DESCRIPTION:
The colombian pianist Diego Idarraga performs Sergei Prokofiev Sonata no 3 in A minor at St Andrews Cathedral in march 2010 Sydney Australia
He was born in Bogota, Colombia, He started to play the piano at the age of 17 under the tutelage of Colombian teacher Piedad Rosas, then with Dr. Sergei Sitchkov,. After finishing his bachelor in music in his homeland, he studied with Ludmilla Weber, and Antonio Carbonell.
Diego has played as soloist and as a member of chamber ensembles in many important auditoriums in Bogota such as Leon de Greiff Auditorium, National Museum Auditorium/
He was semi-finalist in the Southern Highlands International Piano Competition at Bowral in 2007, and has played Soloist Recitals at the Wollongong Conservatorium Auditorium, Salvation Armys Auditorium, Wesley Uniting Church at Wollongong as well as at St. Andrews Cathedral and the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Verbruggen Hall at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in Sydney.
His orchestral experience includes the performance of Beethovens Choral Fantasy in with his Universitys Symphonic Orchestra, Saint-saens Carnival of the Animals with the Wollongong Symphony Orchestra and Stravinskys Petrushka with the Sydney Youth Orchestra.
He has participated in masterclasses with re known pianists such as Mark Setltzer, Leonid Kuzmin, Walter Blankenheim.
He is currently a piano teacher at the Australian Institute of Musics Open Academy and at Lane Cove Music and Cultural Center and is doing a Masters in Piano Performance at the Australian Institute of Music with Brenda Jones.