Jorge Federico Osorio, Piano

Biography

One of the pre-eminent pianists of our time, Jorge
Federico Osorio is internationally acclaimed for his superb musicianship and
masterful command of the instrument. He has performed with many of the world's
leading orchestras, including the Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, and Seattle Symphonies;
the Concertgebouw, French National, Philharmonia, Moscow State, and Royal
Philharmonic Orchestras; and the Israel and Warsaw Philharmonics. Osorio has
played under the batons of such distinguished conductors as Lorin Maazel,
Bernard Haitink, Klaus Tennstedt, Eduardo Mata, Enrique Batiz, James Conlon,
and Jorge Mester. His concert tours have taken him to Europe, Asia, North,
Central and South Americas. His American festival appearances have included the
Hollywood Bowl, Ravinia, and Grant Park Festivals. Mr. Osorio is also an avid
chamber musician; he has served as artistic director of the Brahms Music
Festival in Mexico, and has performed with the late Henryk Szeryng, the Moscow
Quartet, and the Tel Aviv Quartet.

Born in Mexico, Mr. Osorio began his musical studies at the age of five. He
studied at the conservatories of Mexico, Paris, and Moscow; his teachers have
included Luz Maria Puente, Bernard Flavigny, Jacob Milstein, Nadia Reisenberg,
and Wilhelm Kempff. His extensive discography on labels such as EMI, CBS,
Artek, IMP, and ASV include recent Brahms recordings that have received
accolades from Gramophone, American Record Guide, and the Chicago Tribune.
Other recordings include Beethoven's Five Piano Concertos and Choral Fantasy;
concertos by Brahms, Mozart, Ponce, Rodrigo (world premiere recording),
Rachmaninov, Schumann, and Tchaikovsky; several Beethoven Sonatas; and solo
piano works of Manuel Ponce. Mr. Osorio is a dedicated teacher and is on the
faculty at Roosevelt University's Chicago College of Performing Arts.