Biography
Xavier Ricarte began playing the piano at the age of 6 with his aunt and continued with the teacher Carlos Juliá. Years later he made his first concert tour in Catalonia thanks to a competition organized by Young Musicians (Juventudes Musicales); later, Intercentros Melómano and the DKV Foundation opened the doors to Spain for him.
As a result of his qualifications, the Ferrer-Salat Foundation awarded him the prestigious scholarships “Young Promises Scholarship” and twice consecutively the “Excellence Scholarship”. This allowed her to study him entire career at the Conservatori del Liceu Barcelona under the tutelage of Prof. Stanislav Pochekin and pianist and Prof. Alba Ventura.
During these years of education, he received the 1st Prize in the BBVA Individual Talent Competition, the Special Intercentros Melómano Prize, the 1st Pianissimo Prize and the 1st Prize in the Isaac Albéniz Competition. Later, he also began to participate in international competitions in Spain as the International Competition Maria Canals, with whom he was invited to a concert tour in the cycle OFF Maria Canals. Also, he he played as a soloist with the Conservatori Liceu Ochester, the Young Arts Simfonic Orchester and the Artistic Cercle Orchester.
After obtaining these awards and recognition, he was given the opportunity to play as a soloist with orchestras such as the Jeune Orchestre de Paris in a concert tour in France, thanks to BBVA, Antiguas Cajas Catalanas and JM France, thus receiving international renown.
The reviews describe the pianist as a young pianist with sensitivity, energy, musical intensity, remarking the surprise and euphoria of the audience was highlighted by the numerous improvisations performed at the end of each concert.
As part of her instruction as a performer, he has participated in masterclasses with teachers such as Katia Michel, Diana Baker, Akiko Ebi, Jean Bernard Pommier, Galina Eguizarova, Dmitri Alexeev, Mikhail Voskresensky, Andras Schiff, among others. He regularly receives advice from Vladimir Viardo, Professor at North Texas University.
He has participated in the Francesc Viñas International Festival, in the Tres Cantos Festival in Madrid, in the Pianissimo Festival, in the Cicle AIE, in the Isaac Albéniz Festival, in the Camerata des Pyreness Festival, in the Summer Music Festival in Brescia, in the Euro Arts Academy in Szczecin, in the Mendelssohn Festival, in the Steinway & and Sons in Düsseldorf, ad in the Chopin Festivals of Opole and Hamburg, among others.
It has also paid tribute to the figure of the pianist Alicia de Larrocha on the centenary of her birthday, as well as other composers such as Carlota Garriga and Narcisa Feixa at the Feminale in Hamburg.
In addition, he maintains a chamber music ensemble, Fließen Duo, with the saxophonist Maria Torres, and quintet with the musicians of the ASJ Hamburg.
Ricarte regularly gives concerts in Spain and Germany, but also works with young musicians in Catalonia. He is co-founder of the Piano Competition Maria Vilardell Viñas, granddaughter of the tenor Viñas, with the aim of strengthening, promoting and improving the future of young pianists in Spain. Also, during the summer, he teaches piano and improvisation courses for Juventudes Musicales, devoting himself to his pedagogical activity.
So far he has been a piano teacher at the Granados-Mashall Academia and is currently a piano teacher at the Jungemusik Akademie Hamburg.
Xavier Ricarte is currently studying for a Master's degree at the Hochschule für Musik und Theatre Hamburg under the tutelage of Prof. Hubert Rutkowski.
NEXT EVENTS 2025
Profesor at the programm Hobbypianisten
Masterclass
Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg
Festival Pianissimo
Piano Recital
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Konzert für den Shu-De Li Wettbewerb
Violin and Piano: Yi-En Hung
29/11/2024
Hamburg
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Klavierabteilung
Concert of the piano departament of the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg
17 January
Hamburg
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Klaviermusik Tagen
26 January
Hamburg
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Konzert für Heifetz Competition
Violin and PIano: Jieun Son
9 February
Hamburg
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Contemporary Musik
Premier pieces of the composer Haewon Sim
11 and 15 February
Hamburg
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Studio Konzert Klavier
22 February
Hamburg
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Jury at the Piano Competition Maria Vilardell Viñas
8-9 March
Moià - Spain
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Bechstein Centrum Hamburg
Chamber music concert
20 March
Hamburg
https://www.bechstein.com/centren/hamburg/konzert/asj-meets-bechstein/
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Architektursalon
Solo recital
26 March
Hamburg
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(Próximamente)
Tour - Noches en los Jardines de España - Manuel de Falla
Arts Simfònica Orquestra
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Musical Campus Joventuts Musicals Moià
2 al 10 August
Moià
https://associacions.joventutsmusicals.cat/moia/ca/campus.html
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Teachers concerts from the Musical Campus Joventuts Musicals Moià
3 August
Moià
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Piano concert
15 August
Sant Julià de Cerdanyola
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Piano recital - Marked by the past
28 de September
Manresa - Kursaal Teatre Conservatori
