LUIS DEL VALLE, piano

	Luis del Valle is particularly involved in the world of chamber music, being an active collaborator with different groups and instrumental soloists. Nevertheless, his growing fame on the musical scene is due to the concert career he shares with his brother Victor, forming a piano duo that, since they won the prestigious ARD International Music Competition (Munich), has been swiftly acknowledged as one of the most outstanding chamber music formations in Europe.

	Born in Malaga in 1983, he received his early musical training at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Málaga (Malaga School for Higher Musical Studies) with Horacio Socías, Paloma Socías and José Felipe Díaz, then at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki with the pianist Juhani Lagerspetz. Subsequently, he studied at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía under the direction of Dimitri Bashkirov, Marta Gulyas and Ralf Góthoni, where in 2005 Her Majesty the Queen awarded him the distinction of “Most Outstanding Chamber Musician”. He completed his academic training at the International Chamber Music Institute of Madrid with professors Ralf Gothóni and Eldar Nebolsin.

	As a vocal repertoire pianist, he has worked with special interest on lied, advised by musicians such as Ilmo Ranta, Gustav Djupsjöbacka or Larissa Gergieva, and has performed with soloists such as Sasha Vassileva, Irina Mataeva, Vladimir Moroz ... In addition, he has been invited as a repertoire pianist by the Summer Academy of the Mariinsky Theater of St. Petersburg, in Mikkeli (Finland), being its artistic director Valery Gergiev.

	Luis del Valle regularly performs with the outstanding cellist Pablo Ferrández, with whom he shares an intense chamber concert career performing all over the world. He also appears regularly with violinist Ana María Valderrama (winner of International Sarasate Competition) and with cellist Fernando Arias, with whom he has worked on a recording project (Columna Música) performing Brahms sonatas for piano and cello ("Johannes Brahms: Tres Sonatas. Una Vida”). In 2016, the CD "À mon ami Sarasate" (To my friend Sarasate), recorded with Ana María Valderrama for Solé Recordings, was released. That same year, Luis recorded with his brother their first CD as a piano duo,“Impulse” (IBS Classical), achieving not only great success amid critics and audience, but also important awards (Golden Music Melómano, Scherzo Exceptional Record).

	His activities include performances at the Auditorio Nacional de Música and Teatro Real de Madrid; Palau de la Música de Cataluña, el Auditori y el Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona); Auditorio Dom Musiki (Moscow); Herkulessaal, Prinzregententheater y Gasteig (Munich), Liederhalle (Stuttgart); Auditorium du Louvre, Théâtre des bouffes du Nord (Paris); Teatro Nacional (Panama), Teatro Metropolitano de Medellín (Colombia), Finnish National Opera (Helsinki), Congress Centrum (Hannover), Seoul Arts Center (Korea), etc.

Involved in bringing classical music to a wider audience, the Del Valle Piano Duo created with the renowned singer Pasión Vega the show "2 Pianos con Pasión", a combination of music and theatre that was presented with great success on a tour all over Spain with more than 50.000 spectators.

Always interested in the promotion of the Spanish culture, he has collaborated with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Galicia in the production of a CD with unpublished works by the Galician composer José Arriola, edited by Brilliant Classics and released on November 2018. He has also participated with his brother Victor in the recording of an album with music by Spanish composer Tomás Marco and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Málaga. On the other hand, he has recorded for RNE "Classic Radio", BR (Radio of Bavaria) SWR (Süden-Westen Radio), Radio WFMT (USA) and for the Sony Spain record label.

The Junta de Andalucía (regional government), in combination with the Instituto Andaluz de la Juventud (Andalusian Youth Institute), awarded Luis del Valle the distinction of “Premio Málaga Joven” (Malaga Youth Prize) for his promotion of Malaga abroad.

In addition to his performances as a concert pianist, he currently holds a professorship at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid and is often invited to give master classes on piano and chamber music both in Spain and abroad. He has also been a professor of chamber music at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía and at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Aragón.