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Rafael Palacios, PhD, is an international musician, oboist, conductor and

professor with a first class reputation in the rhetorical performance practice. He works regularly in Europe China and Latin America helping professional musicians develop their performing skills, and to deliver their messages to selected audiences. For six years he has been professor at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Dance de Paris, where he created the Seminar on applied musical-rhetorical analysis.

In 2014 Rafael Palacios established Academia Siglo XVIII, a Sturm und Drang Laboratory specialized in the style and in the Mannheim School repertoires, a joint project with Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa and the University of Veracruz in Mexico.

Rafael Palacios, PhD, is an international musician, oboist, conductor and

professor with a first class reputation in the rhetorical performance practice. He works regularly in Europe China and Latin America helping professional musicians develop their performing skills, and to deliver their messages to selected audiences. For six years he has been professor at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Dance de Paris, where he created the Seminar on applied musical-rhetorical analysis.

In 2014 Rafael Palacios established Academia Siglo XVIII, a Sturm und Drang Laboratory specialized in the style and in the Mannheim School repertoires, a joint project with Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa and the University of Veracruz in Mexico.

The aim of the Academy is to develop the performing skills of orchestral and choir performers towards the new aesthetics of the Rhetorically Informed Performance Practice. The programmes included masterpieces as Bach’s Saint John’s Passion and cantatas, as well as Zelenka’s Miserere, Lamentations and orchestral repertoire ranging from Telemann to Fasch to CPE Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Fils, Wanhall, Cannabich and more. As guest conductor of the Academy of Ancient Music UNAM he has conducted two Laboratories with orchestral and choral repertoire including J. S. Bach Mass in A, BWV 234 in the prestigious Sala Nezahualcóyotl UNAM. He has conducted successful concerts in Beijing’s NCPA and Central Conservatory of Music and in Minsk with the National Presidential Orchestra of Belarus.

Rafael Palacios spent 30 years as performing musician. During that time he held senior positions collaborating with the leading musicians and orchestras of today: Sir John Eliot Gardiner: ‘L'Orchestre Révolutionaire et Romantique', Ph. Herreweghe: Collegium Vocale, L’Orchestre des Champs Elysées, Jordi Savall: Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Sigiswald Kuijken: La Petite Bande, Ton Koopman: Amsterdam Baroque Orquestra, Arnold Östman: Drottningholms Slottsteater Orchestra, Jos van Imerseel: Anima Eterna, Jean-Claude Malgoire: La Grande Ecurie & La Chambre du Roi.

Dr. Rafael Palacios held senior positions as: Professor at the Conservatoire Nationale Supérieur de Musique et Dance de Paris 2012−2018. Professor at the University of Veracruz (Mexico), 2005−2013. Professor at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, 2006−2007. Professor of oboe at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Oviedo, 1993−1995. In 1996 he received the "Titulo de Profesor Superior de Oboe" from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture.

Rafael Palacios is the author of a PhD Dissertation: " La pronuntiatio musicale: une interprétation rhétorique au service de Händel, Montéclair, C. P. E. Bach et Telemann ", Université Paris-Sorbonne, 2012. Awarded with highest honors: "Très honorable avec la felicitation du jury". On the same year, the scientific committee of the Université Paris-Sorbonne has selected his dissertation for publication.

The aim of the Academy is to develop the performing skills of orchestral and choir performers towards the new aesthetics of the Rhetorically Informed Performance Practice. The programmes included masterpieces as Bach’s Saint John’s Passion and cantatas, as well as Zelenka’s Miserere, Lamentations and orchestral repertoire ranging from Telemann to Fasch to CPE Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Fils, Wanhall, Cannabich and more. As guest conductor of the Academy of Ancient Music UNAM he has conducted two Laboratories with orchestral and choral repertoire including J. S. Bach Mass in A, BWV 234 in the prestigious Sala Nezahualcóyotl UNAM. He has conducted successful concerts in Beijing’s NCPA and Central Conservatory of Music and in Minsk with the National Presidential Orchestra of Belarus.

Rafael Palacios spent 30 years as performing musician. During that time he held senior positions collaborating with the leading musicians and orchestras of today: Sir John Eliot Gardiner: ‘L'Orchestre Révolutionaire et Romantique', Ph. Herreweghe: Collegium Vocale, L’Orchestre des Champs Elysées, Jordi Savall: Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Sigiswald Kuijken: La Petite Bande, Ton Koopman: Amsterdam Baroque Orquestra, Arnold Östman: Drottningholms Slottsteater Orchestra, Jos van Imerseel: Anima Eterna, Jean-Claude Malgoire: La Grande Ecurie & La Chambre du Roi.

Dr. Rafael Palacios held senior positions as: Professor at the Conservatoire Nationale Supérieur de Musique et Dance de Paris 2012−2018. Professor at the University of Veracruz (Mexico), 2005−2013. Professor at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, 2006−2007. Professor of oboe at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Oviedo, 1993−1995. In 1996 he received the "Titulo de Profesor Superior de Oboe" from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture.

Rafael Palacios is the author of a PhD Dissertation: " La pronuntiatio musicale: une interprétation rhétorique au service de Händel, Montéclair, C. P. E. Bach et Telemann ", Université Paris-Sorbonne, 2012. Awarded with highest honors: "Très honorable avec la felicitation du jury". On the same year, the scientific committee of the Université Paris-Sorbonne has selected his dissertation for publication.