Biography
Born in Sanlúcar de Barrameda (2001, Spain), pianist Juan Pedro García Oliva is one of the most prominent young classical musicians in Spain and abroad. He has received numerous awards in national and international piano competitions that took place in Albacete, Sevilla, Alicante, and Madrid (Spain), and abroad in Portugal, Italy and The Netherlands.
He has recently been awarded the 1st prize, audience prize, best performance of chamber music prize, and best performance of Reza Navamar's Ti'afa'a prize at the YPF European Piano Competition – Grand Prix Youri Egorov 2022 in Amsterdam.
He has attended many masterclasses by renowned musicians such as Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Denis Kozhukhin, Boris Berman, Aleksandar Madzar, Eugene Indjic, James Giles, David Kuyken and Robert Kulek, among others.
Juan Pedro has performed in some of the most important venues such as Het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam (Kleine Zaal and Grote Zaal), Teatro Villamarta (Jerez de la Frontera), Palacio de San Telmo (Sevilla), ADDA Auditorium (Alicante), and Museu do Oriente (Lisbon). He has also been invited to perform at several festivals, among which SIPO (Portugal) and Sipiano (Switzerland). Moreover, he has appeared as soloist with orchestras in venues such as Auditorio Nacional de Música (Madrid) together with Orquesta de Cámara 'Andrés Segovia' under the baton of Víctor Ambroa, and Muziekgebouw (Amsterdam) together with Phion Orkest under the baton of Antony Hermus.
Since November 2020 he enjoys a grand piano Grotrian-Steinweg generously on loan by Dutch foundation Nationaal Muziekinstrumenten Fonds (NMF).
Juan Pedro is supported by several institutions that help him continue his studies abroad, with scholarships offered to him by Ministerio de Educación y Cultura de la Junta de Andalucía, Musici van Morgen, and Jeunesses Musicales Madrid. This last one was handed over to him by the Queen Sofía of Spain.
He studied at the Conservatory of Music 'Joaquin Villatoro' in Jerez de la Frontera (Spain) with Eduardo Rodríguez. Since 2019, Juan Pedro is studying at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (The Netherlands) under the guidance of Dutch pianist Frank van de Laar. He is also currently specializing at the Accademia del Ridotto in Stradella (Italy) with Boris Berman.
