Pianist 111699

Pianist and Piano Accompaniment

QUALIFICATIONS:
2011-2013: MA (Distinction) in Piano Accompaniment by the Royal Academy of Music
2007-2008: Teaching Certificate by the "Universidad Complutense" of Madrid.
2003-2007: Degree in Piano Playing by the "Real Conservatorio de Musica de Madrid".

Experience as a soloist and as an accompanist in different venues in both Spain and the UK:
- 2023 Pump House Theatre in Watfrod, Hertfordshire, with ACt 2 Act
- 2022 Belvoir Castle with tenor Vasili Karpiak and soprano Fiona Hymns; The Garlic Farm, Isle of Wight, with Opera on the Move; Pump House Theatre in Watford etc.
- 2021 St John The Divine, London, and St Edward King & Martyr, Cambridge, with Opera on the Move; Pump House Theatre in Watford, Hertfordshire, with Act 2 Act; St Mary-Le-Bow with soprano Eves Sanders
- 2019 As part of Wigan Music Society's 78th Season with soprano Rebecca Goulden; St James' Piccadilly with cellist Javier Romero Aranda
- 2018 Pushkin House in Bloomsbury, London, as part on the final of the Barnardo's National Choral Competition at Royal Festival Hall in London; Cadogan Hall with the London Gay Men's Chorus's show 'Polyphonica'; Riverhead Theatre in Louth, Lincolnshire, with the New London Opera Group; Pump House Theatre in Watford, Hertfordshire, with Act 2 Act
- 2017 St Martin-in-the Fields, as part of the Echoes Festival of Latin classical music, where he performed his own vocal programme "An evening in Seville"; St George's, Bloomsbury, with mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis; Riverhead Theatre in Louth, Lincolnshire, with the New London Opera Group; aboard "Boudicca", cruise liner of Fred.Olsen, with soprano Milena Dobryzcka
- 2016-17 St Botolph's without Bishopsgate, as part of the Lunchtime series "Song in the City"
- 2016 Riverhead Theatre in Louth, Lincolnshire, with the Opera Group; Repetiteur for the "Rossini 2016" Young Artist programme
- 2015-16 Aboard "Minerva", cruise liner, as part of the classical music entertainment provided by Opera Barcarola
- 2015 Aboard "Balmoral", cruise liner of Fred.Olsen, with soprano Milena Dobrzycka; St James' Piccadilly, London with mezzo-soprano Ligia Lopez Cedillo; "The Forge" at Camden, London; Universidad "San Pablo CEU" Madrid; Casino de Ciudad Real
(Spain)
- 2014 St. James Piccadilly, London; Blackheath Halls, London; The King's Head Theatre, Islington, where he performed his own vocal programme "Tchaikovsky Romances: Secret Affections" with baritone Alistair Sutherland
- 2013 Wigmore Hall during the finals of the "Maureen Lehane" vocal competition; "The Venue", at Leeds College of Music
- 2012 Southwark Cathedral in London, with the American Choral Directors' Association; Bristol Cathedral, with the American Choral Directors' Association; Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, accompanying the Rollo Dilworth Festival
- 2011-2013 David Josefowitz Recital Hall and Duke's Hall at the Royal Academy of Music, in collaboration with different concert series, including the prestigious "Song Circle"
- 2007" Auditorio Nacional" of Madrid with the Royal Conservatoire of Band
- 2006 "Fundacion Eutherpe" in Leon, Spain
- 2004 "Ruperto Chapi" theatre in Villena, Alicante, Spain
- 2003 "Aula Cultural de Caja Madrid" in Ciudad Real, Spain

CHORAL ACCOMPANYING WORK:
- Accompanist for the Tottenham Community Choir since April 2022 under conductor Nicki Williamson
- AMD and rehearsal pianist for the New Tottenham Singers under conductor Tom Fowkes during the year 2021-2022
- Rehearsal pianist for the Allen & Overy, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Barclays choirs under conductor Howard Charles of City Music Services
- Rehearsal pianist for the Lockton Choir under conductor Emma Ventris
- Rehearsal pianist for the "Barts and The London Choir" under conductor Matthew Hardy during the year 2016-17
- Performed with the American Choral Directors' Association under conductor Simon Carrington in June 2012; in the same month, performed under Rollo Dilworth at the Rollo Dilworth Festival
- Horacio has a wealth of experience as deputy rehearsal pianist for numerous choirs within the London area and its surroundings, some of which include: "Streatham Choral" and "Harpenden Music Makers" under Christopher Hann, "Cantus Ensemble" under Dominic Brennan, "Dorking Choral Society" under Richard Wilberforce, and "London Gay Men's Chorus" under Simon Sharp

EDUCATION WORK:
- 2018: Accompanist for the "Act2act" Musical Theatre Youth Group in Watford, Hertfordshire.
- 2020-2021 Accompanist at the "I can sing!" Saturday programme for HMDT Music
- February 2018-December 2019 Accompanist at Young Music Makers in Hampstead, London
- 2015 Piano teacher at Spanish Institute "Canada Blanch"
- 2009-2010 Brass and strings accompanist and Piano teacher in the Professional Conservatoire of Music of Getafe (Madrid)
- 2008-2009: Piano teacher in the Music School of Manzanares (Spain)
- 2008: Piano and Music teacher in the Music and Dance School of Valdemoro (Madrid)
- 2006-2007: Music teacher for children aged 3 to 6, for the extracurricular activities of the Public School "Tomas Breton", Madrid
- 2006: Piano teacher at the "Allegro" Academy in Madrid
- 2004-2005: Piano and Music teacher in the Music School of "Moraleja de Enmedio" (Madrid)

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:
- 2013 Highly Commended on the "Christian Carpentier Prize" to the Best Accompaniment Exam at the Royal Academy of Music; accompanied Anna Sideris at the Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards 2013
- 2012: Piano Accompaniment Prize at the "William Mathias Piano Festival" in Caernarfon (Wales)
- 2012: Second Prize in the "Ludmilla Andrews Russian Song Competition" at the Royal Academy of Music
- 2003: First Prize at the "XV Concurso de Jovenes Interpretes Ruperto Chapi de Villena"
- 2003: Spanish Music Performance Prize at the II "Pablo Sorozabal" of Puertollano