Claudio Martínez Mehner is a Spanish

Spain

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 piano soloist and pedagogue.

Biography

Martinez Mahner studied at Madrid Conservatory

Madrid Conservatory

-History:The Royal Conservatory of Music was founded on July 15, 1830, by royal decree, and was originally located in Mostenses Square, Madrid. In 1852 it was moved to the Royal Opera, where it remained until the building was condemned by royal order and classes ordered to halt in 1925. For the...

, Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía

Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía

The Queen Sofía College of Music is a private music college founded in Madrid, Spain, in 1991 by Paloma O'Shea...

 in Madrid, the Peabody Institute

Peabody Institute

The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University is a renowned conservatory and preparatory school located in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland at the corner of Charles and Monument Streets at Mount Vernon Place.-History:...

, the Moscow Conservatory

Moscow Conservatory

The Moscow Conservatory is a higher musical education institution in Moscow, and the second oldest conservatory in Russia after St. Petersburg Conservatory. Along with the St...

, the International Piano Foundation "Theo Lieven"

International Piano Academy Lake Como

The International Piano Academy Lake Como is a music school. Seven pianists, chosen annually from a worldwide field of 400 applicants including many international prizewinners, have the opportunity of studying with a faculty whose core membership past and present includes such stellar artists as...

 and the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg

Hochschule für Musik Freiburg

The Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Freiburg is a public music academy subsidized by the State of Baden-Württemberg for academic research and artistic and pedagogical training in music.-History:The Hochschule was initially founded as a municipal institution in 1946 under the direction of Gustav...

. He was a finalist at the 1990 Paloma O'Shea Competition

Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition

The Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition is a piano competition taking place in Santander, Spain every three years, organized by the Albéniz Foundation...

; two years later he won the first prize at the Pilar Bayona Competition

Pilar Bayona Piano Competition

The Pilar Bayona Piano Competition was a piano competition held in Zaragoza in memory of pianist Pilar Bayona . It was dissolved in 2004 and converted into a series of grants for Aragonese musicians...

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Claudio is a chamber music specialist, he has recorded chamber music with the Casals Quartet. As a soloist he has performed with the Munich Philharmonic, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

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, Orchestra of the Teatro Alla Scala

La Scala

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, Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Scottish Chamber Orchestra

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, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana

Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana

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, North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

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 and most of the major Spanish orchestras.

Claudio retired for seven years from the concert scena while recovering from an injury. Now he is starting to perform again both in recitals and as soloist.

Martínez Mehner holds a professorship at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Aragón and serves as Dmitri Bashkirov's assistant at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía

Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía

The Queen Sofía College of Music is a private music college founded in Madrid, Spain, in 1991 by Paloma O'Shea...

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