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u003cpu003eConsistently acclaimed for his exquisite tonal beauty and superb artistry, Boris Slutsky emerged on the international music scene when he captured the First Prize—along with every major prize, including the Audience Prize and Wilhelm Backhaus Award—at the 1981 William Kapell International (University of Maryland) Piano Competition. His other accomplishments include first prizes at the Kosciuszko Chopin Competition and San Antonio International Keyboard Competition, and major prizes at the International Bach Competition in Memory of Glenn Gould, Busoni, Rina Sala Gallo, and Ettore Pozzoli International Piano Competitions.u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eSince his orchestral debut at Carnegie Hall with the New York Youth Symphony in 1980, Slutsky has appeared on nearly every continent as soloist and recitalist, collaborating with such eminent conductors as Dimitri Kitaenko and Valery Gergiev. He has performed with the London Philharmonic, Stuttgart State Orchestra and Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Neuss am Rhein in Germany, Bern Symphony Orchestra in Switzerland, Bergen Philharmonic in Norway, RAI Orchestra in Milan, KBS Symphony Orchestra in Korea, and major orchestras in Spain, Russia, Columbia, and Brazil. In South Africa, he has been soloist with the orchestras of Cape Town, Durban, and Johannesburg. His North American engagements have included concerts with the Baltimore, Florida, Utah, and Toronto Symphonies.u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eSlutsky has been heard on recital series throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and the Far East, making appearances at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Kaufmann Concert Hall, Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo, National Concert Hall in Taipei, Performing Arts Center in Seoul, and Teatro Colon in Bogota, among many others. An avid chamber musician, Slutsky’s more than two decades of chamber music collaborations include the critically acclaimed recording of Schumann’s Sonatas for Violin and Piano with Ilya Kaler on the Naxos label, as well as performances with many renowned artists.u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eSlutsky has presented master classes throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, and served as a jury member for many international piano competitions.u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eBorn in Moscow into a family of musicians, Slutsky received his early training at Moscow’s Gnessin School for Gifted Children as a student of Anna Kantor, and completed his formal studies at the Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music, studying with Nadia Reisenberg, Nina Svetlanova, John Browning, and Joseph Seiger. In addition, he has worked for many years with his mentor Alexander Eydleman.u003c/pu003e

u003cdiv class=u0022pageu0022 title=u0022Page 1u0022u003enu003cdiv class=u0022sectionu0022u003enu003cdiv class=u0022layoutAreau0022u003enu003cdiv class=u0022columnu0022u003enu003cpu003eu003cspan style=u0022color: #333333;u0022u003eBorn into a family of musicians, pianist Jan Gottlieb Jiracek von Arnim was described by BBC Music Magazine as one of the leading pianists of his generation.u003cbr /u003eA top prize winner at the Busoni Competition (Italy) and Maria Canals Competition (Spain), he was one of the winners of the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (USA). Jan Jiracek von Arnim has since performed throughout Europe, including recitals at the Herkulessaal Munich, the Philharmonie Berlin, Salle Cortot Paris, Palau de la musica Barcelona, the Tonhalle Zurich, the Konzerthaus Vienna, the Musikverein Vienna, the Musikhalle Hamburg and the Gewandhaus Leipzig, as well as with orchestras such as the Berlin and St. Petersburg Philharmonics Orchestras, the Cologne Chamber Orchestra, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra and the Northern Sinfonia of England.u003cbr /u003eIn 2001, he was appointed Professor of Piano Performance at the mdw – u003cstrongu003eUniversity of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austriau003c/strongu003e, making him the youngest tenured professor in the history of this university. He is currently also guest professor at the Elisabeth University of Music in Hiroshima (Japan).u003cbr /u003eHis students are first