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David Rejano Cantero

trombone, Koni and Geoff Rich Chair

About this Artist

David Rejano Cantero has been Principal Trombone of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 2016. Before that, he served as Principal Trombone with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra from 2002 to 2007, Principal Trombone with the Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatro del Liceu Barcelona (Barcelona Opera House) from 2007 to 2010, and Principal Trombone with the Münchner Philharmoniker from 2010 to 2016. 

He has performed as a guest with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestre National de France, Seoul Philharmonic, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, and the Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris. 

Rejano Cantero appears frequently as a soloist at the Sapporo Festival, Summer Brass Festival, and the International Trombone Festival. He frequently works with Gustavo Dudamel, Valery Gergiev, and Zubin Mehta. 

His solo album Everything but Trombone was released in 2018. 

As a sought-after teacher, Rejano Cantero gives master classes and coaches youth orchestras all over the world. 

Rejano Cantero was born in Badajoz, Spain, in 1982, and initially studied music at the Madrid Royal Conservatory. Then he moved to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, where he graduated with the distinction of “Mention très bien à l’unanimité” and the “Prix Spécial du Jury.” He was a member of the European Union Youth Orchestra and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with Daniel Barenboim and Pierre Boulez. 

He is a member of the trombone faculty at the Colburn Conservatory and founder of Rejano Mutes, a practice-mute company.  

Rejano Cantero is a Shires performing artist and plays on his own “Rejano” artist model, designed by him in collaboration with S.E. Shires.