“Chopin is a good friend and every morning I wake up to his music”

-It’s in your discography and in this concert. Who is Chopin to you?

–Chopin I could say that he is a good friend, for several years I have shared a lot of things with him during my concerts. For a few years now he has been with me, and every day I wake up to his music and his attraction. Yes, he is a great friend.

-A good friend that you know perfectly?

-Not entirely, because like any person, we sometimes discover new things, even if we think we know it.

-Chopin is an author who highlights the sensitivity and delicacy of his music, which is said to be the one he made himself when he sat down at the piano. Does that require you to perform in a certain way to show that delicacy and intimacy?

-Yes, obligatory. It is an idea that has become somewhat carried away, overused, in the idea that man was a sensitive person. If it is true that Chopin had tuberculosis for most of his life, which gave him very little strength. He was very small, but he had a lot of sensitivity. But after studying it, I came to the definitive conclusion that this sensitivity was not at all connected, for example, with pusillanimity, depression, sentimental excess. Obviously, he was very sensitive to the world. He was very sensitive to the music itself, to expression. And this sensitivity led him to create things of great expression.

-And has he always been like this or have you found other characteristics?

-Yes, it’s true that there’s a bit of everything. There is Chopin depressantthere’s one that isn’t, but then it’s true that for every depressive song there are two that are very open. I would say touch it, yes. Your sensitivity is important, it is an absolutely essential part. But we also have to give it body, give it character. Include a little discipline and to look a little towards the future too. Because there are many other adjectives that could be used, apart from his sensitivity, even if it is obviously there. But for me, the character is much more complex. It’s very pretty, with a lot more adjectives.

-When we find ourselves faced with the interpretation of an author, we have before us the score, which has notes, values, nuances, indications that the composer makes. When we interpret, and I emphasize the word interpret, can we bring something, say something that another interpreter has not said?

-Yes a lot. It is an intermediary who takes into account your personalityif we really learn what we study very well. There is much more objective content than subjective. On stage, it’s very noticeable when something is used automatically.

-And the performer, the pianist, is obliged to distinguish himself in something from others, from those who did it before him?

-No, it’s not an obligation. I think it’s not an automatic thing. When the musician gets to work, he already creates something new, unique. Something different will come out. If we understand it as a imitationsomething electronic will come out, something overinterpreted. A beautiful piece will come out because of how we treat it.

-Has the way of sitting at the piano and playing changed a lot in recent years? Is the technology still evolving?

-Yeah. It has never stopped evolving and changeand it has evolved a lot. There are many things you need to do well and enjoy playing on any piano.

-At 27, you seem to have a whole career ahead of you. In a few years, in the medium or long term, are there any challenges that you would like to take on? Did you plan for it or do you plan to continue working and let your own career define those goals for the future?

-Well, I always say that every concert It’s almost like the last one, but yes, it makes each of the concerts the result of all the baggage that I carry behind me. All of this together also means that the path I have for the future is developing a bit on its own. There is so much repertoire to go through, so many great artists, and there will be so many beautiful places in Spain to showcase fantastic music over time. Honestly, the fact that he had a challenge like the others couldn’t justify it. The Cordoba concert is already a challenge, it’s an important step in my career, and I don’t want to think about what can happen two days later, let alone four years later, ten years later.