José Alberto Sancho

José Alberto Sancho graduated at the Conservatory of music “Bonifacio Gil” in Badajoz under the guidance of Ángel Sanzo with the highest grades and honors (“Premio extraordinario fin de carrera”). There, he also received chamber music lessons with Alexander Kandelaki. Further, he attended piano courses with lots of different pianists and teachers such as Colom, Garcia-Barredo, Kereselidze, Gulyàs, Chiantore. He also received advice from masters such as Kuyken, Dalberto, Rogé…

He has performed in different concert halls: Salón Noble de la diputación de Badajoz, Biblioteca de la alcazaba in Badajoz, Audiorio casa de las artes in Cádiz, Centro cultural Sa Nostra in Mallorca, Teatro Joaquín Turina in Seville, Grand Salle of Royal Conservatory of Brussels, etc.

He has obtained different prizes in different competitions, such as the Santa Cecilia Odero chamber music competition in Cadiz (first prize), Julio García Casas competition in Seville (second prize) or music interpretation competition in Cadiz (playing Mozart, concerto 23).

In 2019, he finished his master degree under the guidance of pianist Madžar at the Royal Flemish conservatoire in Brussels with the mention of ‘cum laude’. Later on, he obtained the diploma of didactic master (AESS) at the French conservatory of Brussels.

Furthermore, he has had the chance to get some experience as accompanist. He took lied lessons with teacher Spinnette and instrumental accompaniment with Op de Beck. He was also accompanist during FEBAC summer classes in Cádiz (Spain) and he played as accompanist in Daniel Gauthier’s saxophone masterclasses in Brussels in 2018.

From now on, he is part of the International Opera Academy in Ghent.