P R E V I O U S E V E N T S
2023
April 22nd, 2023
Concert
Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia
Season Concert
7:30pm, Auditorio Fabio Lozano
Bogotá, Colombia
https://sinfonica.com.co/conciertos/arnedo-y-la-sinfonica-nacional-de-colombia-2023
May 19th, 2023
Concert
Orquesta Sinfónica de Michoacán
Season Concert
8:30pm, Teatro Ocampo
Morelia, México
https://www.facebook.com/orquesta.michoacan/?locale=es_LA
September 8th and 9th, 2023
Concert
"El Elixir de Amor" (L'elisir d'amore)
by Gaetano Donizetti
Opera de Colombia + Prolírica
8:00pm, Teatro Metropolitano
Medellín, Colombia
https://proliricadeantioquia.com/producto/el-elixir-de-amor-opera-de-gaetano-donizetti/
October 31st, 2023
Concert
Season Concert
EAFIT Symphony Orchestra
7:30pm, Auditorio Fundadores
Medellin, Colombia.
https://www.facebook.com/sinfonicaEAFIT/posts/814951023966644
November 2nd, 2023
Concert
Season Concert
EAFIT Symphony Orchestra
7:30pm, Auditorio Fundadores
Medellin, Colombia.
https://www.facebook.com/sinfonicaEAFIT
November 23rd, 2023
Concert
Season Concert
MUCINE - Asociación Colombiana de Compositores de Música para Cine
EAFIT Symphony Orchestra
7:30pm, Auditorio Fundadores
Medellin, Colombia.
2022
March 17th, 19th & 20th, 2022
Concert
La Voix Humane, by Francis Poulenc
Presented by Kuala Lumpur City Opera
8:00pm, NERO Event Space, PJPAC
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.
https://www.facebook.com/klcityopera/photos/a.449151128560505/2254859754656291
April 26th, 2022
Concert
"A Medieval Evening"
Kuala Lumpur City Opera - Jao Tim
8:00pm, Jao Tim, Kuala Lumpur
https://www.facebook.com/klcityopera/photos/a.449200125222272/2354087841400148/
April 27th, 2022
Workshop
Opera Soirée: La Fille du Regiment
8:00pm, KLCO - Kuala Lumpur City Opera Studio
Damansara Kim, Malaysia.
https://www.facebook.com/klcityopera/photos/a.449200125222272/2355641177911481
June 1st, 2022
Workshop
Opera Soirée: Le Nozze di Figaro
8:00pm, KLCO - Kuala Lumpur City Opera Studio
Damansara Kim, Malaysia.
https://www.facebook.com/klcityopera
June 10th, 11th and 12th, 2022
Concert
"A Grand Night of Opera"
Presented by Kuala Lumpur City Opera
8:30pm, PJPAC, Stage 1
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
https://www.facebook.com/klcityopera/photos/a.449200125222272/2375320282610237/
October 26th, 27th and 28th, 2022
Concert
"Fantasia 2"
NegArt + Juan Montoya
7:30pm, Beta KL, Kuala Lumpur
https://www.pinknetmarketing.com/negart
November 10th and 13th, 2022
Concert
Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco
Mozart, Donizetti, Puccini, Mascagni y Bizet
8:30pm, Teatro Degollado
Guadalajara, Mexico.
http://ofj.com.mx/conciertos-eventos/evento/?id=491
November 11th, 2022
Concert
Festival de Música de Morelia
Opening Concert for the Miguel Bernal Jiménez International Music Festival
Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco
7:00pm, Teatro Matamoros
Morelia, Mexico.
2021
March 9th, 2021
Conference
Moderator for the International Conference "Contra el Olvido" (Against Oblivion)
National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia
2:00pm, Malaysian Time. Online Event
April 13th, 2021
Workshop
Opera Soirée: L'Elisir d'Amore
8:00pm, KLCO - Kuala Lumpur City Opera Studio
Damansara Kim, Malaysia.
https://www.facebook.com/klcityopera/photos/a.449200125222272/2047295585412710/
April 28th, 2021
Workshop
Opera Soirée: La Boheme
8:00pm, KLCO - Kuala Lumpur City Opera Studio
Damansara Kim, Malaysia.
https://www.facebook.com/klcityopera/photos/a.449200125222272/2066312823510986/
May 8th and 9th, 2021
Live Streaming
"A Conversation with Juan Montoya '09" with the University of Toledo Alumni Asociation, Ohio.
6:00pm (US/EST), University of Toledo, USA.
https://www.toledoalumni.org/events/events.aspx?eid=1539
June 11th, 2021
Workshop
RONDOFEST - Winds of Change: From Band to Opera.
