The soloists of OCNE premiered, in the National Auditorium of Madrid, of the Octet 'Seneca' Op. 30, by Abraham Tena Manrique written by Sergio Espejo order, pianist of the OCNE. This premiere took place on March 1, 2016, within the Satellites Cycle that annually organizes the OCNE.

The soloists of the OCNE recorded the work in 'Estudio 206', musical program of RNE (Spanish National Radio).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFwvHdTCcUQ&spfreload=5

Agnieszka Grzywacz (Soprano)
Adriana Mayer (Mezzosoprano)
Ana Llorens (violín)
Javier Balaguer (Clarinete)
Sergio Espejo (Piano)
Angel Luis Quintana (Violonchelo)
Francisco Santiago (Barítono)
Bruno Vargas Calero (Viola)

In 2019 George Sand Piano Duo are recording the works for piano for four hands by Abraham Tena Manrique, for its later edition in CD for the Japanese record label Da Vinci, with whom the composer has published many of his works and a CD with some of these published works.
These recordings sessions are in the concert hall of the Conservatory of San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Madrid).

https://www.georgesandpianoduo.com/

George Sand Piano Duo (integrated by the pianists Mireia Frutos and Laura Pérez), premiered the Nocturne for piano for four hands Op. 19 by Abraham Tena Manrique, in Madrid in October 2016. Camera group chosen by the AIE to realize a tour of concerts during 2017 by different cities of Spain (Madrid, Albacete, Mérida, Lugo, Palma de Mallorca and many others). A tour in which they interpret besides Nocturne Op. 19, two works also written by Abraham Tena Manrique; The 'Paraphrasing Nietzsche' Op. 21 and the premiere and reinterpretation of the 'Garden of the Hesperides' Op. 37 (work written for them)

Patricia García Gil is one of the most promising pianist of her generation. Her brilliant career has already given rise to a considerable amount of concert tours throughout the world, having performed recitals and concerts as a soloist with different orchestras in Spain, Portugal, France, Holland, England, Scotland, Italy, Mexico, Algeria, South Africa, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, China and the United States.

http://www.patriciagarciagil.com/

Patricia García Gil, a great pianist who lives in Firenze since a few years ago, premieres The Pilgrim Path Op. 20, 7 Fantasies and Epilogue (CDAN, Huesca 2014). A concert program that also includes the 2 Nocturnes Op. 4 by Abraham Tena Manrique, Ravel's noble waltzes, a selection of Debussy's Preludes and the three Argentinian dances of Ginastera.



7 Fantasies & Epilogue (full version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tfi7uLLajU

1. Adagio sostenuto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnPe0IgR36A
2. Adagio lamentoso
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kl6XGG_ENY
3. Lento lamentoso
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jNRxI2t-cY
4. Adagio molto e pesante
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afdCZgjbXSM
5. Allegro con brio ed appassionato
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc-kXPHLD4U
6.Andante tranquilo e sereno
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oByqCoQtcn8
7. Andante comodo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufOe3qjS8XE
Epilogue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MITJ_seAoow


2 Nocturnes Op. 4

Full version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwGt922kSes

Nocturne Op.4/1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjvDICT6lD0
Nocturne Op. 4/2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN7Vug3U_bs

Fedor Veselov premieres Mesógeios Thálassa Op.24 and performs Khárôn I Op. 32 by Abraham Tena Manrique, in concerts organized by the ACC in Barcelona.

https://www.fedorveselov.com

Fedor Veselov, born in Saint Petersburg (Russian Federation), started out at the age of 5 studying singing, music theory and later piano at GEORGY SVIRIDOV Music School. Before turning 15, he had already won several awards at different national and international piano competitions such as VASILY SAFONOV Piano Competition in Piatigorsk (2nd Prize) or 'Premi Principat d'Andorra' International Piano Competition (1st Prize). As well as that, before the age of 15 he had already developed an intense concert activity in the best concert halls like Saint Petersburg Philharmonia and Saint Petersburg State Capella.

At the same time, he continued perfecting his piano technique in the USA where every summer he received lessons from some of the world's most distinguished piano teachers. He participated both as a soloist and as part of various chamber music ensembles in concerts and international festivals like Southborough Summer Festival (near Boston).

He has participated in various live recordings, the most famous of which is Cesar Franck cello and piano sonata, performed together with Sergey Antonov (winner of the First prize at Tchaikovsky International Competition) in july 2009 in the USA.

