T7.A4. ADDA·SIMFÒNICA/TODOROV/MARÍN “Natura“ Naturaleza, vida y amor II

Pianist Carles Marín has performed recitals in some of the most prestigious international concert halls, such as the Miami International Piano Festival, "Grosser Saal" of the Mozarteum, within the Salzburg Festival, Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, De Doelen of Rotterdam, "Sala Michelangeli" of the Festival di Bolzano, Salle Cortot of Paris, Salle Gotique of Brussels, Florence Festival, "Seymour Center" of Sydney, "Festival del Mediterri" (under the artistic direction of Maestro Zubin Mehta), "Rafael Orozco" Festival of Córdoba, "Manuel de Falla" Auditorium of Granada, Palau de la Música Catalana, "Juan March" Foundation of Madrid, Festival d'Echternach (Luxembourg), Festival di Lucca, Symphony Hall of the Palau de Les Arts "Reina Sofía", "Iturbi" Hall of the Palau de la Música of Valencia, "Mozart" Hall of the Auditorio of Zaragoza, "Bossi" Hall of Bologna, or the Milanese Ateneo, among others.

Following his early presentation by Maestro Miguel Ángel Gómez-Martínez, he has performed as a soloist with important ensembles, such as the Valencia Community Symphony Orchestra and the Palau de Les Arts Resident Orchestra, Castilla y León, Valencia, Rotterdam Ensemble, Mahler Chamber Soloists, "Reina Sofía" of Madrid, Córdoba, Moonwinds Sinfònic, Castellón, Elche, or Andrés Segovia, among others, under batons such as Bernácer, Bragado, Dinic, García Asensio, Omer Meir Welber, Soler, Beltrán-Zabala, Valero Terribas, Lluna, Josep Vicent, or Liebreich.

As a composer, his Piano Studies stand out, as well as the "Wagner's Valkyries' Procession Paraphrase" (Boileau publisher, Barcelona). His Variations series "Matrioshka" and "Fígaro" will be premiered by Marín himself at the Gustav Mahler Center in Dobbiaco, in summer 2026.

He is a winner of various international competition awards, such as the first prize "Scarlatti" (Universitat Mozarteum Salzburg, 2007), Best Soloist Award of the Internationale Sommerakademie Mozarteum (Salzburg, 2008), First Prize of the Flame Competition (held at l'UNESCO in Paris, 2003), First Prize José Roca (Valencia, 2000), First Prize "Yamaha Foundation of Europe" (2001), Huysens Prize of Amsterdam for artistic excellence (awarded by the Dutch Government, 2007), Second Prize "Marsala International Competition" (2007).

He has also been awarded in other international competitions, such as Panama, Iturbi, Vianna da Mota, Baltic (Gdansk) and Sydney.

He studied with Amparo Fandos, María Gil, Joaquín Soriano, Ramzi Yassa, Aquiles Delle Vigne, Mario Monreal, Claudio Martínez-Mehner, Giselle Brodsky, Joaquín Achúcarro, Edna Golandsky and Jorge Luís Prats. He received advice from Alicia de Larrocha and Michel Béroff.

He is a professor at the Katarina Gurska Higher Musical Education Center in Madrid.

Nayden Todorov is one of the outstanding contemporary European musicians, known for his versatile and lively interpretations of music in different genres.

Born in 1974 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, he received his first piano lessons at the age of five and debuted as an orchestra conductor at sixteen.

After his studies in Sofia, Vienna and Jerusalem, he began a concert career, performing throughout Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Africa.

He has worked with orchestras such as the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo City Philharmonic, the Israel North Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, the Brasilia National Symphony Orchestra, the Cairo Philharmonic, the Sicilian Symphony Orchestra and many others.

In the field of classical music, he has worked with most of the most outstanding musicians of our time, among them Joshua Bell, Midori, Sarah Chang, Maxim Vengerov, Martha Argerich, Maria João Pires, Ivo Pogorelich, Gautier Capuçon, Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson and Plácido Domingo, among others.

He has also collaborated with numerous pop genre musicians, such as Jon Lord, of Deep Purple, Anastacia, Steve Balsamo, Doogie White and many more.

He is the presenter of a television programme about classical music and, in his free time, writes short stories, some of which have been published in a book.

For his work, he was distinguished by the President of Romania with the Order of Cultural Merit with the rank of "Grand Officer". A few days ago, moreover, he was appointed Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters of the French Republic.