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Reina Sofía School Of Music
The Reina Sofía School of Music (Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Spanish) is a private music school founded in Madrid, Spain, in 1991 by Paloma O'Shea. It belongs to the Albéniz Foundation, and it bears the name of its Honorary President, Queen Sofía of Spain. History The School was founded by Paloma O'Shea in 1991 in Madrid, in order to provide Spain with a high performance training centre for young musicians and to carry out activities to bring Classical music to the larger public. The inception of the School can be found in the Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition, Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition, which Paloma O’Shea created in 1972, and in the masterclasses organised by her from 1981 on in collaboration with Universidad Internacional de Verano Menéndez Pelayo, also in Santander. In the first steps of the project, as well as in the selection of the teaching staff, the School counted on the advice of great masters such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paloma O'Shea
Paloma O'Shea Artiñano, 1st Marchioness of O'Shea (born 19 February 1936) is a Spanish piano, pianist, Patronage, patron of the arts, founder and current president of the Reina Sofía School of Music, and founder and president of the Albéniz Foundation, which organizes the Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition, Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition in Santander, Spain, Santander, Spain. Paloma O'Shea was born in the Bilbao suburb of Las Arenas, Biscay, Spain, a daughter of José O'Shea y Sebastián :es:Condado de Erice, de Erice (descended from Irish people, Irishman William O'Shea who came to Spain in the 18th century) and Basque people, Basque María de la Asunción de Artiñano y Luzarraga, married at Concepción, Madrid, on 2 May 1935.https://www.geneall.net/H/per_page.php?id=327222 Paloma O'Shea in a Portuguese Genealogical site She started studying piano in 1941 in Bilbao and later moved to France to further her music studies. At the age of 15 sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascal Moraguès
Pascal Moraguès is a French clarinetist. Moragues has been the principal clarinetist of the Orchestre de Paris since 1981. He has been a professor at the Conservatoire de Paris since 1995 and a guest professor at the Superior College of Music in Osaka since 2002. Discography *''Messiaen: Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps, Thème Et Variations'', with the Wanderer Trio. Harmonia Mundi, 2008. *''Brahms: String Quartet Op 51, Clarinet Quintet Op. 115'', with the Prazak String Quartet. Praga, 2006. *''MOZART Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...'', with Quintette Moragues. Euravent, 1992. References French classical clarinetists 20th-century French musicians Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris 1963 births Living people 21st-century French clarinetists Playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eldar Nebolsin
Eldar Nebolsin (born 1974) is an Uzbek-born classical pianist. Biography Born in Uzbekistan (then part of the Soviet Union) in 1974 to a Russian father from Ukhta and a mother from Tashkent, Nebolsin started studying piano at early age in his native country. In 1991 he moved to Madrid to study with Dimitri Bashkirov at the Reina Sofía School of Music. Career Nebolsin's international career started after his triumph at the XI Santander International Piano Competition. In 2005 Eldar Nebolsin won the First Prize at thSviatoslav Richter International Piano Competition Eldar Nebolsin has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland, Detroit, Houston, Minnesota, Baltimore, San Luis, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Bamberg Symphony, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Estonian National Orchestra, Deutsche Oper Orchester Berlin, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre national du Capitole de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fibonacci Quartet
The Fibonacci Quartet is an international string quartet ensemble, comprising players of Czech, Belgian, Welsh and Scottish nationalities. History The Fibonacci Quartet was formed in 2019 and consists of students of David Takeno (Eugène Ysaÿe International Chair of Violin), Matthew Jones, and Louise Hopkins at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, UK. In March 2020 the quartet won both 1st prize and audience prize at the Beethoven Competition for Young Musicians in London. Later that month they also won the 1st prize at the Saint James Chamber Music competition. In December 2021 they won the First Prize at the International "Triomphe de l’Art" Chamber Music Competition in Brussels, as well as the "Peermusic, Hambourg" Special Prize and the "International Association Dimitri Chostakovich, Paris" Special Prize. In 2022, Elliot Kempton succeeded Ami-Louise Johnsson as viola player in the quartet. From September 2022-2023 they studied with Günter Pichler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuarteto Casals
The Casals Quartet (''Cuarteto Casals'') is a Spanish string quartet based at l'Auditori in Barcelona, where all four members reside and teach at the Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya. Formation The Cuarteto Casals was founded at the Reina Sofía School of Music, Madrid, in 1997 under Professor Antonello Farulli. They studied with Walter Levin and Rainer Schmidt in Barcelona, as well as undertaking graduate work in Cologne under the Alban Berg Quartet and Harald Schoneweg. The group is named for the well-known 20th-century cellist Pablo Casals. The quartet quickly achieved international acclaim when it won first prize at the 2000 London International String Quartet Competition, and then at the 2002 International Brahms Competition in Hamburg. In recognition of Cuarteto Casals' growing international profile, in 2006 they were honoured with Spain's Premio Nacional de Música (National Music Award). A prize from the prestigious Borletti-Buitoni Trust in London in 2008 e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celso Albelo
