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AYCA 2009 Winner |
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Néstor Bayona Pifarré, Piano |
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Click here to view Nestor's repertoire list.
Born in Lleida in 1985, Néstor began his musical education at the age of six in the city's conservatoire with Jordi Benseny. In 2004 Néstor entered the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester to study with Helen Krizos where he was awarded the highest prize given by the college, the Gold Medal, and won the Piano Recital Prize (2006) and the Piano Duo Prize (2007) with Luis Becerra.
Néstor won a special prize in the Ibiza Piano Competition 2008, which offered him the opportunity to perform in the festival Concerti in Villa Faravelli in Italy. He has worked with the conductors Jordi Mora, Baldur Brönnimann, harpsichord player Sharon Gould, and pianists Melvyn Tan, Nelson Goerner, Alexander Melnikov, Angela Hewitt, Richard Goode and Josep Colom.
Néstor performed alongside the cellist Jeremías Sanz in Duo Quodlibet where they won two international prizes in Barcelona in 2006, the Arjau and Les Corts. Following this success, the Duo Quodlibet recorded a CD with the label Solfa Recordings in the Auditori Pau Casals in El Vendrell.
In October 2007 Néstor made his solo recital debut at the prestigious concert hall in Barcelona Palau de la Música Catalana. In 2008 he performed in the Bermuda Piano Festival and gave a recital at the Ebina concert hall in Japan. Forthcoming events include his debut recital at Wigmore Hall playing James MacMillan's piano sonata in May, a performance in the Lichfield Festival in July and his Bridgewater Hall debut in October.
Néstor is currently artist in residence of the Centre d'Estudis Pianístics in Barcelona. |
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20 April 09 |
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