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Pianist Luis Sanchez leads an
active career as soloist, collaborative artist, and teacher.
He has appeared in concerts
in the United
States, South America,
Europe, and Asia.
He is currently Assistant Professor of Piano at
Texas A&M University-Commerce.
Praised for his artistry, dazzling
technique, and inspiring performances, Luis Sanchez has presented recitals
and master classes at Central Washington University, University of North
Texas, Eckerd College, Eastern Michigan University, University of Toledo,
the Grieg Academy (Bergen, Norway), the Norwegian Academy of Music (Oslo,
Norway), Hangyang University (Seoul, South Korea), and the Piano Concert
Series International (Louisiana).
He has also been featured
soloist with the Orchestra of New Spain (Dallas),
Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra and the Ball State Symphony Orchestra.
A recipient of several career grants and an American
Scandinavian Foundation Fellow (2006-2007), Luis Sanchez has received
numerous awards, including the Jrimian Young Artist Competition, Centro de
Estudios Pianisticos Auditions, Fort Wayne Philharmonic Young Artist
Competition, Ball State University Concerto Competition, and Indiana Music
Teachers Association.
Luis Sanchez enjoys a successful
teaching career and is in increasing demand as adjudicator, clinician,
master teacher, and presenter at teacher's organizations and national and
international conferences.
He has presented lectures
at the Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society, the 2007 Hawaii
International Conference on Arts and Humanities, the 50th
National College Music Society Conference in
Salt Lake City,
and the 51st
College Music Society National Conference in
Atlanta,
Georgia.
He has been an adjudicator for numerous
competitions, including the SAI Piano Competition at the Chautauqua Summer
Institution, the Hoosier Auditions, Bach Festival Competition at Kilgore
College,
the Florida Orchestra Young Artist Competition, and the Florida State Music
Teachers Association, among others. Most recently, he was invited to serve
as examiner of the International Piano Performance Examination Committee in
Taiwan.
Born in
Argentina,
Dr. Sanchez holds degrees from the National Conservatory of Music "Carlos Lopez Buchardo" and
Ball
State University.
His teachers include Ana Litovsky-Grunwald, Graciela Beretervide, Robert
Palmer, and Rebecca Penneys.
His
interest in period instruments has led him to conduct postdoctoral studies
of fortepiano and XVIII century performance practice with Malcolm Bilson (Cornell
University),
Andrew Willis (University
of North
Carolina-Greensboro) and Liv
Glaser (Oslo,
Norway).
Dr. Sanchez's CD "A Piano Recital"
is available on www.cdbaby.com, www.towerrecords.com, and can be downloaded
on Itunes.
For additional information and
engagements please visit
www.sanchezpianist.com
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