Hugo Llanos Campos is the versatile pianist who is ready to give his soul to the music he plays, as Claudio Arrau once said: "An interpret must give his blood to the work interpreted".
Born in 1994 in Rancagua, Chile, his first approach to music was the folklore of his homeland. He began playing the piano at the age of seven and later completed piano studies with Victoria Foust at the Universidad Mayor Conservatory in Santiago de Chile. His enthusiasm for the music of Ludwig van Beethoven and his desire to immerse himself in European musical culture led him to Vienna in 2014, where he completed a bachelor's degree, a master's degree and a postgraduate in piano at the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien with Klaus Sticken. Later he completed a postgraduate in Chamber music at Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, where he currently teaches as a Piano Accompanist and Couch.
He has been a laureate of numerous competitions in his career, such as Claudio Arrau" Piano Competition in Quilpué (Chile), the music competitions in Osaka (Japan), "Delia Steinberg" in Madrid (Spain), Bechstein-Bruckner Piano Competition in Linz (Austria) and “Luis Sigall” International Music Competition in Viña del Mar (Chile). Through performances at the Texas State International Piano Festival, the chamber music festival "Musica Mundi" in Belgium, in theaters in Egypt, Turkey or at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, he attracted international attention. He has also collaborated as a performer in concerts with the Bösendorfer Piano Factory.
Llanos Campos gives special importance to chamber music. With cellist Nicole Peña Comas, he released the album "El Canto del cisne negro" in 2020 under the ARS Produktion Label, with recordings of works by Latin American composers. He has been also awarded with prizes at international chamber music competitions, such as European Music Competition Città di Moncalieri, FIDELIO Music Competition 2018 in Vienna, among others.
Hugo draws essential impulses for his artistic projects from his engagement with the classical Chilean musical tradition. His debut album "Un corazón al fin del Mundo" (2017) was the result of his own musical research with the aim of enriching today's concert repertoire with the musical heritage of Chile. In 2022 he released a new album, "Fantasía Chilena", on the ARS Produktion Label which is a tribute to 19th century Chile. Hugo Llanos Campos' roots in both European tradition and Latin American repertoire have established him as a musical ambassador for his region and country.
