- country:Spain
- style(s):Classical Period, Romantic Period
- label:Odradek Records
- type:Solo
- gender:male
- instrumentation:piano
- artist posted by:Odradek Records
Line up
- Juan Carlos Fernandez Nieto (piano)
Juan Carlos has concertized throughout Spain, Holland, Germany, Puerto Rico and the United States. He has collaborated with orchestras such as Orchestra Sinfonica di Bari, Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y León, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, Orquesta de Extremadura, and Orquesta de Radio Televisión Española, among others. He made his New York debut at Steinway Hall in 2009, and was featured on the Messiaen Centennial Celebration at Yale performing Vingt Regards sur l’enfant-Jésus. This summer, he made his debut at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, Spain. An advocate for contemporary music, he has premiered works by Fernando Buide and Sean Hickey.
As a chamber musician, Juan Carlos has performed in festivals in Europe and the U.S., such as the Holland Music Sessions, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival/Yale Summer School of Music, and Wintergreen Performing Arts. Past engagements include chamber music performances with members of the Tokyo String Quartet, as well as with the Grammy-nominated Yale Cellos under the direction of Aldo Parisot.
Fernandez-Nieto is a prizewinner of many competitions in Spain and the United States, including the CSMTA Young Artists Competition, Chamber Music Society at Yale, Infanta Cristina, Ciudad de Linares, and National Piano Competition in Leon. He has also been the recipient of prizes and awards as the George Miles Fellowship, Linda and Alan Englander Fellowship, and the Yale Alumni Prize. He has been a featured guest in TV shows and radio, as in Programa de Mano, Los Conciertos de La2, Televisión Castilla y León, and Radio Nacional de España.
Fernandez-Nieto holds the Master of Music degree and Artist Diploma from the Yale School of Music, where he studied with Boris Berman. He previously studied in Spain under Julia Diaz-Yanes and Claudio Martinez-Mehner.