After studying at the Barenboim-Said Foundation in Seville, Álvaro Lozano Cames started his bachelor’s degree at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid in 2023 under Jens Peter Maintz. Supported by scholarships from Grupo Planeta and Fundación Albéniz, he has taken masterclasses with Frans Helmerson, Mischa Maisky and Philippe Muller. In Spain and internationally, he has won several major distinctions, including First Prize at the Antonio Janigro, Gustav Mahler Cello, Peregrinos Musicales and Intercentros Melómano Soloists competitions. As a soloist, he has appeared with the Kölner Kammerorchester, Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga and European Youth Orchestra of Madrid. He is a member of the Banco de España Arriaga Quartet and the Satie de Bain Trio at the Reina Sofía School of Music.

Instrument: Joseph Hill

Teachers

2023 - 2024 : Stanislas Kim
2023 - : J.P.Maintz
2023 - : Fernando Arias
2020 - 2023 : Pavel Gomziakov
2013 - 2023 : Carmen Mª Elena
2012 - 2023 : Sabrina Rui

Degrees

2023 - : Bachelor, Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía

Concerts

2025 : Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville, Juventudes Musicales de Sevilla, Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla, Josep Planells (dir.)
2025 : Sala Argenta and Sala Pereda, Santander, Festival de Santander, Milana Chernyavska, Vilmos Szabadi and Alekséi Ogrinchuk
2025 : Quinta dos Olhos d’Água, Marvão, Marvão Open Chamber, Marvão Academy, Silke Avenhaus and Arriaga Quartet
2025 : Palacio Provincial de la Diputación, Cádiz, Festival de Música Española de Cádíz, Miguel Ángel Ortega Chavaldas
2025 : Köln Philarmonie, Köln, Kölner Kammerorchester, Kölner Kammerorchester, Christoph Poppen (dir.)/Arriaga Quartet, Pablo Barragán
2024 : Auditorio Edgar Neville, Málaga, Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga, Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga, Edmon Levon (dir.)
2023 : Teatro Monumental, Madrid, Orquesta de Radio Televisión Española, Orquesta de Radio Televisión Española, Lara Diloy (dir.)
2022 : Auditorio de Galicia, Peregrinos Musicales, Orquesta Real Filharmonía de Galicia, Maximino Zumalave

Competitions

2024 : First Prize and Prize for the Best Spanish Music Interpretation, Certamen Pedro Bote.
2024 : First Prize and Prize for the Best Contemporary Music Interpretation, Premio de Interpretación para Solistas Intercentros Melómano. Grado Superior
2022 : Third Prize, 8th International Dotzauer Competition for Young Cellists
2022 : First Prize, Premio de Interpretación para Solistas Intercentros Melómano. Grado Profesional
2021 : Third Prize, David Popper. IX International Cello Competition
2021 : First Prize, III Gustav Mahler Prize Cello Competition
2020 : First Prize and Absolute Prize, 12th International Cello Competition “Antonio Janigro” JUNIOR