Agustín Jiménez Delgado was born in Olivares (Seville) in 1993. He completed his professional music studies at the CPM “Fco. Guerrero” in Seville with teachers José Lucas Rodríguez, Pedro Luis Benítez and Carlos Cansino, and his higher music studies at the “Bonifacio Gil” conservatory in Badajoz with Antonio Moreno, graduating with the highest marks: the Professional Degree Honorary Prize, Matrícula de Honor and the End-of-Degree Honorary Prize in Percussion.
He holds a Master’s degree with the mention Très Bien as a Performing Musician, in Percussion, from the Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique et Danse de Lyon (France), with Jean Geoffroy and assistant teachers Henri-Charles Caget, Philippe Labadie and Gilles Ranticelli.
To complement his training he has taken lessons with Gerardo Jiménez (Seville Municipal Symphonic Band), Gilles Midoux (Seville Symphony Orchestra), Víctor Segura (Extremadura Orchestra) and Torsten Schönfeld (Staatskapelle Berlin).
As a teacher he has taught percussion at the “Vicente Sanchís Sanz” Elementary Music Conservatory in Isla Cristina (Huelva) and at the “Manuel Castillo” Higher Conservatory of Music in Seville.
In the orchestral field he was a student at the Barenboim-Said School of Orchestral Studies and a permanent member of the Orquesta Joven de Andalucía (OJA) and the Orquesta Joven de Extremadura (OJEX). He has worked with the professional orchestras of Extremadura (OEX), Ciudad de Granada (OCG), the Gran Canaria Philharmonic (OFGC) and the Málaga Philharmonic (OFM), as well as with the Badajoz Municipal Band and the Seville Municipal Symphonic Band in recordings and concerts. He is also a regular guest percussionist with the Orquesta de Córdoba (OC) and has recently been acting Principal Timpanist of the Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra (ROSS).
As a soloist he won 2nd prize at the II Percute Catarroja International Solo Snare Drum Competition.
Because of his roots and his versatility as a performer, he is drawn to the traditional music of his region, flamenco. In this field he has performed several shows as a soloist at the Biennale Musiques en Scène in Lyon, and appeared at the XXI Seville Flamenco Biennial in the show Al golpe by percussionist Antonio Moreno. He is part of dancer Israel Galván’s company in his shows FLA.CO.MEN, Arena and Locomoción, works with singer Rocío Márquez in her show Firmamento, with singer Tomás de Perrate in his production Tres Golpes, and with dancer Úrsula López’s company in Comedia sin título.
He is a founding member of the percussion trio VAN3uard Percussion with Víctor López Prados and Néstor Pamblanco Zanón, with whom he has performed as a soloist with the Seville Municipal Symphonic Band and won 3rd Prize at the IV Percute Catarroja International Chamber Music Competition and 2nd Prize at the VII “Antón García Abril” International Chamber Music Competition. With this project he tours the shows DR3aming and RADIX on the national and international stage.
He is currently a percussion teacher at the “Rafael Orozco” Higher Conservatory of Music in Córdoba.
