BIOGRAPHY

Since he joined the group of Fine Arts Concertists in 2010,
Mexican-Spanish pianist Santiago Piñeirúa has stood out for being one of the most active
pianists in Mexico with a career of national and international
relevance.

He appears regularly on important stages in the
country and abroad as a soloist, in chamber music concerts and
with important orchestras. Some of the directors with whom he
has worked include Maestros Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Sylvain Gasançon, David Reiland, Lanfranco Marcelletti, Ludwig Carrasco, Iván del Prado, Marc Moncusí, among others.

His performances abroad include important stages in the United States, Spain, France, England, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt. He has worked with prominent Mexican and foreign musicians such as Brian Lewis, Manuel Ramos, Mauricio Náder, and Carlos Prieto. In 2017 she performed at the Cairo Opera in Egypt alongside the Mexican soprano Zulyamir Lopezríos and at Carnegie Hall in New York, with the American cellist Elizabeth Mikhael.

In 2011, Santiago Piñeirúa received the National Youth Award from the Federal Government for his outstanding career in the category of artistic expressions. He has also been a beneficiary on several occasions of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA). Among the projects he has carried out with FONCA, the recording of the album “México Actual” (2021) under the label Urtext Digital Classics stands out, which includes new works by contemporary Mexican composers and the commission and premiere of the Second Piano Concerto by composer Samuel Zyman, under the baton of Maestro Marc Moncusí and the Symphony Orchestra of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León in 2023.

During his formative years he trained with the renowned Mexican pianist Mauricio Náder. In 2006 he received a Bachelor's degree from the Manhattan School of Music in New York, where he studied with Nina Svetlanova. In 2009 he received his Master's degree from the same institution under the guidance of the legendary pianist Horacio Gutiérrez. He is currently a piano Professor at the School of Fine Arts of the Universidad Panamericana.