prize winners of major international piano competitions.u003cbr /u003eHe regularly gives masterclasses in North America, Asia and Europe.u003cbr /u003eFrom 2017 – 2023, as successor to the legendary pianist Wilhelm Kempff, he taught the annual “Beethovenkurs” at the “Casa Orfeo” in Positano, Italy, where selected international piano talents are taught in the German and Austrian tradition of Beethoven interpretation.u003cbr /u003eRecent projects include performances and teaching activities at the 2024 Summer Academy of the Mozarteum Salzburg, the 2024 Chopin Festival in Duszniki, Poland, the 2024 Tianjin Juilliard Piano Festival in China, the 2024 International Piano Festival in Hangzhou, China, as well as several masterclasses in Japan.u003cbr /u003eMr. Jiracek von Arnim is frequently invited as a juror to international piano competitions, e.g. the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition in Japan, the Busoni International Piano Competition in Italy, the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition for young musicians, the Montréal International Piano Competition and the China International Music Competition in Beijing.u003cbr /u003eSince 2011, he is the Artistic Director and Chairman of the u003cstrongu003eInternational Beethoven Piano Competition Viennau003c/strongu003e, one of the most prestigious piano competitions in the world.u003cbr /u003eHis biography on Franz Liszt (Residenz Verlag, Austria) was described by the renowned newspaper DIE PRESSE, Austria, as “the very best Liszt biography”.u003cbr /u003eJan Jiracek von Arnim is a scholarship holder of renowned foundations such as the “Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes”. In 2020, he was named a “Paul Harris Fellow” of Rotary Foundation. He is also an honorary citizen of Fredericksburg, Texas (USA).u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003enu003c/divu003enu003c/divu003enu003c/divu003enu003c/divu003enu003cdiv class=u0022pageu0022 title=u0022Page 3u0022u003enu003cdiv class=u0022sectionu0022u003enu003cdiv class=u0022sectionu0022u003enu003cdiv class=u0022sectionu0022u003enu003cdiv class=u0022layoutAreau0022u003enu003cdiv class=u0022columnu0022u003eu003c/divu003enu003c/divu003enu003c/divu003enu003c/divu003enu003c/divu003enu003c/divu003e

u003cdiv class=u0022pageu0022 title=u0022Page 1u0022u003enu003cdiv class=u0022sectionu0022u003enu003cdiv class=u0022layoutAreau0022u003enu003cdiv class=u0022columnu0022u003enu003cp class=u0022u0022u003e“His performance brought a veritable roar of approval from the audience,” wrote the Irish Times, after Pavel Nersessian received the 1st Prize in the GPA Dublin International Piano Competition in 1991. Being one of the most remarkable pianists of his generation in Russia, he is known for his ability to play equally convincingly in the whole palette of the piano repertoire. He won prizes in the Beethoven Competition in Vienna in 1985, the Paloma O’Shea Competition in Santander, and the Tokyo Competition.u003c/pu003enu003cp class=u0022u0022u003enu003cp class=u0022u0022u003eNersessian was a pupil of the famous Central Music School of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, where his teacher was Yu. Levin. Later he was a student of the Conservatoire under Prof. S. Dorensky. Upon graduating from the Conservatoire in 1987 with maximum marks he was invited to join the faculty.u003c/pu003enu003cp class=u0022u0022u003ePavel Nersessian has been touring Russia and surrounding states from the age of eight, and has given performances in London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Cannes, Leipzig, Vienna, Budapest, Madrid, Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Dublin, Rio de Janeiro, Belgrade, Cairo, Kiev, Beijing and many other cities.u003c/pu003enu003cp class=u0022u0022u003eMr. Nersessian, by special invitation from the Kirov and the Perm Ballet, performed solo part in Balanchine’s Ballet Imperial based on the music of Tchaikovsky’s 2nd Piano Concerto with performances in the Kirov, Bolshoi, Chatelet and Covent Garden. He also played a solo part in J. Robbins’ ballet “The concert, or The Perils of Everybody” on the music of F. Chopin.u003c/pu003enu003cp class=u0022u0022u003eHe is known for his collaboration with chamber music groups and other musicians, such as Borodin and Glinka Quartets, National Symphony Orchestra in Russia, Thomas Sanderling, Tugan Sokhiev, Alexandr Chernushenko, Valeriy