Claudio Herrera is a Mexican pianist born in

Durango Durango (), officially named Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Durango; Tepehuán: ''Korian''; Nahuatl: ''Tepēhuahcān''), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in ...

where he began his musical studies. Later he traveled to Europe to continue his training in France, Italy and Ukraine with renowned teachers such as Catherine Thibone, Minique, Debus, Ugo Cidivino, Sergei Polusmiak,

Vlado Perlemuter Vladislas "Vlado" Perlemuter (26 May 1904 – 4 September 2002) was a Lithuanian-born French pianist and teacher. Biography Vladislas (Vlado) Perlemuter was born to a Polish Jewish family, the third of four sons, in Kovno, Russia (now Kaunas in Li ...

, great student of

Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In ...

, Sergei Polusmiak and

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, with the pianistic tradition of V. Horowitzt. Claudio Herrera has performed on numerous occasions in Europe, North Africa, Asia, United States, Cuba and Mexico. He was a jury member in national and international piano competitions; member of Mexican Culture Seminar; founder of Novak Foundation in Cuernavaca, Morelos, of National Piano Competition Claudio Herrera and member of the group of concertists of INBA. Currently he has a repertoire that is over eighty orchestral concert programs, recitals and chamber music. He has recorded in Spain, USA and Mexico. He has performed as a duet with his virtuous sister, pianist Salomé Herrera, forming the Duo Herrera. In 2011 he gave his first concert in New York City, at the Weill Recital Hall at

Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall ( ) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is at 881 Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street (Manhattan), 56th and 57th Street (Manhatta ...

, one of the most iconic music forums in the world, celebrating the bicentennial of the birth of composer

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...

, and a tribute to Frédéric Chopin and his teacher,

References

* http://www.informador.com.mx/cultura/2011/342120/6/pianista-mexicano-claudio-herrera-se-presenta-en-nueva-york.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Herrera, Claudio Mexican pianists Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Musicians from Durango 21st-century pianists