Bernardo Adam Ferrero

Ferrero died in Valencia on 12 October 2022, at age 80.

In the 1980s, he presented a program on radio, La música de Valencia for the broadcaster COPE. He was director of the internationally known festival for bands, Certamen Internacional de Bandes de Música Ciutat de Valencia. director of the Semana internacional de música religiosa de Plasencia from 1999 to 2001, and director of the Semana internacional de música religiosa de Valencia in 2003 and 2011. He led two composers' congresses at the Palau de la Música de València, and an International Wind Music Congress in Castellón in 2002.

Adam Ferrero conducted several symphony orchestras, choirs and ensembles, including the Orquesta de València, symphony orchestra in Spain, Sofía and the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, of Tarija, Bolivia among others. He conducted concert bands internationally, including the Philippines, Europe and the Americas. He collaborated with soloists such as Leon Ara and Narciso Yepes. He was also conductor of the symphony orchestra of Lliria, and of the bands of the Motorised Infantry Division "Maestrazgo3" from 1975 to 1980, of the Music of the Military Government of San Sebastián from 1980 to 1982, and of the Symphonic Band of the Marine Infantry of Madrid from 1995 to 2004.

He received several awards for his compositions, including the Joaquín Rodrigo Prize of the Spanish Ministry of the Exterior in 1970 and 1974. He was awarded the Manuel Palau Prize in 1974, and the prize of the Instituto de Estudios Alicantinos in 1982 for his composition Danzas alicantinas. The city of Valencia named him a Ballester de l'Any for his contributions to the cultural exchange in the city and its artistic development. He was a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid, director of the Academia de la Música Valenciana, and an honorary member of the Fundación Carlos III. He was awarded membership of the Royal Order of San Hermenegildo awarded by King Juan Carlos I, and an honorary doctorate of the University of Sydney. He received the Order of Merit in New York for his contribution to music, the Golden Batuta of Havana, and the Gold Medal of the Mid West of Chicago.

His first conductor position was with the Enguera Music Band in 1962, when he was age 20. A year later he became conductor of the Civil Music Bands, then as the youngest of them in Spain. He moved on to conducting the Ateneo Musical Band in Cullera. He was awarded the Joaquín Rodrigo Composition Prize for a choral work, Cant espiritual, setting a text by Ausiàs March.

Bernardo Adam Ferrero (28 February 1942 – 12 October 2022) was a Spanish composer, conductor, and musicologist. He is known for conducting concert bands, including the Spanish military bands, and composing music for them. He wrote books about the topic, presented a radio program and directed a festival. His compositions earned him prestigious prizes, and his works are played around the world.