Riccardo Bozolo premieres in Münster (Germany) on April 28, 2019, L'Absence Op.39, a work dedicated to him and published in the Japanese publisher Da Vinci.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsF76eWkmPY&feature=youtu.be

https://davinci-edition.com/product/dv-11325/

'Riccardo Bozolo is one of the most wonderful players in all Europe!' so the pianist is describing from Jackob Moscowitz in Sweden, after the Stockholm´s debut. Riccardo Bozolo plays intense solo concert activity in several European music centers such as Paris, London, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Aachen, Bonn, Budapest, Brussels, Vienna, Vilnius, Stockholm, Moscow and in many Italian venues. His interpretations are very appreciated. He often holds recitals on historical pianos. He is regularly invited as a soloist at festivals and renowned concert seasons in all Europe. His solo repertoire ranges from baroque to contemporary music with a particular predilection for the works of the romantic and late-romantic period, including many virtuoso works such as Balamirev's Islamey, the great Paraphrase on Waltzes by Johann Strauss II of the Polish virtuoso Rosenthal, Godowsky, Friedman, Iberia of Albéniz, the integral of the 12 Transcendental Studies of Liszt, the Studies on the Chopin's Etudes by Godowsky etc. He attended various master classes and received advice from famous pianists and teachers. He is winner of important prizes in national and international piano competitions. Appreciated teacher, he holds advanced courses in Italy and abroad. He lives and teaches in Germany.

www.riccardobozolo.com

Isabel Pérez Dobarro playing Confession Op. 36 in the Tenri Cultural Institut,New York (december 2018). And will play again next March, 2019 in the Longoria Palace, in Madrid and in Mompou Hall (Barcelona), concert organized by the WPTA-SPAIN-COMPOSITION, organization chaired by Abraham Tena Manrique.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6WDQY0jTf4

https://www.elcompositorhabla.com/es/noticias.zhtm?arg_id=1613

https://www.diariodeferrol.com/opinion/julia-ma-dopico-vale/nuestra-musica/20190525234229256909.html

Isabel Pérez Dobarro has appeared in solo recitals and chamber music concerts at the Stern Auditorium, Zankel Hall, and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Steinway Hall, Japan Society, Academy of Arts and Letters, Tenri Cultural Institute, Yamaha Center, DiMenna Center, Liederkranz Foundation, Rachmaninoff Hall at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, Sala Manuel de Falla, Ateneo de Madrid, and Sala Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli in Bolzano, Italy. She was a prizewinner at the American Protegé International Piano and Strings Competition (2nd Prize), Grand Prize Virtuoso International Competition (3rd Prize), Ciutat de Berga International Competition (1st Prize) and the Cidade do Fundao Piano International Competition (1st Prize), as well as the recipient of the Jorge Bolet Distinguished Performer Award at the Stony Brook International Piano Festival. She has performed at the Mannes Contemporary Music Institute and the New England Conservatory Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance and Practice, the Festival Internacional de Segovia, Música en Compostela, and Gijón Piano Festival, among others.

https://isabelperezdobarro.com/

Paula Coronas Valle performs the Nocturne Op. 4 nº 2, in the 7th edition of the Bouquet Festival (Tarragona). Festival organized by María Parra Peñafiel.

http://www.paulacoronas.com

Born in Malaga, this performer brilliantly concluded her musical studies at the Conservatory of Music of that city under the direction of Professor Horacio Socías. He later perfected with Professor Ana Guijarro in Madrid and with professor and concert artist Anatoli Povzoun, from the Reina Sofía School in Madrid. He has worked the specialty of Spanish music with great teachers such as Antoni Beses and Esteban Sánchez.

She is currently a professor at the Professional Conservatory of Music 'Manuel Carra' in Malaga. She is also a doctor in Communication and Music from the University of that city and Vocal of Music of the Athenaeum of Malaga. She is the Artistic Director of the 'Miradas al Sur' Cycle sponsored by Fundación Unicaja, and the 'Color Notes' Cycle organized by the Thyssen Museum in Malaga. She is Director of the Intermezzo Music Magazine. He has been distinguished with the Andalusian Prize that has been awarded by the Junta de Andalucía in recognition of his musical work and with the Andalusian Federation of Athenaeums Culture Award for his contribution in the dissemination of music. Recently, the Athenaeum of Córdoba distinguished him with his highest award 'Fiambrera de Plata' for his artistic career.

He has a career marked by numerous awards in the following National and International Contests: Marisa Montiel Competition, where he also receives the Special Prize for the Interpretation of Spanish Music; First International Prize of Ibiza; First International Prize Pío Tur; Honorable Mention Gregorio Baudot Contest in Ferrol; Melilla City Award; City of Berga Award in Barcelona; Second Prize Lions Club; Samuel de los Albacete Prize; Young Concertists Award (Villa de Sahagún) León, among others.

