Abdiel Vázquez

Abdiel Vazquez (born 1984)[1] is a Mexican pianist who has won major awards for his playing both in Mexico City and in New York.

[6] His father stated that the family knew he could play well, but did not understand the extent of his talent until he won his first piano competition, the Sala Beethoven, when Vazquez was 12.

[6][7] For his final exam, Vazquez chose a piece that his instructor told him would take year to prepare for.

[1] His talent began to be recognized even while in school, with several awards and finally a scholarship from the Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes.

[6][7][5] He furthered his studied for eight months in Madrid in 2012 with Oxana Yablanskaia of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow and the Juilliard School.

[5][9] Vazquez made his debut as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico at the Palacio de Bellas Artes when he was 21 years old.

[11][3] In 2015, he held a private recital with soprano Maria Katzarava at Guildhall in London for that city's mayor and the president of Mexico.

[5][4] Influences on Vazquez's development include Gerardo González, James Tocco, and Oxana Yablonskaya; the conductor David Gilbert, and the mezzo-soprano Mignon Dunn.