Javier Coble

Spanish pianist and organist. Conservatory in Madrid under prestigious contemporary musicians such as Pedro Iturralde and Luis de Pablo. He has been a professional musician since the age of 19 and as a pianist, he has worked in a number of projects with several artists: Ketama, Vicente Soto, Raimundo Amador and others. As a composer and interpreter he has been with the Spanish dance company; De Lunares; the Ballets of AntonioPerez; and Mayte Bajo. During this period he was awarded the Special Jury Prize at the choreographic competition in La Havana in 1998 along with Pau Martinez and Emilio Galazo for the composition, Coincidences. He performed De Azabache y Plata (also the title of his CD) with the National Ballet of Spain with choreography by the famous danseuse, Mayte Bajo and this was performed in the Albeniz theatre in Madrid, the Bolshoi theatre in Moscow and the Merkin Concert Hall in New York. He has received awards for original music for choreographic works by Mayte Bajo and Elena Martin-Saul Garrido at the Certamen Coreografico de Danza Espanola y Flamenco (Choreography Competition for Spanish Dance and Flamenco) in 2001 and 2003. He was also a member of the Jury for the same competition in 2004 and 2006, and he did an exclusive performance as a guest artist in the last 2008 Albéniz competition. He also performed the De Azabache y Plata concert with Maria Vega on spanish dance, in the acts of closing of the Spanish presidency of UE in Kuala-Lumpur (Malasya) in 2010. He is part of Riply Productions with Luis Carlos Esteban and has taken part – along with Esteban and Rafael Perez Arroyo in the Hispanica project, which deals with the revival of ancient Spanish music. He also collaborates on projects with well known artists like Eduardo Paniagua, Luis Lozano Virumbrales, Luis Delgado, etc… for the presentation of concerts of ancient music, music for television and others. His first solo CD, De Azabache y Plata was released in 2001 is the result of three years of research aimed at adapting the rich language of flamenco to the contemporary piano, with the Spanish classical piano of Falla, Albeniz and Turina as a reference, and with seasoning provided by percussion and instruments from all over the world. His second CD, Cuadernos de la Danza, is for piano solo and includes some of his own compositions, and his last CD “Amares” includes his awarded music and other orchestral & piano compositions