Joaquín Gaztambide

Joaquín Romualdo Gaztambide y Garbayo (Tudela, Navarre, 7 February 1822 – Madrid, 18 March 1870) was one of the most prominent Spanish composers of zarzuela in the mid-nineteenth century.

[3] Two years later he traveled to Paris as conductor of a company of actors and dancers organized by the Spanish businessman Juan Lombía,[3] despite not being successful in this tour.

Back in Madrid in 1848, he receives a proposal from Baltasar Saldoni to become director of the orchestra at Teatro Español,[2] where he conducted concerts with the participation of the famous violinist Antonio Bazzini.

From 1860 until 1862 he directed opera performances and the first big concerts in Spain, organized by the Sociedad Artístico Musical de Socorros Mutuos, co-founded by Francisco Asenjo Barbieri and Fernando Mosnasterio del Castillo on 24 June 1860.

[7] The same year he toured Cuba with his own company and flew to Mexico because of a major revolt,[8] returning to Spain in 1870 with serious health problems and financially ruined.