Iñigo Pírfano

Íñigo Pírfano is a Spanish conductor, born in Bilbao, Spain, in 1973.

Life

Education He studied musical theory, piano and harmony while reading for the BA degree in philosophy at the Complutense University of Madrid.

From September 1997, Pirfano studied at Mozarteum University in Salzburg (Austria) "Musikleitung" (orchestral, choral and operatic conducting) with Professor Karl Kamper; "Korrepetition" with Professor Wolfgang Niessner and Piano with Professor Karl Wagner. Finally, he took a Conducting Diploma at the Mozarteum, gaining an Auszeichnung, or distinction.

In June 1997, Pirfano conducted the Extraordinary Concert in the Schloss Frohnburg in Salzburg's Mozarteum concert hall. There, he interpreted works by Stravinsky and Falla and premiered works by young composers of the Mozarteum's 'Seminar für neue Musik'. He then attended a Masterclass with Sir Colin Davis in Dresden and with Karl-Heinz Bloemeke and Kurt Masur in Detmold, Germany.

In 2000, he released Quatre Alcools for mezzo-soprano and orchestra in the Spanish Theatre of the 'Círculo de Bellas Artes' in Madrid.

In 2013 he published his second book Inteligencia Musical'

Awards In 2012, Pirfano received the Young Leadership Award by the Spanish Fundación Rafael del Pino.