Andrés Navarro

Andrés Navarro

Andrés Navarro is a young pianist who strives to convey, in each of his performances, the wealth of feelings and emotions embedded in the musical repertoire created throughout history and which forms part of our cultural heritage. He approaches the composer’s musical vision with the utmost honesty and simplicity, thereby becoming the bridge that links the composer with the audience.

Throughout his career, he has performed in various countries across Europe and Latin America, including Austria, Argentina, Belgium, Colombia, Hungary, Norway, England, Portugal, and Spain, in venues such as Wigmore Hall in London, the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid, Grand Salle du Conservatoire de Bruxelles, Palau de la Música Catalana, Teatro Real in Madrid, Teatros del Canal, Stavanger Konserthus, Palau de la Música in Valencia, the National Museum of Colombia, Teatro Monumental, the Palacio de Festivales de Santander, Wiener Saal of the Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg, and the Teatro del Libertador in Córdoba (Argentina).

He has received numerous awards, including the Critics' Prize and the Accésit Prize with the Trío Ramales at “El Primer Palau,” First Prize at the “Ecoparque de Trasmiera International Chamber Music Competition,” Second Prize and Best Performance of a Spanish Work at the “Antón García Abril International Chamber Music Competition,” First Prize at the “Piano Meeting de Ourense,” Honorable Mention at the “Alcobaça International Chamber Music Competition,” and was a finalist at the “ParkHouse Award” in London. Most recently, he was awarded Third Prize at the Paderewski International Piano Competition in the United States. He is currently an Artist-in-Residence at the Centro de Estudios Pianísticos for the 2020–2021 season.

He has also performed as a soloist with several orchestras, including the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre de la Haute École de Musique de Genève, the World Youth Day Orchestra, the Reina Sofía School of Music Symphony Orchestra, the Santa Cecilia Orchestra, and the Amaniel Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of conductors such as Juanjo Mena and Francisco Valero.

Driven by a desire to seek the finest influences to complement his training, he has participated in numerous advanced masterclasses in recent years, studying with renowned pedagogues such as Dimitri Alexeev, Ralf Gothóni, Eldar Nebolsin, Stephen Kovacevich, Blanca Uribe, Bruno Leonardo Gelber, Alan Weiss, Pascal Rogé, Claudio Martínez-Mehner, and Naum Grubert.

As a result of his dedication to artistic and academic development, he was named Most Outstanding Student of His Chair for the 2014–2015 academic year by the faculty of the Reina Sofía School of Music.