Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Gabriela gave her first public performance at the age of five. At age eight she made her concert debut with the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra conducted by José Antonio Abreu and was granted a scholarship from the Venezuelan government to study in the USA. At twelve she won the Baldwin National Competition and AMSA Young Artist International Piano Competition, performing Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1 with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
In recital Gabriela has appeared at the Wigmore Hall London, Kennedy CenterWashington DC, National Arts Center Ottawa, Orchard Hall Tokyo, Teatro Colon Buenos Aires, Herkulessaal Munich, Musikhalle Hamburg, Berlin Konzerthaus, Sala São Paulo, and will appear at the Cologne Philharmonie as part of the Cologne Musiktriennale 2007 whose theme will be 'improvisation'. Gabriela has appeared at the Roque d’Anthéron, Radio France Montpellier, Schleswig-Holstein, MDR Musiksommer, Penderecki, and Radio Canada Chopin festivals and is invited annually to the 'Progetto Martha Argerich' Festival in Lugano and to Martha Argerich's Buenos Aires Festival.
Gabriela is also a talented improviser. In her interview on All Things Considered, she says that when she was 2 or 3, she began improvising on lullabies that her mother sang to her. On her CD Bach & Beyond released in 2006, she improvises on Bach themes. She has also been profiled on the television programmes 60 Minutes (December 3, 2006) and Newsnight (February 19, 2008[1]).
"I have rarely come across a talent like Gabriela's. She is a unique artist." --Martha Argerich
Discography
Gabriela Montero: Baroque (EMI Classics, 2007)
Gabriela Montero: Bach and Beyond (EMI Classics, 2006)
Gabriela Montero: Piano Recital (EMI Classics, 2005)
첫댓글 Gabriela Montero 를 좀 자세히 소개 합니다.즉흥 연주의 귀재인 모양입니다.
그러게요... ^^
와우~~ 토욜 아침, 한다발의 음악을 공중에 던져봅니다
여러분 들 답글 고맙 습니다. 반응이 있어야 글 올리는 재미도 있지요. 우리 대학 동기 싸이트에서는 반응이 그리 많지 않아요. 아마도 나이 때문에(?) 컴퓨터에 글 올리기가 쉽지 않나 봅니다. 그렇다고 그리 늙은 나이들도 아닌데,,,, 쩝쩝....