Adolfo Vidal - Among South Florida Artists

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Adolfo Vidal

Vidal has been hailed as an "exciting and compelling pianist." and his playing praised for his "musical and effortless virtuosity." Selected performances have been broadcast on Radio and TV, such as WQXR New York and WLRN Public Television in Miami. He has pursued an international career as a pianist, performing solo, chamber, with orchestra, and Festivals in North and South America and Europe. Adolfo Vidal began piano studies in his native Venezuela and continued in the United States and Canada under the instruction of Andre Laplante, Marietta Orlov, Kemal Gekic and JB Floyd.

Vidal started music lessons at the age of five under "El Sistema" (Venezuelan Youth Orchestras and Instrumental Training Program System) with French pianist Gerard Bourgogne. Further music studies and piano diplomas were completed at age nineteen at the Maracaibo and Caracas Music Conservatories under the Russian pianists Mikhail Antoshin, Igor Lavrov and Stanislav Pochekin. There, he was a prizewinner of several national piano competitions.

Since 1996 Vidal has made the US his home. He holds B.Mus, M. Mus, Artist Diploma and DMA degrees from FIU, the Glenn Gould Professional School of the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, and the University of Miami, where he also studied with Susan Starr, Gordon Roberts, and played masterclasses for pianists such as Roberta Rust, Arthur Pizarro, Boris Berezovski, Vladimir Feltsman, John Perry, Robert McDonald, Claude Frank, Julian Martin and Alan Walker, among others.

In addition of being an active performer, Dr. Vidal devotes a lot of his time as an arts administrator. Recently, he became the Artistic Director of South Florida Friends of Classical Music, founding the Miami International Music Academy, the Miami Chamber Players, and the Miami World Music Festival.

Category/Instrument:  Piano

City:  Miami

County:  Dade

Email:  contact@adolfovidal.com

Website:  www.adolfovidal.com