Biography
Piano
Javier Perianes
Javier Perianes’s highlights include concerts with the Boston Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, National Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, London Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, NDR Elbphilharmonie, Danish National Symphony, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Budapest Festival Orchestra, and Yomiuri Nippon Symphony. In recital, he has appeared at Wigmore Hall, and has also performed at the BBC Proms, Lucerne Festival, Martha Argerich Festival, Bravo! Vail, Blossom Music Festival, and Ravinia Festival, among others.
Perianes records exclusively for Harmonia Mundi and his most recent releases feature Granados’s Goyescas and Chopin’s Sonatas Nos. 2 and 3 interspersed with mazurkas. He also recently released Jeux de miroirs, centered around Ravel’s Concerto in G major with Orchestre de Paris, also including both piano and orchestral versions of Le tombeau de Couperin and Alborada del gracioso. Together with violist Tabea Zimmermann, Perianes released Cantilena in 2020, an album celebrating music from Spain and Latin America.
Perianes was awarded the National Music Prize in 2012 by the Ministry of Culture of Spain and named Artist of the Year at the International Classical Music Awards in 2019. He made his San Francisco Symphony debut in June 2015.
Perianes records exclusively for Harmonia Mundi and his most recent releases feature Granados’s Goyescas and Chopin’s Sonatas Nos. 2 and 3 interspersed with mazurkas. He also recently released Jeux de miroirs, centered around Ravel’s Concerto in G major with Orchestre de Paris, also including both piano and orchestral versions of Le tombeau de Couperin and Alborada del gracioso. Together with violist Tabea Zimmermann, Perianes released Cantilena in 2020, an album celebrating music from Spain and Latin America.
Perianes was awarded the National Music Prize in 2012 by the Ministry of Culture of Spain and named Artist of the Year at the International Classical Music Awards in 2019. He made his San Francisco Symphony debut in June 2015.
