{"id":6856,"date":"2026-04-16T16:28:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abao.org\/?post_type=artist&#038;p=6856"},"modified":"2026-06-29T13:18:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T11:18:50","slug":"rafael-quirant","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/www.abao.org\/en\/artista\/rafael-quirant\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Quirant *"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Born in Valencia, Rafael Quirant is a sopranist and the great-grandson of the celebrated soprano Carmen Tur Melchor. In 2021 he won first prize at the Juventudes Musicales de Espa\u00f1a Singing Competition and has since developed a career focused especially on the Baroque repertoire, while also performing bel canto, Spanish song and oratorio. He has worked with artists including Juan de la Rubia, Xavier Sabata, N\u00faria Rial and Mar\u00eda Espada, among others. Recent highlights include his appearance at the Peralada Festival in Johann Adolf Hasse\u2019s oratorio <em>Sanctus Petrus et Sancta Maria Magdalena<\/em>, with the ensemble Vespres d\u2019Arnad\u00ed conducted by Dani Espasa. He has also toured Carl Orff\u2019s <em>Carmina Burana<\/em> with ADDA Simf\u00f2nica and the Orfe\u00f3n Donostiarra. He is a member of the Baroque ensemble <em>Il dolce incontro<\/em> and has collaborated with orchestras such as the Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra and the Valencia Orchestra. He has received masterclasses and guidance from artists including Aurelio Viribay, Carlos Chausson, Robert Expert, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Miquel Ortega, Xavier Sabata, Isabel Rey and Mariella Devia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6855,"template":"","class_list":["post-6856","artist","type-artist","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rafael Quirant * - ABAO-OLBE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abao.org\/en\/artista\/rafael-quirant\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rafael Quirant * - ABAO-OLBE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Born in Valencia, Rafael Quirant is a sopranist and the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.abao.org\/en\/artista\/rafael-quirant\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ABAO-OLBE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-29T11:18:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.abao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rafael-Quirant-Elia-Tell-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1703\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abao.org\\\/en\\\/artista\\\/rafael-quirant\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abao.org\\\/en\\\/artista\\\/rafael-quirant\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rafael Quirant * - 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