Born in Ibiza, Spain, Rafael started studying the flute at the age of 8 at the Ibiza Conservatory with Joana Moragues. Other teachers such as Anikó Pusztai and Vicens Prats in Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya have supported his passion in music. His determination and eagerness to learn took him to study at the Musikhochschule München and work with Prof. Andrea Lieberknecht and Natalie Schwaabe (piccolo) and Marion Treupel-Franck (baroque flute).
3rd Prize Winner and Prize for Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Piece at the Carl Nielsen International Competition, Rafael has appeared as a soloist with Odense Symphony Orchestra and Copenhagen Philharmonic at the Odense Koncerthus. He has also performed with Münchner Kammerorchester at the Isarphilharmonie, with Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock at Audi Zentrum Rostock and Webern Kammerphilharmonie at the Congress Centre Baden, recorded by ORF (Austrian Radio) as part of the Festival “Licht ins Dunkel”.
Acknowledged by his curiosity and freshness on stage, he is a PE-Förderkreis and Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now fellow, as well as a Villa Musica Rheinland-Pfalz and Yamaha Europe scholarship holder since 2022. Passionate about orchestral playing, Rafael has collaborated as Principal Flute at NDR Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Gürzenich Orchester Köln, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra and Augsburger Philharmoniker.
Rafael Adobas participates in several festivals such as the Tongyeong International Music Festival with the Kammerorchester Hannover playing at the Tongyeong Concert Hall, the 10th Anniversary of the International Flute Seminar Bruges (Belgium) at the Ryelandtzaal as a Special Guest, the Klänge von Heute Festival at Schloss Engers as member of the Academy of Chamber Music Villa Musica Rheinland-Pfalz, the Opernfestpiele Heidenheim with the orchestra Cappeia Aquileia, at the Ustvolskaja Festival with KammerensembleN held at Folkoperan (Stockholm, Sweden) and at the Music Festival of Santa Eulària des Riu with a flute and harpsichord recital at the Jesús Cultural Center in Ibiza, among others.
On 2022, Adobas has performed a solo recital at the Carnegie Hall in New York, supported by Siemens Arts Program. Other prestigious venues include the Fundación Juan March in Madrid as part of the Jóvenes Intérpretes concert series, the Cognito concert cycle organized by Tribühne and Yamaha Music Europe in Hamburg, Palacio Euskalduna in Bilbao as part of the Festival Músika Musica and at the Cas Serres Auditorium in Ibiza, Spain. On February 2023 he has performed at Kobe Bunka Hall and Hamarikyu Asahi Hall in Tokyo as the First Prize Winner of the 10th Kobe International Flute Competition 2022.
In addition, he keeps working with national ensembles which are close to his heart and he has played as a soloist with the Jove Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona, Orquestra Simfònica "Ciutat d'Eivissa", Banda Municipal de Música Sant Antoni de Portmany, Orquestra del Conservatori Superior de les Illes Balears i l'Orquestra del Conservatori d'Eivissa Catalina Bufí, among others.
