clarinettist · conductor

“The performance was magnificent. Energetic, lively, colouristic. Created under strong leadership”.

“The splendour of the clarinet. A virtuoso clarinettist and excellent musician. The marvellous way in which he can create a sound, revealing in the process his extraordinary technique, caught and held the attention of all those attending the concert”.

“José-Luis Estellés seduced us with the warmth and quality of his clarinet sound, especially in K489 by Mozart, where he amazed us with the smoothness and delicacy with which he dispatched the articulation and phrasing.”

“… a masterful performance by José Luis Estellés in the solo part … he proved to be one of the best clarinetists of the current scene. His participation received a prolonged standing ovation … “

“The Spanish clarinettist, José-Luis Estellés is quite a find. What a woodwind player! Exuberantly playful, flirtatious and poetic, with marvellous technical reserves, Estellés threaded the fibres of the work together with an irresistible charm and natural authority”.

“It was as if the most sensitive of silences shadowed the virtually vanished sound of Estellés’ clarinet in ‘L’abîme des Oiseaux’.”

“José-Luis Estellés has created, with this young team, one of the best pit orchestras that I have ever heard in Spain and his contribution to the success of the evening was vital.”

“With his version of this piece, José Luis Estellés demonstrated that his ability as a soloist runs a close second to his mastery as an orchestral conductor.”

“…this quintet of the highest compositional conception, was literally embroidered with the playing of the splendid Estellés who seems gifted with a virtuosity which is always musical and where nothing is forced”.