Javier Comesaña

Described by the Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung as ‘an intelligent and open musician, capable of finding new ways of making music’, Javier Comesaña is the winner of the 6th International ‘Jascha Heifetz’ Competition in Vilnius, the Prinz von Hessen-Preis of the Kronberg Academy and a Laureate of the prestigious ‘Joseph Joachim’ Competition in Hannover.

His main teachers were Yuri Managadze and Sergey Teslya. He completed his studies under Marco Rizzi at the Reina Sofia School of Music in Madrid and furthered with Antje Weithaas at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin. During his time in Madrid, he received the distinction twice (2019 and 2021), from the hands of the Reina Sofia of Spain herself, both as the best student in his class and together with his piano quintet thanks to their interpretation of Schubert’s Trout Quintet.

As a chamber musician, he has been invited by prestigious institutions, festivals and concert seasons, including the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn, the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, the Spannungen in Heimbach, the Unione Musicale in Turin, the Istituzione Universitaria dei Concerti in Rome, the Associazione Scarlatti in Naples, the Auditorium Nazionale in Madrid and the Festival di Musica Española in Cadiz. Currently, he is the violinist of the Michelangeli Trio, which is specialising at the Institute of Chamber Music in Madrid with Professor Günter Pichler.

As a soloist he has already performed with conductors such as Pablo González, Vasily Petrenko, Andrew Manze, David Afkham, Álvaro Albiach and Alejandro Posada and important orchestras from his country (Symphonies of Galicia, Barcelona, Seville,Castilla y León, Orquesta Nacional de España, ORTVE) and international (Hanover Radio, Hanover Opera, Lithuanian National Orchestra, Sinfonica di Milano, Orchestra da Camera di Mantova, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Camerata Bern).

Javier plays an instrument made at the end of the 19th century by Justin Derazey.