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Pedro Piquero (Seville, January 28, 1976 ) is a Spanish pianist, translator and Zen Buddhist teacher.

Music
Pedro Piquero completed his musical training in Spain with Esteban Sánchez and in the US with Caio Pagano and graduated cum laude from Arizona State University. In 2002 he was invited by pianist Maria João Pires for a residency at the Belgais Arts Center in Portugal.

As a pianist, Piquero has performed in the United States, South America, Mexico, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland. Concerts with him were broadcast on radio and television.

His albums have received several awards like the Independent Music Award and the Melómano de Oro.

Discography

 * Joaquín Nin-Culmell: Tonadas. (Verso; 2008)
 * Manuel Blasco de Nebra: Complete Works for Piano. Vol. 1. Columna Música, 2009.
 * Manuel Blasco de Nebra: Complete Works for Piano. Vol. 2. Columna Música, 2010.
 * Manuel Blasco de Nebra: Complete Works for Piano. Vol. 3. Columna Música, 2011.
 * Joaquín Montero: Complete Works for Piano. Nibius, 2016.
 * Arvo Pärt: piano and chamber music. With Lluís Claret, Gerart Claret. Nibius, 2017.
 * Milhaud and Poulenc. With Alberto Amarilla, speaker. Nibius, 2019.
 * Pärt: Lamentations. With the Extremadura Orchestra, conductor: Álvaro Albiach. Piano Classics, 2023 (CD)
 * Pärt: Lamentations. With the Extremadura Orchestra, conductor: Álvaro Albiach. Piano Classics, 2024 (special edition vinyl)

Buddhism
In 2017, Piquero received Dharma transmission in Soto Zen Buddhism in Japan from Peter Rodo Rocca, in the lineage of Zen master Gudō Wafu Nishijima, of whom he was his last student. He currently is president of Dogen Sangha in Spain and director of Zendo Gudo.

As a translator, Piquero, together with Gudō Wafu Nishijima, edited Eihei Dogen's Shōbōgenzō (Sirio, 2013–2016), the foundational philosophical text of Japanese Soto Zen Buddhism in a four-volume edition, as well as Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (Sirio, 2019).

Publications

 * Eihei Dōgen: Shōbōgenzō in four volumes (Treasury of the True Dharma Eye). Translator and editor: Pedro Piquero and Gudō Wafu Nishijima. Editorial Sirio, Málaga 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, ISBN 978-84-7808-905-5. ISBN 978-84-7808-960-4. ISBN 978-84-16233-76-2. ISBN 978-84-16579-35-8.
 * Nagarjuna: Mūlamadhyamakakārikā. Verses on the Fundamentals of the Middle Way: An Annotated Zen Translation of Nagarjuna's Verses on the Fundamentals of the Middle Way. Translator and editor: Pedro Piquero. With commentary by Gudō Wafu Nishijima and Brad Warner. Editorial Sirio, Málaga, 2019, ISBN 978-84-17030-31-5.
 * Eihei Dōgen: Gakudo Yojin Shu: Collection of Advice for the Pursuit of Truth. Translation, editing and comments by Pedro Kaiten Piquero. Editorial Athenaica, Seville, 2023, ISBN 978-84-19874-28-3.

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