The Rondo Production
9:00pm (MYT), Online Event
https://www.facebook.com/therondoprod/photos/322267502591005
August 26th, 2021
Concert
"Beethoven's Fifth"
EAFIT Symphony Orchestra
7:30pm, Auditorio Fundadores
Medellín, Colombia.
https://www.facebook.com/sinfonicaEAFIT/photos/a.10156103559545892/10158736139455892/
August 27th, 2021
Masterclass
Conducting Masterclass: Beethoven's Fifth"
4:00pm, EAFIT University, Department of Music. Room 115
Medellín, Colombia.
https://www.facebook.com/sinfonicaEAFIT/photos/pcb.10158736615370892/10158736615260892/
October 16th, 2021
Workshop
Verismo: The Climax of Italian Opera
7:00pm, KLCO - Kuala Lumpur City Opera
Online Event, Malaysia.
https://www.facebook.com/klcityopera/photos/pcb.2187648338044100/2187644194711181/
November 3rd, 2021
Live Streaming
"Flutes: Traditions, Legacies, and Sounds from Colombia"
A project organized by the Embassies of Colombia in Malaysia and Indonesia.
7:15pm (MYT)
https://www.facebook.com/MusicUiTM/photos/a.800554340003319/4651623031563078/
November 24th, 2021
Concert
UiTM - 12th Malaysian Composers Series
"Bringing Cultures Together"
UiTM Latin American String Quartet + Embassy of Colombia in Malaysia.
Gala award concert and ceremony for the string quartet composition competition.
8:00pm, KLPAC, Pentas 2
https://www.facebook.com/MusicUiTM/photos/a.800554340003319/4693332630725451/
P R E V I O U S N E W S
Juan Montoya gets showcased on conducting documentary on French National Television TV5
"Músico de Eafit es el Director de la Ópera de Malasia"
"Juan Montoya receives another Cammies nomination for Best Music Director for the second year in a row"
https://shoutout.wix.com/so/1fNB_hVHL
"The Magic Flute: An Enchanting and Magical Treat from Mozart"
"KL City Opera hosts Mozart's famous Die Zauberflöte"
https://thecitylist.my/blog/klco-the-magic-flute-21-24-november-2019
"KL City Opera Presents The Magic Flute"
https://www.visionkl.com/kl-city-opera-presents-the-magic-flute/
"Inspirar y trascender, el propósito de Juan Montoya"
http://www.eafit.edu.co/noticias/egresados/2019/inspirar-y-trascender-el-proposito-de-juan-montoya
"UA Alumnus Juan Montoya Awarded the Order of Merit Don Juan del Corral – Silver Category"
"Juan Montoya, director paisa de orquesta sinfónica, recibe la Orden al Mérito Don Juan del Corral en Medellín"
https://sospaisa.com/juan-montoya-reconocido-director-de-orquestas-en-asia/
"El Concejo de Medellín condecoró la carrera musical del director de orquesta Juan Daniel Montoya Valencia"
http://www.concejodemedellin.gov.co/es/node/4962?language_content_entity=es
"UA Alumnus, Dr. Juan Montoya Conducts La Traviata with the Kuala Lumpur City Opera"
"Colombiano recibió premio como mejor director de orquesta en Malasia"
"UA Alumnus Juan Montoya Awarded a "Cammie" at the 16th BOH Cameronian Art Awards"
"Juan Montoya Gets Best Music Director Award at the 16th BOH Cameronian Arts Awards"
https://shoutout.wix.com/so/3aMfiLTu1
"Juan Montoya Dirigirá la OSIDEM Este Viernes"
http://www.cambiodemichoacan.com.mx/nota-n51877
"Noche de música con la Sinfónica EAFIT y Myroslava Khomik"
"Tragic Tale Retold"
https://www.thesundaily.my/style-life/showbiz/tragic-tale-retold-FF124722
Bajo la batuta del director de orquesta de Colombia, Juan Montoya, se presentó la ópera Madama Butterfly en Rumania.
http://polonia.embajada.gov.co/newsroom/news/2018-05-15/14653
Kolumbiai vendégkarmester dirigálja a Magyar Opera zenekarát
Colombian Conductor gets prize at world renown international opera conducting competition in Bulgaria.
