Alberto Urroz (born 22 June 1970 in

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) is a Spanish classical

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, who began his musical education at home.https://albertourroz.com/en/el-artista/biografia/ He studied piano with

Joaquín Soriano Joaquín Soriano (born in León, 1941) is a Spanish pianist. Trained in Valencia, he was a disciple of Vlado Perlemuter at the Conservatoire National de Paris. He won the 1965 Viotti Competition in Vercelli and the XI Premio de Jaén (1966); an ...

at the

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. Later, he moved to Israel to study with

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at the

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, and subsequently, on a

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state scholarship, with

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. Other teachers include Solomon Mikowsky and Donn-Alexander Feder at

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in New York, and masterclasses with

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(Zumaia),

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(Valencia), Ena Bronstein Barton (Princeton) and Ana María Trenchi (NYC). He performs as a soloist throughout Europe, Asia and the USA in such venues as

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in New York,

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in Seoul and the

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and

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in Spain. Urroz is piano professor at the Alfonso X el Sabio University, Musical Arts Madrid and Arturo Soria Conservatory in Madrid, is founder and since 2004

artistic director An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company or dance company, who handles the organization's artistic direction. They are generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogu ...

and founder of the Mendigorría International Music Festival in Spain, is president of the European Piano Teachers Association EPTA Spain since 2018, and is the cofounder and artistic director of the Madrid Shigeru Kawai Piano Competition (2019). Urroz has recorded works by D. Scarlatti, M. Sánchez Allú, I. Albéniz, Granados, de Falla and Mompou for Ibs Classical.

References

Mendigorría International Music Festival
(English/Spanish)
El País: Liszt en Mendigorría
(Spanish)
RNE: Maestros y discípulos: Joaquín Soriano
(Spanish)

External links

Alberto Urroz
- Official Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Urroz, Alberto 1970 births Living people People from Pamplona Spanish male classical pianists Madrid Royal Conservatory alumni 21st-century Spanish classical pianists 21st-century Spanish male musicians Musicians from Navarre Spanish male musicians