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Described by the New York Concert Review as a fine, serious, conscientious violinist with a solid, disciplined technique, secure intonation and good facility, Bruno Pena now resides in New York, after receiving his Master's Degree from the Mannes College of Music, New York City, where he was a scholarship student of Nina Beilina and also scholarship recipient from the financial institution Cajastur, in Spain. He has performed at prestigious concert halls such as Carnegie Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Symphony Spa... and collaborated with the orchestras of New England Symphonic Ensemble, The Chamber Orchestra of New York, Ensemble du Monde, New Philharmonic of New Jersey, Principality of Asturias Symphony Orchestra, Oviedo Symphony Orchestra with conductors such as Kurt Masur, Leonard Slatkin, JoAnn Falletta, Joseph Colaneri, Maximiano Valdes, Leon Hyman, Samuel Wong, David Hayes... Mr. Pena received a Prize in the Artist International Competition 2003 in New York , where he was awarded a recital in Merkin Concert Hall. In 1999 he was awarded First Prize Performance in the Amics de la Musica Competition and a year later was finalist in Concurso Permanente de Juventudes Musicales in Spain . Born in Barcelona , Spain , he began his musical studies at the age of five with piano lessons and two years later started violin studies with Wieslaw Rekucki at the Conservatory of Music "Eduardo Martinez Torner" in Oviedo . Mr. Pena continued to pursue his studies at the Oviedo Superior Conservatory where he graduated with the highest honors in violin with Maestro Alexei Michlin and in chamber music with Tsiala Kvernadze. After receiving his Graduate Diploma in Spain , he was admitted to the Sweelinck Conservatorium of Amsterdam where he studied with Keiko Wataya. As a recitalist and soloist Mr. Pena has concertized in his native Spain , The United States, France , Portugal and the Netherlands . EDUCATION: MM – Mannes College of Music, New York (2001-2003) Postgraduate Studies –Sweelinck Conservatorium, Amsterdam (2000-2001) BM and MM –Superior Diploma of Violin (2000) and Chamber Music (2001) - Superior Conservatory of Oviedo , Spain TEACHERS: VIOLIN: Alexei Michlin, Nina Beilina, Wieslaw Rekucki. CHAMBER MUSIC: Tsiala Kvernadze. MASTER CLASSES: Michele Auclair, Regis Pasquier, Devy Erlih, Henry Gronnier, Tanja Becker-Bender, Gerard Poulet, Alexei Michlin, Erik Friedman, Nina Beilina, Keiko Wataya, Orion String Quartet... PERFORMING EXPERIENCE (selected): Upcoming concert at Daj Hammarskjold Auditorium at the United Nations, March 11, 2006 Concert at Deer Ledge Mansion in honor of the 400 years of Don Quixote in the presence of the Permanent Representatives and Ambassadors of the United Nations. December 4, 2005 Concert at Tenri Institute (NY), performed the Soldier's Tale, by Stravinsky. November 20, 2005 Benifaio Music Festival (Spain), organized by members of the New York Philharmonic, invited as a special guest, August 4, 2005 Ayamonte Music Festival, Huelva (Spain) as soloist in the Brahms Violin Concerto with the Moldovia Philharmonic Orchestra, August 2nd 2005 Pan American Symphony Orchestra, Soloist in the Double Violin Concerto in A minor, by Antonio Vivaldi, June 18th, 2005 - Carnegie Hall (Isaac Stern Auditorium), NYC, 2004, 2005 PRIZES AND AWARDS: - Artist International Competition Award, New York. 2003 VIOLIN REPERTOIRE Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) - Concerto for violin BWV 1041 - Violin Concerto in E Major BWV 1042 - Concerto for two violins BWV 1043 - Concerto for violin and oboe BWV 1060 - Concerto for three violins BWV 1064 - Sonata No. 1 in G minor BWV 1001 - Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV 1004 - Partita No. 3 in E major BWV 1006 Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) - Nigun No.2 from "Baal shem"
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - Violin Concerto in D major op.61 - Two Romances for violin and orchestra: - Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in D major op. 12 - Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in A major op. 12 - Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 4 in A minor op. 23 - Sonata for Violin and Piano No.5 in F major "Spring" op.24 - Sonata for Violin and Piano No.7 in C minor op.30 - Sonata for Violin and Piano No.9 in A major op.47 "Kreutzer" Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) - Violin Concerto in D major, op.77 - Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in G major, op.7 - Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in A major, op.100 - Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 in D minor, op.108
Max Bruch (1838-1920) - Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, op.26
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899) - Poème for Violin and Piano, op.25
José del Hierro (1864-1933) - Gran Jota (Capricho Español)
César Franck (1822-1890) - Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major
Karen Khachaturian (1920) - Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor, Op. 1
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) - Devil's Trill Sonata (Tartini-Kreisler) - Grave - Schön Rosmarin - Liebeslied - Liebesfreud - Caprice Viennois op.2 - Tambourin Chinois op. 3
Édouard Lalo (1823-1892) - Symphonie Espagnole Op.21
Jules Massenet (1842-1912) - Meditation from "Thais"
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) - Violin Concerto in E minor Op.64 - Sonata for Violin and Piano in F major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) - Concerto No.3 in G KV 216 - Concerto No.4 in D KV 218 - Concerto No.5 in A KV 219 - Adagio in E major KV 261 - Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major, K. 301 - Sonata for violin & piano No. 21 in E minor, K. 304 - Sonata for violin & piano No. 26 in B flat major, K. 378
Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840) - Caprices op.1 (Nos. 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 13, 16, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24) - "Moses" Variations on the G string
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) - Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor op. 63 - Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 - Sonata for Violin Solo, op. 115
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) - Vocalise
Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999) - Sonata Pimpante
Joaquín Turina (1882-1949) - Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2, op. 82
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) - Violin concerto No. 3 in B minor op. 61 - Introduction et Rondo capriccioso op. 28
Pablo Sarasate (1844-1908) - Aires Bohemios (Zigeunerweisen) - Capricho Vasco - Playera
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) - Pavane for a Dead Infant - Tzigane
Rodion Shchedrin (1932) - Imitation in the Style of Albeniz
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) - Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 47
Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) - Violin Concerto in D major op. 35 - Melody in E flat major - Walz-Scherzo in C major, op. 34
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) - The Four Seasons, op.8
Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880) - Violin Concerto No.2 in D minor Op.22 - Polonaise de Concert in D major op. 4
Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931) - Sonata for Violin Solo No.3 "Ballade", op. 27
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