JAVIER ARREBOLA
pianist, SongFest alumnus ‘12, SongFest faculty
Over the past few years, Javier Arrebola has emerged as an important figure in the genre of art song especially for his creative ideas, artistic presence, scholarship, and nurturing teaching style. His thoughtful presentations are staples of the SongFest summers and all of this combined has placed him as someone with whom everyone wants to work. SongFest is deeply grateful to Javier for his words here today and for the care he puts into everything he does as a member of the faculty and the administrative team.
What will the Legacy of the 21st Century be for Art Song?
Javier at the piano during a Tanglewood 2017 masterclass.
Javier Arrebola is a pianist, chamber musician, vocal coach, and scholar driven to enhance students’ and audiences’ understanding of music through the exploration of history, politics, literature, poetry, geography, artwork, and music theory.
His professional activities have taken place throughout Europe, North America, and Latin America. Among engagements to lecture, teach, and give recitals at institutions such as University of Minnesota, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, and The Royal Conservatory’s Glenn Gould School of Music, Mr. Arrebola holds faculty positions at Tanglewood Music Center, SongFest, Ravinia Festival’s Steans Music Institute, where he is the Head of Piano Staff in the Program for Singers, and at Renée Fleming’s SongStudio at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Mr. Arrebola holds a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree and a Master’s Degree in Piano Performance from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, as well as degrees in Piano Performance and Chamber Music from the Madrid Royal Conservatory.
Mr. Arrebola has served on the faculty of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music as Visiting Assistant Professor in Voice/Collaborative Piano, and of Boston University as acting Chair of the Collaborative Piano Department. In the fall of 2021, he will be returning to the faculty of the Jacobs School of Music as Visiting Lecturer.
If you have not yet seen SongFest’s Songs of Unity & Hope project, launched on January 31st, and led by Javier, click HERE to check it out!
Listen to Javier discuss song from his homeland in ¡España! 500 Years of Spanish Song as a part of our SongFest 2020 Auf den Airwaves zu Singen.
Find out more about Javier’s upcoming projects by visiting his website: https://www.javierarrebola.net/