Horacio Lavandera
Encyclopedia
Horacio Lavandera is an Argentine
pianist
, born in Buenos Aires
in December, 1984, who is currently residing in Madrid
, Spain
. As the youngest competitor, he won the International Piano
Competition Umberto Micheli at the age of sixteen, held at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatoire and in Teatro della Scala
in Milan
(Italy
), playing a diverse repertoire, including pieces from baroque
to contemporary music. He was also awarded a Special Prize of the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala. Many important musicians of the current musical scene were on the Jury, including Luciano Berio
, Maurizio Pollini
, Luis de Pablo, Michel Beroff, Charles Rosen
and Alexis Weissenberg. The Honorary Committee included Maestro Abbado, Boulez, Metha, Muti and Barenboim. From this moment on, he has been invited to perform as a soloist with prestigious orchestras, as well as to offer recitals in America, Europe and Asia.
In August 2004, he was awarded by the German contemporary composer Karlheinz Stockhausen
for his interpretation of his works during his Courses in Kürten (Germany). He has been selected as an active student in Mtro. Maurizio Pollini’s Master Classes inside the Festival of Lucerne 2004 (Switzerland). He has also been given the prize “El Primer Palau 2004” (The First Palau) by Orfeó Català Foundation – Palau de la Música Catalana and Mitsubishi Electric.
At early ages he had already captured public attention by winning several first prizes in important national competitions, including the 10º Competition ‘Meeting of Children and Young Musicians’ (Córdoba, Argentina), and the Vº Biennial Youth Competition 99/00, sponsored by Shell CAPSA, the latter including a jury composed by Maestros Martin Lovett
, Malcolm Binns and Elizabeth Robson.
Some other awards include: “Best New Artist in Classical Music” in the “Vº Awards for Arts and Entertainment”, organized by the prestigious Argentine newspaper “El Clarín”, the scholarship of the “Fondo Nacional de las Artes” (National Fund of Arts, Argentina) and JCI (Junior Chamber International) prize as one of TOYP (The outstanding young persons) winners 2004 in Argentina in the field “Cultural Achievements”.
He has performed as a soloist with prestigious orchestras, including the Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Filarmonica della Scala, Orquesta de la Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
, London
Chamber Pleyers, YOA Orchestra of the Americas
, Orquestra do Norte of Portugal
, Orquesta Sinfónica de la Ciudad de Oviedo, Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Argentina, Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa, among others. He has also been under the baton of outstanding Maestros, such as Charles Dutoit
, Antonio Pappano
, Benjamin Zander, Christopher Wilkins, George Pehlivanian, Anton Nanut, Martin Sieghart, Arthur Fagen, Terje Mikkelsen, David Murphy, among others.
He has played in the Teatro Alla Scala (Milan), Salle Olivier Messiaen
-Radio France (Paris), Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires), Herkulesaal (Munich), Wigmore Hall (London), Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome), Jordan Hall (Boston), International Piano Festival La Roque d’Antheron, Teatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro), Teatro Alpha (São Paulo), Teatro Teresa Carreño (Caracas), Teatro Malibrán (Venice), Auditorio Nacional de Música (Madrid), Auditorio de Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canarian Islands), Auditorio de Galicia (S. de Compostela), Palau de la Musica Catalana (Barcelona), Luzern Saal (Lucerne), Auditorio ‘Príncipe Felipe’ (Oviedo), Grande Auditório Europarque (Porto), Martha Argerich
Festival (Buenos Aires), Hamarikyu Asahi Hall (Tokyo) among others.
and sponsored by Shell, it includes pieces by Mozart, Chopin, Berg
and Ginastera. As an invited soloist of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas – Inaugural Tour 2002 -, he recorded Beethoven’s Concerto No. 4. His last CD, “The three Bs”, includes works by Bach
, Brahms and Beethoven. It was recorded live for Testigo during the season of Festivales Musicales de Buenos Aires 2005, and was sponsored by Supervielle Bank.
. He was also advised by great maestros such as Daniel Barenboim
, Martha Argerich, Charles Rosen. In July 2001 he was awarded a scholarship by the Italian Embassy and the CIDIM (‘Comitato Nazionale Italiano Musica’) to take part of a seminary given by Maestro Maurizio Pollini in the Accademia Musicale Chigiana
in Siena (Italy). In October 2003, he was awarded a scholarship by Juventudes Musicales de Madrid to take the post-graduate course of Piano Interpretation at the University of Alcalá (Spain), under the guidance of Maestro Josep Colom, with whom he studies with currently.
