Joaquín Soriano (born in
León, 1941) is a Spanish pianist.
Trained in Valencia, he was a disciple of
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 ...
at the
Conservatoire National de Paris
The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...
. He won the 1965 Viotti Competition in Vercelli and the XI Premio de Jaén (1966); an international concert career ensued.
Soriano holds a professorship at the
Madrid Conservatory
The Madrid Royal Conservatory ( es, Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid) is a music college in Madrid, Spain.
History
The Royal Conservatory of Music was founded on July 15, 1830, by royal decree, and was originally located in Moste ...
since 1972 and is the
José Iturbi Competition's artistic director. He is a member of the
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
The Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (RABASF; ), located on the Calle de Alcalá in the heart of Madrid, currently functions as a museum and gallery. A public law corporation, it is integrated together with other Spanish royal acade ...
since 1988, and has been decorated with the Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes and the
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
References
Joaquín Soriano, en la Academia de Bellas Artes-
El País, November 6, 1988
Boletín Oficial del Estado - January 13, 1998Fundación Juan March
Spanish classical pianists
Male classical pianists
1941 births
Living people
Conservatoire de Paris alumni
Academic staff of the Madrid Royal Conservatory
21st-century classical pianists
21st-century male musicians
Spanish male musicians
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