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Juan R.
Pardo-Carrion
This is a less formal web page that provides some information
about myself besides my profesional activity.
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Short Biography
I was born in
Fuentealbilla
(Albacete, Spain) on November 1st, 1968. My
parents are farmers, they mainly grow grapes
(Cencibel, Bobal, Macabeo,
Garnacha, Moravia and Castillejo varieties, that are
on the ground of different
kinds of wine), cereals and
saffron. I studied at
the local school until
age 14. Then I moved to the "Bonifacio Sotos" High School in the nearby
town of Casas Ibanez (1982-86). After obtaining my bachelor and passing
the exam to access the university, I moved to Madrid to study Physics at
the Complutense University,
where I graduated in 1991 in the specialty of Fundamental Physics, and
one year later in Astrophysics. From there I moved again to the nearby
Spanish province of Guadalajara to begin working on my Ph.D. at
Yebes Astronomical Observatory. I worked
there for one year and a half until
the end of 1993. In 1994 I moved (once more) to
Paris, France, to complete
work on my Ph.D. at Paris Observatory. My
thesis defense was on December
20th, 1996 right after spending 11 weeks in Pasadena (California) to
take a first contact with research in that country. On January 1997 I
moved across the Atlantic from Paris to
New York, where I began a
posdoctoral position with the
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
that lasted until Jan/31/1999. Then I moved, this time across the U.S.,
to join the Submillimeter Astronomy Group at the
California Institute
of Technology, where I work now.
There are other things that I like (other than Astronomy):
Cooking:
Of course my specialty is Paella.
Music:
I love either play myself or attend concerts and operas.
I started learning
music with a former saxofonist, D. Francisco Albiar, who teached me how to
read scores and get started with the fundamentals of
Fluegelhorn playing.
I joined the Marching Band (Banda Municipal de Musica) of my little town
in 1982 at age 13 and I have ever since played there. I was 2nd and
then 1st trumpet from 1982 to 1987 and I am 1st Fluegelhorn since 1988. This
coming August (2001) I'll make my 20th parade in a row on the first day
of our local celebrations honoring the Cristo del Valle, patron of
Fuentealbilla.
Besides, I learned to play the
Spanish lute (laúd)
with D. Juan Miguel Contreras
in 1980-82. I droped playing that instrument for a while until 1991 when
I formed a trio with Sabino Salmerón (guitar) and Cipriano Cantero
(mandoline) to rescue the traditional music of our region. We have written
scores for several pieces of music belonging to Fuentealbilla's folklore,
including the four old Mazurkas, the traditional "Jota de Fuentealbilla",
several valses and the dance of the grapes or "Pisauvas". Together with
other collaborators we have also preserved the scores of many of our
local Christmass songs ("Villancicos") that we perform every year on the
traditional midnight mass on Christmass evening. All this music has been
recorded as well.
These are the web pages of several Opera Companies where I have attended
performances (the venues are in brackets):
These are the web pages of several Symphonic Orchestras that I have heard
and the auditoriums where those concerts took place:
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