Pablo Sáinz Villegas

Pablo Sáinz Villegas
Born	(1977-06-16) June 16, 1977 La Rioja, Spain
Genres	Spanish Classical Guitar
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Guitar
Website	www.pablosainzvillegas.com

Pablo Sáinz Villegas (born in Logroño, La Rioja, Spain on June 16, 1977) is a Spanish Classical Guitarist.

Career

Pablo Sáinz Villegas is hailed by critics as the privileged successor of Andrés Segovia and celebrated around the world as a natural ambassador of Spanish culture. Since his auspicious debut with the New York Philharmonic under Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos at Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center, he has performed in more than 30 countries and with orchestras such as the Israel Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the San Francisco Symphony and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

His “beautifully rounded guitar tone” and “soulful rendition” (The New York Times) makes him one of the most sought-after soloists by today’s foremost orchestras, conductors and festivals. A champion and supporter in developing new repertoire for the Spanish classical guitar, he has performed numerous world premieres, including the first guitar piece to have been written by five-time Academy Award-winning composer John Williams.

Pablo Sáinz Villegas has performed in the presence of the Dalai Lama as well as the Royal Family of Spain and has the honor to serve as Cultural Ambassador to the Vivanco Foundation and its museum, considered by UNESCO as the best museum of wine culture in the world.

Performance highlights for this season include the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Lyon, The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the Copenhagen Philharmonic, the Gewandhaus-Quartett, the Aspen Music Festival and concerts at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC.

Pablo Sáinz Villegas has appeared at such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall in New York, the Philharmonie in Berlin, the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, and the Musikverein in Vienna. The success of his performances results in repeated reengagements from renowned conductors such as fellow Spaniard Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Carlos Kalmar, Juanjo Mena and Alondra de la Parra, with whom he recorded Ponce’s Concierto del Sur for Sony Classical achieving Platinum status.

He is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including El Ojo Crítico, making him the first guitarist to ever win Spain's top classical music honour. Prior to winning the famed Parkening International Guitar Competition, Pablo was already the recipient of more than 30 international awards, including the Francisco Tárrega Award and the Andrés Segovia Award at age 15.

Known for his outreach programs, Pablo Sáinz Villegas is the founder of "The Music Without Borders Legacy", a program that seeks to bridge communities across cultural, social, and political borders for the benefit of youth, which has served more than 15,000 children.

Personal life

Pablo Sáinz Villegas was born in La Rioja, Spain and is currently based in New York City.

Orchestras

▪ Aarhus Symphony Orchestra	▪ Grand Teton Festival Orchestra	▪ Orchestre d’Auvergne	▪ Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico
▪ Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic	▪ Grosses Orchester Graz	▪ Orchestre Ensemble Kanazawa	▪ Orquesta Sinfónica del Vallés
▪ Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra	▪ Houston Symphony Orchestra	▪ Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine	▪ Orquesta Sinfónica de Valencia
▪ Los Angeles Philharmonic	▪ Israel Camerata Jerusalem	▪ Orchestre National de Lyon	▪ Philharmonia of the Nations
▪ Bellingham Festival Orchestra	▪ Israel Philharmonic	▪ Oregon Symphony	▪ Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas
▪ Boston Symphony	▪ Kwa Zula Natal Philharmonic Orchestra	▪ Orquesta Barcelona Sinfonietta	▪ Philly Pops
▪ Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra	▪ Las Vegas Philharmonic	▪ Orquesta Barroca Millenium	▪ Pittsburgh Symphony
▪ Camerata del Prado	▪ Lexington Philarmonic	▪ Orquesta de Castilla y León	▪ Proyecto Gerhard
▪ Canberra Symphony Orchestra	▪ Lithuanian Symphony Orchestra	▪ Orquesta Ciudad de Torrent	▪ Proyecto Guerrero
▪ Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia	▪ Miami Symphony Orchestra	▪ Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria	▪ "Recreation" Grosses Orchester Graz
▪ Chamber Orchestra of South Bay	▪ Mobile Symphony Orchestra	▪ Orquesta Filarmónica de Viña del Mar	▪ Real Filharmonía de Galic¡a
▪ Chattanooga Symphony	▪ Moscow Sym. Orch.“Russian Philharmonia”	▪ Orquesta de Radio Televisión Española	▪ Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla
▪ Chemnitz Symphony Orchestra	▪ National Orchestra of Turkey	▪ Orquesta Sinfónica de Bilbao	▪ San Francisco Symphony
▪ Colorado Springs	▪ New York Philharmonic	▪ Orquesta Sinfónica de Córdoba	▪ State Symphony Orchestra “New Russia”
▪ Copenhagen Philharmonic	▪ New York Virtuosi Chamber Symphony	▪ Orquesta Sinfónica de Extremadura	▪ String Orchestra of the Rockies
▪ Danish National Symphony Orchestra	▪ North Czech Philharmonic	▪ Orquesta Sinfónica de La Rioja	▪ Toronto Symphony Orchestra
▪ Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra	▪ Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid	▪ Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Brasil	▪ Westmichigan Symphony Orchestra
▪ Fort Worth Symphony	▪ Orchestra I Pomerigi Musicali	▪ Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias	▪ Yokohama Sinfonietta

