obraztsova, Marta Mathéu, Philippe Jaroussky —with whom he recorded the CD Sacred Cantatas (Erato, 2016), nominated for a Grammy Award— and Marco Mezquida, with whom he developed the improvisation project Bach&Forward.
De la Rubia is also specialized in live improvisation for silent films, including works such as Faust and Nosferatu (Murnau), Metropolis (Lang), The General (Keaton), and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Wiene).
His discography includes notable recordings dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio de Cabezón —featuring the Hauslaib claviorgan (1590) from the Museu de la Música de Barcelona— and a recent recording made on the organ of Bogotá Cathedral.
A member of the Royal Catalan Academy of Fine Arts of Saint George and professor at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya, he regularly gives masterclasses in Budapest, Stuttgart, and Rome.
