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= Fabio Álvarez = Fabio Álvarez (Ourense, 1988) is a spanish pianist.

Biography
Spanish pianist Fabio Álvarez combines musicality, great temperament and a talent for communication in his performances. He expresses his passion for music through his concerts with interpretive commentary and his commitment to art´s social role in his participation in benefit concerts.

Sponsored by three foundations (Cum Laude, Gondra Barandiarán and FIDAH) and more than 60 private patrons Mr. Álvarez got his Master´s student under the tutelage of the renowned concert pianist and pedagoge Phillip Kawin at Manhattan School of Music.

Since studying with the French pianist Emmanuel Ferrer-Lalöe in Musikene (Basque Country, Spain) recent solo engagements have taken him to France, Portugal, Spain and the U.S.A performing at various venues as a recitalist and soloist with orchestra including:  Carnegie Hall (New York), Greenfield Hall (New York), Theatre Elysium Camps (Bilbao, Spain), Le Prieuré du Mesnil Saint Martin (Aquitaine, France) or Neidorff-Karpati Hall (New York).

Fabio has specialized in many other fields as contemporary piano (Anthony de Mare and Ricardo Descalzo), vocal accompaniment (Raymond Beegle and Maciej Pikulski), chamber music (Irini Gaitani) and organ (Dr. Katherine Meloan). At the core of Fabio's interests is the promotion of Spanish composers worldwide and has already premiered several Spanish pieces for solo and chamber piano.

He has been selected to participate in several international music festivals such as the 55th International University Seminar "Música en Compostela", entirely dedicated to Spanish Music; the 3rd Vigo Cultural Circle Seminar or the International Piano Festival "Jesús González Alonso".

Fabio has participated in many masterclasses with distinguished pianists and pedagoges, including: Ivo Pogorelich, Eldar Nebolsin, Imre Rohman, Julian Martin, Robert McDonald, Josep Colom, Marta Zabaleta, Ricardo Requejo, Jose Ramón Mendez, James Giles, Nino Kereselidze, Gustavo Díaz Jerez, Mariana Gurkova, Jean-Philippe Guillo, Aurélie Forre, María Jesús Crespo, Maria Teresa Perez and Alexander Kandelaki, among others.

Fabio will release his debut CD “Musical Zodiac” including music by the american composer George Crumb edited by the recording label Orpheus Classical this fall.