Federico Llano
Spain
Federico Llano - Sabugueiro (* 1960, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain) studied chemistry and cinematography, started as a feature-film p.a. in Barcelona and won a post as producer in TVE in 1983. After managing magazines and news in Galicia and Canary Islands, he moved to Madrid in 1987 for making documentary programmes.
Then in 1988 Federico started working on international co-productions, first as delegate-producer in some forty European drama mini-series and then on the different television genres (fiction, animation, documentaries, entertainment and classical music). He was TVE’s representative before ECA and ARTE, and since 1994 has worked with the EBU/UER.
During 15 years from 2002 Federico has been TVE’s head for television Festivals, and head of the Spanish delegation for the Eurovision Song Contest. From 2011 to 2017 he has been an elected member and vice-president of the EBU Television Committee. Collaborating with the EBU TV Music Experts Group since 2008, in 2017 Federico was elected as member of their steering group.
Federico retired in October 2023 after forty years of public television life.
Some of his credits in Classical Music:
• TAMARA ROJO, Imprescindibles, 2023, TVE
• VIENNA PHILHARMONIC Package – EBU/ORF - 2009-2023 - Running the New Year’s and other concerts broadcast in Spain, and producing two of their special concerts:
o 2011 – Auditorio Nacional Madrid: Gustav Mahler no. 9 – Daniele Gatti
o 2021 – Barcelona Sagrada Familia: Anton Bruckner no. 4 – Christian Thielemann
• MADRID TEATRO REAL OPERAS
2013 – The Perfect American (Philip Glass) / Euroarts
2013 – Indian Queen (Henri Purcell) / Idéale Audience / Peter Sellars
2014 – Alceste (C.W. Gluck) / Idéale Audience
2014 – Cosí fan tutte (W.A.Mozart) / Euroarts-Idéal Audience / Michael Haneke
• TOMÁS LUIS DE VICTORIA, GOD’S COMPOSER – 2011 – BBC Sacred Music / Jonathan Haswell, Peter Maniura, The Sixteen Choir.
• PLÁCIDO DOMINGO 70 ANNIVERSARY – 2011 – Gala at Madrid Teatro Real, TVE-BBC
• ORGAN CONCERT IN SALAMANCA – 1990 – TVE-NHK
• JOSÉ CARRERAS IN PERELADA – 1988 – First recital after his recovery.