{"id":11,"date":"2021-01-19T21:51:20","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T21:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albertmena.com\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2023-09-15T07:53:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T07:53:40","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/albertmena.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11\" class=\"elementor elementor-11\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-52d96ab elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"52d96ab\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cc5180f\" data-id=\"cc5180f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d08c39d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d08c39d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">BIOGRAPHY<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e9165d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e9165d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-94535aa\" data-id=\"94535aa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49dd0d4 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"49dd0d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b84ed87 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b84ed87\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b10598c\" data-id=\"b10598c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecf199a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ecf199a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"640\" height=\"961\" src=\"https:\/\/albertmena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Albert-Mena-Pianist-5-682x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albertmena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Albert-Mena-Pianist-5-682x1024.png 682w, https:\/\/albertmena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Albert-Mena-Pianist-5-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/albertmena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Albert-Mena-Pianist-5-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/albertmena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Albert-Mena-Pianist-5-1024x1536.png 1024w, https:\/\/albertmena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Albert-Mena-Pianist-5.png 1075w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e5f964\" data-id=\"3e5f964\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d80df20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d80df20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>The young Spanish pianist Albert Mena has been recently appointed staff pianist and vocal coach at the Staatsoper Berlin, starting in the 2023\/2024 season. In the 2022\/2023 season he was a Stipendiat at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where he conducted the world premiere of NEGAR (Keyvan Chemirani), receiving excellent reviews in the press.<\/p><p>He started his career as a Korrepetitor and vocal coach at the University of the Arts Berlin (UdK), where he worked in the voice classes of Prof. Aris Arigiris and Prof. Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Montiel and for Prof. Axel Bauni\u2019s Contemporary Lied class between 2017 and 2022. In the 2021\/2022 season he was a guest pianist at the Staatsoper Berlin.<\/p><p>He has worked with prestigious conductors such as Simone Young, Alessandro de Marchi, Nicola Luisotti, Thomas Guggeis, Jader Bignamini, Giampaolo Bisanti, Giedr\u0117 \u0160lekyt\u0117, Paolo Arrivabeni, Alexander Soddy, Leonardo Sini and Carlos Montanaro.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-66d9a63 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"66d9a63\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b03b5c9\" data-id=\"b03b5c9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f014d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f014d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>Albert is prizewinner of many national and international competitions and has appeared in music festivals such as Quincena Musical de San Sebasti\u00e1n, Bernaola Festival, Mehrlicht!Musik Festival Berlin, Crescendo Musikfestival Berlin, LiedFest Berlin, Leeds Lieder Festival or Zeist Lied Festival. He was a scholarship holder of the Wagner Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg in the years 2020-2022.<\/p><p>Born in X\u00e0tiva (Valencia), he started playing clarinet and piano at the age of 7. After his studies in Musikene (Center of High Musical Education of the Basque Country) with Gustavo Diaz Jerez, he moved to Berlin, where he completed his Masters of Piano degree with Prof. Markus Groh, specialising in Chamber Music and Lied. He completed his education as a soloist in masterclasses with Nikolai Lugansky, Pascal Devoyon, Lilya Zilberstein and Ivo Pogorelich.<\/p><p>As a specialist in vocal repertoire, his teachers in this field include Maciej Pikulski, Klaus Sallmann, Christopher White, Hendrik Heilmann, Prof. Sarah Tysman, Prof. Axel Bauni and Prof. Eric Schneider. He has also worked with artists like Sir Thomas Allen, Elly Ameling, Malcolm Martineau, Julius Drake and Anne le Bozec.