Download Artist-in-Residence Recital Pedro Carboné, piano PROGRAM

College of Fine Arts presents a
Artist-in-Residence Recital
Pedro Carboné, piano
PROGRAM
Isaac Albeniz
(1860–1909)
Suite Iberia, Book I
Evocación
El puerto
El Corpus en Sevilla
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Iberia, Book II
Rondeña
Almería
Triana
INTERMISSION
Oscar Espla
(1886–1976)
Sonata Espanola, Op. 53
“A Frederic Chopin in memoriam”
Andante romantico
Mazurka sopra un tema popolare
Allegro brioso
Manuel De Falla
(1876–1946)
Fantasia Baetica
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
7:30 p.m.
Dr. Arturo Rando-Grillot Recital Hall
Lee and Thomas Beam Music Center
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
BIOGRAPHY
Hailed as "one of the best Spanish pianists of our time" (Ritmo, Madrid), Pedro
Carboné is heir to the finest Spanish musical tradition, passed on to him by his first
teachers Pilar Bayona and Maria Canals. His interpretation of Albeniz's Suite Iberia has
been highly praised by the critics - "magnificent, impressive, with the right touch of
expression" (ABC, Madrid); " Carboné's Iberia is actually unique, he feasts on the
complexity of texture, savoring the density of pages other pianists gloss over"
( J oseph Horowitz) - and his live video performance of this work has quickly become
a reference in the internet and a revelation to Spanish music lovers. Mr. Carboné has
also given a new meaning to the music of neglected 20th-century Spanish composer
Oscar Espla, whose piano works he recorded for Marco Polo receiving rave reviews by
Fanfare and the American Record Guide. He has taken Espla's music as far as
mainland China and performed his masterpiece Sonata deI Sur with the
Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt and the "George Enescu" Philharmonic
of Bucharest, marking the first time this piano concerto is heard outside of Spain in 50
years.
Pedro Carboné first came into the spotlight when at age 19 he performed Chopin's
Twenty-Four Etudes at the Palau de la Musica in Barcelona. His recording of those
works for RCA garnered excellent notices, placing it among the best ever made
(Harmonie-Opera, Paris). The Washington Post called him "a major artist" after his
Kennedy Center debut and he has since performed throughout the U.S. to critical and
audience acclaim, and has been featured live repeatedly on National Public Radio's
nationwide broadcasts including a 3-day Spanish music marathon at the University of
Chicago with performances of Albeniz's complete Suite Iberia and Falla's Concerto, as
well as Nights in the Gardens of Spain. In New York City, he has performed at the
Guggenheim Museum's "Works & Process" series, BAM's Opera House, Miller Theatre
and as soloist with the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Orchestra of St. Luke's, American
Composers Orchestra, and the Perspectives Ensemble.
In his early twenties, Pedro Carboné was a pupil of the late Eugene Istomin. He also
studied in the U.S. with Leon Fleisher and in Switzerland with Jean- Bernard Pommier. A
remarkable pedagogue himself, Mr. Carboné has given Master classes at the
International Keyboard Festival at Mannes College of Music in New York and has also
been invited to perform at the Juilliard School of Music as an authority in the Spanish
piano repertoire.