Jordi Molina starts his musical education at 7 in his town, joining the Band and Cobla of Sta. Maria School, under the direction of Father Joaquim Alqueza. Later, he continued his studies at the Girona and Barcelona conservatories and Taller de Músics. He followed tenora courses with Ricard Viladesau. From the late sixteenth till the end of the century Jordi played as a soloist tenora with numerous “coblas”, the traditional music ensemble of Catalunia region. He became member from the very beginning of Cobla de Cambra de Catalunya (1998) and Cobla Simfónica de Catalunya (2001). In 1999, Jordi Molina decided to stop playing with traditional music groups in order to open new paths for the tenora's repertoire. The tenora, until quite recently, had not been used out of its usual “cobla” environment. Jordi Molina develops an intense activity giving concerts all over Spain and in the whole world : France, Italy, Serbia, Croatia,Slovenia, Germany, Wales, Netherlands, Portugal, Poland,Switzerland, Belgium, Israel, Jordan, Tunesia, South-Africa, Brazil,Mexico, Venezuela, Chile… Along his artistic career he has received several awards, bringing out the Outstanding Interpretation Prize by the OBP (2000) and the Musical Value Medal by the OBP (2004). His participation in a variety of musical groups has allowed Jordi to record over 70 albums as a tenora performer. These recordings have included a diversity of musical genres. As a composer he has written sardanas, music for coblas, choral music, theatre, audio-visuals, two cantatas, pieces for chamber music, and he frequently writes and arranges pieces for TV, a variety of groups and soloists. He has been awarded the “Ramón Serrat Prize" for young composers (1992), the second prize in the Ceret-Banyoles contest for sardana composition (1999) and the Federation Prize “Sardana of the year” (2005). He assisted as a tenora´s teacher in cobla schools of Blanes, Calella, Reus, Agramunt and Tàrrega. Currently he is a director for instrumentalist of the cobla de Ceret and Professor of harmony and arrangement at the AMT. He has been director of cobles Vila de Blanes and Marinada and currently he conducts the Anselm Viola Choir of Torroella de Montgri. As a guest director he often works with many of the most famous cobles of the country.
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Jordi Molina starts his musical education at 7 in his town, joining the Band and Cobla of Sta. Maria School, under the direction of Father Joaquim Alqueza. Later, he continued his studies at the Girona and Barcelona conservatories and Taller de Músics. He followed tenora courses with Ricard Viladesau.