https://www.musikimpresario.com/winners-from-past-competitions.html
"La Fille du Regiment", KL City Opera
http://penangfreesheet.my/la-fille-du-regiment-kl-city-opera-june-17th-18th-2017/
"La Fille du Regiment"
https://www.timeout.com/kuala-lumpur/music/la-fille-du-regiment
"Juan Montoya Dirigira la OSN"
http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/artes-espectaculos/juan-montoya-dirigira-la-osn-1527156.html
"Maestro Colombiano Dirigira a Orquesta Sinfonica del Paraguay"
http://www.ip.gov.py/ip/?p=121558
"Bringing Back the Love"
http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1938996
"Bajo la Dirección del Colombiano Juan Montoya se Presento la Ópera La Bohème de Giacomo Puccini en el Centro de Artes Escénicas de Kuala lumpur"
http://malasia.embajada.gov.co/newsroom/news/2016-08-30/9560
"Batuta de Oro del Concurso de dirección de la OSN quedó con Juan Montoya de Colombia"
http://www.ip.gov.py/ip/?p=96788
"El director colombiano Juan Montoya dirige la opera en Kuala Lumpur, con el apoyo de la cancilleria"
"Juan Montoya, un director de orquesta que triunfa en Malasia"
http://www.colombianosune.com/destacado/juan-montoya
UiTM Faculty Celebrates Milestone with Concert
Egresado de Eafit, Genio Musical en Asia
"BFM Radio 89.9FM Interview about the opera "L'Elisir d'Amore" by Gaetano Donizetti"
http://www.bfm.my/elixir-of-love-chris-ling-juan-montoya.html
"EL OBJETIVO DEL MÚSICO ES HACER MÚSICA PARA LA GENTE: JUAN DANIEL MONTOYA VALENCIA"
http://www.almamusicalalaire.com/2013/09/juan-daniel-montoya-valencia.html
"OROZCO Y MONTOYA, LAS BATUTAS DE MEDELLIN EN EL MUNDO"
http://www.medellincultura.gov.co/laescena/Paginas/LE_andres_orozco_y_juan_montoya_director.aspx
"JUAN DANIEL MONTOYA REGRESA DE MALASIA PARA DIRIGIR LA SINFONICA EAFIT"
"JUAN DANIEL MONTOYA EGRESADO DE EAFIT SERA DIRECTOR ASISTENTE DE LA SINFONICA DE HONG KONG
LA BATUTA DE JUAN DANIEL MONTOYA LLEGO A MALASIA
HOMENAJE A ROBERTO PINEDA Y JOVENES TALENTOS EN EAFIT
2020
March 7th, 2020
Workshop
Opera KUL: Conducting for All - Workshop
8:30pm, KLCO - Kuala Lumpur City Opera Studio
Damansara Kim, Malaysia.
https://www.facebook.com/klcityopera/
July 2nd, 2020
Award Ceremony
17th BOH Cameronian Arts Awards
8:30pm, Kakiseni Facebook Page
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=557638874929594
August 8th and 9th, 2020
Concert
Opera KUL: Launching of the UiTM Latin American Music Quartet
8:30pm, KLCO - Kuala Lumpur City Opera Studio
Damansara Kim, Malaysia.
https://www.facebook.com/klcityopera/
Novermber 24th, 2020
Concert/Live Streaming
Music Director of the UiTM String Quartet (Malaysia),
With Maestro Alejandro Roca and Mezzo Paola Leguizamón (Colombia)
10:30am (MYT), Cisco Webex
Malaysia - Colombia
2019
February 21st, 2019
Concert
EAFIT Symphony Orchestra
Auditorio Fundadores, Universidad EAFIT
Medellin, Colombia.
March 29th, 2019
Concert
National Symphony Orchestra of Michoacan
8:30pm, Teatro Ocampo
Morelia, Mexico.
June 27th, 28th, 29th and 30th, 2019
Concert
Music Director "KLCO - Kuala Lumpur City Opera"
"La Traviata" by G. Verdi
8:30pm, KLPAC - Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Center
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
August 14th, 2019
Award Ceremony
Awarded the "Order of Merit Don Juan del Corral - Silver Category," given by the government of Colombia and the Senate of the City of Medellín.
5:00pm, Recinto Concejo de Medellín, La Alpujarra
Medellín, Colombia.
http://www.concejodemedellin.gov.co/es
August 23rd, 2019
Conference
"Exploring Cultural Barriers in Asia (Explorando Barreras Culturales en Asia"
8:30am, Universidad EAFIT, Auditorio 19-414
Medellín, Colombia.
http://www.eafit.edu.co/centros/asia-pacifico/Paginas/inicio.aspx
October 5th, 2019
Concert
Cairo Symphony Orchestra
Cairo Opera House, Main Hall.
