Biography
Rafael Ferrer
Real name: Rafael Ferrer Fito
Effective period / Period of releases: 1956 - 1973
Spanish composer and conductor, born in Sant Celoni (1911), died in Barcelona (1988). In the 1950s, he conducted Orquesta Sinfónica Española in some zarzuela recordings made in Barcelona by Regal. Founder of Cobla Laietana. From 1962 to 1967 he was chief conductor of "Orquestra Municipal de Barcelona" (later known as Orquestra Ciutat De Barcelona and finally Orquestra Simfònica De Barcelona I Nacional De Catalunya). Conductor of Spain's first Eurovision entry, 'Estando contigo' by Conchita Bautista (1961). Sometimes he used F. Delta as alias.