Ángel Cabrera Alguacil

Award winner at the 1st José Iturbi International Music Competition of America, 16th José Iturbi Valencia International Piano Competition, 9th Grieg Oslo International Piano Competition and laureatte for his performances of Spanish Music, Frederick Chopin and Edvard Gieg, Ángel Cabrera is internationally acclaimed as one of the best pianists of his generation, “raising respect in his performances for his delicacy and vitality and standing out for his intimate and colouristic sound” in words of specialised critics.

He was born in Guadalajara, Spain. He studied with Esther Zillarbide at the conservatory of his hometown, with Fernando Puchol at Madrid’s Royal Conservatory of Music and with Galina Eguiazarova at the Reina Sofía School of Music, receiving from Her Majesty Queen Sofía the Diploma to the most outstanding student, and obtaining his bachelor’s degree with an end of studies award. He furthered his studies with Boris Bloch at Folkwang Universität de Künste in Essen, Germany, obtaining the prestigious Soloist Diploma. At the same time, he received guidance from Aldo Ciccolini, Rosalyn Tureck, Krystian Zimerman, Martha Gulyas, Vitaly Margulis, Claude Frank, and Peter Serkin, among others.

Since his debut at Madrid’s National Auditorium within the 21st Century Soloists series, Ángel Cabrera begins an intense artistic career appearing in most countries in Europe, North of Africa, Middle East, Asia, and America, performing at prestigious international festivals such as the Ruhr Klavier Festival in Essen, Society of Concerts in Fribourg, Montepellier Festival, Academie Musicale in Villecroze, Santander Encounter of Music and Academy, Al Bustan Festival in Lebanon, Argel International Cultural Festival of Music, Chopin Unwrapped London, and Tanglewood Festival in the United States.

He usually performs in concert halls such as Madrid’s National Auditorium, Valencia’s Palau de la Música, Cantabria’s Palacio de Festivales, Bern’s Konzerthaus, Dortmund’s Koncerthaus, Oslo’s Concert House, Los Angeles’ Arnold Schoenberg Hall, Seiji Ozawa Hall in Tanglewood, Shanghai Symphony Concert Hall, Beijing Concert Hall, and La Scala in Milan.

As soloist, he has appeared, among others, with orchestras such as ESMRS, Valencia’s Philharmonic Orchestra, Dortmund Symphony Orchestra and Tanglewood’s TMC Orchestra conducted by Cristian Macelaru, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Juanjo Mena, George Alexander Albrecht, and Max Bragado.

Besides his numerous live recordings for RNE, RTVE, Radia France, Classicsfm and Canal Internacional, among his most recent CD recordings are Songs of Paolo Tosti with Francisco Corujo, the entire collection of songs by F. Chopin with Iwona Sobotka and Cabrera plays Debussy for the Playclassics label.