Born in Benicàssim (España). Winner of II Competition for Conductors City of Granada Orchestra, Sergio Alapont is one of the leading conductors of his generation, Artistic Director of Opera Benicàssim Festival and Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of Orquesta Manuel de Falla and JOSC Orchestra.
Alapont has conducted regularly orchestras such as Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Televisión Española (ORTVE), Orquesta de la Comunidad Valenciana (Palau de Les Arts), Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, Orquesta Sinfónica de Bilbao, Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Orquesta de Valencia, Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra, Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, Orquestra Simfònica de Balears "Ciutat de Palma", Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, Orquesta de Extremadura, Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, Orquesta Sinfónica de la Región de Murcia, Orquestra de Cambra de Granollers, Orquesta del Festival Opera Benicàssim, Orquesta Clásica de Vigo, Orquesta Internacional de Madrid, Joven Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, Orquesta de Cámara del Cantábrico, Musikene Orkestra Sinfonikoa, Orchestra Clássica de Espinho, Orchestra do Algarve, Orchestra Sinfonica di Pescara, Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana, Virsky National Orchestra, Lviv Opera Theater, Donestk Opera, Silesian Philarmonich, Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio Kiev Orchestra, Macedonian National Opera, Poznan Opera, Gächinger Kantorei, Bach Collegium-Stuttgart, Monterrey Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta de Cámara de Bellas Artes - Mexico, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra dell'Ente Concerti Marialisa De Carolis, Orchestra Sinfonica Rossini, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Orchestra Città di Ferrara, Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo of Naples, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra del Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania, The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, The Orchestra of Scottish Opera, Orchestre National dÎle de France, or The Norwegian National Opera Orchestra.
Among other operas he has conducted "Il cappello di paglia di Firenze" at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" at Den Norske Opera in Oslo, "Una cosa rara" at the Palau de Les Arts in Valencia and at the Teatro Calderón of Valladolid, Le nozze di Figaro at the Teatro Massimo Bellini of Catania, "Il Barbiere di Siviglia", "Norma" and "Roméo et Juliette" in Sassari (Italy), "Don Pasquale" at the Festival of Pollença, "Don Pasquale" and "Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Teatro Comunale di Treviso and Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, "Tosca" at the Skopje National Theater, "La Traviata" in Poznan (Poland), "Rigoletto" at the Teatro Principal de Alicante, "Madama Butterfly" in Granada or L'Elisir d'Amore" in Opera Benicàssim.
He has conducted in festivals as Quincena Musical Donostiarra of San Sebastian, Euro Arts Leipzig, Varna Summer Festival, Marbella Opera Festival, Opera Benicàssim, Ravello Festival, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino or Carinthischer Sommer Festival (Austria).
He has collaborated with soloists as Celso Albelo, Isabel Rey, Lorenzo Regazzo, Bruno Praticò, Detlef Roth, Ofelia Sala, Juan Jesús Rodríguez, Antonio Gandía, Roberto De Candia, Carlos Chausson, Jorge de León, Tomas Mohr, Plácido Domingo, Teresa Berganza, María José Montiel, Erika Miklosa, Laura Giordano or Juan Pons. He has recorded for the discographic labels EGT, VERSO and UNIVERSAL. He also has recorded for Spanish National Radio and Television and RAI.
In September 2008 he debuted at the Großer Saal of the Vienna Musikverein with Jove Orquestra Simfònica de Castelló.
Future engagements for Mr. Alapont includes Orquesta Nacional de España, Orchestra of the Spanish Radio Television with Maria Guleghina, Daniela Dessì, Barbara Frittoli and Ainhoa Arteta at the Madrid Arena, Real Filharmonia of Galicia, Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Orquesta Manuel de Falla at the Palau de la Música de Valencia, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali of Milan, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, "Werther" at the Teatro Caldeón of Valladolid, "La Cenerentola" at the Teatro Comunale di Treviso and Teatro Comunale di Ferrara or "Il capello di paglia di Firenze" at the Wexford Opera Festival.
He has studied orchestral conducting in New York with Maestro Marco Armiliato, and in Pescara (Italy) with Maestro Donato Renzetti, finishing his studies with qualification “Cum Laude”.
Alapont was studing in depth the operistic repertoire and assistant Maestro Marco Armiliato in productions at the Metropolitan Opera House as “Madame Butterfly”, “La Boheme” or “Sly” and he also pursued conducting studies with Jorma Panula (Royal College of Music of Stockholm), Helmuth Rilling (Bachakademie of Stuttgart), Masaaki Suzuki (Bach Collegium of Japan) and Semyon Bychkov.