Alberto was awarded a licenciate of the “Royal Schools of Music '' in London (UK), the Master of the professional Perfomance at the University of the Arts ``Folkwang” in Essen (Germany).Residing in Germany, from 2011 till 2018 Alberto has worked with the Mannheim Philharmonic, The Essen “Folkwang” Chamber Orchestra, Cologne Sinfonietta, “Klassische Philharmonie Bonn”, "Ensemble St.Petersburg", as a solo-viola in the orchestra "The Philharmonia of the Nations" conducted by Justus Frantz and has been a professor at the "Euregio Festival Orchester Academy" in 2018 (Netherlands, Germany).

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    He has also gained recognition as an accomplished chamber musician – with his chamber music partners such as Yannick Rafalimanana (pianist, ex professor of the chamber music faculty in the “Hochschule für Musik und Tanz” in Essen, Germany), Tony Rymer (international cello soloist, prizewinner of the international competition in Washington, USA), Ervis Gega (violin professor at the “Hochschule für Musik” in Mainz, Germany) and Andreas Fröhlich (piano professor at the “Hochschule für Musik und Tanz” in Cologne, Germany). Together with them Alberto has performed in such concert halls as “Robert-Schumann-Saal” (Düsseldorf, Germany), “Museum für Lackkunst” (Münster, Germany), “Mozarteum” (Salzburg, Austria) a.o.

   

    Alberto also is a founding member of the German ensemble “Ars Longa”, with whom he has performed in numerous festivals in Serbia and Montenegro, including the International Chamber Music Festival in Belgrade “Ars Longa”, the “Constantinus” International Music Festival in Nis, the Convivum Chamber Music Festival in Kraguejevac, and the prestigious “Days of Music” International Festival in Herceg Novi, Montenegro, where he performed with acclaimed artists such as Nemanja Stankovic, Jósef Kolinek, Irvin Venys and Marijan Sobula.

 

    For today Alberto Castillo works in the "Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana" in Valencia, Spain, and is a member of "Chamber Orchestra Carpe Diem St.Petersburg".