Loreto Aramendi

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Loreto AramendiLoreto Aramendi

International concertist and main organist of the Cavaillé-Coll organ ( 1863) of the Basilique of Santa María del Coro.

She has given numerous recitals at international festivals in USA, Japan, Canada, Argentina, Chile, Moscow and most of European countries performing in places like Opera City Hall of Tokyo, National Auditorium of Madrid ( Bach-Vermut), Notre Dame of Paris, Hallgrímskikja in Reykjavik, Saint Patricks Cathedral of Nueva York, Moscow Cathedral, Auditorium of Stavanger, Cathedral of Berlin, Radio France…

In 2015 she published a double CD recorded on the Cavaillé-Coll organ (1863) of the Basilique of Santa María del Coro with works by C. Franck, F. Liszt, J. Brahms and Ch. Tournemire, which received the 4 stars award from “Choir & Organ” Magazine, and was acclaimed by “The Sydney Organ Journal”.

In 2017 she published another double CD recorded on The Cavaillé-Coll of the Saint Ouen of Rouen Abbey with Louis Robilliard transcriptions acclaimed by the critics (Choir & organ, Resmusica, Journal für die Orgel).

In 2019 she published a double CD recorded at the Cathedral of Salamanca and Saintanyí (Mallorca) with European Baroque music.

Interested in the pipe organ building process, she has collaborated and participated since 2014 in several works of organ restoration in France and Spain.

She started her studies at the Conservatoire of San Sebastian where she obtained higher degrees in piano, harpsichord, organ and chamber music with Loreto F. Imaz, Esther Mendiburu and Cristina Navajas.

She studied organ at the National Regional Conservatoire of Bayonne with Bernadette Carrau and Esteban Landart, receiving the Gold Medal and the First Prize upon completing the Advanced Degree course.

Entering into the National Higher Conservatoire of Lyon (C.N.S.M.D), she worked with Jean Boyer, Louis Robilliard and J. Von Oortmersen, obtaining the First Prize with ” Mention trés bien” and her National Diploma of Advanced Studies with specialisation in the organ.

She was awarded scholarships from the local government of Guipuzkoa for two years, as well as from the Lartundo Foundation.

She then furthered her studies over a period of five years at the National Regional Superior Conservatoire in Paris with Noelle Spieth, receiving the First Prize upon finalizing her Advanced Degree in the harpsichord and her General Music Studies Diploma. At the same time, she worked with J. Rouvier, on piano specialization.

She studied the piano for three years in Barcelona with Edith Fischer and Jorge Pepi. She has completed advanced courses with professors such as M. Radulescu, J. Oortmersen, W. Jansen, D. Moroney, R. Requejo, Roberto Szidon and Sakharov, amongst others.Loreto Aramendi

She has collaborated with the Basque Symphony Orchestra for many years, with whom she has recorded two discs. She gives concerts as a soloist and as part of different groups as an organist, pianist, and harpsichord player, embracing all periods and styles into her repertoire. At the same time, she has a degree in Psychology from the University of the Basque Country (UPV).

She is currently a professor at the F. Escudero Conservatoire in San Sebastian.

Her commitments for the next years include recitals in Japan, USA, France, Spain, Netherlands, Poland, Italy, Germany, England, Switzerland, Israel, Denmark, Estonia, Serbia, Russia, Luxemburg and Finland.

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