Competitors

Víctor Naranjo Pérez

Year of birth: 1996
Country: Spain

Víctor Naranjo Pérez was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in 1996. He studied at the Conservatory of Music of Gran Canaria with E. Tabraue, and also took lessons with G. Neporozohnya. He finished his bachelor’s degree with A. Kandelaki at the CSM “Bonifacio Gil” in Badajoz, Spain, graduating cum laude and winning the Extraordinary Prize. He earned his master’s degree at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with D. Kuyken. He is currently continuing his Konzertexamen studies with A. Madžar at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg, Germany. Víctor Naranjo Pérez has received masterclasses from musicians such as P. Nemirovsky, M. Gulyas, B. Berman, B. Giltburg, E. Pace, A. Kemenes, Á. Sanzo, P. Nagy and K. Moretti. He has played in some of the most important concert venues, such as Teatro Real de Madrid (Spain), Schouwburg Concert Hall Tilburg (Netherlands), and Casa da Música (Portugal), as well as in Copenhagen, Brussels and Antwerp, and at many festivals, such as the 3rd and 4th “El mundo en un piano” International Festival (Spain), the International Festival of Music of the Canary Islands, and in 2022 the de Naarden International Piano Festival. He has performed with the CSM “Bonifacio Gil” Orchestra and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Gran Canaria with conductors such as S. Vázquez, C. Niemeyer and I. García Vidal.

Programme

Round 1
L. van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2/3
S. Barber: Piano Sonata, Op. 26

Round 2
W. A. Mozart: Fantasia for piano in D minor, K. 397
J. Brahms: Fantasies (7) for piano, Op. 116
S. Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat major, Op. 84 (»War Sonata 3«)

Round 3
S. Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26

Awards received

  • 1st prize, Tribuna Sax-Ensemble Chamber Music Competition, Madrid, Spain, 2020
  • 2nd prize, City of San Sebastián Competition, San Sebastián, Spain, 2015
  • 1st prize, National Competition Jacinto Guerrero, Toledo, Spain, 2014
  • 1st prize, XVI. Santa Cecilia International Competition, Porto, Portugal, 2014
  • 1st prize, International Piano Competition Esteban Sánchez, Cáceres, Spain, 2014
  • 1st prize, Competition Jóvenes Músicos de Extremadura, Almendralejo, Spain, 2013
  • 2nd prize,International Competition Cidade do Fundão, Fundão, Portugal, 2013
  • 1st prize, Piano Competition Veguellina de Órbigo, León, Spain, 2012

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