Daniel del Pino in Chicago

Daniel del Pino, one of the leading Spanish concert pianists, plays music by Isaac Albéniz and Franz Liszt at PianoForte Studios.

Spanish pianist Daniel del Pino is a frequent guest at numerous festivals worldwide, including the Chamber Music International (Dallas, USA), and Newport Music Festival (USA), where he has performed for 15 consecutive years. He has been an adjudicator at numerous national and international piano competitions, and since 2010 he serves as the Artistic Director of Cita con los Clásicos concert series in Guadarrama (Madrid).

His performances have been heard in the most prestigious venues all over Europe, Morocco, Tunisia, all over the Midle-East, Gabon, Kazakhstan, Japan, Taiwán, Brazil, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Australia and the U.S.A.. He has been a soloist with several Symphonies Orchestras.

Daniel del Pino was born in Lebanon in 1972 of Spanish parents. He started his piano studies in Rabat (Morocco), then at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Musica of Madrid (Spain), Yale University and at Southern Methodist University in Dallas (USA). His teachers were Marisa Villalba, Julián López-Gimeno, Peter Frankl and Joaquín Achúcarro. He was a Piano Professor at the Toledo Conservatory in Spain and is currently part of the Faculty at Musikene (Superior Conservatory of the Basque Country).

Program

• Albéniz, from Suite Española: Sevilla, Asturias & Aragón.
• Albéniz, from Suite Iberia (second book): Rondeña, Almería &Triana.
• Liszt: Three Sonets of Petrarca.
• Liszt: Sonata quasi Fantasia “Après une lecture du Dante”.