Polyansky, Mikhail Agrest, Pascal Moragues, Julius Milkis, Evgeny Petrov, Pavel Kogan, Abel Perreira, Benjamin Schmid, Stepan Yakovich, Ani Kavafian, Andrei Gridchuk, Alena Baeva, Zlatomir Fung, Filip Kopachevsky, Yana Ivanilova, Nina Kogan, Mikhail Bereznitsky, Maxim Emelyanychev, Diana Vishneva, Philippe Cassard, Alexandre Lazarev, Gaik Kazazyan, Lukas Geniushas, Richard Young, Valentin Uriupin, Itamar Zorman, and many others. He has recorded numerous disks with compositions of Chopin, Schumann, Schubert, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Shostakovich, and he has given masterclasses in the USA, Russia, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Ireland, Germany, Spain, Italy, Korea, Brazil, and Japan.u003c/pu003enu003cp class=u0022u0022u003eIn 2005 he became a merited artist of the Russian Federation.u003c/pu003enu003cp class=u0022u0022u003eFor more than 25 years P. Nersessian has been assisting his teacher, professor S. Dorensky. He has worked with such talented pupils as N. Lugansky, D. Matsuev, V. Rudenko, O. Kern, A. Shtarkman, Yu. Stadler, I. Tasovats, F. Amirov, M. Amara, A. Dossin, V. Igoshina, A. Mamriev, V. Korchinskaya-Kogan, S. Simonian, Z. Chochieva, G. Chaidze, N. Pisareva, A. Sychev, F. Kopachevsky, P. Kolesnikov, A. Tarasevich-Nikolaev, L. Bernsdorf, P. Elisha, A. Malofeev, A, Kliuchko and many others.u003c/pu003enu003cp class=u0022u0022u003ePavel Nersessian served as a jury member in many international piano competitions: Dublin, Hamamatsu, Sendai, Maria Canals in Barcelona, Hilton Head, Almaty, Valencia, Tbilisi and other competitions.u003c/pu003enu003cp class=u0022u0022u003eIn 2013 he started to work as a professor of piano in Boston university, in 2022 as a professor of piano in New England Conservatory.u003c/pu003enu003cp class=u0022u0022u003eRecent recitals of Pavel Nersessian include chamber programs with violinists Kirsti Kuusk, Garry Levinson, Daniil Kogan as well as singers Ilya Silchukou and Julia Lezhneva.u003c/pu003enu003c/divu003enu003c/divu003enu003c/divu003enu003c/divu003enu003cdiv class=u0022pageu0022 title=u0022Page 3u0022u003enu003cdiv class=u0022sectionu0022u003enu003cdiv class=u0022sectionu0022u003enu003cdiv class=u0022sectionu0022u003enu003cdiv class=u0022layoutAreau0022u003enu003cdiv class=u0022columnu0022u003eu003c/divu003enu003c/divu003enu003c/divu003enu003c/divu003enu003c/divu003enu003c/divu003e

u003cpu003eu003cspanu003eChun-Chieh Yen’su003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003e preeminence as Taiwan’s foremost young pianist of international caliber came into sharp focus in 1997, when he won the u003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eThird Prize u003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eat the third u003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eTchaikovsky International Music Competition (Youth) u003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003ein u003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eSt. Petersburg, Russiau003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003e u003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003enu003cpu003eMr. Yen has concertized in Europe, Asia, and North America, embracing a wide range of repertoire. Making history at age 13 as the youngest pianist to perform in recital at Taipei’s National Concert Hall, his annual concert tours in Taiwan have brought widespread critical acclaim. His rendition of Balakirev’s “u003cemu003eu003cspanu003eIslameyu003c/spanu003eu003c/emu003eu003cspanu003e” at the Braunschweiger Kammermusikpodium Germany at age 14 drew significant public attention and received rave reviews.u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003enu003cpu003eConcerto performances take Mr. Yen to orchestras all over the world including the u003cspanu003eRussian National Orchestrau003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003e, Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie, and the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan. He has enjoyed collaborations with many conductors, including Mikhail Pletnev, Henry Mazer, u003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eUri Mayeru003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003e, and Shao-Chia Lü.u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003enu003cpu003eMr. Yen has given concerts in leading venues worldwide, including Paris’s Salle Cortot, the Grand Philharmonic