Jorge Tabarés
Spanish composer and pianist born on May 26, 1996. He begins his pianistic training at age 3, with Jesús García. Later on he continues his studies with Cristina Casale and Emmanuel Ferrer-Laloë. In 2018 Jorge completes his Bachelors of Music graduating with honors with a double-major in composition and piano having studied with the American composer Lowell Liebermann, and Russian pianist Irina Morozova.
In April 2018, Jorge was awarded one of the most prestigious scholarships in Spain: the Excellence Scholarship of the “Fundación Rafael del Pino,” to pursue his double-master in Mannes School of Music, New York, with Liebermann and Morozova.
Jorge Tabarés has been selected in several occasions by the music critic Robert Sherman to be broadcasted on WQXR in New York, for “The McGraw Hill Financial Young Artist Showcase” (2015, 2016, & 2018). In 2019, Jorge was selected as invited artist to be broadcasted in WQXR where he performed an entire program of Spanish music in homage to the great pianist Alicia de Larrocha, curated by Alicia Torra de Larrocha, her daughter, and Robert Sherman.
He has been awarded top prizes in numerous international competitions, such as: Metropolitan International Piano Competition, New York City, Rondo Forma Competition, New York City, Cremona International Competition for Piano, Italy, XVII International Piano Competition Santa Cecilia, Portugal, Concurso Ibérico de Piano do Alto Minho, Portugal, International Piano Competition Le Mesnil des Arts, France.
As a composer his works have been performed by musicians of international acclaim, in numerous cities of Spain, and in an international level, in different halls of the United States. In July 2018, his Sonata for two Pianos and Percussion was premiered at the Percufest Festival, Valencia, Spain, by pianists Josu de Solaun Soto and Anna Petrova, and the percussionists of the Tenerife and Valencia Philharmonic Orchestras, Paco Diaz and Josep Furió. That same year, Jorge Tabarés wrote his Trio for Strings for the “European Literature Night” which was premiered at the Bohemian National Hall, NYC. Such event was a collaboration between the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations and Mannes School of Music.
As an orchestral soloist stands out his debut with the Philharmonic Orchestra of the University of Valencia, with conductor Beatriz Fernández, at the Iturbi Hall of the Palau de la Música de Valencia, Mozart Hall of the Auditorio de Zaragoza, and Teatro Serrano de Gandía. He has also performed in different cities across Spain, and in an international level in France, Italy, Portugal, England, Germany, Canada and the United States.
As a composer, he has received classes and advice from Melinda Wagner, Chen Yi, George Tsontakis, David Ludwig, Christopher Dobrian, Reiko Fueting, Amy Beth Kirsten, Donald Crockett, David Tcimpidis, and Narcis Bonet. As a pianist he has received classes and advice from Josu de Solaun, André-Michel Schub, Julian Martin, James Giles, Ilya Itín, John Salmon, Justas Dvarionas, Jay Gottlieb, Erik T. Tawaststjerna, Friedemann Rieger, Jun Kanno, Dominique Weber, José Ramón Méndez, Miguel Ituarte, and Uta Weyand among others.
El Heraldo de Aragón, por Luis Alfonso Bes, 25 de Marzo de 2019
“A forceful drive adequate to the great symphonic hall. There he was, on the stage, pianist Jorge Tabarés who articulated phrases that were regulated with extreme clarity, escalating every crescendo without leaving behind a single step in the gradation of intensity. There was a lot of spine-chilling interpretation in the ‘cadenza’ of the first movement of E. Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor. Tabarés rejoiced himself with an enormous security endowed with the maximum virtuosic character. The ‘murviedrés’ pianist, of 22 years of age, notably tensed the melodic line in the adagio, showcasing a very remarkable expressive capacity, and he closed his recital with the same interpretative traits, under the baton of the powerful Beatriz Fernández, dominant with the orquestra and liberal with the soloist.”
Lauterbacher Anzeiger, by Von Martin Gregor Günkel, August 4, 2016
“Particularly appealing in this concert is, that the music being played, has been selected by the respective participants, instead of having to perform a mandatory piece. An energetic interpretation of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 32 Variations on an original theme was presented by Jorge Tabarés (born in 1996, Spain). He chose to not perform in an overwhelming style, but instead to let his sound really flash only at certain moments.”
Vibracions – Associació Musical de Mestres Directors, by Jordi Gargallo,
September, 2019
“The concert ended with works composed by himself, 4 of his Preludes for Piano with which he demonstrated that he is not only an excellent pianist (as the audience that attended the concert would thoroughly recognize with their long applause) but also a valuable composer. And we repeat, only at age 23!!”
Vibracions – Associació Musical de Mestres Directors, by Jordi Gargallo,
June, 2017
“The present, and the future, of this young pianist is very promising, and it is very clear that he will receive the recognition for which he has all the merits.”
