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Born in 1969 in San Pedro, Argentina, Nelson Goerner has established himself as one of the foremost pianists of his generation. After studying in Argentina with Jorge Garrubba, Juan Carlos Arabian and Carmen Scalcione, he was awarded First Prize at the Franz Liszt Competition in Buenos Aires in 1986. This led to a scholarship (jointly funded by the Arts and Science Committee of the CIMAE Foundation and the Mozarteum Argentino) to work with Maria Tipo at the Geneva Conservatory, and in 1990 Nelson Goerner won the First Prize at the Geneva Competition.

Nelson Goerner has given recitals in venues throughout Europe including the festivals of La Roque d'Antheron, La Grange de Meslay (where he replaced Richter at short notice), Schleswig-Holstein, Verbier, and at halls in Paris, Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Geneva, Lucerne, and Milan. He has also performed with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Claus Peter Flor, the Deutsche Symphonie Orchestra of Berlin under Andrew Davis, the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Emmanuel Krivine, the Ulster Orchestra under Yan Pascal Tortelier, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Gerard Schwarz, and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under James Judd. He has appeared twice at the BBC Promenade concert season with the BBC Philharmonic under Vassily Sinaisky. In the USA and Canada, his appearances have included performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.

Mr Goerner has performed chamber music with the Takács Quartet in England, Spain and Italy, and with Steven Isserlis and Vadim Repin at the Wigmore Hall in London as part of the Taneyev Festival. He has appeared in duo recitals with the cellists Steven Isserlis, Gary Hoffman, Vadim Repin and the mezzo-soprano Sophie Koch. He also performs repertoire for two pianos with his wife, Rusudan Alavidze.

Mr Goerner's future appearances will include performances with the Orchestra of the 18th Century, the NHK Symphony, the Singapore Symphony, the BBC Scottish, Welsh and Philharmonic Orchestras, as well as recital and chamber appearances in London, Belfast, Arnhem, Toulouse, Valldemossa, Warsaw and at the Verbier Festival.

Mr Goerner's discography includes a Chopin recording for EMI, repertoire by Rachmaninov and Liszt for the Cascavelle/Disques label, Busoni's Indian Fantasy for Chandos and a new work for piano and orchestra by Jon Lord for EMI.

February 2009