Simultaneously, he has been working with the composers Karlheinz Stockhausen, Marlos Nobre, Esteban Benzecry
, Joan Guinjoan, Richard Dubugnon, Guillaume Connesson, Atsuhiko Gondai, and Mauricio Kagel
.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
pianist
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, born in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
in December, 1984, who is currently residing in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. As the youngest competitor, he won the International Piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
Competition Umberto Micheli at the age of sixteen, held at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatoire and in Teatro della Scala
La Scala
La Scala , is a world renowned opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the New Royal-Ducal Theatre at La Scala...
in Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
(Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
), playing a diverse repertoire, including pieces from baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
to contemporary music. He was also awarded a Special Prize of the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala. Many important musicians of the current musical scene were on the Jury, including Luciano Berio
Luciano Berio
Luciano Berio, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian composer. He is noted for his experimental work and also for his pioneering work in electronic music.-Biography:Berio was born at Oneglia Luciano Berio, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (October 24, 1925 – May 27, 2003) was an Italian...
, Maurizio Pollini
Maurizio Pollini
Maurizio Pollini is an Italian classical pianist.- Biography and career :Pollini was born in Milan to the Italian rationalist architect Gino Pollini. Maurizio studied piano first with Carlo Lonati, until the age of 13, then with Carlo Vidusso, until he was 18...
, Luis de Pablo, Michel Beroff, Charles Rosen
Charles Rosen
Charles Rosen is an American pianist and author on music.-Life and career:In his youth he studied piano with Moriz Rosenthal. Rosenthal, born in 1862, had been a student of Franz Liszt...
and Alexis Weissenberg. The Honorary Committee included Maestro Abbado, Boulez, Metha, Muti and Barenboim. From this moment on, he has been invited to perform as a soloist with prestigious orchestras, as well as to offer recitals in America, Europe and Asia.
In August 2004, he was awarded by the German contemporary composer Karlheinz Stockhausen
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Karlheinz Stockhausen was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. Another critic calls him "one of the great visionaries of 20th-century music"...
for his interpretation of his works during his Courses in Kürten (Germany). He has been selected as an active student in Mtro. Maurizio Pollini’s Master Classes inside the Festival of Lucerne 2004 (Switzerland). He has also been given the prize “El Primer Palau 2004” (The First Palau) by Orfeó Català Foundation – Palau de la Música Catalana and Mitsubishi Electric.
At early ages he had already captured public attention by winning several first prizes in important national competitions, including the 10º Competition ‘Meeting of Children and Young Musicians’ (Córdoba, Argentina), and the Vº Biennial Youth Competition 99/00, sponsored by Shell CAPSA, the latter including a jury composed by Maestros Martin Lovett
Martin Lovett
Martin Lovett is an English cellist, known as the cellist with the Amadeus Quartet.When he was 11, his father, a cellist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, gave him his first lessons. At 15, he won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music in London. He joined the Amadeus Quartet at the age...
, Malcolm Binns and Elizabeth Robson.
Some other awards include: “Best New Artist in Classical Music” in the “Vº Awards for Arts and Entertainment”, organized by the prestigious Argentine newspaper “El Clarín”, the scholarship of the “Fondo Nacional de las Artes” (National Fund of Arts, Argentina) and JCI (Junior Chamber International) prize as one of TOYP (The outstanding young persons) winners 2004 in Argentina in the field “Cultural Achievements”.
He has performed as a soloist with prestigious orchestras, including the Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Filarmonica della Scala, Orquesta de la Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Santa Cecilia
Santa Cecilia is a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 118 inhabitants....
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
Chamber Pleyers, YOA Orchestra of the Americas
YOA Orchestra of the Americas
Led by Artistic Advisor, Plácido Domingo, YOA Orchestra of the Americas is a multicultural symphony orchestra of 100 musicians, ages 18 to 30, from more than 20 countries of the Western Hemisphere. Musicians are selected through a rigorous audition process at local, national and international...
, Orquestra do Norte of Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, Orquesta Sinfónica de la Ciudad de Oviedo, Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Argentina, Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa, among others. He has also been under the baton of outstanding Maestros, such as Charles Dutoit
Charles Dutoit
Charles Édouard Dutoit, is a Swiss conductor, particularly noted for his interpretations of French and Russian 20th century music...
, Antonio Pappano
Antonio Pappano
Antonio Pappano is a British conductor and pianist of Italian parentage.Pappano's family relocated to England from Castelfranco in Miscano near Benevento, Italy in 1958 and at the time of his birth his parents worked in the restaurant business, but Pasquale Pappano, his father, was by vocation a...
, Benjamin Zander, Christopher Wilkins, George Pehlivanian, Anton Nanut, Martin Sieghart, Arthur Fagen, Terje Mikkelsen, David Murphy, among others.
