Pianoforte Foundation, Chicago. “The Pianoforte foundation presents “Spanish Fantasy”, a piano recital by Spanish pianist Alex Alguacil. A native of Barcelona, Alguacil has performed in major concert halls in North-America, Europe and Japan. His Carnegie Hall début in 2008 was hailed as one of the best performances of the season by the New York Concert review Magazine, and at his début with Barcelona’s Symphony Orchestra was praised as a brilliant pianist. Alguacil has extensively toured the United States and has performed with orchestras such as the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra or the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, and in venues such as the aforementioned Carnegie Hall, CAMI Hall or the Merkin Hall at the Lincoln Center, among others. Alguacil will perform works by Haydn, Manuel de Falla and the premiere of Salvador Brotons’ Piano Sonata No. 1, recently composed for the pianist, to be included in an upcoming CD of his complete piano works. More info.