Agustin Muriago

Recording of their performance on 8/20/21

Pianist Agustin Muriago has performed throughout the United States, Spain, China, Brazil, and  his native Argentina, in venues such as Steinway Hall in New York City, the Teatro Ópera in  Buenos Aires, and the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing. His repertoire ranges  from standard piano works to contemporary music premieres, with an emphasis on Spanish and  Argentine music. He has recorded for the Acte Préalable label and for NPR affiliates.

Muriago has offered master classes and adjudicated competitions in the United States and  abroad. Recent teaching engagements include a master class at the Universidade Federal do Rio  Grande do Sul in Brazil, a week-long residency at the Universidad de Chile, and a master class at  NYU Shanghai. 

Muriago holds degrees in piano performance from The Hartt School (DMA), New York  University (MM), and Rowan University (BM summa cum laude). His major teachers include  José Ramón Méndez, Luiz de Moura Castro, David Westfall, Veda Zuponcic, Aldo Antognazzi,  and Marcela Fiorillo, having also received advice from Lilya Zilberstein, Frederic Chiu, Mirian  Conti, Julian Martin, Solomon Mikowsky, Douglas Humpherys, and Seymour Bernstein.  

He currently serves as Assistant Professor of Keyboard Studies at the Peabody Institute of the  Johns Hopkins University. Prior to his appointment at Peabody, he was on the faculties at Kansas  State University, New York University, and The Hartt School Community Division. 

Highlights for the 2021-2022 season include a lecture at New York University and a solo recital  for the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series in Chicago. 

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Piano Music from Latin America

Gato no. 1 - Juan José Ramos (1930-1995), Argentina
Dança Nobre - Sandra Abrão b. 1949, Brazil
From Danzas Cubanas (selections) - Mario Ruiz Armengol (1914-2002), Mexico
   La Siete 
   Serenata Melancólica
   Exótica
   Fantasiosa
El Ceibo - Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000), Argentina
Zanzando em Copacabana - Radamés Gnattali (1906-1988), Brazil
Mañanita caraqueña - Evencio Castellanos (1915-1984), Venezuela
Danza Criolla - Héctor Tosar (1923-2002), Uruguay
Cinco Danzas Cubanas (selections) - José María Vitier b. 1954, Cuba
   Festiva 
   Tarde en la Habana
“La Luna” (Poema) - Consuelo Levi de Stubbs, Perú
Ancestro (Bambuco) - Germán Darío Pérez b. 1968, Colombia
Juego de Niños - Jorge “Lobito” Martinez (1952-2003), Paraguay
Danzón no. 2 - A. Márquez (arr. Gómez-Tagle) b. 1950, Mexico