Carlos Gallardo
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Mr. Gallardo is an internationally recognized pianist acclaimed for his interpretations of Franz Liszt and Spanish composers. He studied at the Franz Liszt University in Budapest and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid, receiving scholarships from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Hungarian Government, and the Soviet Union. His training spans the Russian piano school (with Ronald Turini, a disciple of Horowitz), the Hungarian tradition of Liszt and Dohnányi, and the Spanish and French schools under Josep Colom and Jean Paul Sevilla. A prolific composer with over 70 works, Gallardo has performed worldwide and collaborated with renowned ensembles. He hold position as professor at the Franz Liszt University of Music leading the Department of Spanish Music for Piano. Gallardo is also the President of the Liszt-Kodály Society of Spain, CEO of MastRTClass, and Cultural Ambassador for Valladolid and for Franz Liszt University in Budapest. A finalist in the Moebius International Competition for multimedia software, he merges music with technology.
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"Great pianist and very knowledgeable musician. He impressed me with his imagination making Liszt with full of brilliant flourishes and colors, fiery climax and great intensity for a large audience." – Shirley Givens. USA
"His fine artistic personality was a big revelations with the Spanish works of Albéniz and Granados. It was a moment of pure grace and powerful inspiration with an apotheosic ending." – István Lantos. Hungary
"I have heard Carlos Gallardo in one of his concerts in Canada, and his performance was just brilliant, very exciting and full of deepest musical sense." – Ronald Turini. Canada
"Carlos Gallardo is wonderfully gifted for music." – Joaquín Achúcarro. Spain
"A concert for the memories [...] During Liszt´s Eroica Étude, he led the audience to a deep sigh that flodded the concert hall." – Georgetown Bach Festival. Canada