Paula Coronas has offered numerous recitals and concerts with Orchestra in Spain and numerous European countries such as Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Hungary, in the best stages: National Music Auditorium of Madrid, Monumental Theater, Palau de la Música de Valencia , Great Theater of Cordoba, Cervantes Theater of Malaga, La Cartuja of Seville, Auditorium of the Diputación de Alicante (ADDA), Reina Sofía Center in Madrid, Falla de Cádiz Theater ...

He has worked under the leadership of great directors such as Edmon Colomer, Michael Thomas, Manuel Hernández Silva, José Miguel Rodilla, Miguel Romea, Octav Calleya, Pablo González, Mássimo Paris, Antón García Abril and many others.

Rubén Russo premieres my Romanze Op. 17 in a concert organized by the ACC on November 18, 2021, within the cycle of Música d'Ara.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnU5n7Ntzgw

Born in Madrid, on June 22, 1997. From the age of six he began studying Piano at the 'Pinzón' School of Music and later at the Angel Arias Macein Conservatory, currently Federico Moreno Torroba, in Madrid where he finished his degree professional. At the Alfonso X University of Madrid he studies with Professor Iván Citera. Contest and obtain the 'Young Promises' and 'Excellence' scholarship awarded by the Ferrer Salat Foundation, to pursue Higher Education at the Higher Conservatory of the Liceu de Barcelona under the direction of Master Josep María Colom obtaining in June 2019 the Higher Degree in Music in the specialty of Piano. He is currently studying for a Master's degree at the Internationale Musikakademie Anton Rubinstein - Dusseldorf - Berlin, Germany with the supervision of Professor Olga Monakh y Gabrielle Leporatti

https://rubenrusso.webnode.es/

Recording of the Lied Zarathustra Op.6 by Abraham Tena Manrique. Cátia Moreso (mezzo) Joana Resende (piano). Sound engineer Alexandre Weffort. Recorded in Lisbon (2018).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyeKRCd5lqk

Joana Resende

https://www.joanaresende.com/

Joana was born in Porto (Portugal) and graduated from ESMAE (Superior School of Music and Performing Arts of Porto) in prof. Jaime Mota´s class, having been awarded the Eng. António de Almeida Foundation prize. That same year she studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Felix Mendelssohn Bartoldy in Leipzig with profs. Gerald Fauth (piano), Karl-Peter Kammerlander (Lied accompaniment) and Gudrun Franke (chamber music). In 2009 Joana completed a Masters´s Degree in Performance from the University of Aveiro (Portugal), working with pianist Fausto Neves and presenting scientific papers in Portugal, United Kingdom, France and Brazil. In Lied domain, Joana took masterclasse with Hartmut Höll, Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, Graham Johnson, Dalton Baldwin, Malcolm Martineau, Jeff Cohen, Robin Bowman, Wolfgang Holzmair, Julius Drake, Robert Höll, Elly Ameling and Wolfram Rieger, including Oxford Lieder Festival, Internationaal Lied Zeist (Utrecht) and Conservatori Liceu (Barcelona). She nourishes a special interest in the release of Portuguese music (several premières and dedicated works) and in Lied accompaniment (releasing for broadcaster radio/TV Antena2 and in Anterianas, a 2017 CD along with soprano Ana Maria Pinto, with songs by Luís Freitas Branco, Franz Schubert and poems by Antero de Quental). She has been performing in Portugal and German, as well as in France, United Kingdom, Luxemburg, Belgium, Netherlands and the Czech Republic.

Recording of the Lied Zarathustra Op.6 by Abraham Tena Manrique. Cátia Moreso (mezzo) Joana Resende (piano). Sound engineer Alexandre Weffort. Recorded in Lisbon (2018).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyeKRCd5lqk

Marjanthi and Kosta Vrame perform (may, 2016 and may, 2019), in the Palace of Congresses of Korçë (Albania), the Fantasie Op. 1 for piano for four hands by Abraham Tena Manrique. with also works by Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, among others. Concerts announced on Albanian television.

Marjanthi Vrame .

She starts piano at the age of 6 in the Art school 'Tefta Tashko Koço 'in Korça. In 1984,after 12 years of study , she completed her piano studies with excellent results and was honored with a 'Golden Medal 'by the Ministry of Education and Culture'. In 1992 she graduated from high school in Pedagogy. She has a very rich concert life as a soloist piano , piano duet, concert – master , choir-master, in Albania as well as in Balkan and European countries. In her repertoire there are many works of authors such as Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin , Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Saint Saens ,Dvorak , Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky ,Poulenc, Verdi ,Puccini, Rossini etc.

