Leopoldo Erice at the Festival of the Sound 2025

The “Festival of the Sound” presents “A musical journey through Spain” by Leopoldo Erice.

The world-renowned chamber and classical music festival, Festival of the Sound, presents an afternoon with acclaimed Spanish concert pianist Leopoldo Erice. Immerse yourself in a musical journey through Erice’s homeland as you experience evocative works by Granados, Albéniz, de Falla, and Turina — celebrating the rich rhythms and textures that define Spanish classical music.

Erice will be joined by soprano Leslie Fagan, violinist Helene Pohl, and cellist Rolf Gjelsten.

Program

• From 12 Danzas españolas by Enrique Granados: Galante, Oriental, Andaluza.
• From Suite Iberia by Isaac Albéniz: Evocación, El Albaicín.
• Siete canciones populares españolas by Manuel de Falla: El paño moruno, Seguidilla murciana, Asturiana, Jota, Nana, Canción, Polo.
• Piano Trio No. 2 in B minor, Op. 76 by Joaquín Turina: Lento—Allegro molto moderato—Allegretto, Molto vivace—Lento, Lento—Andante mosso—Allegretto—Allegro vivo.

Leopoldo Erice

Leopoldo Erice is a Spanish pianist born in Madrid, enjoying a successful career in performance and teaching that has taken him across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa. He is a professor at the University of Ottawa’s School of Music and has been a member of the Faculty of Music at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada. Erice has also held the position of Associate Professor of Music at the American University of Sharjah in the UAE and taught at Middle Tennessee State University in the USA.

In 2006, he founded the Festival Internacional de Música Clásica de Ribadeo in Spain. Erice has received several prestigious national and international awards and has recorded for television and radio programs in Spain, Argentina, Syria, and the USA.

An Odradek Records Artist since 2023, his recording Beethoven: The Last Sonatas has recently been launched internationally. He studied at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid in Spain, the Koninklijk Conservatorium in the Netherlands, and as a Fellow of the prestigious “la Caixa” Foundation Fellowship Program at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University in the USA.

Erice holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.