La Banda Primitiva of Llíria was founded in 1819 by the Franciscan father Antoni Albarracín Enguídanos. It is the oldest civil band in Spain.
In 1888, the band participated for the first time in the Certamen de Bandas in Valencia and obtained the first prize. La Banda Primitiva has been awarded the first prize many times since then.
Since its founding, the band has played in concerts, civil and religious parades, TV and radio programmes, etc. it has also played in most Spanish main towns and many European countries such as Germany, Belgium, France, Holland and Switzerland; in the U.S.A and in China.
La Banda Primitiva de Llíria has been conducted by the most famous Valencian conductors and by some very prestigious European conductors, including Sergiu Celibidache, Desirée Dondaine, Odón Alonso, Rafael Früebeck de Burgos, Jan Molenar, Luis Cobos, Manuel Galduf and Jan Cober.