Hall in St. Petersburg, and Alice Tully Hall in New York. In recent seasons, he has been a regular participant in international music festival including the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Braunschweiger Kammermusikpodiumu003cemu003eu003cspanu003e, u003c/spanu003eu003c/emu003eu003cemu003eu003cspanu003eHolland Music Sessionsu003c/spanu003eu003c/emu003eu003cemu003eu003cspanu003e,u003c/spanu003eu003c/emu003eu003cspanu003e Sarasota Music Festival, and u003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003ePiano Festival Ferruccio Busoni.u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003enu003cpu003eu003cspanu003eMr. Yen’s debut album, released in December 2007 on Universal, earned him the award of Best Classical Performer at the 19th Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan.u003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003enu003cpu003eBorn in Taipei in 1983, Chun-Chieh began his piano studies with Mei-Fu Chen and Rolf-Peter Wille. From 1999 to 2007, his studies continued under the tutelage of Vladimir Krainev at the Hochschule für Music und Theater Hannover in Germany. During this time he won numerous prizes in competitions, including First Prize at the 4th Hamamatsu International Academy Piano Competition in Japan (1999) and Third Prize at the 4th Prokofiev International Competition in St. Petersburg (2004). He also received the u0022Prix de L’Ordre du Meriteu0022 in Luzern, where he was praised by Maestro Alexis Weissenberg.u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eIn 2007, Chun-Chieh was given a full scholarship to study with John Perry at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, where he is currently a candidate for an Artist Diploma.u003cspanu003e u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eSince the beginning of his career, Spanish-born pianist Juan Lago has attained numerous prizes in the foremost piano competitions in Spain. Most recently, he has been awarded at the XXIII Concorso Internazionale “Valsesia-Musica” in Varallo, Italy; the XX “Cidade de Ferrol” Piano Competition; the IX Premio Internazionale Pianistico “A. Scriabin” in Grosseto, Italy; and the VI “Compositores de España” International Competition of Las Rozas de Madrid. As a consequence of these successes, Juan Lago performed his first European tour and his first recording of an album for “Radio Clásica,” Spanish National Radio, featuring works by Beethoven, Scriabin, and Bartók.u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eJuan Lago has performed in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, England, Russia, Latvia, Turkey, United States, China, South Korea and all major cities in Spain as a recitalist, chamber musician and as concerto soloist playing under conductors such as Ovidiu Balan, Emin Guven Yasliçam, José Ramón Encinar, Ernest Martínez Izquierdo, Joachim Jousse, José Luis Martínez and Francisco de Gálvez among others, as well with orchestras such as the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana (Italy), “Mihail Jora” Philharmonic Orchestra of Bacau (Rumania), Çukurova State Symphony Orchestra (Turkey), Istambul Chamber Orchestra (Turkey), and the Spanish Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, Orquesta de Córdoba, Orquesta de Valencia and Orquesta Sinfónica de Málaga.u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eLago has appeared as a master artist at the Washington International Piano Festival (Washington, D.C., U.S.A.); the Festival del Mediterráneo at the Palau de les Arts (Valencia, Spain), directed by Zubin Mehta; Talent Music Summer Courses (Brescia, Italy); Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne (Germany); Musical Krasnogorsk (Moscow, Russia); Schubertiaden Schnackenburg (Germany); Festival de Vila-seca (Spain); Alion Baltic International Music Festival or Semaine Internationale Piano et musique de chambre (Blonay, Switzerland).u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eAs an avid chamber musician, Juan Lago has collaborated with violinists Vasco Vassilev, Alissa Margulis and Santiago Juan, violist Santiago Cantó, cellist Alexander Buzlov and Iván Balaguer and pianist Belén Navarro. He has presented lectures at Universidade de Aveiro (Portugal), Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln (Germany), Hochschule für Musik Aachen (Germany), Gulangyu Conservatory of Xiamen (China), Latvian Academy