Conductors

▪ Ligia Amadio	▪ Michal Dworzynski	▪ Tomás Garrido	▪ Eduardo Marturet	▪ Clemens Schuldt
▪ Jesús Amigo	▪ JoAnn Falletta	▪ Xavier Güell	▪ Peter Nero	▪ Robert Seebacher
▪ Sergio Alapont	▪ Maxim Fedotov	▪ Cristóbal Halffter	▪ Juan José Olives	▪ Alexander Sladkowski
▪ Albert Argudo	▪ Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos	▪ Pedro Halffter	▪ Michael Palmer	▪ Scott Speck
▪ Avner Biron	▪ Giancarlo Guerrero	▪ Miguel Harth Bedoya	▪ Miguel Patrón Marchand	▪ Francis Steiner
▪ Giampolo Bisanti	▪ José Ramón Encinar	▪ Michiyoshi Inoue	▪ Carlos Miguel Prieto	▪ Geoffrey Styles
▪ Salvador Brotons	▪ José Luis de Eusebio	▪ James Judd	▪ Olivieri Munroe	▪ Sergey Tararin
▪ Josep Caballé Domenech	▪ JoAnn Falletta	▪ Carlos Kalmar	▪ Antoni Ros Marbá	▪ José Luis Temes
▪ José Luis del Caño	▪ Roberto Fores Veses	▪ Jean Jacques Kantorow	▪ Günter Neuhold	▪ Kazumi Yam
▪ Joana Carneiro	▪ Michael Francis	▪ Adrian Leaper	▪ Alondra de la Parra	▪ Maximiano Valdés
▪ Kayoko Dan	▪ Justus Frantz	▪ Francesc Llongueres	▪ Peter Rundel	▪ Joshua Weilerstein
▪ John Deter	▪ Tor Fromhyr	▪ Juanjo Mena	▪ Case Scaglione	▪ George Zack

Music halls

▪ Auditorio Nacional, Madrid	▪ Jonas Hall, Houston	▪ Merkin Hall, New York	▪ Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Moscow
▪ Auditori, Barcelona	▪ The Kimmel Center, Philadelphia	▪ Music Int. House, Moscow	▪ Teatro Arriaga, Bilbao
▪ Alice Tully Hall, New York	▪ Llewellyn Hall, Canberra	▪ Musikverein, Vienna	▪ Teatro de la Maestranza, Sevilla
▪ Avery Fisher Hall, New York	▪ The New World Symphony, Miami	▪ Palau de la Música, Barcelona	▪ Teatro Monumental, Madrid
▪ Carnegie Hall, New York	▪ The Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv	▪ Sala Verdi, Milan	▪ Teatro Nacional, Brazil
▪ Davies Hall, San Francisco	▪ Metropolitan Museum, New York	▪ Spivey Hall, Atlanta	▪ Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles

