Praised for “demonstrating exactly how a real musician can possess a limitless reserve of technical strength, (…) always placed in subservience to the uncompromising musical demands of the score ” and for his “clarity and exceptional tonal control”.

 

(Musical Opinion)


BIOGRAPHY

He is currently based between Madrid, Spain, and Dallas, TX, where he held a teaching fellowship in the College of Music at the University of North Texas, and combines his performance career, both as a soloist and as a chamber musician with a research project of international repercusion titled "Comparative interpretation of Sonata, S178 and other piano works by Franz Liszt" for his Doctorate in Music and its Science and Technology at the Technical University of Madrid, in Spain, as well as the preparation of the recording of the entire piano works by Spanish composer Miguel del Barco for the Novus Música label.


In 2014 he was awarded the first prize in the International Piano Prize organized by The Liszt Society in London for his interpretation of the Troisième Année of Liszt’s Années de Pèlerinage. Since then, he is regularly invited by The Liszt Society, The Keyboard Charitable Trust and Master Musicians International to give series of recitals across England. 


His outstanding acquaintance of Franz Liszt’s work was acknowledged again in 2016, being a prizewinner in the Los Angeles Franz Liszt International Piano Competition, and allowing him to give US premiere performances of works by the Hungarian composer.

He has performed in recital and as soloist with orchestra in Europe and in the United States, and was recently invited for the XX anniversary of the passing of Spanish pianist Esteban Sánchez to perform Jose Buenagu ’s Rhapsody-Tribute (on pianistic themes by Esteban Sánchez) , followed by Franz Liszt’s Concerto Nº2 in A major, S125 , one of Sánchez’s favorites, in Badajoz (Spain) with the Orquesta de Extremadura.

SOLOIST 

CAREER

He has premiered works by Alexander Tchaikovsky (Director of the Composition Division of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory), Kuzmá Bodrov (Associated Professor in the Composition Division of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory), Manuel Seco de Arpe (Head of the Composition department at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid) and Diego Ramos (violinist and composer at the Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt), among others


In 2011 he performed as soloist with the Chamber Orchestra of the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid, premiering the piece Estelas, for which the young composer Diego Ramos received First Prize in Composition.

EDUCATION 

AND TRAINING

In his formative stage, he studied with Maestro Jacobo Ponce at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid.


He specialised in contemporary piano repertoire with renowned pianist Sebastián Mariné , and deepened his study of harmony and improvisation with Emilio Molina. In 2010, he graduated achieving the highest possible grade: Matrícula de Honor.


Since then, he has continued developing his understanding of music and its approach through the piano, attending courses with Leslie Howard, Roy Howat, Daniel Pollack, Peter Frankl, Murray McLachlan, Steven Osborne, Carlo Grante, Steven Vanhauwaert, Arpad Bodó, Pascal Devoyon and Rikako Murata.


INTERNATIONAL 

TEACHING CAREER


Along with his performing career, Darío Llanos Javierre has been deeply committed to pedagogy, graduating in 2013 at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid in Piano Pedagogy as a second degree, obtaining the highest marks. He has been a member of the Keyboard Department at the College of Music of the University of North Texas, largest college of music in the United States of America, as well as the Piano and Harp department at the Escuela de Música Creativa in Madrid, Spain.


At present, he collaborates with different teaching institutions as a visiting professor, giving courses and masterclasses, and also teaches a select few students privately.


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