Xavier Güell (Barcelona, ​​1956) is one of the most distinguished music producers on the national scene. He studied Orchestral Conducting with teachers such as Sergiu Celibidache, Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa and Franco Ferrara.
Throughout his career, he has conducted the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, National Orchestra of Spain and Orquesta de Radio Televisión Española, among others. In the nineties of the 20th century, he founded the successful Promúsica y Musicadhoy festival, one of the most important companies dedicated to the dissemination of music and performing arts in Europe. In 2003 he created Operadhoy, oriented to the international production of opera.
He is responsible for numerous encounters and musical cycles, including how to listen to contemporary painting? and How to listen to contemporary poetry? (Thyssen Bornemizsa Museum in Madrid); Barcelona Contemporary Music Festival, and John Cage Festival, The limits of composition and Schubert / Felman (La Casa Encendida).