Ángel Rodríguez
From: Havana, Cuba.
LA Opera: recital with Javier Camarena in 2019.
Career highlights: Originally from Cuba, and now residing in Mexico, the pianist and composer Ángel Rodríguez began his musical studies at the age of five, training in piano with Gonzalo Gutiérrez, in vocal repertoire with Enrique Jaso, and in conducting with Gonzalo Romeu.
During a career spanning more than 25 years, he has accompanied internationally noted singers, including Ramón Vargas, Rolando Villazón, Javier Camarena, Joseph Calleja, Kate Lindsey, Nathalie Manfrino, Franco Vassallo, Ailyn Pérez, Alfredo Daza, Église Gutiérrez, Fernando de la Mora, Cassandra Zoé Velasco, Rosario Andrade, Timothy Robert Blevens, Rebeca Olvera, Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Maria Katzarava, Carlos Almaguer, José Bross and Dario Solari, amongst many others.
He has played in the most prestigious concert venues in Europe, Asia, and the Americas, including the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, the Teatro Real in Madrid, the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Kennedy Center in Washington, the Harris Theater in Chicago, and the prestigious Rosenblatt Recitals in London.
He participated in the documentary Rolando Villazón: A Mexican Dream, accompanying the tenor in a program which was broadcast on the Arts Channel. He also performed in the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, was a soloist with the Moscow-based Kremlin Chamber Orchestra and also performed before Spanish King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sophia.
He has played with the Ópera de Cuba as well as with the Ópera de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, with a repertoire of more than 90 works. His discography includes two CDs with tenor Javier Camarena and one with mezzo-soprano María Luisa Tamez.
At present, Rodríguez gives masterclasses in Italian opera interpretation and style in Mexico, in addition to his work as a recitalist with renowned opera singers and as an arranger and music producer.
Learn more at AngelRodriguez.mx.
