The Basque pianist Jon Urdapilleta has performed in venues such as Steinway Hall and St. John\u2019s Smith Square in London, the Auditorio Nacional and Teatro Real in Madrid, the Palau de la M\u00fasica Catalana in Barcelona, the Auditorio de Zaragoza, the Kursaal Auditorium and Victoria Eugenia Theatre in San Sebasti\u00e1n, and the Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao. He has also given recitals at the Festival International Piano Classique in Biarritz, Fundaci\u00f3n Juan March, Donostia Musika, San Sebasti\u00e1n\u2019s Quincena Musical, Miramon Matin\u00e9es of the Euskadiko Orkestra, and TIHMS in the Netherlands, among others.<\/p>\n
Jon has appeared as a soloist with the Euskadiko Orkestra and the Orquesta Cl\u00e1sica Santa Cecilia. He regularly collaborates in concerts with the Orfe\u00f3n Donostiarra, having performed works such as Brahms\u2019 Requiem and Rossini\u2019s Petite Messe solennelle. As a r\u00e9p\u00e9titeur, he has worked with conductors such as Semyon Bychkov, Iv\u00e1n Fischer, Lahav Shani, and Juanjo Mena. He was Guest Conductor of the Orfe\u00f3n Donostiarra for Beethoven\u2019s Ninth Symphony and Mahler\u2019s Eighth Symphony at the 84th edition of the Quincena Musical in San Sebasti\u00e1n.<\/p>\n
He has received guidance from musicians such as Galina Eguiazarova, Jacques Rouvier, Christopher Elton, Yevgeny Sudbin, Pascal Devoyon, Kristian Bezuidenhout, and Maxim Vengerov.<\/p>\n
Jon began his piano studies at the Municipal School of Music in San Sebasti\u00e1n with his mother, Professor Mar\u00eda Isabel Mart\u00edn. He continued his training at the Royal Academy of Music in London, earning both a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Arts with highest distinction, studying with Rustem Hayroudinoff and Pascal Nemirovski. In parallel, he studied orchestral conducting with Dominic Grier and Sian Edwards. His interest in historical instruments led him to deepen his knowledge in this field with fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout.<\/p>\n
Jon is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Performance at the Royal Academy of Music in London. His thesis, supervised by Dr. Roy Howat, focuses on the integration of cante jondo in the piano works of Manuel de Falla. He is also a tenured piano professor at the Francisco Escudero Conservatory in San Sebasti\u00e1n, supervisor of final projects and, also, since the 2026\u20132027 academic year, collaborative pianist professor for the Voice Chair \u201cAlfredo Kraus\u201d Fundaci\u00f3n Ram\u00f3n Areces at the Reina Sof\u00eda School of Music in Madrid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Basque pianist Jon Urdapilleta has performed in venues such as Steinway Hall and St. John\u2019s Smith Square in London, the Auditorio Nacional and Teatro Real in Madrid, the Palau de la M\u00fasica Catalana in Barcelona, the Auditorio de Zaragoza, the Kursaal Auditorium and Victoria Eugenia Theatre in San Sebasti\u00e1n, and the Euskalduna Palace in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":85319,"template":"","tipos-de-profesora":[],"class_list":["post-45200","profesor","type-profesor","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n