{"id":1787,"date":"2020-07-01T17:59:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T15:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pianoiturbi-pre.dival.es\/joaquin-achucarro-director-artistico-del-premio-eng\/"},"modified":"2020-07-19T13:54:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T11:54:32","slug":"joaquin-achucarro-director-artistico-del-premio-eng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pianoiturbi.dival.es\/en\/joaquin-achucarro-director-artistico-del-premio-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"Joaqu\u00edn Ach\u00facarro, director of the next Iturbi Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The international concert pianist Joaqu\u00edn Ach\u00facarro will be the director of the next Iturbi Awards promoted by the Provincial Council of Valencia within the framework of the International Iturbi Piano Competition, Valencia. This Friday, the councillor responsible for these awards, Gl\u00f2ria Tello, announced the new features of this year\u2019s revamped competition in a press release issued by the provincial authorities.<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<br\/><p>El concurso contar\u00e1 por primera vez con la direcci\u00f3n art\u00edstica y presidencia del jurado a cargo del Joaqu\u00edn Ach\u00facarro y con un comit\u00e9 asesor formado por los pianistas Emma Jim\u00e9nez, Josu de Solaun, Carles Mar\u00edn y \u00d3scar Oliver.<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p><p>The 21st International Iturbi Piano Competition, Valencia organised by the Provincial Council of Valencia since 1981, will take place from 23 June to 3 July 2021 in Valencia at the Teatro Principal. The Orchestra of Valencia will perform in the last two stages of the competition.<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p><p>Gl\u00f2ria Tello said that these awards are \u201ca musical benchmark in Valencia and the rest of Spain\u201d and \u201cmost particularly on the international scene\u201d. In this respect, she emphasised that these awards were \u201ca cultural and musical attraction that has brought together,\u201d in Valencia, \u201cthe very finest of the world\u2019s piano panorama since their inception 40 years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p><p>The forthcoming competition will feature a resident composer for the first time. \u00d2scar Colomina has been commissioned to compose a piece specifically for this competition which must be performed by all the competitors who reach the second round. The competition will also have a new graphic image created by the designer Daniel Nebot.&#13;\nPersons wishing to compete may submit their videos before the start of the competition from 1 September onwards next year. The full terms and conditions of the competition are available at www.pianoturbi.com<\/p>\n\n<br\/><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>An active, prominent figure<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<p><\/p><p>The Provincial Council of Valencia described Joaqu\u00edn Ach\u00facarro as \u201cone of the most outstanding Spanish pianists still performing,\u201d and explained that he had debuted at the age of 13 and began his professional career after winning the Liverpool International Competition in 1959, which led to his debut with the London Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p><p>During his career, this pianist has performed in more than 60 countries and as a soloist with more than 200 orchestras. His many awards include the two highest honours for the Arts: in 1992 the Spanish government awarded him Spain\u2019s National Music Award and in 1996 King Juan Carlos knighted him with the Gold Medal of the Fine Arts.&#13;\nThe Unesco declared him the 2000 Artist for Peace in acknowledgement of his \u201coutstanding artistic success\u201d. Since September 1989, he has held the Joel Estes Tate Chair at the Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The international concert pianist Joaqu\u00edn Ach\u00facarro will be the director of the next Iturbi Awards promoted by the Provincial Council of Valencia within the framework of the International Iturbi Piano [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - 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