(Madrid, Spain) Luis Arias, a Madrid-born pianist, focuses his activity on chamber and collaborative music, being regularly sought after to collaborate with different musicians and ensembles on the national and international scene. He trained at the Royal Conservatory of Music of Madrid and at the Reina Sofía School of Music with Joaquín Soriano, Ana Guijarro, Galina Eguizarova, and Marta Gulyas thanks to scholarships from institutions such as Ibercaja, Juventudes Musicales, Fundación Albéniz, and AIE.
He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in venues such as the National Auditorium of Music, the Teatro Real, the Palau de la Música in Barcelona, and the Edgar Neville Auditorium in Málaga, and internationally in Italy, Mexico, France, Germany, and Sweden. He has collaborated with orchestras such as the Madrid Symphony Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Spain, and the National Youth Orchestra of Spain. He has also participated in festivals such as AIE Clásicos en Ruta, Encounter of Music and Academy Santander, and the Barco Teatro Festival in Padua. He recorded his first album of Romantic repertoire for the Italian magazine Falaut with flutist Alberto Navarra, and in the coming months his second album will be released on the IBS Classical label.
He currently combines his concert activity with his doctoral studies at UPNA and his teaching work as a chamber music professor at the Conservatory of Music of Aragon and as an applied piano professor and accompanist pianist at the Reina Sofía School of Music.