José Antonio Bottiroli’s protégé and greatest champion, Fabio Banegas, presents this fourth volume of his mentor’s complete piano works. In this wide-ranging collection we hear works with orchestra and with chamber ensemble, as well as pieces for piano solo and duo. Symphonic Impressions for piano and orchestra offers lyricism and virtuosity, while the remainder of the programme focuses on Bottiroli’s contrapuntal mastery, the creative refashioning and expansion of earlier works, and his use of Argentine folk dances such as the chamamé. Together they present musical mementos of his own life experience.

A Global Music Award ‘Outstanding Achievement’ winner and Premios de la Academia de la Música de España nominee, Fabio Banegas is an established Argentine-American classical pianist and music publisher. A recipient of the Mozarteu Santa Fe competition prize and the Redfield Award of the Philharmonic Society of Orange County, he has performed internationally across Europe and the Americas. His acclaimed discography, released on the Naxos, Grand Piano and Guild Music labels, includes numerous world premières, and in addition to the complete piano works of José Antonio Bottiroli, he has debuted pieces by Eduardo Grau, Nicolás Alfredo Alessio and Jacobo Ficher, both on record and in live performance. He studied at the National University of Rosario with Nelly Gabús and Ana María Cué, and earned a Master of Music from California State University, Fullerton under the guidance of Susan Svrček.