Cairo, Egypt.
http://www.cairo-symphony.com/concert.aspx?ConcertCode=90
October 25th and 26th, 2019
Conference/Performance
MIP 2019 International Conference on Musical Intersections in Practice
Churchill College, University of Cambridge. United Kingdom.
November 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th, 2019
Concert
Music Director "KLCO - Kuala Lumpur City Opera"
"Magic Flute" by W. A. Mozart
8:30pm, KLPAC - Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Center
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Decembert 5th, 2019
Conference
Principal Panel for Clic SF, San Francisco.
6:00pm, OK Coin USA, San Francisco, California.
https://www.facebook.com/clicsf/photos/a.374680762986592/810947066026624/?type=3&theater
2018
February 2nd, 3rd, 2018
Concert
43rd Annual President's Concert
Arizona Symphony Orchestra
7:30pm, Crowder Hall
University of Arizona, Tucson
February 23rd, 2018
Concert
UA Philharmonic Orchestra
7:30pm, Crowder Hall
University of Arizona, Tucson
March 8th, 2018
Concert
Auditorio Fundadores, Universidad EAFIT
EAFIT Symphony Orchestra.
Medellin, Colombia.
May 10th, 2018
Concert
Hungarian Opera Cluj - Napoca
"Madama Butterfly" by G. Puccini
Hungarian Opera Cluj-Napoca Opera House
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
http://www.magyaropera.ro/index.php/hu/
July 5th, 7th & 8th, 2018
Concert
Music Director "KLCO - Kuala Lumpur City Opera"
"Hansel & Gretel" by E. Humperdinck
8:30pm, KLPAC - Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Center
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
November 14th, 2018
Workshop
Watch the Conductor!, Collaboration with Wicked Music, Yellow Brick Road and KLCO.
8:00pm, Yellow Brick Road Cafe.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2719876841570983/
November 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th, 2018
Concert
Music Director "KLCO - Kuala Lumpur City Opera"
"Madama Butterfly" by G. Puccini
8:30pm, KLPAC - Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Center
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Dec 14th, 2018
Concert
National Symphony Orchestra of Michoacan
8:30pm, Teatro Ocampo
Morelia, Mexico.
2017
February 4th, 5th, 2017
Concert
44rd Annual President's Concert
Arizona Symphony Orchestra
7:30pm, Crowder Hall
University of Arizona, Tucson
February 24th, 2017
Concert
UA Philharmonic Orchestra
7:30pm, Crowder Hall
University of Arizona, Tucson
April 28th, 2017
Concert
UA Philharmonic Orchestra
7:30pm, Crowder Hall
University of Arizona, Tucson
May 13th, 14th, 2017
Concert
Tucson Symphony Orchestra
Young Composers Project
7:00pm, Catalina Foothills High School
June 8th, 10th & 11th, 2017
Concert
Music Director for the "KLCO - Kuala Lumpur City Opera"
"La Fille du Regiment" by Gaetano Donizetti
8:30pm, DPAC - Damansara Performing Arts Center
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
July 13nd until 29th , 2017
Competition
Blue Danube Opera Conducting Competition
Rousse Opera and Ballet
Rousse, Bulgaria.
http://www.musikimpresario.com/blue-danube-competition-2017.html
September 13th, 2017
Concert
National Symphony Orchestra of Paraguay
8:30pm, Teatro Hotel Guaraní
Asunción, Paraguay.
http://www.osn.gov.py/index.html
October 12th, 14th & 15th 2017
Concert
Music Director for the "KLCO - Kuala Lumpur City Opera"
"The Marriage of Figaro" by W.A. Mozart
8:00pm, KLPAC - Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Center
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
November 24th, 2017
Concert
Tucson Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Cotillion Ball
http://www.tucsonsymphonycotillion.org
November 28th, 2017
Concert
UA Philharmonic Orchestra
7:30pm, Crowder Hall
University of Arizona, Tucson
2016
February 6th, 7th, 2016
Concert
43rd Annual President's Concert
Arizona Symphony Orchestra
7:30pm, Crowder Hall
University of Arizona, Tucson
April 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th, 2016
Concert
UA Opera Theater
Arizona Symphony Orchestra
"L'Elisir d'Amore" by Gaetano Donizetti.
