1977

Born on 21 November in Granada
Father policeman from Granada
Mother housewife from Granada

1984

Soprano boy at the school choir

1985-1995

Piano and music lessons at elementary school, later at Conservatory in Granada.

1986-2001

Singing lessons, member of different mixed adult choirs, vocal ensembles, male and mixed quartets

Fascinated by "Polifonia Renancentista: Victoria's Responsories"

1994

Founding of vocal ensemble ‘Capella Exaudi' (later "La Cantoría")

1995

Founding of vocal-instrumental early music ensemble "Capella Exaudi"

Over 12 years Pablo Heras-Casado did systematic research and performances of music by all important European composers and music schools of the XVI. and XVII. centuries. He made transcriptions and first performances in modern times of neglected Andalusian baroque repertoire, notably from composers Agustín Contreras and Juan Manuel de la Puente as well as composers from the Granada Cathedral of the XVI. century, i.e. R. Ceballos, S. de Aliseda and J. de Aliseda, and L. de Aranda.

1995-2000

Violin lessons

1995-1997

Studies with conductor Harry Christophers

1995-1998

Studies of Art History at the University of Granada

1995

Conducting debut in Granada, San Ildefonso church, Renaissance works by T.L. de Victoria, F. Guerrero, C. de Morales

1998-2002

Studied acting at the University of Granada and performed with Animasur, a street theatre group in Granada

1999-2001

Founded SONÓORA, ensemble at Granada conservatory to explore and perform Webern and Varèse, experiments with new music, collaboration with young composers, dance and theatre companies

1997

Spanish National Award "Best ballet original music Award" for ballet composition "La mitad de la verdad está en los ojos" for a contemporary dance company.

1998-2003

Studied conducting 20th century repertoire at the Universidad de Alcalá de Henares

2000

Played recorder with the early music consort "La Danserye"

2000-2001

Assistant conductor with the Joven Orquesta Nacional de España

2000-2003

Masterclasses with Christopher Hogwood in Granada

2002

Scholarship to attend the Summer Residency for artists of the Fine Arts University of Granada as composer and performer alongside with 9 visual artists.

Founded the Orquesta "Barroca de Granada"

Scholarship to attend the "Festival junger Künstler" Bayreuth (Richard Wagner society Fellowship)

2003

Debuts:
Orquesta Ciudad de Granada

2004

Participation in a project with Daniel Barenboim and West-Eastern-Divan Orchestra

Debuts:
Spanish National Radio Symphony
Orquesta de Córdoba

2004-2006

Founder and Artistic Director of the "International Choral Conducting Masterclass" in Valle de Ricote (Murcia), teaching alongside Harry Christophers

2005

Debuts:
Orquesta Sinfónica del Vallés
Sinfónica de Galicia
Sinfónica de Murcia

2005-2008

Principal Conductor of the Orquesta de Girona

2006

Assistant conductor at the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Tour with the EuropaChorAkademie in Germany

2006-2007

Assistant conductor at the Opéra de Paris

2007

Founded Compañía Teatro del Principe, period instruments orchestra devoted to the neglected theatrical repertoire of the Spanish Court in the XVIII century. First edition, staged performance and world first recording of J. de Castel's "La fontana del Placer"

Participant at the Lucerne Festival Academy, led by Pierre Boulez

Winner of the Lucerne Festival Conductors' Competition for Stockhausen's Gruppen (jury: Pierre Boulez, Peter Eötvös)

Debuts:
Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg

2008

Debuts:
US debut at Carnegie Hall, New York with Ensemble ACJW
UK debut with National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
LA Philharmonic
Orchestre National de Lyon
Orchestre National de Bordeaux

World premiere of Marc-Olivier Dupin's ballett "Les enfants du paradis", Opéra National de Paris

Staging and world first recording of Boccherini's "Clementina" with Compañía Teatro del Principe

Signed by HarrisonParrott artists management

2009

Debuts:
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Collegium Novum Zürich
Tonhalle Orchester Zürich
BBC Philharmonic
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
NHK Symphony Orchestra
Klangforum Vienna

Operatic projects:
Offenbach's "La Périchole", Opéra National de Bordeaux

Performances and world first recording of Giuseppe Bonno / Metastasio "L'isola disabitata" with Compañía Teatro del Príncipe.

2010

"Critial Eye" award by Radio Clásica/RTVE

Debuts:
Dresden Staatskapelle
San Francisco Symphony
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Teatro Real de Madrid
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Cleveland Orchestra
Seattle Symphony
The Hague Philharmonic
Mostly Mozart Festival New York
Residentie Orkest

Operatic projects:
"L'elisir d'amore" at the English National Opera
"Rigoletto" at the Welsh National Opera
"Mahagonny" at the Teatro Real de Madrid

2011

Conducts world premiere of Hosokawa's opera "Matsukaze" in Brussels in collaboration with Sasha Waltz & Guests

Nomination for a Dora Mavor Moore Awards of the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) for John Adams' Nixon in China, Canadian Opera Company

Debuts:
Berlin Philharmonic
Boston Symphony Orchestra in Tanglewood
Canadian Opera Company
Houston Symphony
Rotterdam Philharmonic
Essener Philharmoniker
Mariinsky Theatre St. Petersburg
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Radio Filharmonisch Orkest

Operatic projects:
John Adam’s “Nixon in China”, Canadian Opera Company
Gluck’s “Iphigénie en Tauride”, Canadian Opera Company

December: Appointed Principal Conductor of the Orchestra of St. Luke's (four-year term)

2012

Debuts:
Balthasar Neumann Ensemble
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Cincinatti Symphony Orchestra
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Freiburger Barockorchester
Göteborgs Symfoniker
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
New World Symphony
NDR Sinfonieorchester
Staatskapelle Berlin
First appearances at Salzburg Festival and Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Operatic projects:
Donnizetti’s “Elisir d’Amore” at Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Tour with Freiburger Barockorchester to Lisbon, St. Pölten, Freiburg, Stuttgart, Berlin