Jorge Luis Prats

Jorge Luis Prats Soca (born 3 July 1956) is a Cuban pianist living in Spain.^[1]

Prats Soca was born in Camagüey. He studied piano since 1963 under Barbara Díaz Alea. In 1970, he was accepted into National Art School, from which he graduated in 1976.^[2] He studied under Frank Fernández and Margot Rojas.^[3] In 1977, Prats won first prize at the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition in France. Later he studied with Rudolf Kehrer in Moscow, Magda Tagliaferro in Paris, Paul Badura-Skoda in Vienna and Witold Małcużyński in Warsaw. He was awarded a number of decorations in Cuba, including the Félix Varela medal (the highest award in Cuba in culture) in 1984 and the Premio Nacional de Música in 2004.^[2] He was the artistic director of the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba until 2004.^[1]

In 2004, Prats left Cuba to have an opportunity to travel. He settled in Spain and in 2005 became a naturalized Spanish citizen.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Lutz, Phillip (10 July 2009). "Pianist, Long in Cuba, Now Plays for the World". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Jorge Luis Prats Soca" (in Spanish). Cubarte. 2014. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
^ Carpentier, Alejo (1987), Ese músico que llevo dentro (in Spanish), Siglo XXI, p. 445, ISBN 968-23-1394-5, retrieved 2017-11-29
^ "El Consejo de Ministros concede la nacionalidad española al pianista Jorge Luis Prats Soca" (in Spanish). Ministry of Justice of Spain. 11 March 2005. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

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[nyt-1] Lutz, Phillip (10 July 2009). "Pianist, Long in Cuba, Now Plays for the World". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

[cubarte-2] "Jorge Luis Prats Soca" (in Spanish). Cubarte. 2014. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

[3] Carpentier, Alejo (1987), Ese músico que llevo dentro (in Spanish), Siglo XXI, p. 445, ISBN 968-23-1394-5, retrieved 2017-11-29

[4] "El Consejo de Ministros concede la nacionalidad española al pianista Jorge Luis Prats Soca" (in Spanish). Ministry of Justice of Spain. 11 March 2005. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

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