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Artistic Director and Conductor 

Guayaquil Symphony Orchestra 

Íñigo Pirfano is an author and Artistic Director and Conductor of the Guayaquil Symphony Orchestra. 

Previously, he was the founder of the Madrid Academic Orchestra and its principal conductor for 15 years. For his work leading this orchestra, in 2012 he was awarded with the ‘Young Leadership Award’ by the ‘Rafael del Pino Foundation’ (Spain). 

Parallel to his career as an orchestra conductor, in recent years he has emerged as a sought-after essayist. He has published four books: The Power of Beauty (2012), Musical Intelligence (2013), Music for Readers (2014) with a prologue by Plácido Domingo- and A new melody (2023).