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab315b0\" data-id=\"ab315b0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b617ea7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b617ea7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"640\" height=\"961\" src=\"https:\/\/albertmena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Albert-Mena-Pianist-1-1-682x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albertmena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Albert-Mena-Pianist-1-1-682x1024.png 682w, https:\/\/albertmena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Albert-Mena-Pianist-1-1-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/albertmena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Albert-Mena-Pianist-1-1-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/albertmena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Albert-Mena-Pianist-1-1-1024x1536.png 1024w, https:\/\/albertmena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Albert-Mena-Pianist-1-1.png 1075w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8976595 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8976595\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b28b84d\" data-id=\"b28b84d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2020c12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2020c12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dae1ed0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dae1ed0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-42be094\" data-id=\"42be094\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60e2a7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"60e2a7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">BIOGRAF\u00cdA<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a17cfa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a17cfa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-093d971\" data-id=\"093d971\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0847d05 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"0847d05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8460de6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8460de6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b6f5b2\" data-id=\"0b6f5b2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76a475f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76a475f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>El joven pianista <span class=\"il\">espa\u00f1ol<\/span> Albert Mena empez\u00f3 su carrera como Correpetidor y Vocal Coach en la Universidad de las Artes de Berl\u00edn (UdK), donde trabaj\u00f3 entre 2017 y 2022 en las c\u00e1tedras de canto de los profesores Aris Argiris y Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Montiel, as\u00ed como en la c\u00e1tedra de Lied Contempor\u00e1neo del Profesor Axel Bauni. Durante la temporada 2021-2022 fue tambi\u00e9n Pianista Invitado de la Staatsoper Berlin.<br \/><br \/>En la temporada 2022-2023 ha sido Pianista y Vocal Coach de la Deutsche Oper Berlin en calidad de Stipendiat. En este teatro fue el director musical del estreno mundial de la \u00f3pera NEGAR (Keyvan Chemirani), con gran \u00e9xito en la cr\u00edtica. Recientemente ha recibido una plaza fija a partir de la temporada 2023-2024 como Pianista y Vocal Coach de la Staatsoper Berlin.<br \/><br \/>Ha tenido la oportunidad de trabajar con prestigiosos directores de orquesta como Simone Young, Alessandro de Marchi, Nicola Luisotti, Thomas Guggeis, Jader Bignamini, Ivan Repusic, Paolo Arrivabeni, Giampaolo Bisanti, Alexander Soddy, Leonardo Sini o Carlo Montanaro.<br \/><br \/>Albert Mena ha recibido premios en diversos concursos nacionales e internacionales y ha tocado en festivales como Quincena Musical de San Sebasti\u00e1n, Bernaola Festival, Merhlicht!Musik Festival Berlin, Crescendo Musikfestival Berlin, LiedFest Berlin, Leeds Lieder Festival (Inglaterra) y Zeist Lied Festival (Holanda). Fue becado por la Fundaci\u00f3n Wagner de Berlin-Brandenburg en 2020\/2022 para asistir al Bayreuther Festspiele.<br \/><br \/>Nacido en X\u00e0tiva (Val\u00e8ncia), empieza a tocar el clarinete y el piano con 7 a\u00f1os en la escuela de m\u00fasica de la Primitiva Setabense y posteriormente en el Conservatorio Lluis Mil\u00e0. Despu\u00e9s de sus estudios en Musikene, el Centro Superior de M\u00fasica del Pa\u00eds Vasco, con el concertista Gustavo D\u00edaz-Jerez prosigue su formaci\u00f3n en la Universit\u00e4t der K\u00fcnste de Berlin bajo la tutela del Prof. Markus Groh, realizando un M\u00e1ster en Piano con especializaci\u00f3n en M\u00fasica de C\u00e1mara y Lied. Completa su formaci\u00f3n solista en diversas masterclasses con Nikolai Lugansky, Pascal Devoyon, Lilya Zilberstein e Ivo Pogorelich.