Víctor López Prados was born in La Zubia (Granada) in 1993. He began his musical studies at the age of seven at the Music School of his hometown. In 2015 he graduated from the Victoria Eugenia Royal Higher Conservatory of Music in Granada, under Tomás Arboledas. During his studies he won First Prize in the Chamber Music Competition (2014) and in the Soloists Competition (2015) organised by the conservatory.
He subsequently broadened his academic training with the University Master’s in Musical Heritage at the University of Granada (UGR) and the University Master’s in Cultural Project Management and Entrepreneurship at the International University of La Rioja (UNIR).
During his training he took an active part in several youth orchestras such as the Orquesta Joven de Andalucía (OJA), the Joven Orquesta Sinfónica de Granada (JOSG), the University of Granada Orchestra (OUGR), the Academia Orquesta Ciudad de Granada (OCG) and the Joven Orquesta del Sur de España (JOSE). He has furthered his orchestral and solo studies with professionals such as Noelia Arco and Jaume Esteve (OCG), Gilles Midoux and Iñaki Martín (ROSS), Juanjo Guillem and Joan Castelló (Spanish National Orchestra), Ivana Bilić, Natxo Molins, Leopoldo Saz (OFM), Carolina Alcaraz (Córdoba City Orchestra), Bart Jansen (Berlin Opera), Henrik Schmidt (Berlin Symphony Orchestra) and Torsten Schönfeld (Staatskapelle Berlin).
He was part of the Orchestral Studies Academy of the Barenboim-Said Foundation during the 2013-2014 academic year.
As a teacher, he has taught percussion at the Marcos Redondo Conservatory in Pozoblanco, the Ramón Corrales Conservatory in Ronda, the Royal Professional Conservatory of Music of Almería and the Royal Higher Conservatory of Music of Granada.
He currently collaborates with several professional orchestras: Orquesta Ciudad de Almería (OCAL), Orquesta Ciudad de Granada (OCG), the Málaga Philharmonic (OFM) and the Córdoba Symphony Orchestra. He works as an acting percussionist with the Granada Municipal Band.
He has worked under conductors such as Manuel Hernández-Silva, Enrique García Asensio, Michael Thomas, Pedro Halffter and Josep Vicent, and has collaborated with artists such as Marina Heredia, José Quevedo “El Bola”, Falete and Jesús Reina. He has also taken part with companies such as La Fura dels Baus.
He is a founding member of the groups QUADRAPHONICS and VAN3uard Percussion. With VAN3uard Percussion he has won Third Prize at the Catarroja International Chamber Music Competition (2016) and Second Prize at the Antón García Abril International Chamber Music Competition (2018). With this group he has also created the shows DR3AMING and RADIX.
Víctor López Prados was born in La Zubia (Granada) in 1993. He began his musical studies at the age of seven at the Music School of his hometown. In 2015 he graduated from the Victoria Eugenia Royal Higher Conservatory of Music in Granada, under Tomás Arboledas. During his studies he won First Prize in the Chamber Music Competition (2014) and in the Soloists Competition (2015) organised by the conservatory.
He subsequently broadened his academic training with the University Master’s in Musical Heritage at the University of Granada (UGR) and the University Master’s in Cultural Project Management and Entrepreneurship at the International University of La Rioja (UNIR).
During his training he took an active part in several youth orchestras such as the Orquesta Joven de Andalucía (OJA), the Joven Orquesta Sinfónica de Granada (JOSG), the University of Granada Orchestra (OUGR), the Academia Orquesta Ciudad de Granada (OCG) and the Joven Orquesta del Sur de España (JOSE). He has furthered his orchestral and solo studies with professionals such as Noelia Arco and Jaume Esteve (OCG), Gilles Midoux and Iñaki Martín (ROSS), Juanjo Guillem and Joan Castelló (Spanish National Orchestra), Ivana Bilić, Natxo Molins, Leopoldo Saz (OFM), Carolina Alcaraz (Córdoba City Orchestra), Bart Jansen (Berlin Opera), Henrik Schmidt (Berlin Symphony Orchestra) and Torsten Schönfeld (Staatskapelle Berlin).
He was part of the Orchestral Studies Academy of the Barenboim-Said Foundation during the 2013-2014 academic year.
As a teacher, he has taught percussion at the Marcos Redondo Conservatory in Pozoblanco, the Ramón Corrales Conservatory in Ronda, the Royal Professional Conservatory of Music of Almería and the Royal Higher Conservatory of Music of Granada.
He currently collaborates with several professional orchestras: Orquesta Ciudad de Almería (OCAL), Orquesta Ciudad de Granada (OCG), the Málaga Philharmonic (OFM) and the Córdoba Symphony Orchestra. He works as an acting percussionist with the Granada Municipal Band.
He has worked under conductors such as Manuel Hernández-Silva, Enrique García Asensio, Michael Thomas, Pedro Halffter and Josep Vicent, and has collaborated with artists such as Marina Heredia, José Quevedo “El Bola”, Falete and Jesús Reina. He has also taken part with companies such as La Fura dels Baus.
He is a founding member of the groups QUADRAPHONICS and VAN3uard Percussion. With VAN3uard Percussion he has won Third Prize at the Catarroja International Chamber Music Competition (2016) and Second Prize at the Antón García Abril International Chamber Music Competition (2018). With this group he has also created the shows DR3AMING and RADIX.
