Celia García-García (born in

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) is a

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pianist A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, j ...

specialising in chamber and

orchestral music An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...

, most known for her work as a

celesta The celesta or celeste , also called a bell-piano, is a struck idiophone operated by a keyboard. It looks similar to an upright piano (four- or five- octave), albeit with smaller keys and a much smaller cabinet, or a large wooden music box ...

performer.

Education

Celia García-García studied classical piano at the conservatory Burgos, followed by a bachelor's degree at Musikene in San Sebastián and at ArtEZ University of Arts in the Netherlands, and a Master of Music at Codarts Conservatory in

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Work

García-García plays piano, celesta and synthesizer with orchestras including the

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ( nl, Koninklĳk Concertgebouworkest, ) is a Dutch symphony orchestra, based at the Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw (concert hall). Considered one of the world's leading orchestras, Queen Beatrix conferred the "R ...

, Noord Nederlands Orkest,

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (RPhO; nl, Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest) is a Dutch symphony orchestra based in Rotterdam. Its primary venue is the concert hall De Doelen. The RPhO is considered one of the Netherlands' two principal or ...

, Dutch Ballet Orchestra and the Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra. She also works as a ballet

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at the Amsterdam University of the Arts and the

National Ballet Academy of Amsterdam The Academy of Theatre and Dance is a faculty of the Amsterdam University of the Arts which was known as ''de Theaterschool'' until September 2016. It runs four year Bachelor's degree courses in theatre and dance, and two year Master's degree cours ...

. Since 2012, García-García has been the artistic programmer of the music festivals "Weekend of Romantic Music" in

and "Romanticism" in

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. She teaches classical piano repertory and technique at the

Utrechts Conservatorium The Utrechts Conservatorium is a Conservatory of Music in Utrecht, Netherlands and part of the ''Utrecht School of the Arts'' (HKU). The conservatory opened in 1875 and is one of the eldest professional musical education institutes of the Netherl ...

and is an accompaniment and chamber music instructor with the Fontys School of Fine and Performing Arts in Tilburg. García-García is most known for her work as a

performer. In 2022, she released the first-ever recording of music for solo celesta titled ''Celestial Blue''.

Discography

* ''Colores del Sur''. Femke IJlstra (saxophone), García-García (piano). TRPTK, 2022 * ''Celestial Blue''. García-García (celesta). TRPTK, 2022

References

External links

website
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