of Music, Riga (Latvia) or Conservatorio José Iturbi of Valencia (Spain).u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eJuan Lago is the Founder and Artistic Director of Campillos International Piano Competition since 2007, Piano Department Director of Valencia International Performance Academy and Festival (VIPA) and Artistic Director of Malaga International Piano Festival (FIPMA). In addition, he is the Artistic Director of the “Amadeus” piano concert series. He is often invited to serve as a jury member in competitions like Cantù (Italy), S. Rachmaninoff (Moscow, Russia), F. Chopin (Hartford, CT. USA), Parnassós (Monterrey, Mexico) and many others. Since 1999, Juan Lago has served as professor of piano at the “José Iturbi” Conservatory of Valencia, where he became piano department Chair in 2010. He has also been teaching piano performance at the Talent Music Master Courses in Brescia, Italy, since 2017. Up until 2023, Juan Lago has been teaching piano at the Qatar Music Academy by the Qatar Foundation. Currently he serves as faculty at u0022Escuela Superior Musical Artsu0022 in Madrid, and at Concervatorio u0022José Itrubiu0022 in Valencia. His students have been awarded numerous times in international and Spanish competitions.u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eLago holds a Master’s degree in Performance and Musical Research from the Valencia International University; an Artist Diploma from the Amsterdam Conservatorium, where he studied under the tutelage 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 (Professional Degree), where he studied with Professor Juan J. Peralta. He has also been influenced by pianists Gyorgy Sebok, Eugen Indjic, Stanislav Pochekin, Imre Rohmann, Claudio Martínez Mehner and Leonel Morales.u003c/pu003e

u003cdiv class=u0022pageu0022 title=u0022Page 2u0022u003enu003cdiv class=u0022sectionu0022u003enu003cdiv class=u0022layoutAreau0022u003enu003cdiv class=u0022columnu0022u003enu003cpu003eu003cspanu003eYuanxizi Li, main subject Professor of the Piano Academy at Gulangyu, Central Conservatory of Music. After studying under professor Klaus Baessler and professor Georg Sava, she has graduated with excellent results from the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin in Germany in u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003enu003c/divu003enu003c/divu003enu003c/divu003enu003c/divu003enu003cdiv class=u0022pageu0022 title=u0022Page 3u0022u003enu003cdiv class=u0022sectionu0022u003enu003cdiv class=u0022layoutAreau0022u003enu003cdiv class=u0022columnu0022u003enu003cpu003eu003cspanu003e2010 and obtained master’s degrees both in piano performance and in piano education. While she showed all her musical talents during her childhood, she was admitted to the Shenzhen Arts School with the first ranking, before studying under Mr. Dan Zhaoyi and Ms. Xiao Mei.u003cbr /u003eShe has won the first prize of the Steinway Piano Competition(Guangzhou), the first prize of the International Robert Schumann Competition For Young Pianists(Shenzhen) and the third prize of the Mendelssohn International Piano Competition(Berlin). Her solo and chamber music concerts were held in several countries Europe and meanwhile well received. Her students have gained numerous awards both domestic and overseas, such as the first prize of the Yamaha China Piano Competition, the youth group’s first prize of the ClaviCologne International Piano Competition(Germany) in 2015, the first prize of the Granada International Piano Competition(Spain) in 2016, Sumy International Piano Competition(Ukraine) in 2017 etc.u003cbr /u003eNowaways she remains active in a lot of European music festivals and competitions, at the same time, the Jury of The Granada piano competition in Spainu003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003e，u003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eMozart Piano competition in Aachen,the Campillos competition in Spain,the Chopin Competition in USA.she serves also as a classical music columnist. In order to inspire students to pursue higher level of music and to create a more fresh music life for the new generation of students, she pioneered in 2016 a series of academic lectures designed for students studying music in China, which were high praised by peers and parents and also popular with studentsu003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003e. u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003enu003c/divu003enu003c/divu003enu003c/divu003enu003c/divu003e