Kostaq Vrame

He begins piano studies at the age 7 in the Art school 'Tefta Tashko Koço 'in Korça. After 8 years he continues his studies in 'Jordan Misja ' in Tirana . Graduated from high school in 1972. He continued his studies at the higher Institute of Arts in Tirana in the class of the well – known Romanian Pedagogue Ana Iftinki. He Graduates with maximum grades. He has worked in the 'Opera and Ballet Theatre 'in Tirana ,at Art school in Korçë and Greece, as a lectures of piano and headmaster for many years. He hes been awarded diplomas for high pedagogical results.

He has a very rich concert life as a soloist ,chamber music , as a concert-master and often with various orchestras in Albania and other Balkan and European countries .He is a multiple –time winner of the first and second prizes in piano competitions .In his repertoire there are many works of authors as Bach , Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Saint Saens ,Dvorak ,Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky ,Poulenc, etc.

Concert program 9th May 2019 :
Gershwin, A.T.Manrique, Rubinstein , Doga , Fr.Von Suppe ,Glinka, Khachaturian.

Montse Bertral (Mezzo) y Eduard Saez (Piano), premiered the lied Zarathustra Op. 6 in the Auditorium Eduard Toldrà in Barcelona, novermber 22th, 2018.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRwrfSj3CKw

The great pianist, professor and founding member of Fundació Mompou has in his extensive program of concerts many of the works for piano composed by Abraham Tena Manrique. He is in charge, in addition, of premiering diverse works, some written especially for him, in diverse theaters of Barcelona, Menorca, Tarragona.
2 Nocturnes Op. 4
3 Fantasiesücke Op. 28 for clarinet and piano
Impromptu Op. 25
Confession Op. 36

Kiev Portella premiered Confession Op. 36, work dedicated to him. (Menorca, august 2016).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utSSC1v7pB8

Kiev Portella plays the Impromptu Op. 25 of Abraham Tena Manrique in the Teatre Metropol Theater of Tarragona (december 15, 2015). Also played in Barcelona on several occasions. Its premiere took place in Festival Fornells of Menorca in August of 2015, also in hands of Kiev Portella, (work wrote to him)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH34zCPQKBY

Abraham Tena Manrique has been chosen composer of the week by Anna Sutyagina and his Movingclassics.tv. (January,2019), Playing and recording the Nocturne Op. 4 nº1.

'Anna Sutyagina amazes with her vision, desire, and ability to break the mold of traditional presentation of classical music'. June 21, 2016 Summer Issue, 2016. Vol. 2 Piano Performer Magazine

Anna Sutyagina is a concert pianist and artistic director of a new Internet platform for classical music 'Moving Classics TV' www.movingclassics.tv

„On the internet TV channel Moving classics TV Anna Sutyaginas beautiful, convincing, precise, poetic and powerful piano playing in the first-class videos raises our souls and hearts to heavenly joy!'

28.03.2018 Naji Hakim, composer, pianist and organist, successor to Olivier Messian

Dreaming and exploring something new are the leitmotifs of the artistic work of Anna Sutyagina. Influenced by the traditional education of the Russian music school, the pianist opened early for new developments in order to give more space to the imagination in her play. In the Munich Salon, which she founded, she combined music and literature in theatrical form and interpreted the works and artistic influences of strong women such as Sappho, Lou Salomé, George Sand, Martha Gellhorn, Kathi Kobus, Madame Pompadour or Anais Nin. Early on she started to experiment with music and light and worked together with lighting designers on a concert performance titled 'Concerti Illumini'. She produced and directed several music videos of famous piano pieces.

For three years Anna Sutyagina’s great passion has been recording works by contemporary composers. She is personally connected with a large number of composers worldwide, including some of today’s leading composers such as Robert Beaser, Naji Hakim, Tao Mijares, Nimrod Borenstein, Bechara El-Khoury, Karen Tanaka, Gaby Kapps, Takashi Yashimatsu, Douwe Eisenga. Every day she receives more and more inquiries from composers from all over the world asking her to record their works.
Born in Russia, the pianist has been living and working in Munich since 2005.

Luis Becerra,brilliant pianist, premier Khárôn I Op. 32 by Abraham Tena Manrique, next february 23, 2017 and then in the Auditorium of Valencia (march 22). We can see this recording in the next video,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kbtX7HepW

Amy Jones is a Piano Performance Artist and Poetess who expresses creative ideas and stories through the performance of classical and contemporary piano compositions utilizing a multimedia platform.

