Enrique Graf
| Enrique Graf | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 18, 1953  Montevideo, Uruguay
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| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Pianist and Professor |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Labels | Centaur, Cougar Classics, Intersound, Carlton Classics |
| Website | www.enriquegraf.com |
Enrique Graf is a Uruguayan born, American naturalized musician.
Internationally acclaimed pianist Enrique Graf is one of the world’s premiere virtuosos equally sought after as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher. He has been variously described as an “assured and technically complete pianist” (The Washington Post) and “one of the best interpreters of his generation” (El Pais), who plays with “fiery virtuosity” (The New York Times). “If you ever have the opportunity to hear Graf, do yourself a favor and go” (Newark Star Ledger).
Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Graf began studying piano at the age of four with his mother. After winning all of the national competitions in Uruguay, he was offered a full scholarship from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University and the Organization of American States to study with Leon Fleisher.
Graf won First Prize in the William Kapell International Piano Competition, the National Ensemble Piano Competition and the East and West International Competition in New York.
He has given recitals all over the world and has been featured as soloist with such orchestras as the Baltimore, Indianapolis, New Jersey, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Florida, West Virginia, Illinois, Flagstaff, Macon, Augusta, Greenville, Charleston, New York City and Jupiter Symphonies, the Symphony of the Americas, the National Chamber Orchestra, the Illinois Chamber Orchestra, the American Chamber Orchestra, the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Sinfonia da Camara, South Carolina Philharmonic, Florida Virtuosi Orchestra, the Puerto Rico Symphony, the Montevideo Philharmonic, the Lviv Philharmonic, the Moscow Philharmonic, the Janáček Philharmonic in the Czech Republic, and the national orchestras of Ukraine, Chile, Uruguay, Peru and Colombia.
Equally convincing in all periods of music, Graf has performed concertos by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, all five by Beethoven, Brahms, Liszt, Grieg, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, De Falla, Ravel, Gershwin, Turina, Shostakovich, Poulenc, Edward Hart, Florencia Di Concilio, Lee Hoiby and Leonardo Balada.
Additionally, he has appeared at Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Krannert Center, Carnegie Recital Hall, Cultural Center of Manila, Teatro Opera in Buenos Aires, Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Florida, South Bay Center for the Arts in Los Angeles, Chautauqua Festival, Young Keyboard Artists International Festival in Ann Arbor, San Miguel de Allende Chamber Music Festival in Mexico, University of Maryland and University of Houston International Piano Festivals, Spoleto International Piano Festival in Italy, “Contrasts” Festival in Lviv and Kiev Music Fest in the Ukraine.
As a chamber musician he has toured with Cuarteto Latinoamericano, the Baltimore Wind Ensemble, the American Chamber Players, the Prague Wind Quintet, the Ives Quartet, the Apollo String Quartet, pianists Ilana Vered, Nibya Mariño, Katherine Jacobson and violinists Andres Cárdenes and Lee Chin.
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