Juan Lago
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From the very beginning of his career, Spanish-born pianist Juan Lago has achieved numerous awards in leading piano competitions in Spain. Moreover, he has been awarded 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 with orchestras such as the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana (Italy), “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 Sinfónica de Málaga, conducted by Ovidiu Balan, Emin Guven Yasliçam, José Ramón Encinar, Ernest Martínez Izquierdo, José Luis Martínez, and Francisco de Gálvez, among others. Lago has performed and conducted master classes at the Washington International Piano Festival (Washington, D.C., USA); Festival del Mediterráneo at the Palau de les Arts (Valencia, Spain), under the direction of Zubin Mehta; Talent Music Summer Courses (Brescia, Italy); Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne (Germany); Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester, UK); Festival de Vila-seca (Spain); Alion Baltic International Music Festival (Riga, Latvia); Chetham´s International Piano Summer School (Manchester, UK); Semaine Internationale Piano et musique de chambre (Blonay, Switzerland); and the Todi International Music Masters. As a devoted chamber musician, Juan Lago has collaborated with violinists Vasco Vassilev, Alissa Margulis, and Santiago Juan; violist Santiago Cantó; cellists Alexander Buzlov and Iván Balaguer; and pianist Belén Navarro. Juan Lago serves as the Founder and Artistic Director of the Campillos International Piano Competition since 2007, the Piano Department Director of the Valencia International Performing Arts Summer Festival (VIPA), and the Artistic Director of the Malaga International Piano Festival (FIPMA). He frequently participates as a jury member in competitions like Cantù or A. Scriabin (Italy), James Mottram (Manchester, UK). Juan Lago has been teaching piano at the “José Iturbi” Conservatory of Valencia, the Talent Music Master Courses University of Brescia, Italy, and the Qatar Music Academy. His students have consistently excelled in international and Spanish competitions. 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 been influenced from pianists Gyorgy Sebok, Eugen Indjic, Stanislav Pochekin, Imre Rohmann, and Claudio Martínez Mehner. |