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Foto: Andreas Cedzich Institut 2007 |
Michio
Nishihara Toro Pianist Michio
Nishihara Toro has excelled many of his generation of South American
pianists, for his vibrant musical and authoriative performances. Born in
Concepcion, Chile in 1972, he received his musical education in Santiago
under the supervision of Oscar Gacitua, then in the Bydgoszcz Music Academy
with prof. Wieslawa Ronowska and prof. Katarzyna Popowa-Zydron, and in the
Moscow Conservatoire with prof. Victor Merzhanov. Since his first public
performance, Michio Nishihara Toro has given numerous concerts in South
America and in Europe performing with the National Symphonic Orchestra of
Chile, Purcell Room in Royal Festival Hall in London, Maly Saal and
Rachmaninov Saal of the Moscow Conservatoire, Polish Radio Witold Lutoslawski
Concert Hall, Chopin Society in Warsaw, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires,
Meistersaal in Berlin among others… In 1995 Michio Nishihara Toro becames a
laureate in the First International Competition "Arthur Rubinstein in
Memoriam" for the best performance of Szymanowski Music, and in 2002 he
received the chilean "Claudio Arrau Prize", which is awarded to the
most outstanding chilean musician every year. His repertoire includes
monographics programmes by Haydn, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Scriabin,
Debussy, Szymanowski, Albeniz, Granados, Prokofiev, Mompou and Villa-Lobos.
In 1997 he recorded his first C.D. with works by Beethoven, Liszt, Chopin and
Granados. His last recording is a C.D. with XX Century Piano Classics. Also
recorded for chilean Radio and Television and Moscow Radio. HOME: www.nishiharatoro.com |
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