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Alejandro Picó-Leonís

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Alejandro Picó-Leonís was born in Alicante (Spain), and began his piano studies at the age of seven. He studied at the "Conservatorio de Música Oscar Esplá" in his hometown, and later with Consolación de Castro in Madrid. At the age of seventeen he continued his formation in the USA as a student of Prof. Ubaldo Díaz-Acosta, a pupil of Alicia de Larrocha and Claudio Arrau. He holds a B.M. and a M.A. from Hunter College of the City University of New York.He has also participated in Masterclasses with Karl-Ulrich Schnabel, Mayda Prado, Norman Shetler and Graham Johnson.1996 marked his concerto debut with the Albéniz Chamber Orchestra in New York City, performing Mozart’s Concerto in A major (KV 414) and Turina’s Rapsodia sinfónica (op. 66). Since then he has appeared as a soloist with the European Symphony Orchestra, the Hunter Symphony Orchestra, the Albéniz Symphony Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Alicante, the Orchestre Symphonique de Montbéliard and the Blutenburg Kammerphilharmonie München. His orchestral repertoire ranges from the piano concertos of Mozart and Beethoven to the Spanish and American repertoire, including Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” and de Falla’s “Noches en los Jardines de España”. After winning Artist International's New York Debut Award, Alejandro Picó-Leonís made his Carnegie Hall recital debut in 2002, where he was acclaimed for his “enormous musical seriousness, stylistic knowledge full of multiple colors and beautiful sound” (El Diario). Further recitals in the US have followed at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Kaye Playhouse, Steinway Hall, the Kosciuszko Foundation and the Auditorium of the United Nations, among others. In Europe he has performed widely, including at the renowned Musikverein in Vienna and Gasteig in Munich.His Debut recording "Variations" was released by Oehms Classics on February 2011, and includes works by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn and Chopin.

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"SCHUBERT - WINTERREISE" "SCHUBERT - DIE SCHÖNE MÜLLERIN" "SCHUMANN - DICHTERLIEBE" "GRANADOS - GOYESCAS" "GRANADOS - TONADILLAS" "LISZT 1811-2011" Invocation* Organ Prelude & Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 by J. S. Bach(transcribed for the piano by Franz Liszt) Transcendental Etudes, S139 N°1 Prelude N°2 N°3 Paysage N°8 Wilde Jagd Chapelle de Guillaume Tell° Vallée d'Obermann° Funéraillles* * from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S173 ° from Années de pèlerinage I "Suisse", S160 "MOZART/BEETHOVEN" MOZART Fantasia in C minor, KV 475 MOZART Sonata in C minor, KV 457 BEETHOVEN Andante favori in F, WoO 57 BEETHOVEN Sonata in C major, op. 53 "Waldstein" "VARIATIONS" (OEHMS CLASSICS 775 - Released on February 2011) MOZART Nine Variations in D major on a Minuet by J. P. Duport, KV 573 BEETHOVEN 32 Variations in C minor, WoO 80 SCHUMANN Theme and Variations on the Name 'Abegg', Op. 1 SCHUBERT Impromptu in B-flat major, D935/3 Theme (Andante) with Variations MENDELSOHNN Variations sérieuses, op. 54 CHOPIN Berceuse, op. 5