Paco Montalvo (born 19 November 1992) is a Spanish classical violinist. He is the youngest violinist to make a 21st-century debut in the main hall of Carnegie Hall in New York. Paco Montalvo’s interest in music began when he was quite young, all thanks to a family who introduced him to the violin at such an early age. He began by taking lessons from his father at the age of five, and since then has studied with Yuri Petrossian, Nestor Eidler, who was a disciple of Szentgÿorgyi and David Oistrach. He gave his first recital at the age of six and at 12 years made his debut with the Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra in Madrid, Spain. In march of 2014 Paco Montalvo was included by Nestle as one of the four most outstanding violinists of the 21st century. Career Following his debut with the Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Montalvo began a prolific public career, performing as a soloist with numerous orchestras and in festivals and recitals all over Europe, Asia, and America.[4] At the age of 17, one of his international appearances was made with the Israel Symphony Orchestra in Tel-Aviv, Israel.[5] The concert was such a success that, less than a year later, Montalvo was invited to perform as a soloist in the legendary Carnegie Hall. Successful debut in Carnegie Hall On April 24, 2011, Paco Montalvo gave a historic performance in New York’s emblematic Carnegie Hall. Accompanied by the New England Symphonic Orchestra and conducted by British composer John Rutter, he played Nicolo Paganini’s Concerto No. 1 with such technical mastery and maturity that American critics hailed him as a “dazzling” musician, saying that his solos “thrilled the audience.”[6] Paco Montalvo is the first violinist of the 21st century to debut in the Stern Auditorium on the Perelman Stage at there at the age of 18. Music studies Montalvo has studied at such prestigious universities and conservatories as the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow; the Mozarteum University of Salzburg, Austria; the University of Charlotte, North Carolina; the Queen Sofia College of Music in Madrid; the Barenboim-Said Foundation in Seville, Spain; and the Meadowmount School of Music in New York. By age 16, Paco Montalvo had finished his studies at the Rafael Orozco Conservatory of Music, graduating with honors and receiving the highest certification for the violin offered by the institution. When he earned his degree at 18, he became one of the youngest university graduates in Europe. Maestros[edit] His lengthy list of violin instructors includes: David Russel, Zakhar Bron, Jean-Jacques Kantorow, Igor Ozim, Mathis Fischer, Klaus Peter, Victor Pikaizen, Salvatore Accardo, Yuri Volguin, Sally Thomas, Alexander Tronstiansky, Joel Smirnoff, Serguei Teslia, Ruben Aharonyan, Gonçal Comellas, Luis Gallardo, Serguei Fatkouline, José Gámez, Ara Bogdanian, Pavel Vernikov et Alexander Markov. International presentations[edit] Acap.svg This section may require copy-editing. (January 2014) May 2006, Paco Montalvo made his first trip to the United States, Chicago (Illinois), selected by the Stradivari Society as one of the most outstanding young soloists in the world. Montalvo played in the Concert Hall Stradivari, a concert playing violin The Cathedral charged by Stradivarius in 1707. In November 2007, Montalvo performed with the National Orchestra of Cuba in the National Theater of Habana under the direction of Juan Luis González. In 2009 he was selected as an ambassador to represent his hometown of Córdoba, Spain in a cultural tour of Poland.In February 2011, he began filming Córdoba, life and genius. It was one of the main characters with some of the most famous artists of the city as the guitarist Vicente Amigo and flamenco singer El Pele. January 2011, 2012 and 2013: Collaborates annually with the Spanish Senate to mark the International Day of Remembrance for the Holocaust in furtherance of their goals to prevent future crimes against humanity. March, 2012: Performed as soloist with the Budapest Strings Orchestra in Hungary in a series of concerts featuring the works of Pablo Sarasate in the Danube Palace. April, 2012: Invited by violinist Shlomo Mintz to perform in “The Violins of Hope” concert series in the United States The concert was broadcast nationwide on National Public Radio. In May 2013, the North American actress Eva Longoria invited Paco Montalvo to Paris for The Global Gift Gala Gala. In March of the same year, Paco Montalvo had a meeting with Yael Naim, an Israeli singer with whom he worked on several projects. July 2013, Montalvo won the Arthur Rubinstein Award for Excellence in Interpretation and Musical Composition.[ In July 2013, Paco Montalvo performed in Greece during the IX ° International Festival of the Aegean, the Concerto No. 3 of Mozart with the conductor Peter Tiboris.
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