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Dr. Salvador Brotons was born into in a Barcelona family of musicians. He studied flute with his father and continued his studies at the Barcelona Conservatory of Music, obtaining superior titles in flute, composition and orchestra conducting. In 1985 he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship and moved to the United States where he received his Doctorate in Music from Florida State University. He has been a student of X. Monsalvatge and R. Johnson in composition, and A. Ros-Marbà and P. Spurgeon in conducting.
From 1977 to 1985 he was principal flute of the Orquestra del Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona (opera orchestra), and a member of the Orquestra Ciutat de Barcelona (1981-1985). As a composer, Brotons has written over 80 pieces mainly for orchestra and chamber groups. He has received fifteen composition awards including the Spanish National Orchestra Award (1977) for his Four Pieces for Strings, the Golden Youth Award (1980), and the City of Barcelona Award (in 1983 for his First Symphony and in 1986 for Absences for narrator and orchestra), the Southeastern Composers League Award for his Sinfonietta da Camera (1986), The Madison University Flute Choir Composition Award (1987) for his Flutes Suite, and the Queen Sofia Prize (1991) for his Virtus for orchestra.
Several of his pieces have been published and recorded on CD in Europe and the USA under labels such as EMI, Auvidis, Albany Records, Claves, RNE, etc.
Salvador Brotons was Assistant Conductor of the Florida State University Symphony Orchestra (1986-1987), Music Director and Conductor of the Oregon Sinfonietta (1990-1993), the Mittleman Jewish Community Orchestra (1989-1991), and the Portland State University Symphony Orchestra (1987- 1997). He also taught counterpoint, orchestra conducting, music history and music literature at Portland State University. In the summer he teaches in and directs the "XXI Century Music Festival" held on the island of Minorca.
He has been the Conductor and Music Director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (WA) since 1991. He is also the Conductor and Music Director of the Vallès Symphony Orchestra in his native Barcelona and the Balearic Islands Symphony Orchestra in Palma de Mallorca.
He combines an intense schedule as orchestra conductor with composition commissions.
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