The admiration of the specialized critics and the esteem of the public reaffirm Jorge Nava as one of the greatest promises of the Spanish piano scene.
Born in Santander, he began his musical studies with Irina Efanova at the National Conservatory of Music of Bolivia. Subsequently, he studied with Stanislav Pochekin at the Liceu Conservatory in Barcelona and with Dmitri Alexeev at the Royal College of Music of London.
During his career he has received financial assistance from Obra Social “La Caixa”, the Botín Foundation, the Association of Performers of Spain, the Conservatory of the Liceu and the Royal College of Music.
He has participated in various Masterclass with great pianists such as Boris Berman, Nino Kereselidze, Mikhail Voskresensky, Lang Lang, Natalia Trull, Michel Beroff, Jacques Rouvier and Joaquín Soriano, among others.
Jorge has been awarded numerous prizes internationally, among which standing out: Intercentros Melómano, Concurso Infanta Cristina, Concurso Permanente de Juventudes Musicales, Ibiza International Competition, Manhattan International Competition, International Competition “María Canals”, International Competition “Premio Iturbi”, International Competition “Premio Jaén” and International Competition “Santa Cecilia”, among others.
As a soloist he has collaborated with the National Symphony Orchestra of Bolivia, Liceu Conservatory Orchestra, Orchestra and Choir of RTVE, Orquesta Filarmonía de Madrid, Symphony Orchestra of the Region of Murcia, Orchestra of Valencia, Orchestra City of Granada, Orchestra of the Atlantic Coast and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Medellin. He has given recitals in venues such as the Palau de la Música Catalana, National Auditorium of Music, Manuel de Falla Auditorium, Palace of Festivals, Casa da Música and Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, and in countries like Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Spain, France, Holland, Portugal, England, Italy and Malta.
He has participated in prestigious cycles and festivals such as the International Festival of
Santander, Festival de Segovia, Spanish Music Festival of Cádiz, Musical Autumn Soriano, Festival of Úbeda, International Music Festival of Medellín, Félix Festival Mendelssohn and Festival des Lumieres, among others.
As a chamber musician he is a founding member of the Trio Bruckner and the Casablanca Trio.
He has shared the stage with musicians such as Alexander Rudin, Mariano García, Aliya Vodovozova, Trio Bacarisse, Breton Quartet and Cosmos Quartet, among others.
His first album “Russian Portraits”, published by Orpheus Classical, includes works by Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev. His performances have been reproduced by RNE, Catalunya Music, TVE and TV3.

Michael Rische is part of a small group of musicians who consistently enrich the music scene with their research on the field of interpretation. By recording the piano concertos of Beethoven (No. 3 in C Major) and Mozart (No. 20 in D Minor), the pianist has also taken an unusual path: these are the only recordings that give the listener a choice between cadences from different epochs.

His commitment to the music of the twentieth century, however, quite clearly marks a contrast to his work on earlier repertoire: the original or first premieres of piano concertos by George Antheil (2001, London) and Erwin Schulhoff (1993, Augsburg), as well as recordings of other works in the “jazzy” style by Copland, Honegger, Gershwin and Ravel, have gained him an international reputation.

After recording works from Johann Sebastian Bach until contemporary composers on his album “Variations on B-A-C-H”, Michael Rische has been working with growing success on reaffirming into the music scene the nearly forgotten piano concertos by J.S.Bach’s son Carl Philipp Emanuel. Since 2011, he has been causing a stir with his recordings so far, and the media has been enthusiastically commenting on his recordings. During C.P.E. Bach’s anniversary year of 2014, there was a Europe-wide live broadcast by the MDR in Leipzig featuring two of his piano concertos.

Michael Rische, born in Leverkusen, studied in Düsseldorf with Max Martin Stein (piano) and Milko Kelemen (composition). He received additional major inspiration from Rudolf Serkin, Pierre Boulez and Nicolaus Harnoncourt.

His cooperation with conductors such as Sylvain Cambreling, Yuri Simonow, Christoph Poppen, Grant Llewellyn, Michael Boder and Wayne Marshal, as well as orchestras such as the Staatskapelle Berlin, the WDR Symphony Orchestra in Cologne, the Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin, the Orchestre National de Belgique, the German Symphony Orchestra Berlin, the Bamberg Symphony and the BBC Symphony Orchestra London have opened up for him concert halls of Europe, Israel, the USA and China. Michael Rische was Artist in Residence at the international Kurt Weill Festival in Dessau.

His twenty CDs as a soloist with EMI, Universal, Sony, and Hänssler CLASSIC testify to his repertoire. On his recent recording he plays with the Berlin Barock Soloists, the chamber orchestra of the Berlin Philharmonic.

Furthermore, Michael Rische teaches as professor at the Cologne academy of music.

The first time he played a piano concerto from Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was in March 2009 with the Cascais and Oeiras Chamber Orchestra.