ELENA YARRITU flute
Gabriel Sanchez piano

"One hears many flute recitals these days, but it is seldom that one gets to experience the kind of consistent polish, excitement, invention and sheer joy… a superior player…an exquisitely fine tone…singing with a most elegant, expressive quality…"
The New York Concert Review

Gabriel Sanchez was a top prize winner in the 1997 Casablanca International Piano Competition in Morocco and is a laureate of other international competitions, including the Marguerite Long in Paris, Gina Bachauer in Salt Lake City, and Paloma O' Shea in Santander (Spain). He has performed throughout the United States in recital and with orchestra, including performances at Pianofest in the Hamptons (New York), with the Dallas Symphony under Kerry-Lynn Wilson and the Irving Symphony under Hector Guzman. In London, he performed at the Royal Academy of Music, in Paris at the Salle Gaveau, in Santander at the Palacio de Festivales, in Casablanca, Morocco at the Salle de l'Office des Changes, and in the Dominican Republic with the Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional. In Thessaloniki, Greece, he performed a solo recital to benefit Lions Club International. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music under a full scholarship and continued his studies at the University of North Texas under his teacher and mentor, Vladimir Viardo. Mr. Sanchez is also a dedicated educator, having taught piano, music history, and music theory at the celebrated Booker T. Washington High School for the Arts in Dallas from 1996-2003. He continues to teach piano privately in Dallas and is in high demand as an accompanist. He has collaborated with such artists as Jacques Zoon, Alexa Still, Marco Granados, Thomas Robertello, Rolf Smedvig, Ian Clarke and most recently has completed a recording of French music for flute and piano, "Rêver En Couleur" with flutist Lisa Garner Santa on MSR Classics [MS1213].