u003cpu003eu003cspanu003eBorn in Málaga, in 1973, Mr Abalos began his musical training at the age of nine, always obtaining the highest grades. In 1984 he won the First Prize at the u0022Marisa Montielu0022 National Piano Competition (Linares, Spain), also getting the “Musicality trophy” (children’s level).u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003enu003cpu003eu003cspanu003eHe finished his elementary music school studies being awarded with the Honor Prize, under the tutelage of Mrs. Julia Casquero. In January 1990 he won the First Prize at the u0022Gregorio Baudotu0022 National Piano Competition in Ferrol (La Coruña, Spain).u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003enu003cpu003eu003cspanu003eIn May 1991, she obtained the Third Prize at  u0022Marisa Montielu0022 National Piano Competition, (Youth Level).u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003enu003cpu003eu003cspanu003eIn 1992 he won the First Prize (for solo piano) at Muestra de Jóvenes Intérpretes (Málaga Young Performers Contest); for this reason he made his début at Teatro Cervantes, Málaga, Spain).u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003enu003cpu003eu003cspanu003eHe ended his Piano Intermediate Grade being awarded with Honorary Mention, as student of professor Mr. Horacio Socías (Conservatorio Superior de Música de Málaga). He also obtained Intermediate Grade Honor Prize at Chamber Music Department.u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003enu003cpu003eu003cspanu003eIn 1993, he won the Second Prize at Muestra de Jóvenes Intérpretes (Málaga Young Performers Contest). This year, he also got Honorary Mention at “Albacete Piano National Competition” (organized by Jeunesses Musicales of Albacete, Spain).u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003enu003cpu003eu003cspanu003eIn 1994, he got the First Prize at Málaga Young Performers – High Level, this time competing against other instrumentalists. For this reason he took part in the recording of a CD, and offered a Concert at Teatro Cervantes in Málaga.u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003enu003cpu003eu003cspanu003eHe has attended Piano Workshops with Professors Giovanni Carmassi, Greorgy Sándor, Manuel Carra, Guillermo González, Ana Guijarro, Leonel Morales, Pilar Bilbao, Almudena Cano, and others.u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003enu003cpu003eu003cspanu003eIn 1993-94 academic year, he graduated at Conservatory of Music of Málaga, getting his Piano Degree with Honorary Mention, being his teacher Mr. José Felipe Díaz Álvarez-Estrada.u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003enu003cpu003eu003cspanu003eHe has been a finalist at the National Competitions of Granada, Melilla, Carlet (Valencia) and Albacete; being awarded with the Fourth Prize at Albacete last two editions. He has performed in a Young Talents Series organized by Jeunesses Musicales of Seville.u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003enu003cpu003eu003cspanu003eHe obtained the Third Prize at the National Piano Competition City of Albacete.u003c/spanu003eu003cbr /u003eu003cspanu003eHe has completed his studies along two years in Seville, with Mrs. Pilar Bilbao, Professor and Concert Pianist.u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003enu003cpu003eu003cspanu003eHe has collaborated with the Opera Choir of Málaga as Master Repetiteur. He has also been a jury member at different national and international piano competitions.u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003enu003cpu003eu003cspanu003eHe has also been invited as a professor in several piano workshops and festivals. He has performed as a concerto soloist with some orchestras, under the direction of conductors such as Octav Calleya, Dorian Wilson, Francisco de Gálvez, Juan Baeza, Maria del Mar Muñoz, Alberto Navarrete, etc. always playing successfully.u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003enu003cpu003eu003cspanu003eHe is President of the Malaga Piano Association and General Director of the Malaga International Piano Festival (FIPMA).u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003enu003cpu003eu003cspanu003eHe is currently a Piano Teacher at the Professional Conservatory of Music u0022Manuel Carrau0022 in Malaga.u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e