LEONEL MORALES
Internacional Soloist y Piano Teacher
Professor at the Sommerakademie in Salzburg and at the University Alfonso X el Sabio in Madrid. Exclusive Artist of Yangtze River Piano (China), Artistic Director and Founder of Maria Herrero International Piano Competition (Granada), La Rioja International Piano Competition (La Rioja) and the Spanish Composer International Piano Competition (Madrid)
Born in Cuba, is a Spanish citizen and lives in Spain since 1991. He graduated from the University of Havana under the tutelage of Frank Fernandez, a student of Victor Merzhanov, which itself was a disciple of Feinberg, so he follows the traditional Russian school. He made a postgraduate with Dmitry Voskresensky and Jacov Latainer.
PHOTOS
VIDEOS
Gaspard de la Nuit – Ravel
Sonata op. 53 “Waldstein” – Beethoven
Interview about Rachmaninov – Festival PianoEchos (Italy)
Spanish Rhapsody – Liszt
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TEACHING
He is a professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts “Alfonso X El Sabio” of Madrid and in the Sommerakademie in the Mozarteum University of Salzburg. He worked as “Professor in residence” in several American, Chinese and European universities. Today he has been recognized as one of the most prestigious professors in the world, and has been invited to numerous music courses and master classes.
After his arrival in Spain, Leonel Morales was an interim professor at the Superior Conservatory of Music in Castellón “Salvador Seguí”, where he was able to create an excellent class for 15 years. Their students won more than 40 international awards every year . That is why his pedagogical recognition has achieved international fame.
ARTISTIC DIRECTION
Artistic Director of Courses, Festivals and International Competitions. Among the competitions are the Spanish Composers International Piano Competition in Madrid and the Maria Herrero International Piano Competition in Granada. As for the courses and the festivals, there are the Leonel Morales & Friends – Masterclass and Music Festival and the International Children’s and Teenagers Piano Course, both held in Granada.
DISCOGRAPHY
Album Regio Vicente Díaz de Comas
Integral for Piano of Antón García Abril
Concert for Piano and Orchestra of Antón García Abril
Brief Concert for piano and Orchestra by Xavier Montsalvatge
Concert nº 3 and Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini of Rachmaninoff
