- Enrique Graf
Infobox musical artist
Name = Enrique Graf
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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Born = birth date and age|1953|19|18
flagicon|URUMontevideo ,Uruguay
Instrument =Piano
Genre = Classical
Occupation =Pianist
Label = Centaur, Cougar Classics, Intersound, Carlton Classics
URL = [http://www.enriquegraf.com/ www.enriquegraf.com]Enrique Graf was born (1953) in
Montevideo, Uruguay , and is now an American citizen. He started studying piano with his mother at the age of four. After winning all of the national competitions in Uruguay, he went to thePeabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University to study withLeon Fleisher on a full scholarship from the Organization of American States and Peabody. In 2000 he received the Immigrant Achievement Award from the American Immigration Law Foundation in Washington, D.C. [cite web
url = http://www.ailf.org/notable/iaa/dc2000/index.html
title = AILF Immigrant Achievement Awards 2000
accessdate = 2007-02-27
author = American Immigration Law Foundation
year = 2007] Graf, tenorPlacido Domingo and violinist Midori are the only three classical musicians to have received this honor.In 1977 he won First Prize in the National Ensemble Piano Competition, the following year Graf was the First Prize winner in the
William Kapell International Piano Competition and in 1981 he won the East and West International Competition in New York City.Graf has given recitals all over the world and has been featured as soloist with such orchestras as the Baltimore, Indianapolis, New Jersey, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Florida, West Virginia, Illinois, Flagstaff, Augusta, Greenville, Charleston, New York City and Jupiter Symphonies, the Symphony of the Americas, the National Chamber Orchestra, the Illinois Chamber Orchestra, the American Chamber Orchestra, the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Sinfonia da Camara, Florida Virtuosi Orchestra, the Puerto Rico Symphony, the Montevideo Philharmonic, the Lviv Philharmonic, the Moscow Philharmonic, the Janácek Philharmonic in the Czech Republic, and the National Orchestras of Ukraine, Chile, Uruguay, Peru and Colombia.
He has appeared at
Lincoln Center ,Kennedy Center , Krannert Center, Carnegie Recital Hall, the Cultural Center of Manila, Teatro Opera in Buenos Aires, the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Florida, South Bay Center for the Arts in Los Angeles, the Chautauqua Festival, Young Keyboard Artists International Festival in Ann Arbor, the San Miguel de Allende Chamber Music Festival in Mexico, the University of Maryland International Piano Festival, Spoleto International Piano Festival in Italy, “Contrasts” Festival in Lviv and Kiev Music Fest in the Ukraine.Graf is the Univerisy Artist-in-Residence at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. He is also the founder and Artistic Director of the International Piano Series at the College of Charleston, as well as the founder of the newly developed record label, Cougar Classics.Graf also teaches at Carnegie Mellon School of Music, where he serves as an Artist Lecturer in Piano.
References
External links
* [http://www.concertartist.info/bio/graf.html Enrique Graf] at the World Concert Artist Directory
* [http://www.ailf.org/notable/iaa/graf.htm Biography] at AILF Immigrant Achievement Awards
* [http://www.cofc.edu/music/bio/graf.html Enrique Graf] 's page at the College of Charleston
* [http://www.internationalpianoseries.org International Piano Series] at the College of Charleston
* [http://www.cougarclassics.com Cougar Classics]
* [http://cdbaby.com/cd/enriquegraf2 Recordings] by Enrique Graf
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