
BIOGRAPHY
Manolo Carrasco
Pianist, Composer and Musical Director

Cadiz-born Manolo Carrasco is the most prolific music writer in Spain nowadays. A composer, pianist and conductor, he studied in various Spanish and foreign conservatoires, always achieving the highest honours in composition, conducting as well as piano.
He has received multiple piano awards in Spain and France. The author of the music for the Real Escuela Andaluza de Arte Ecuestre and of the Anthem Por ellos -dedicated to the victims of terrorism-, he has released 33 albums in Spain and 20 in different other countries around the world. He has also promoted performances for the public, and has toured around all 5 continents. In 2015 he became the first Spanish artist ever to perform at Moscow’s Red Square and the Kremlin. He has given numerous piano concerts, and has toured and performed all over the world, always achieving great success.
Prizes and Awards
+Zipa de Oro for breakthrough artist 1987. Pilar Amo Vázquez 12th National Young Pianists Composition Contest – Albacete. 1993. Delegación Provincial 5th National Contest for Young Musicians – Granada. 1994. Carmen Ibáñez 14th National Contest for Young Pianists – Albacete. 1994. Ciudad de Carlet National Piano Contest in Carlet. 1994. First award winner at the International Piano Contest in Lyon, France. 1995. Oliver Messiaen Gilbert Gaubert International Contest – Paris. 1995. Andalucía at the International World Awards – 1998. Award for the promotion of Andalusian culture -2000.
Education and Training
Born in Cadiz on 15th March 1971, Manolo Carrasco began his musical studies at the Manuel de Falla Conservatoire in Cadiz with Rafael Prieto. After this, he moved to the Higher Conservatoire in Seville with Ana Guijarro and Manuel de Diego, and continued his studies at the Liceo Conservatoire in Barcelona with Ramón Coll. He later went to the El Escorial Conservatoire in Madrid to study composition under the tutelage of Eduardo Armenteros and piano with Anatoli Pouvson. His moved on to the Royal Higher Conservatoire of Music in Madrid, where he studied composition with Antón García Abril and piano with Manuel Carra.
He finished his piano studies in 1992 with an outstanding grade and an honourable mention. In 2002 he also completed his composition studies with an outstanding grade.
He extended his training with further courses, including courses delivered by Vlado Perlemuter (a direct pupil of Ravel), Dimitri Baskirov (Reina Sofía School) and Hans Graff (in Vienna).
He has a wide knowledge of orchestra conducting. At the age of 19, he conducted the London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for the first time during the recording of his own album Sueños de Juventud, and he later recorded Al-Andalus and Cómo bailan los caballos andaluces, which he presented in the year 2000 at Chapín’s municipal stadium in Jerez de la Frontera, where he conducted his own orchestra for the first time.
TV Recordings and productions
In 2005, composer Manolo Carrasco produced and directed 25 classical music shows for Galician regional TV channel Televisión Gallega, as well as a series of classical music shows for “Sueños” on Antena 3 Televisión, and for “Nocturno” on Tele 5.
In 2006, he produced and directed 25 classical music shows for TeleMadrid. He also produced “Únicos” for Antena 3 Televisión alongside Nano de Jerez, Rancapino and José Mercé. In 2007, he launched his own TV production company called “Eurodelta Music” with his business partner Fernando Bermúdez. He also directed and produced the music for the shows “Diferentes” and “Intermezzo” for TVE’s channels La 1 and La 2, where many leading Spanish artists and major international interpreters performed at such iconic places as the Royal Palace in Madrid and La Granja de San Ildefonso Palace in Segovia.
In 2009-2010, he began to direct and produce different music shows for regional TV channels Canal Sur; Tele Madrid, Aragón TV, Asturias TV, Castilla la Mancha TV, Extremadura TV and Baleares TV.
In 2011, he produced, directed and presented the show “Espíritu Flamenco” on TVE, and he currently directs and produces music shows through his production company Eurodelta Music for the USA, Europe and Japan.
From 2012 to 2015 he recorded at several iconic venues, such as the Almudaina Palace in Palma de Majorca and Viñuelas Palace in Madrid both for TVE and for different regional TV channels. He also produced the show “En clave de noche” for Antena 3, and in 2013 and 2014 he produced the special Christmas shows for Tele Madrid and other regional TV channels
Concerts and Tours
zHe has done several concerts all over Spain and has toured around the USA, Mexico, the UK, France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Japan and China.
- “Homenaje a García Lorca” Tour – 1998.
- “Al-Andalus” Tour – 2000.
- He composed and interpreted the music of the Real Escuela Andaluza del Arte Ecuestre in Paris, Barcelona and Jerez. “Dance Andalucía” Tour – 2001, 2002 (Japan).
- “Aires del Sur” Tour – 2002, 2003.
- “Amor y Fuego” Tour – 2004.
- “Aires del Sur” Tour (China) – 2005.
- “Pasión Andaluza” Tour – 2006.
- “Passionata Andaluza” Tour – 2007, 2008.
- “Aires de Andalucía” Tour – 2009.
- “Sinfonía Ecuestre” Tour, featuring the Madrid Filarmonía Symphony Orchestra in Madrid and the Montpellier Symphony Orchestra in France – 2010, 2011.
- “Vive la Pepa” – 2012
- “Hispania” Tour – 2013-2014
- “Pianísimo Flamenco” Tour – 2014-2015
- “Pasión por el flamenco” (Russia) – 2015
- “Sinfonía Ecuestre” (Russia) – 2015
- “Spanish Flavor” (China) – 2015
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