“Praised for his virtuosity, his colorful playing and his extraordinary and rare capability to communicate straight forward to his public, Luis Fernando Pérez is considered to be one of the most exceptional artists of his generation, embodying “The Renaissance of Spanish Piano” (Le Monde).
Applauded unanimously by the world critics and owner of numerous prizes like the Franz Liszt (Italy) and the Granados Prize-Alicia de Larrocha prize (Barcelona), Luis Fernando was honoured with the Albeniz Medall too, given to him for his outstanding interpretation of Iberia, regarded by Gramophone Magazine as “one of the four mythical” (together with those of Esteban Sanchez, Alicia de Larrocha and Rafael Orozco).
Luis Fernando belongs to this rare group of prominent musicians who have been taught by legendary artists; with Dimitri Bashkirov and Galina Egyazarova (at Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía), students of the great Alexander Goldenweiser — following a straight tradition after Liszt ́s considered best student Siloti — further on with Pierre-Laurent Aimard (at Hochschule für Musik Köln), and with the great Spanish pianist Alicia de Larrocha and her assistant Carlota Garriga in the Marshall Academy in Barcelona. It is precisely in the Marshall Academy beside Larrocha where he specializes in the interpretation of Spanish Music, obtaining his Masters in Spanish Music Interpretation and where he also studies all piano works of Federico Mompou with the Catalan composer’s widow, Carmen Bravo. He has also received lessons and masterclasses from such great artists as Leon Fleisher, Andras Schiff, Bruno-Leonardo Gelber, Menahen Pressler, Fou Tsong and Gyorgy Sandor.
Together with his enthusiastic concertising activity, Luis Fernando keeps an intense dedication to teaching at the Centro Superior Katarina Gurska (Madrid) and the Marshall Academy in Barcelona – in the wake of his teacher Alicia de Larrocha. He is also Piano & Chamber Music Masters teacher at the Conservatorio Superior de Aragón (Zaragoza) as well as Guest Professor at Tokyo Senzoku University.
