Concertist, clarinet teacher at the Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Tenerife, clarinet assistant of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, artistic director of the Tenerife Clarinet Fest and professor of the Pícolo Clarinet International Academy.

Born in Cullera (Valencia), he began his musical studies at the S.M.I. Santa Cecilia de Cullera and continued them at the Conservatories of Valencia and Tenerife, where he graduated in clarinet and chamber music with the highest grades, also obtaining the Honor Awards in Clarinet (Elementary, Professional and End of Career) and in Chamber Music (Professional and End of Career). He later expanded his studies of clarinet and chamber music in Spain, France, Germany and Austria, with masters Alois Brandhofer, Alfred Prinz, J.L. Bergerard, Bertram Egger, Eric Hoeprich and Thomas Friedli.

Javier is internationally recognized as one of the most outstanding clarinetists that exist today, both for the diffusion of the pyric clarinet as a solo instrument, and for the research and development dedicated to this instrument. He has performed as a soloist in Spain, France, Austria, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Germany, Slovenia, Belgium, Brazil, Uruguay and USA, premiering works that have enriched the scarce existing repertoire for this small instrument. This has allowed him to work with important composers such as Martínez Gallego, Saul Gómez Soler, Jose Manuel Encinoso, Alexander Mullenbach, Simon Milton, Jose Manuel Fernández, Laura Vega and Milena Perisic, among others. Javier has also composed several works for clarinet picolo, in which Gloom 03:27 and Variations on “Cançons de Mare” stand out, available on his own website www.javierllopis.com

Is regularly invited to participate as a jury in international competitions, including the International Clarinet Competition “Saverio Mercadante” (Italy), I.CA High Scholl Clarinet Competition (Los Angeles and Madrid), Tenerife Clarinet Fest, Gran Canaria International Competition, Villa de Agaete International Competition and Silverstein Global Clarinet Competition.

In his pedagogical facet, Javier develops an intense work as artistic director of the Tenerife Clarinet Fest (Annual International Clarinet Festival of Tenerife), at the Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Tenerife as well as at its international academy specializing in piano clarinet, Pícolo Clarinet International Academy, a pioneering project in the world, with students from Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Italy USA and Spain.

Javier is also regularly invited to teach master classes in Europe and Latin America, including the University of Joao Pessoa, the Metropolitan Academy of Lisbon, Karol Szymanowski of Katowice, Clarinetto Academy of Italy, etc

His teachings have produced prize winners in important national and international competitions, including Tenerife Clarinet Fest, Gran Canaria International Competition, Villa de Agaete International Competition, Ciudade de Ourense, Orihuela International Competition, Italian Academy of Clarinet, Rising Stars Grand Prix of Berlin, Grand Prize Virtuoso of Salzburg and Golden Classical Music Awards of USA.

He has been Clarinet Soloist of the Santa Cecilia de Cullera Symphony Orchestra, of the Isla de La Palma Symphony Orchestra, of the Orquesta Sinfónica del Atlántico, Clarinet Soloist of the Banda Sinfónica Municipal de Gran Canaria, Requinto Soloist of the Banda Sinfónica de Tenerife (currently on leave), founder of the Banda Unión y Amistad de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, professor at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Tenerife, professor at the Escuela de Música de Los Realejos and professor at the Centro Superior Katarina Gurska in Madrid, as well as a member of countless chamber groups. Since 2009 he has formed a duo with the pianist Mara Jaubert.

Concertista, profesor de clarinete en el Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Tenerife, clarinete asistente de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, director artístico del Tenerife Clarinet Fest y profesor de la Pícolo Clarinet International Academy.

Natural de Cullera (Valencia), inicia sus estudios musicales en la S.M.I. Santa Cecilia de Cullera y los continúa en los Conservatorios Superiores de Valencia y Tenerife, en donde se gradúa en clarinete y música de cámara con las más altas calificaciones, obteniendo también los Premios de Honor en Clarinete (Elemental, Profesional y Fin de Carrera) y en Música de Cámara (Profesional y Fin de Carrera). Posteriormente amplía sus estudios de clarinete y música de cámara en
España, Francia, Alemania y Austria, con los maestros Alois Brandhofer, Alfred Prinz, J.L.