She is from Hillsboro, Ohio, a small town in United States. She is based out of Cincinnati, Ohio.

​Amy’s various musical experience, from a palette of punk and folk rock to classical and contemporary piano music has brought her to a place of unique creativity at the piano. Her love for story-telling, creative writing, and unique, soulful interpretations of classical and contemporary compositions has sparked a new design to the traditional piano recital.

The upcoming premier of her inspiring recital, 'Nepenthe,' will take place on 2nd of August, 2019 in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Willis Music Steinway Gallery in Kenwood. 'Nepenthe,' will include the music of Edvard Grieg, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Fredrick Chopin, and feature new music by Spanish composer, Abraham Tena-Manrique. 'Nepenthe,' also includes the poetry of Emily Dickinson, Charles MacKay, Leigh Hunt and by the artist herself.

https://amyj6621.wixsite.com/limoncellogirl

The South Korean pianist Jenna Sung premiered the 2 Preludes Op. 27 by Abraham Tena Manrique at a piano recital given at King Charles Court Old Royal Naval College in London in 2014. At that concert program Jenna Sung also played the Carnaval Op. 9 by Schumann, Gaspard de la Nuit by Ravel and Andante with variations in F minor by Haydn.

https://pianistjennasung.com/

Pianist Jenna Sung, identified by Gramophone as 'the talent of tomorrow – today', has been critically acclaimed, described as creating 'magical impressionistic, but also dramatic sound-paintings' by Westdeutsche Zeitung. The Polish Radio praised her 'dexterity and flawless performing skills' as well as her 'extraordinary temperament'. Working with world-renowned musicians and always performing with her unique style, Jenna commands 'a masterful and effortless technique on all levels, yet never treats virtuosity as an end in itself, focusing instead on details of dynamics, tonal shadings, and expression' – Classics Today.

Sung received an invitation to perform at Carnegie Hall and made her orchestra debut at age ten. More recently, Jenna had a successful debut concert in the Berlin Philharmonic and at Wigmore Hall London. She performed at the Chopin recital series 'Fryderyk Chopin – Dzieła Wszystkie', organized with honorary sponsorship from the President of Poland. Jenna was also invited to Germany by the Kawai European Headquarters, Fazioli Hall Italy, Royal Concert Hall, Palau de la Musica Barcelona and Valencia, Royal Albert Hall London, South Bank Centre London, Kings Place London, Conway Hall London, Auditorium di Milano, Harrogate International Festival, recital sponsored by the President of Poland, International Festival Palermo Classica, the Benasque Music Festival in Spain and had the honour of performing a recital for the British Royal Family.

Raquel del Val, pianist with a great national and international trajectory, is responsible for the premiere in London, in the famous Church of St. James of Piccadilly, next 13 February, 2017, the Bagatelle 'Alborada' Op. 23, written and dedicated to her, by Abraham Tena Manrique.

http://www.raqueldelval.com/

He toured France, Great Britain and Italy, where he offers piano recitals, chamber music concerts with his group 'Soloists ORTVE', and performances as soloist with orchestra. He is also part of Juries in international competitions of piano, chamber music, musical literature and composition, and collaborates in various publications with works on piano and contemporary chamber music.

He has recorded for the company St. Giles Foundation, of London, and National Radio of Spain, 'Radio Clásica', where his live interventions are habitual, compositions of unpublished Spanish music and of contemporary authors. The success of her album, 'Paisajes de España', does not go unnoticed by North American experts being invited to teach a Master Class on Spanish music at the Manhattan School of Music in New York.

He alternates his concert activity with musicological research, becoming the only pianist who recovers and premieres works of three generations of an important saga of composers: Federico Moreno-Torroba Larregla, his father, Federico Moreno-Torroba Ballesteros and his grandfather, Joaquín Larregla .

The great clarinetist Roser Carceller and the brilliant pianist, professor and founding member of Fundació Mompou, Kiev Portella,premiere the 3 Fantasiestücke Op. 28 (written and dedicated to these performers) at the prestigious Festival Fornells de Menorca (August 8, 2015).
Work also performed by the same musicians who premiere the 3 pieces, in Musitekton of Barcelona, on January 16, 2016.

Moreno Bernardi and fabulous choreography and the dancers Lucia B. Toba de Oca y Andrés Roca for the Nocturne for Piano Op. 9 Abraham Tena Manrique.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x41dvuf_why-does-someone-have-to-die_creation