Carol Ruiz - Mompou and More (2020)

Carol was born in Barcelona (Spain) en lives sinds 2004 in The Netherlands. She came to The Netherlands to study her Master Degree in Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht (HKU) with the great American pianist Alan Weiss. After her Masters Final exam she received “tremendous artistic possibilities” as an assessment qualification . Carol’s passion consists in the continuing listening and the search for the perfect legato and the most beautiful sound.

She has taken several Mastercourses about piano performance, piano technique and piano pedagogy with great and important pianists like Nelson Goerner, Elsa Puppulo, Pietro de Maria, Josep MºColom, Suzanne Bradbury, Alexis Golovin, Karin Merle, Maria Rosa Oubiña de Castro, Sebastian Colombo, Claudio Martinez Menher and so on..

Carol Ruiz has also been interested in the pedagogical aspect of her instrument, and proof of it is 10 years of teaching experience. After finishing her master in performance and research project in teaching skills (specially music reading) she is currently a succesful solo pianist, piano teacher and accompanist in Utrecht, Woerden (Nederlands). Its important to mention her recent participation in a CD recording from the complete Chopin Nocturnes (14 pianisten spelen Chopin nocturnes) project from Excellent Recordings. Her first solo Cd “Nocturnes” was relieased in november 2017.