Alberto Urroz

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Alberto Urroz, born 22 June 1970 in Pamplona, is a Spanish classical pianist. He began learning music at home and studied piano with Joaquín Soriano at the Madrid Royal Conservatory. He then studied with Pnina Salzman in Tel Aviv and, with a Navarre state scholarship, with Oxana Yablonskaya in New York. He also trained with Solomon Mikowsky and Donn-Alexander Feder at the Manhattan School of Music and took masterclasses with György Sándor, Fanny Waterman, Ena Bronstein Barton and Ana María Trenchi.

Urroz performs around the world, including Europe, Asia and the United States, at venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York, Sejong Center in Seoul, and festivals like Santander and Peralada in Spain. He teaches piano at Alfonso X el Sabio University, Musical Arts Madrid and the Arturo Soria Conservatory in Madrid. He founded the Mendigorría International Music Festival in 2004 and serves as its artistic director. Since 2018 he has been president of EPTA Spain, and in 2019 he co-founded and directs the Madrid Shigeru Kawai Piano Competition. He has recorded works by Scarlatti, Sánchez Allú, Albéniz, Granados, Falla and Mompou for IBS Classical.