Considered by the newspaper EL MUNDO (08-23-09) as “…one of the Spanish musicians with more projection and versatility of the classical panorama…” Born in Madrid, he received musical training in Spain and USA, studying with the renowned pianist Luiz de Moura Castro at the Hartt School of Music, CT. Later on, at the Jacobs School of Music (Indiana University), Mr. Prego studies with Emile Naoumoff and Sigheo Neriki. There, he specializes in the field of the early music performance with the harpsichordist Elizabeth Wright, studying also with Nigel North and Stanley Ritchie.
He has performed in the United States, China, Canada, Chile, Rumania, The Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and Italy, in important venues such as the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, the National Gallery of Arts in Washington, the Festival Internacional de Segovia Fundación Juan de Borbón, Ars Nova Music Series (Canada), Baiona International Piano Festival (Galicia), in concert halls such as the Arnold Schonbergzaal and Stadhuis Den Haag (The Hague), Conde Duque Auditorium (Madrid), Teatro Bulandra (Bucharest) the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute (New York) or the Cervantes Institute of Chicago. In September 2009, Ignacio made his solo symphonic debut with the OSCh Orchestra at the National Auditorium in Madrid with great acclaim. Mr. Prego has recorded for the labels Piccolo and Verso, including a live concert in Madrid of the Beethoven’s Triple Concerto under the baton of Rainer Steubing-Negenborn or a recent recording of the Prokofiev and Cassado Cello Sonatas.
A grand prize-winner in several national and international competitions, Ignacio Prego has received prestigious performance scholarships from the Spanish Government (AECI), and more recently from the Caja Madrid Foundation, presented by His RHC Prince Felipe at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. Upcoming engagements include concerts in New York conducting the ensemble Suite Hispania, as well concerts in Madrid, Miami and Mexico DF.