Celso Albelo (born 17 November 1976) is a Spanish operatic tenor. He has sung leading roles in many opera houses including Teatro alla Scala (Milan), the Royal Opera House (London), Teatro La Fenice (Venice). Biography Born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, he got his firsts singing lessons from Pilar Castro Palazon, he continued at the Conservatorio Superior de Música in his home town with Isabel García Soto and at the Queen Sofía College of Music in Madrid with Tom Krause and Manuel Cid. He later perfected his training with Carlo Bergonzi at the Busseto Academy. In 2006, he debuted as Duca di Mantova in ''Rigoletto'' (Verdi) in Busseto, singing alongside Leo Nucci. From then on he has been invited to perform by La Scala in Milan (''Pagliacci'', ''Don Pasquale''), the Fenice in Venice (''L'elisir d'amore'', ''Rigoletto''), the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro (''Stabat Mater''), the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome (''Guillaume Tell''), the Teatro Lirico Giuseppe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asier Polo
Asier Polo is a Spanish cellist. Biography Polo was born in Bilbao, Spain where he studied at the Conservatory of Music with Professor Elisa Pascu. In 1987-89, he won first prizes in cello and chamber music at the National Young Musicians Competition. Later, he studied at the Queen Sofía College of Music, Reina Sofía School of Music, and with Maria Kliegel at the Hochschule fur Musik in Cologne and with Ivan Monighetti at the Basel Academy of Music. Polo has participated in master classes with Natalia Gutman and Mstislav Rostropovich. During his studies in Cologne and Madrid, he also studied chamber music with the Amadeus Quartet and members of Quartetto Italiano. Since then, he has appeared as soloist and in recitals in Europe, Asia and America. He has performed with Maria Kliegel and the late Alfredo Kraus, who, during his last years, invited Polo to appear as soloist in his concerts at Covent Garden in London and Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Maggio Musicale in Florence, Tonhall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcadi Volodos
Arcadi Arcadievich Volodos (born 24 February 1972) is a Russian-born French pianist. One of the world's most acclaimed pianists, he has won such awards as the Echo Klassik, Gramophone Award, Diapason d'Or, and Edison Award for his discography. Biography Born in Leningrad in 1972, he began his musical training studying voice, following the example of his parents, who were singers, and later shifted his emphasis to conducting while a student at the Glinka Chapel School and the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. Though he had played the piano from the age of eight, he did not devote himself to serious study of the instrument until 1987. His formal piano training took place at the Moscow Conservatory Music College with Galina Eguiazarova. Volodos also studied at the Paris Conservatory with Jacques Rouvier. In Madrid, he studied at the Reina Sofía School of Music with Dmitri Bashkirov and Galina Eguiazarova. He is of French nationality and resides in Spain with his wife and daught ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Márta Gulyás
Márta Gulyás (born 1953 in Gyula, Hungary) is a classical pianist and a professor of piano and chamber music. Biography Márta Gulyás studied piano at the Liszt Ferenc University for Music in Budapest with Erzsébet Tusa and István Lantos. In 1976, she received the artistic and pedagogic diplomas there. She then completed a post-graduate program at the Tschaikowski Conservatory in Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ... with professor Dmitri Bashkirow. In 2001, she habilitated at the Liszt Ferenc University and was awarded the title of . Since then, she teaches piano and chamber music at the Liszt Ferenc University, first as assistant professor, later as associated professor, then as honorary professor. Since 1991, she is also visiting professor at the "Escuel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabián Panisello
Fabián Panisello (, , born 11 October 1963) is an Argentinian-Spanish composer, conductor, and professor. Professional life Panisello was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He studied composition in Buenos Aires with Francisco Kröpfl and at the Mozarteum of Salzburg with Bogusław Schaeffer (Magister Atrium, 1993, Diploma of Excellence and Special Prize of the Ministry of Culture of Austria). He completed his musical studies with composers such as Elliott Carter, Franco Donatoni, Brian Ferneyhough, and Luis de Pablo, as well as with conductors such as Peter Eötvös and Jorma Panula. Panisello receives commissions from important orchestras and festivals throughout the world. He has collaborated with Pierre Boulez, Luciano Berio, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Susanna Mälkki, and Peter Eötvös and has worked with orchestras and ensembles including SWR Symphonieorchester, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, BBC Sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Araiza
José Francisco Araiza Andrade (born 4 October 1950) is a Mexican operatic tenor and lied singer who has sung as soloist in leading concert halls and in leading tenor operatic roles in the major opera houses of Europe and North America during the course of a lengthy career. Born in Mexico City, he studied singing at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música de México and later in Germany, with Mozartian tenor Richard Holm, and lieder interpretation with Erik Werba. He made his operatic debut in 1970 in Mexico City as First Prisoner in Beethoven's ''Fidelio''. Araiza initially came to international prominence singing in Mozart and Rossini operas, but in the 1980s broadened his repertoire to include Italian and French lyric tenor roles and Wagnerian roles such as Lohengrin and Walther von Stolzing. He was made a Kammersänger of the Vienna State Opera in 1988. Now retired from the opera stage, he teaches singing and serves on the juries of several international singing competitions. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Eguiazarova
Galina Eguiazarova (, also latinized ''Yegiazarova'') is a Russian pianist and professor. Biography Galina Eguiazarova was born in Russia. She studied at Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where she was a disciple of Alexander Goldenweiser. Since 1961 she has devoted herself to teaching, first in Moscow — at Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, and later in Madrid — at the Reina Sofía School of Music (''Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía''). She was the teacher of Maria Stembolskaya, Radu Lupu, Yelena Eckemoff, Stanislav Ioudenitch, Marina Tchebourkina, Alexey Shmitov, Arcadi Volodos, Juan Pérez Floristán, Luis Fernando Pérez, Martín García García, Chih-Han Liu, and Pierre Delignies Calderón. In 1993 she moved to Madrid to serve as a teaching assistant of Dimitri Bashkirov at the Reina Sofía School of Music The Reina Sofía School of Music (Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Spanish) is a private music school founded in Madrid, Spain, in 1991 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
