Gabriel Escudero, Piano
Performances by Gabriel Escudero
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| Frédéric Chopin | Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 55 No. 2 | 03/02/2010 |
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| Frédéric Chopin | Piano Concerto No. 1 in e minor, Op. 11 | 07/01/2009 |
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| Frédéric Chopin | Polonaise Op. 44 in f-sharp minor | 03/02/2010 |
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| Frédéric Chopin | Nocturne in c-sharp minor Op. Posth. | 03/02/2010 |
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| Franz Liszt | Spanish Rhapsody | 03/02/2010 |
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| Sergei Rachmaninov | Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18 | 07/01/2009 |
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| Sergei Prokofiev | Sonata No. 4 in C minor, op. 29 | 05/02/2009 |
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| Sergei Rachmaninov | Prelude Op. 32, No. 10, in b minor | 04/26/2009 |
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| Claude Debussy | Reflets dans l’eau, from Images, Book 1 | 04/26/2009 |
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| Enrique Granados | Quejas, o la Maja y el Ruiseñor, from Goyescas | 04/26/2009 |
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Gabriel Escudero (gabitico), Piano
Biography
Born in 1982, Gabriel Escudero started playing the piano at the age of six. Mr. Escudero has been awarded many prizes from various competitions such as 1st prize in the Young Artist Competition in Murcia and the Best National Instrumentalist (1996), 2nd prize in “The Ruperto Chapi” Piano Competition, 1st prize in the “Ciutat de Manresa” piano competition, 1st prize at the “Infanta Cristina” Piano Competition, Special Steinway & Sons prize (1998), and 1st prize at the “Ciutat de Xativa” Piano Competition (2001). As an award from the above competitions, he has had the chance to perform in many halls in Europe and the United States (Madrid, Murcia, Burgos, Albacete, Valencia, Oviedo, Hamburg, New York, Chicago...)
He has performed under the baton of conductors such as Jose Rodilla, Virginia Martinez and Martin Baeza among others. Furthermore, he has recorded for RNE and TVE (National Spanish Radio and Television) solo works by Brahms, and works with orchestra by Chopin and Rachmaninov. He has been reviewed and mentioned many times in newspapers (La Verdad, El Pais, ABC…) as one of the most talented young Spanish pianist.
In February 2009, he premiered pieces by American composers such as Doug Opel and Bruce Stark at the contemporary music festival Keys to the Future in New York. Mr. Escudero has also premiered works by Mateo Soto (Spanish young composer) for whom some works have been dedicated.
Mr. Escudero has been taking part in the Mannes Festival. His appearances included many halls in New York such as Carnegie Hall, Cervantes Institute, The Queen Sofia Institute, The Skandinavian House, The Polish Consulate and The New York Historical Society Museum.
He has also performed at international music festivals, including the opening concert at the Burgos International Music Festival. In July 2009 he appeared as the invited soloist artist with the Kammerensemble from the Berlin Opera Orchestra performing Beethoven´s fourth piano concerto at the closing concert of the 1st International Music Festival in Almansa (Spain).
Since 2006, Gabriel lives in New York (USA), being a scholarship student at the Manhattan School of Music where he earned his Master’s degree with pedagogue Arkady Aronov. In September 2008, Gabriel entered the Mannes College as a full scholarship student. Having received a Goldsmith Foundation Award and a Schonberg stipend, he earned the Professional Studies Diploma in 2010. He is currently pursuing the Doctorate degree at Manhattan School of Music.
Gabriel has also worked and received advice from renowned artists like Eldar Nebolsin or Yefim Bronfman.