Acclaimed Spanish pianist Alberto Urroz is a solo artist, also active as chamber and vocal collaborator, who has delighted audiences and critics throughout Europe, Asia and America.
A successful debut in 2008 at New York’s Carnegie Hall boosted his international career, been commissioned by important cultural institutions such as the Prado Museum, Madrid National Auditorium, Conde Duque Auditorium, the Santander and Peralada International Festivals, the Royal San Fernando Fine Arts Academy, the Juan March Foundation, the Cervantes Institute in Berlin, Lisbon and Manila, Festival Percusos and Festival Terras Sem Sombra in Portugal; the Roma International Piano Competition and the Music Talent Festival in Brescia, Italy; the German Embassy in Madrid; the Las Canals, Binic and Hyères Festivals in France; the Piano Week Festival in Denmark; Iberian Foundation for Spanish Music, La Maison Française (NYU) and the Georgia State University in USA; the Italian Culture Institute in Madrid, Lisbon and Strasburg, etc. He has performed in such halls as the Madrid National Auditorium, Conde Duque Cultural Centre, Museo del Prado Auditorium, the Gayarre Theatre, the Santander Festivals’ Palace, Manuel de Falla Auditorium, the Weill Recital Hall and Elebash Recital Hall (NY), Salle du Munsterhof (Strasburg), Bolivar Hall (London), the Sejong Center (Seoul), Kopleff Recital Hall (Atlanta), the Oslo Music Academy, the Amsterdam Conservatory, the Tel Aviv Philarmonie, the CCP (Manila), etc.
Mr. Urroz’s discography includes his first solo album “Spain Envisioned”, “Scarlatti Sonatas” and “Brahms Complete Violin Sonatas” with Vadim Tchijik, all on Ibs label and “Pauline Inspired: melodies by and for Pauline Viardot” with mezzo Laure de Marcellus on Centaur Records. Two new recordings have been released on Ibs: a selection of unknown XIX Century Spanish violin and piano sonatas with violinist David Santacecilia and the long-awaited recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations.
Alberto Urroz is Founder and Artistic Director of the Mendigorria International Music Festival in Spain. President of EPTA Spain, he was appointed EPTA European President in 2021. Dr. Urroz was granted an honorary award to the best Doctoral Thesis for his dissertation “Optimization of the didactic-learning process of piano technique” (UAX, 2017) and he is piano professor at Alfonso X University, Forum Musikae and Arturo Soria Conservatory in Madrid. He has also been cofounder and Artistic Director of the I Madrid Shigeru Kawai Piano Competition and he is regularly invited as a piano teacher, lecturer and jury in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Albania, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, USA and South Korea. Alberto Urroz studied at Madrid Royal Conservatory, Tel Aviv University and in New York City with Joaquín Soriano, Pnina Salzman, György Sándor and Oxana Yablonskaya.
