Miguel Angel Ortega Chavaldas

Born in the Canary Islands, Miguel Ángel Ortega Chavaldas pursued his studies in Spain under the direction of Almudena Cano. During this time, he was awarded the First Class Diploma in Piano and Chamber Music.

He continued his studies at the Sweelinck Conservatorium van Amsterdam and the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. His teachers included György Kurtág, András Mihály, Katalin Némes, Márta Gulyás and Ferenc Rados. He recently earned a Master of Musical Research Degree from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (King Juan Carlos University) in Madrid.

Ortega Chavaldas made his orchestral debut performing the Brahms Concerto in D Minor with the Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra, and he has appeared regularly in Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Luxembourg, Tunisia, Tanzania, Vietnam, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Turkey and the USA. Ortega Chavaldas took part in Beethoven Piano Concertos Project with conductor Adrian Leaper and with the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra and he has collaborated in chamber music concerts with many well-known musicians including Natalia Gutman, David Geringas, Frans Helmerson, János Starker, Philippe Müller and Antonio Meneses, to name just a few.

Ortega Chavaldas has recorded for the Verso label as well as for the radio in Spain, Hungary, Poland, Sweden and Germany. He has also made recordings for TVE (Spanish State Television) and NHK (Japan).

Seriously and actively committed to music teaching, he founded the Béla Bartók Association and the Music Course for Young Musicians Santa María del Paular in Rascafría (Madrid). He also teaches at the Conservatorio Superior de Aragón in Zaragoza, Spain; at the Alfonso X University, and at the Escuela Superior Reina Sofia in Madrid. He gives master classes regularly in Europe, America and Asia.