August 19, 2025
4:00 pm
Bechstein Hall
Instituto Cervantes collaborates with the CIPMF Piano Festival that will take place throughout the month of August in London. The pianist Martín García García will offer a series of recitals and master classes in London where he will perform pieces by Schubert, Ravel, Rachmaninoff. On Saturday, August 9, the master class will start at 1:00pm, at St. Margaret Pattens.
Martín García García (Gijón, Spain, 1996) is one of the most promising pianists on the global music scene today, acclaimed on prominent stages across Europe, America, and Asia. Among his achievements are his victory at the Cleveland International Piano Competition 2021 and third place at the International Chopin Piano Competition 2021, the world’s most prestigious piano competition, where he also received the Special Prize from the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra.
A graduate of the Reina Sofía School of Music under the guidance of Galina Eguiazarova, he was recognized as an Outstanding Student by Queen Sofía of Spain. He later completed a master’s degree at the Mannes School of Music in New York City, studying with Jerome Rose. He has performed with orchestras such as the Symphoniker Hamburg, Seoul Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic, and NHK Symphony, under the baton of renowned conductors like Mikhail Pletnev, Andrey Boreyko or Vasily Petrenko.
The 2024/2025 season marks a milestone in Martín’s career, featuring his sixth tour of Japan, where his concerts draw a combined audience of 25,000. He will also perform in Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Colombia, and Germany, with appearances in Rostock, Rheingau, and Cologne, between others, further cementing his outstanding international career.
Cristina Álvarez-Campana
Jimmy Burns
Janin Campos
Helen Crisp
Roger Golland
Paul Graham
Dame Denise Holt
Javier Lánderer
Dame Mary Marsh
Charles Morgan
Lady Mª Belén Parker
Luis Quiroga
Juan Reig
John Scanlan
Mike Short
Jonathan Stordy
Mrs Mercedes Sutherland
Benjamin Welch
Duke of Wellington
Sir Stephen Wright
Carmen & Scott Young