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Alfonso Gómez


Born in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain) in 1978, Alfonso Gómez began to play the piano at the tender age of five. He studied at the Jesús Guridi Conservatory of Music in the same city under professors Patricia Escudero and Albert Nieto and graduated with the highest distinction, the Premio de Honor. With the aid of a grant from the Álava Regional Government, Gómez enrolled in advanced courses with Professor Aquiles delle Vigne at the Rotterdam Conservatory (Holland) from 1997 to 2001, which he also completed with the highest honours. From 2001 until 2004, Gómez studied with the eminent Tibor Szász at the Musikhochschule of Freiburg (Germany), where he graduated with honours in the soloist category. 
        Gómez has also pursued advanced studies under G. Egiazarova, E. Haedsick, J. Wijn, L. de Moura Castro, G. Mishory and J. Rouvier, to name a few. 
        Alfonso Gómez has won national and international competitions on a number of occasions, including first prize in the J. Françaix Piano Competition (Paris), the City of Guernica Piano Competition, the Alter Musici Competition (Cartagena) and the Gerald Diego Competition (Soria). In 1999, he was awarded the Erasmus Kamermuziekprijs Prijs in Rotterdam. 
        Gómez has performed in numerous concerts and recitals in Spain, France, Belgium, Holland, Austria, Germany, Italy, the Ukraine, Mexico, Taiwan and South Korea. As a soloist, he has been featured in concerts with the Frankfurt Philharmonic (Oder), Rotterdam Young Philharmonic, Orkest van Utrecht, Aita Donostia Chamber Orchestra, Musikhochschule Orchester Freiburg, Gyeonggi Philharmonic and Euro-Asian Philharmonic, under the baton of conductors such as Roy Goodman, Jurjen Hempel, Nanse Gum, Juan Jose Mena, J. Kaell and Scott Sandmeier.          
        Alfonso Gómez has a wide-ranging repertoire that spans from baroque to contemporary music. He has premiered works by several contemporary composers, some of whom have dedicated works to him.
        Gómez has recorded severals CDs for labels “Erol”, “Spanish Music Festival of León" and "Sinkro Records".  
        Since 2008 he is professor at the University of Music "Musikene" of the Basque Country in San Sebastian, Spain.