From the beginning of his career, the Spanish-born pianist Juan Lago has achieved numerous awards in the leading piano competitions in Spain. Moreover, he has been a Laureate at the XXIII Concorso Internazionale “Valsesia-Musica” in Varallo, Italy; the XX “Cidade de Ferrol” Piano Competition, Spain; the IX Premio Internazionale Pianistico “A. Scriabin” in Grosseto, Italy; and the VI “Compositores de España” International Competition in Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain.
Juan Lago has performed across Europe, America, Asia, and the Middle East as a recitalist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist. He has collaborated as a soloist with orchestras such as the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana (Italy), the “Mihail Jora” Philharmonic Orchestra of Bacau (Romania), Çukurova State Symphony Orchestra (Turkey), and the Spanish Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, Orquesta de Córdoba, Orquesta de Valencia, and Orquesta Filarmónica y Sinfónica de Málaga, under the conductors Ovidiu Balan, Emin Guven Yasliçam, José Ramón Encinar, Ernest Martínez Izquierdo, José Luis Martínez, and Francisco de Gálvez, among others.
Lago holds a Master’s degree in Performance and Musical Research from the Valencian International University; an Artist Diploma from the Amsterdam Conservatorium, where he studied under the guidance of Professor Jan Wijn; a Bachelor’s degree from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid, where he studied with Professor Ana Guijarro; and a degree from the Conservatorio Superior de Málaga, where he studied with Professor Juan J. Peralta. He has also received master classes from esteemed pianists such as Gyorgy Sebok, Eugen Indjic, Stanislav Pochekin, Imre Rohmann, and Claudio Martínez Mehner.