Music festivals

▪ Flanders Festival. Leuven, Belgium
▪ La Folle Journée. France, Spain, Japan
▪ Grand Teton Music Festival. Jackson Hole, WY, USA
▪ Bellingham Music Festival. Bellingham, WA, USA
▪ Festival Casals.Puerto Rico
▪ Festival de Música Española de Cádiz, Spain
▪ Canarias International Music Festival, Spain
▪ Music Festival of Torroella. Torroella de Montgrí, Spain
▪ International Music Festival “Are More”. Vigo, Spain
▪ Winter Music Festival. Brasilia, Brasil
▪ International Music Festival in Sarajevo “Sarajevska Zima”. Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
▪ International Music and Dance Festival in Granada. Granada, Spain
▪ Festival Musica (contemporary music). Strasbourg, France
▪ Festival of Perelada. Perelada, Spain
▪ Verano Musical de Segovia. Segovia, Spain

World premieres

Orchestra concerti

▪ Carlos Blanco Ruiz (b. 1970)
Sinestesias
Orquesta Sinfónica de La Rioja
Conductor: J.L. Barrio
Briones, Spain. October 13, 2013

▪ Tomás Marco (b. 1942)
Concierto de Córdoba
Festival de Córdoba
Córdoba Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: J.L. Temes
Córdoba, Spain. July 3, 2012

▪ Lorenzo Palomo (b. 1938)
Fulgores
Doble Concerto for Guitar & Violin
Valencia Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Violin: Alexander Da Costa
Valencia, Spain. December 2, 2011

▪ Jacobo Durán Loriga (b. 1958)
Marsias y Apolo
Doble concerto for Guitar & Clarinet
Proyecto Gerhard
Conductor: J.L. Temes
Clarinet: Salvador Salvador
Auditorio Nacional
Madrid, Spain. February 25, 1999

Solo guitar

▪ Pedro Da Silva
Sunset – West
Finca Festival
Gran Canaria, Spain. July 9, 2013

▪ Jesús Torres (b. 1965)
Ausencias
Sidney, Australia. October 27, 2003

▪ María Dolores Malumbres, (b. 1931)
Burbujas
Festival de Peralada
Peralada, Spain. July, 1998

Countries

▪ Australia	▪ France	▪ Portugal	▪ United Arab Emirates
▪ Austria	▪ Germany	▪ Puerto Rico	▪ United States of America
▪ Belgium	▪ Greece	▪ Romania	▪ United Kingdom
▪ Bosnia-Herzegovina	▪ Israel	▪ Russia	▪ Venezuela
▪ Brazil	▪ Ireland	▪ Slovakia
▪ Canada	▪ Italy	▪ South Africa
▪ Chile	▪ Japan	▪ Spain
▪ Denmark	▪ Lithuania	▪ Sweden
▪ Dominican Republic	▪ Mexico	▪ Switzerland
▪ Ecuador	▪ Poland	▪ Turkey

Education and teachers

▪ Manhattan School of Music, New York City, USA. 2002-2007, David Starobin. Postgraduate Diploma, Professional Studies and Artist Diploma.

▪ Hochschule für Musik “Franz Liszt” Weimar, Germany. 1997-2001, Thomas Müller-Pering. Konzertdiplom - Gitarre.

▪ Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid, Spain. 1995-1997, José Luis Rodrigo Bravo. Título de Profesor Superior.

▪ Conservatorio Profesional de Música de La Rioja (1983-1995), Julián Aliende, Miguel Ubis González, Paulino García Blanco. Título de Profesor.

Academic merits

▪ Andres Segovia / Rose Agustine Award. Manhattan School of Music. New York, USA 2007

▪ Extraordinary Prize for Degree´s End of the Graduation 1996/97. Real Conservatorio Superior de Música. Madrid, Spain 1997

▪ Magna Cum Laude, 7th level of Guitar. Real Conservatorio Superior de Música. Madrid, Spain 1996

▪ Extraordinary Prize for Final´s Level. Conservatorio Profesional de Música de La Rioja. Logroño, Spain 1993

▪ Magna Cum Laude, 6th level of Guitar. Conservatorio Profesional de Música de La Rioja. Logroño, Spain 1993

External links

• Artist's website