Eladio Aguilar.

Eladio Aguilar is a conductor and composer from San Sebastián de La Gomera, born in 1997 and now based in Tallinn. His music began at ten, singing in his school choir, and grew through the trumpet: he played with the municipal band and took a professional degree in trumpet at the Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Tenerife.

In Tallinn he completed a bachelor’s degree in composition at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre with Toivo Tulev and René Eespere, followed by a master’s in orchestral conducting with Paul Mägi. He studied privately with Miguel Romea in Madrid, and in masterclasses with Arvo Volmer, Olari Elts, Risto Joost and Toomas Kapten.

In 2021 he founded the Mons Igneus chamber orchestra in the Canary Islands, which he still leads as chief conductor and artistic director, and the Revelia Ensemble in Tallinn, dedicated to new music. He was chief conductor of the Tallinn International Youth Orchestra from 2022 to 2025, and in 2026 founded the Revelia Youth Orchestra.

He has assisted Juanjo Mena with the Oslo Philharmonic, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, and Paavo Järvi, Neeme Järvi and Olari Elts at the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. With the Spanish Embassy in Estonia he has conducted de Falla at the Iberofest festival and opened the España Negra y Blanca exhibition at the Kadriorg Art Museum. From September 2027 he joins English National Ballet as a cover conductor.