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 Jorge
Luis Prats was born on July 3, 1956 in Camagüey, Cuba. Upon graduation
from the National Arts College he was awarded a scholarship to the
Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, where he studied under Rudolf
Kerer.He continued his higher piano education with Magda Tagliaferro in
Paris and at the Hochshule für Musik und Künstler in Vienna under the
great master Paul Badura Skoda..
At the age of 21, Prats won the Grand Prix at the prestigious
“Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud” piano competition in Paris. At the
same time he received special prizes for the best interpretation of
Maurice Ravel and André Jolivet along with the Chevillon Bonnard and
Mohan awards. Other awards include the Gold Medal at the Katia Popova
Festival in Bulgaria and First Prize at the Amadeo Roldán Piano
Competition in Havana, Cuba.
He has been decorated with Cuba’s highest awards granted to national and
international personalities of the arts and culture: the “Alejo
Carpentier” and “Félix Varela” medals.
Jorge Luis Prats has been invited to serve as either a juror or
president of numerous international competitions and has been a regular
guest professor in Bogota, Havana, Mexico DF, Cordoba, and in Toronto.
He served as the Artistic Director and performed as a soloist with the
Cuban National Symphony since 1985.
A consummate performer, Prats’ concert tours have taken him to every
nation in the European continent, North, South and Central America,
China, Japan and Korea. He has performed both as a soloist and with
major Orchestras.
His extensive repertoire includes most major works for piano and piano
with orchestra. He has recorded for a number of major labels.
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