La Banda Primitiva of Llíria (Valencia-SPAIN) was founded in 1819 by the Franciscan father Fray Antoni Albarracín Enguídanos . It is the oldest civil band in Spain.

In 1888, the band participated for the first time in the Certamen de Bandas in Valencia and obtained the first prize. La Banda Primitiva has been awarded the first prize many times since then.

Since its founding, the band has played in concerts, civil and religious parades, TV and radio programmes, etc. it has also played in most Spanish main

Spanish Main

In the days of the Spanish New World Empire, the mainland of the American continent enclosing the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico was referred to as the Spanish Main. It included present-day Florida, the east shore of the Gulf of Mexico in Texas, Mexico, Central America and the north coast of...

 towns and many European countries such as Germany, Belgium, France, Holland and Switzerland; in the U.S.A (New York and Los Angeles) and in China (Beijing and Shanghai), desgrasiatly this music band, too, is famous for buy the juries of the contrests where they performed, a very clear example is the "certamen intarnacional de bandes de música ciutat de València 2011"

La Banda Primitiva de Llíria has been conducted by the most famous Valencian conductors and by some very prestigious European conductors, including Sergiu Celibidache

Sergiu Celibidache

- Biography :Celibidache was born in Roman, Romania, and began his studies in music with the piano, after which he studied music, philosophy and mathematics in Bucharest, Romania and then in Paris...

, Desirée Dondaine, Odón Alonso

Odón Alonso

Odón Alonso was a Spanish conductor and composer, best known for his film scores.Alonso was born at La Bañeza, León, Spain. He studied in Madrid, Siena, Salzburg and Vienna. His first engagements as a conductor date back to the years between 1952 and 1956 when he was performing with the orchestra...

, Rafael Früebeck de Burgos, Jan Molenar, Luís Cobos, Manuel Galduf and Jan Cober

Jan Cober

Jan Cober is a Dutch conductor and clarinet player.- Life :Jan Cober is the child of a musical family from the village of Thorn, Netherlands. He played the clarinet in the Royal Harmony of Thorn. He studied conducting and the clarinet at the Conservatory of Maastricht and completed both studies...

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Prizes

First prize in the Exposición Universal de Barcelona in 1929.
The official opening of the current Theatre-Concert Hall on the 23rd of September 1951.
First prize with Honours in the International Musical Competition in Kerkrade, The Netherlands

Netherlands

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, in 1962.
First prize with Honours, Flag of the Council and Gold Trumpet from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia in the International Musical Competition in Kerkrade, The Netherlands, in 1966.
Guest band in the New York Parade of the Columbus Day

Columbus Day

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 in 1981.
First prize with Honours in the Certamen Internacional de Valencia in 1986 (first centenary of the Certamen).
First prize with Honours in the Certamen Internacional de Valencia in 1988 (centenary of the first prize the band obtained in this Certamen)
Reopening of the Theatre-Concert Hall on the 22nd of June 1991, after its restoration.
Guest band representing Spain in the Parade of the Tournament of Roses, Pasadena (Los Angeles), in 1992, celebrating the 5th Centenary of the Discovery of America.
First Spanish band touring in China in 2002, playing concerts in Beijing and Shanghai.