12 Facts About Enrique Graf

Enrique Graf was born on 1953 and is a Uruguayan-American pianist.

Enrique Graf won First Prize in the William Kapell International Piano Competition in 1978, the National Ensemble Piano Competition in 1977 and the East and West International Competition in New York in 1981.

Enrique Graf has given recitals all over the world and has been featured as soloist with the orchestras of Baltimore, Indianapolis, New Jersey, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Florida, West Virginia, Illinois, Flagstaff, Macon, Ft.

Enrique Graf has performed concertos by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, all five and the Triple by Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Franck, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Poulenc, Gershwin, De Falla, Turina, Shostakovich, and Lee Hoiby.

Enrique Graf gave the world premiere of Florencia Di Concilio's Piano Concerto, Edward Hart's Tidal Concerto, and performed and recorded for Naxos a concerto by Leonardo Balada.

Enrique Graf's debut recording Enrique Graf plays Bach was called "An end to the discussion of whether or not Bach should be played on the piano" by Paul Hume of the Washington Post.

Enrique Graf taught for fourteen years at the Peabody Preparatory, became chairman of the piano department and received the Director's Award for Outstanding Teaching.

Enrique Graf created an outstanding piano program at the University of Charleston where he was awarded the Distinguished Research Award and named University Artist in Residence.

Enrique Graf's students have won many national and international competitions.

Enrique Graf has been a member of the jury in competitions all over the world and has given master classes at Yale University, Oberlin and Eastman Conservatories, the Shanghai and Kyiv Conservatories, the Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts, Korea's National University, Federal University of Sao Paulo and many other schools throughout the world.

Enrique Graf is Founder and Artistic Director of the Festival Internacional de Colonia in Uruguay, Directed the International Piano Series in Charleston and the Young Artist Series in the Piccolo Spoleto Festival and co-founded Music Fest Perugia in Italy.

Enrique Graf has been awarded a Fellowship from the Aspen Institute Executive Seminar, the Music Fellowship from the South Carolina Arts Commission, Career Grants from the Charles Del Mar and Astral Foundations, and the Immigrant Achievement Award in 2000 from the American Immigration Law Foundation.