He has played in the Teatro Alla Scala (Milan), Salle Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen was a French composer, organist and ornithologist, one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex ; harmonically and melodically it is based on modes of limited transposition, which he abstracted from his early compositions and improvisations...
-Radio France (Paris), Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires), Herkulesaal (Munich), Wigmore Hall (London), Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome), Jordan Hall (Boston), International Piano Festival La Roque d’Antheron, Teatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro), Teatro Alpha (São Paulo), Teatro Teresa Carreño (Caracas), Teatro Malibrán (Venice), Auditorio Nacional de Música (Madrid), Auditorio de Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canarian Islands), Auditorio de Galicia (S. de Compostela), Palau de la Musica Catalana (Barcelona), Luzern Saal (Lucerne), Auditorio ‘Príncipe Felipe’ (Oviedo), Grande Auditório Europarque (Porto), Martha Argerich
Martha Argerich
Martha Argerich is an Argentine pianist.-Early life:Argerich was born in Buenos Aires and started playing the piano at age three...
Festival (Buenos Aires), Hamarikyu Asahi Hall (Tokyo) among others.
Recordings
His first CD, ‘Debut’, released in 2000 for the label TestigoTestigo
Testigo is a regional news program aired over GMA-5 Davao, GMA-12 Cagayan de Oro and GMA-8 General Santos. The newscast airs every weekdays before 24 Oras. And also simulcasts on DXGM-AM....
and sponsored by Shell, it includes pieces by Mozart, Chopin, Berg
Alban Berg
Alban Maria Johannes Berg was an Austrian composer. He was a member of the Second Viennese School with Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, and produced compositions that combined Mahlerian Romanticism with a personal adaptation of Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique.-Early life:Berg was born in...
and Ginastera. As an invited soloist of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas – Inaugural Tour 2002 -, he recorded Beethoven’s Concerto No. 4. His last CD, “The three Bs”, includes works by Bach
Bạch
Bạch is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Bai in Chinese and Baek, in Korean.Bach is the anglicized variation of the surname Bạch.-Notable people with the surname Bạch:* Bạch Liêu...
, Brahms and Beethoven. It was recorded live for Testigo during the season of Festivales Musicales de Buenos Aires 2005, and was sponsored by Supervielle Bank.
Biography
From a very early age, he started studying music with his father, a percussionist, who taught him the basis of percussion and theory of music. He started his piano studies at the age of seven under pianist Martha Freigido, who graduated from Scaramuzza’s school of music. Five years later, he furthered his musical training with Maestro Antonio De Raco. He has taken composition and analysis classes with Mrs. Graciela Tarchini, Professor of Musical Analysis and Resident Composer of the University of Buenos AiresUniversity of Buenos Aires
The University of Buenos Aires is the largest university in Argentina and the largest university by enrollment in Latin America. Founded on August 12, 1821 in the city of Buenos Aires, it consists of 13 faculties, 6 hospitals, 10 museums and is linked to 4 high schools: Colegio Nacional de Buenos...
. He was also advised by great maestros such as Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim, KBE is an Argentinian-Israeli pianist and conductor. He has served as music director of several major symphonic and operatic orchestras and made numerous recordings....
, Martha Argerich, Charles Rosen. In July 2001 he was awarded a scholarship by the Italian Embassy and the CIDIM (‘Comitato Nazionale Italiano Musica’) to take part of a seminary given by Maestro Maurizio Pollini in the Accademia Musicale Chigiana
Accademia Musicale Chigiana
The Accademia Musicale Chigiana is a music institute in Siena, Italy. It was founded by Count Guido Chigi Saracini in 1932 as an international centre for advanced musical studies. It organises Master Classes in the major musical instruments as well as singing, conducting and composition...
in Siena (Italy). In October 2003, he was awarded a scholarship by Juventudes Musicales de Madrid to take the post-graduate course of Piano Interpretation at the University of Alcalá (Spain), under the guidance of Maestro Josep Colom, with whom he studies with currently.
Simultaneously, he has been working with the composers Karlheinz Stockhausen, Marlos Nobre, Esteban Benzecry
Esteban Benzecry
Esteban Benzecry is an Argentine classical composer.-Early years:Argentinean composer born in Lisbon in 1970 , after growing up in Argentina he has lived in France since 1997, and obtained French nationality in 2011....
, Joan Guinjoan, Richard Dubugnon, Guillaume Connesson, Atsuhiko Gondai, and Mauricio Kagel
Mauricio Kagel
Mauricio Kagel was a German-Argentine composer. He was notable for his interest in developing the theatrical side of musical performance .-Biography:...
.