Best Spanish Pianists & Composers: Leopoldo Querol

Leopoldo Querol (September 16, 1899 – August 26, 1985) was a Spanish classical pianist.
Querol was born in Vinaròs, Castellón in 1899. He was a graduate of the Valencia Conservatory.

In 1936 he was the soloist at the premiere of Federico Elizalde's Sinfonia Concertante for piano and orchestra, conducted by the composer. He also premiered Elizalde's Piano Concerto in 1947 in Paris.

The Concierto heroico for piano and orchestra (1935-43) by Joaquín Rodrigo was composed for him.
He died in Benicàssim, Castellón in 1985, aged 85.

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AGUSTÍN MANUEL MARTÍNEZ
Pianist, composer, teacher and lecturer. He specialized in improvisation and Silver Age's Hispanic Repertoire, like monographic Falla works concerts. He is pioneer in Albéniz and Granados Improvisation's transcriptions, (Boileau editions, also Homenaje a Tomás Bretón) doing their premieres and he has created the first constructivist methodology, Piano creativo -Creative piano- (Rivera editions, two volumes) among other publications, offering courses for teachers about this.

Seven times Honors, he wins two oppositions/competitions, University (Musical Education) and Conservatory (Piano), and obtains Superior Degree with distinction, number one of his promotion, at The Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music. He is first prize at Maestro Serrano Piano Competition, Medal at Concours Musical de France, awarded at Torneo Internazionali di Musica, two times first prize at Wenceslao Benítez Poetry Contest and first prize at Alzira National Poetry Competition (Bromera editions).

His students have been awarded more than thirty times at national and international piano competitions having won the first prize twenty times. He teaches Piano, Accompaniment and Singing Repertoire. He has made recordings for Vihuela Label and various TV channels like TVE (documentary about Rodrigo) or International Antenna3 (Madrid Vía Magna Festival concert broadcasted to America). He has worked, inter alia, with Chapuis, Halffter, Jackson, Rosen (postgraduate), Salvatierra, Sadie, Seiger, Tan, Tieles, Tverskaya and Yerokhin. He has offered concerts with several artists, classic and modern music, as Flynn, Fortea Dúo, Parsax Trío, Rosique and Villagar.

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