Javier Perianes

Biography

The international career of Javier Perianes has led him to perform in the most prestigious concert halls, sharing the stage with the world’s foremost orchestras (Wiener Philharmoniker, Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris…) and working with such celebrated conductors as Daniel Barenboim, Charles Dutoit, Zubin Mehta, Gustavo Dudamel, Klaus Mäkelä, Gianandrea Noseda, Gustavo Gimeno, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Simone Young, and Vladimir Jurowski.

He recently gave the Spanish premiere of Francisco Coll’s “Ciudad sin sueño” with Les Arts, Valencia, and performed with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, NDR Elbphilharmonie, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Residentie Orkest, as well as Antwerp, BBC Scottish, Stavanger, Singapore, San Diego, and Vancouver symphony orchestras. Perianes is performing Jimmy Lopez Bellido’s Piano Concerto with the Naples Philharmonic, FL, and will play/direct all five Beethoven Piano Concertos with the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valencia, Galicia Orchestra, and on tour with the Philharmonia Orchestra. Most recently, Perianes appeared with the Auckland Philharmonia as well as Sydney, Queensland, Adelaide, Tasmania, and New Zealand symphony orchestras.

Perianes frequently appears in recitals across the globe, performing this season at Wigmore Hall, Radio France in Paris, Festival Pianistico Internazionale in Bresica and Bergamo, as well as in Adelaide. A natural and keen chamber musician, he regularly collaborates with violist Tabea Zimmermann and the Quiroga Quartet. He also appears at prestigious festivals such as the BBC Proms, Lucerne Festival, Argerich Festival, Salzburg Whitsun, La Roque d’Anthéron, Grafenegg, Prague Spring, Ravello, Stresa, San Sebastián, Santander, Granada, Vail, Blossom, Ravinia, and the Canary Island Music Festival. This season sees Perianes and Zimmermann tour to the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Frankfurt’s Alte Oper, Regensburg, and Zorneding.

Perianes records exclusively for harmonia mundi. His extensive discography ranges from Schubert to Bartók and includes music by Mendelssohn, Grieg, Falla, Mompou, and Debussy... His most recent releases feature Granados’s “Goyescas” as well as Chopin’s Piano Sonatas No.2 and No.3, interspersed with the three Mazurkas from Op.63. He has also released an album titled “Jeux de Miroirs” that is centred around Ravel’s Concerto in G, recorded with the Orchestre de Paris and Josep Pons, and including the piano and orchestral versions of “Le tombeau de Couperin” and “Alborada del gracioso.” Together with Tabea Zimmerman, he released “Cantilena” (2020), a celebration of music from Spain and Latin America.

Perianes was awarded the National Music Prize by the Ministry of Culture of Spain in 2012 and named Artist of the Year at the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) in 2019.