Aarón Zapico
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Born in Asturias, Spain, in 1978, Aarón Zapico is one of the most active harpsichord players of his generation. Having obtained the highest grades in piano at the Oviedo Conservatory, he began to take interest in the early music field, attending courses and seminars with renowned worldwide specialists. He completed his solo harpsichord diploma with the unanimous praise of the tribunal of The Royal Conservatory of The Hague under the direction of Jacques Ogg and assisted by grants from different institutions.
He is the harpsichord player and director of Forma Antiqva, hailed by the specialized press as “the visible forerunner of the new generation of Early Music in Spain.”. His vocation has led him to perform at the most prestigious Spanish festivals as well as in Bolivia, Brazil, Singapore, Australia, Italy, Holland, Greece, France, The Czech Republic, China, Japan and Serbia. Until now they have recorded Bizarro!!, Insólito Estupor, Sopra Scarlatti and Amore x Amore, which are all widely acclaimed by specialized critics (Recomendado by CD Compact, Excelente by Ritmo, Prelude Classical Music Awards 2009 or the Premio al mejor disco de música vocal barroca 2008 - 2009 by CD Compact).
Currently, Forma Antiqva is an exclusive artist of the German label Winter & Winter.
Apart from his solo concerts (Siglos de Oro in Almagro, Fundación March in Madrid, Festival de Sta. Isabel in Zaragoza, Salamanca University...), he collaborates with formations as heterogenic as Accademia del Piacere, El Concierto Español, La Caravaggia, Camerata Iberia, Euskal Barrokensemble, Xacona, Orpheon Consort Wien, La Ritirata, La Real Cámara, Real Filharmonía de Galicia or Asturias and Galicia Symphony Orchestras, under the direction of Frans Brüggen, Emilio Moreno, Victor Pablo Pérez, Pablo González or Fahmi Alqhai.
A close relationship is maintained with the countertenor and actor Xavier Sabata, with whom he released in 2007 Undercastration, a revolutionary programme mesh of cabaret, theatre and concert.
He has worked as a teacher of historical interpretation of early music at the CSM in Oviedo, has been harpsichord and basso continuo teacher at the CPM and the CSM in Murcia and associated teacher of early music in Aracena, Gijón, Univ. of Salamanca, Univ. of Extremadura or Daroca. Moreover he has given Master classes at the University of Melbourne, the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Singapore or the Festival de Música Antigua in Gijón. Since november 2009 he is the artistic director of the Early Music Academy in Gijón, Spain.
He has recorded for Winter & Winter, Arsis, RNE, Columna Música, Catalunya Música, France Musique, Australian Broadcasting, Czech Radio and TVE.
In 2010 he will be Kenneth Weiss's assistant at the Teatro Campoamor de Oviedo and Arriaga de Bilbao, coinciding with the representation of L'Incoronazione di Poppea carried out by Forma Antiqva.
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