GEMA NIETO-FORTEZA, PIANO
"She has a brilliant technique that together with
her extreme sensibility, gives her an outstanding quality
among her generation. She brings this out with a very high
artistic level", Brenno Ambrosini, March 2003.
Spanish pianist Gema Nieto has established
herself as a performer of musical sensibility, providing
intellect which brings new light to the works she performs.
Nieto's awards include Cum Laude with Honors at the Castellón
Conservatory of Music, Spain, in her Piano Masters' Degree
in 2002. After that, she moved to NY where she graduated
on Masters Degree at the Manhattan School of Music. A Fulbright
felowship since 2003, she obtained a scholarship from The
International Institute and the Commission of Cultural,
Educational and Scientific Exchange between Spain and United
States (Ruth Lee Kennedy Scholarship).
Teachers as Mauricio Vallina, Brenno Ambrosini,
Dr. Solomon Mikowsky and Dr. Donn-Alexandre Feder were part
of her artistic-pianistic development, Dr. David Gilbert
in her Conducting Orchestra Studies, Gerald Robbins and
David Krakauer in her chamber music ensembles coachings.
As a soloist, she has appeared at several
International Music Festivals including the International
Music Festival of Tenerife, Spain; Puigcerdá International
Piano Festival, Spain; Chamber Music Series'04, NY; "Skethes
of Spain" Series at the Carnegie Hall , NY; and Changchun
International Music Festival, China. At the age of 21 she
was invited from the Conde Duque Hall, Madrid, to be part
of the "Jóvenes Intérpretes'99 "
("Young Artist Series'99"), doing her Solo Piano
Recital Debut.
As a chamber interpreter, Nieto started
in 2003 to play together with Pascual Martinez Forteza (clarinetist
of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra). They already played
in Carnegie Hall, and made their Asian debut on 2004, being
guest artist in the Prestigious International Festival of
Clarinet in Changchun, China. Also she has played in chamber
groups with other musicians from the New York Philharmonic:
horn player Philip Myers, flutists Mindy Kaufman and Robert
Langevin, oboist Robert Botti,, and bassoonist Kim Laskowski.
As a music promoter and Artist Manager,
Gema Nieto has made collaborations with the Spanish Consulate
in NY, Hispanic Sociaety of America and other organizations.
She is currently promoting her "Sketches of Spain"
Project, organizing concerts of Spanish Music performed
by Spanish musicians, in Music Halls like Carnegie Hall.
Last year 2005, she gave birth to the 1st Benifaio Music
Festival: A music Festival in Spain with special collaboration
of musicians from the New York Philharmonic.
