Spain, Portugal & Latin America
Described as “a pianist of impeccable and refined tastes, blessed with a warmth of touch” (The Telegraph)
The international career of Javier Perianes has led him to perform in the most prestigious concert halls, with the world’s foremost orchestras, working with celebrated conductors including Daniel Barenboim, Charles Dutoit, Zubin Mehta, Gustavo Dudamel, Klaus Mäkelä, Gianandrea Noseda, Gustavo Gimeno, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Simone Young and Vladimir Jurowski.
The 2024/25 season features an array of high-profile concerts, including the Spanish premiere of Francisco Coll’s Ciudad sin sueño with Les Arts, Valencia, and performances with Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, NDR Elbphilharmonie, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Residentie Orkest and Antwerp, BBC Scottish, Stavanger, Singapore, San Diego and Vancouver symphony orchestras. Perianes will perform Jimmy Lopez Bellido’s Piano Concerto with the Naples Philharmonic, FL, and play/conduct Galicia Sympphony Orchestra, and all five Beethoven concerti with Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana and touring Philharmonia Orchestra. Perianes ends the season by performing with Auckland Philharmonia and Sydney, Queensland, Adelaide, Tasmania and New Zealand symphony orchestras.
As a natural and keen chamber musician, he regularly collaborates with violist Tabea Zimmermann and the Quiroga Quartet. This season sees Perianes and Zimmermann tour to Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Frankfurt Alte Oper, Regensburg and Zorneding.
Career highlights have included concerts with Wiener Philhamoniker, Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Washington’s National, Yomiuri Nippon and Danish National symphony orchestras, Oslo, London, New York, Los Angeles and Czech Philharmonic orchestras, Orchestre de Paris, Cleveland, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and and Norwegian Radio orchestras, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Budapest Festival Orchestra.
Perianes was awarded the National Music Prize in 2012 by the Ministry of Culture of Spain and named Artist of the Year at the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) in 2019.
