Alfonso Gómez (pianist)

Alfonso Gómez 2012.

Alfonso Gómez Ruiz de Arcaute (born 1978 in Vitoria , Álava , Spain ) is a Spanish-German pianist .

Life

Alfonso Gómez studied at the Conservatory of Vitoria with Patricia Escudero and Albert Nieto, at the Conservatory of Rotterdam Aquiles delle-Vigne and at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg with Tibor Szász .

He also received lessons from Vitali Margulis, Jacques Rouvier , Éric Haedsieck, Jan Wijn, Gilead Mishory and Galina Egiazarova, as well as chamber music lessons from Rainer Kussmaul , Jörg Widmann , Jean-Jacques Kantorow , Donald Weilerstein and Juanjo Mena.

After his studies an active concert career began in Spain, France, Belgium, Holland, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Ukraine, the USA, Canada, Mexico, Taiwan and South Korea. As a soloist, he has performed with orchestras such as the Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt , Basque National Orchestra, Euro-Asian Philharmonic, Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, Homburger Symphonieorchester, Orquesta Sinfónica Europea, Rotterdam Young Philharmonic, Orkest van Utrecht, Aita Donosti Chamber Orchestra, Gyeonggi Philharmonic and Incheon Philharmonic Conductors such as Hans Graf, Roy Goodman , Jurjen Hempel , Nanse Gum, Juanjo Mena, Jonathan Kaell, Ernest Martínez Izquierdo, Scott Sandmeier.

He has won numerous competitions, including first prizes in competitions such as “J. Françaix ”(París),“ Ciudad de Guernika ”,“ Alter Musici ”(Cartagena) and“ Gerardo Diego ”(Soria). In Rotterdam he received the "Erasmus Kamermuziekprijs". Alfonso Gómez is actively involved in the field of contemporary music and has premiered numerous works by various composers.

His discography includes ten CDs for the record companies EROL, Ad libitum, Coviello Classic, Orpheus, KAIROS and Sinkro Records. His CD "Ramón Lazkano, piano works" (KAIROS) was awarded the "Grand Prix du Disque Musique Contemporaine de l'académie Charles Cros 2019" in Paris.

He is currently professor for piano with a focus on new music at the University of Music Freiburg and lecturer at the University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart.

Discography

2000: Jean Françaix, L'oeuvre pour piano , Erol, París
2007: Remembranza , Ad Libitum (complete piano works by Pedro Blanco)
2007: Morfología Sonora , Sinkro Records (works by Carmelo Bernaola, Zuriñe F. Gerenabarrena, Gabriel Erkoreka, Antonio Lauzurika, Alfonso García de la Torre, Sergio Gutiérrez and Virginia Mauleón)
2009: Piano Recital , Sinkro Records (works by Enrique Granados, Isaac Albéniz, Joaquín Turina, Pedro Blanco and Manuel de Falla)
2010: Félix Ibarrondo: L'oeuvre pour piano , Sinkro Records
2011: Claude Debussy: Preludes, Sinkro Records
2013: Bakarrizketak-Monólogos , Sinkro Records (works by F. Ibarrondo, L. de Pablo, G. Lauzurika, R. Lazkano, S. Martínez, JM Sánchez-Verdú and A. Edler-Copes)
2019: Ramon Lazkano, piano works . KAIROS, Vienna. (Grand Prix du Disque Musique Contemporaine de l'académie Charles Cros 2019).
2019: Maurice Ravel, complete works for solo piano . Coviello Classic, Darmstadt.
2020: Teresa Catalán, piano works . Orpheus Classics, Madrid.

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personal data
SURNAME	Gomez, Alfonso
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gómez Ruiz de Arcaute, Alfonso (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Spanish pianist
DATE OF BIRTH	1978
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vitoria , Álava , Spain