Joaquín Achúcarro

Achúcarro was born in Bilbao, Spain, and grew up in the difficult years of the Spanish post-war period.

[3] The same year his career was launched after his victory at the Liverpool International Competition, which led to his debut with the London Symphony Orchestra.

and with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Chailly, Zubin Mehta, Yehudi Menuhin, Seiji Ozawa and Sir Simon Rattle.

Achucarro is celebrated for his interpretations of Brahms, Rachmaninoff, and Ravel as well as several Spanish composers.

[5] Since the mid-1980s, he has been a professor at the Meadows School of the Arts of the Southern Methodist University in Texas, United States.