<br \/><br \/>Especializado en repertorio vocal, sus maestros en este campo han sido Maciej Pikulski, Klaus Sallmann, Christopher White, Hendrik Heilmann, Prof. Sarah Tysman, Prof. Axel Bauni y Prof. Eric Schneider. Adem\u00e1s ha tenido la oportunidad de trabajar con artistas como Sir Thomas Allen, Elly Ameling, Malcolm Martineau, Julius Drake y Anne le Bozec.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b1b3931\" data-id=\"b1b3931\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42b185d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"42b185d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"640\" height=\"961\" src=\"https:\/\/albertmena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Albert-Mena-Pianist-3-682x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albertmena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Albert-Mena-Pianist-3-682x1024.png 682w, https:\/\/albertmena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Albert-Mena-Pianist-3-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/albertmena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Albert-Mena-Pianist-3-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/albertmena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Albert-Mena-Pianist-3-1024x1536.png 1024w, https:\/\/albertmena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Albert-Mena-Pianist-3.png 1075w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c06ac7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c06ac7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\u00abEs evidente que los j\u00f3venes m\u00fasicos actuales tienen una t\u00e9cnica soberbia y que posiblemente el juego caprichoso del virtuosismo tiene pocas fronteras para los noveles pianistas. As\u00ed lo demostr\u00f3 Albert Mena, quien en los pasajes complejos y de velocidad abrumadora no tuvo inconvenientes para arriesgar y hacer disfrutar al oyente\u00bb. 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elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f944ef8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f64467\" data-id=\"7f64467\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-359badb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"359badb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"640\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/albertmena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Albert-Foto-Mena-Pianist-683x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\u00abAm Schlu\u00df packte Mena P\u00e9rez sein spanisches Temperament aus und lie\u00df seine Finger bei dramatischen \u00fcberm\u00e4\u00dfigen Kadenzen und chromatischen L\u00e4ufen fulminant in enormem Tempo \u00fcber die Tasten tanzen.\u00bb (Murrhardter Zeitung).<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c34b709\" data-id=\"c34b709\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28d6e5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28d6e5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>Der spanische Pianist Albert Mena begann seine Laufbahn als Korrepetitor und Vocal Coach an der Universit\u00e4t der K\u00fcnste Berlin, wo er zwischen 2017 und 2022 in den Gesangsklassen von Aris Arigirs und Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Montiel, sowie in der Klasse f\u00fcr zeitgen\u00f6ssisches Lied von Axel Bauni gearbeitet hat. 2022\/23 war er Stipendiat der Deutschen Oper Berlin und \u00fcbernahm die musikalische Leitung der Urauff\u00fchrung von \u00bbNEGAR\u00ab (Keyvan Chemirani).<\/p><p>Seit der Spielzeit 2023\/24 ist Solorepetitor an der Staatsoper Berlin.<\/p><p>Dirigent:innen, mit denen er hat bereits gearbeitet hat, sind u. a. Simone Young, Alessandro de Marchi, Nicola Luisotti, Thomas Guggeis, Jader Bignamini, Giampaolo Bisanti, Lenoardo Sini, Giedr\u0117 \u0160lekyt\u0117, Paolo Arrivabeni, Alexander Soddy, Leonardo Sini oder Carlo Montanaro.<\/p><p>Albert Mena gastierte bereits bei Musikfestivals in ganz Europa wie Quincena Musical de San Sebasti\u00e1n, Bernaola Festival, Merhlicht!Musik Festival Berlin, Crescendo Musikfestival Berlin, LiedFest Berlin, Leeds Lieder Festival (England) und Zeist Lied Festival (Holland).<\/p><p>Geboren in X\u00e0tiva (Valencia), erhielt Albert seinen ersten Klarinetten- und Klavierunterricht mit 7 Jahren. Nach seinem Studium an der Musikhochschule des Baskenlands (Musikene) in Spanien bei Gustavo D\u00edaz Jerez, hat er an der Universit\u00e4t der K\u00fcnste Berlin Master Klavier mit Schwerpunkt auf Kammermusik und Liedbegleitung in der Klasse von Markus Groh studiert. Meisterkurse bei Nikolai Lugansky, Pascal Devoyon, Lilya Zilberstein und Ivo Pogorelich erg\u00e4nzen seine solistische Ausbildung.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIOGRAPHY The young Spanish pianist Albert Mena has been recently appointed staff pianist and vocal coach at the Staatsoper Berlin, starting in the 2023\/2024 season. In the 2022\/2023 season he was a Stipendiat at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where he conducted the world premiere of NEGAR (Keyvan Chemirani), receiving excellent reviews in the press. 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