7:30pm, Crowder Hall
University of Arizona, Tucson
May 4th, 2016
Concert
UA Philharmonic Orchestra and Arizona Symphony Orchestra
7:30pm, Crowder Hall
University of Arizona, Tucson
May 8th, 2016
Competition
Winner of the "Golden Baton" - "Batuta de Oro" First place on the International Conducting Competition with the National Symphony Orchestra of Paraguay.
http://www.ip.gov.py/ip/?p=96788
May 22nd until 29th , 2016
Competition
Black Sea Opera Conducting Competition
Teatrul National de Opera si Balet, Constanta, Romania.
http://www.blackseaoperaconducting.com/index.html
July 30th to August 1st, 2016
Conference
BIBAC 2nd International Conference "Building Interdiciplinary Bridges Across Cultures"
Churchill College, University of Cambridge. United Kingdom.
https://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/events/conferences/bibac2016/
August 9th, 2016
Concert
SSO - Surabaya Symhpony Orchestra
7:00pm, Grand Ballroom, Shangri-La Hotel
Surabaya, Indonesia.
August 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th, 2016
Concert
Music Director for the "KLCO - Kuala Lumpur City Opera"
"La Bohème" by Giacomo Puccini
8:30pm, KLPAC - KL Performing Arts Center
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
https://www.facebook.com/TheESTPeople?fref=ts
October 12th, 2016
Concert
National Symphony Orchestra of Paraguay
8:30pm, Teatro Hotel Guaraní
Asunción, Paraguay.
http://www.osn.gov.py/index.html
December 2nd, 2016
Concert
UA Philharmonic Orchestra
7:30pm, Crowder Hall
University of Arizona, Tucson
2015
May 6, 2015
Masterclass
Orchestral and Conducting Masterclasses
"Institut Kesenian Jakarta"
Music Department Jakarta Institute of Art
Jakarta, Indonesia.
May 17, 2015
Composition
Canadian Premiere of the Piece "Mammoth Tango", for Cello and Piano.
Marie-Michel Beauparlant, Cello
Marine Blassel, Piano
Maison de la Culture Rosemonte
Montreal, Canada.
http://www.accesculture.com/activite/Two_to_tango__avec_Marie_Michel_Beauparlant_et_Marine_Blassel
October 6th, 2015
Concert
UA Philharmonic Orchestra
7:30pm, Crowder Hall
University of Arizona, Tucson
October 16th, 17th and 18th, 2015
Concert
Music Director for the launching of the new "KLCO - Kuala Lumpur City Opera"
8:30pm, KLPAC - KL Performing Arts Center
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
https://www.facebook.com/TheESTPeople?fref=ts
December 4th, 2015
Concert
UA Philharmonic Orchestra
7:30pm, Crowder Hall
University of Arizona, Tucson
2014
March 8, 2014
Concert
Auditorium Parcel E, Putrajaya.
Cellisimo Concert with ISI Yogyakarta and UiTM Symhpony Orchestra.
Putrajaya, Malaysia
June 21, 2014
Competition
Dewan Agong Tuanku Chancellor DATC
Judge for the " Finale National Wind Orchestra Competition XVI"
Shah Alam, Malaysia
September 11, 2014
Concert
Annex Hall, UiTM Main Campus.
"UiTM Symphony Orchestra in Concert"
8:30pm, UiTM Main Campus.
Shah Alam, Malaysia
September 13th and 14th, 2014
Competition
Judge for the " Malaysia Youth Music Festival"
Putrajaya Marriot Hotel & Spa
Putrajaya, Malaysia
http://www.myof.org.my/festival
October 8, 9, 11 & 12, 2014
Concert
Malaysian Premier of the Opera "L'Elisir d'Amore" by G. Donizzetti.
Damansara Performing Arts Center (DPAC)
8:30pm, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
https://www.facebook.com/TheESTPeople
November 21, 2014
Composition
New York Premiere of the Piece "Mammoth Tango", for Cello and Piano.
Marie-Michel Beauparlant, Cello
Marine Blassel, Piano
Stony Brook University, Staller Center Recital Hall.
New York, USA.
http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/music/index.shtml
December 21, 2014
Concert
"30th Anniversary Celebration Concert", UiTM Faculty of Music.
UiTM Student Symphony Orchestra
Dewan Filarmonik Petronas DFP
Petronas Twin Towers
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2013
September 19, 2013
Concert
Auditorio Fundadores, Universidad EAFIT
Guest conductor with the EAFIT Symphony Orchestra.
"Bruch, Tradicion Romantica en un Mundo Moderno"
Medellin, Colombia, South America.
November 9, 2013
Concert
Dewan Agong Tuanku Chancellor DATC
UiTM Students Symphony Orchestra.
Convocation No. 79
Shah Alam, Malaysia
December 14, 2013
Concert
Dewan Filarmonik Petronas DFP
Petronas Twin Towers
ETE Encounter Trainning Ensemble.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia