Pedro Piquero (Seville, January 28, 1976[1][2]) is a Spanish pianist, translator and Zen Buddhist teacher.

Music

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Pedro Piquero completed his musical training in Spain with Esteban Sánchez and in the US with Caio Pagano[3] and graduated cum laude from Arizona State University. In 2002 he was invited by pianist Maria João Pires for a residency at the Belgais Arts Center in Portugal.[4]

As a pianist, Piquero has performed in the United States, South America, Mexico, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland. Concerts with him were broadcast on radio and television.[5]

His albums have received several awards like the Independent Music Award[6] and the Melómano de Oro[7][8].

Discography

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  • Joaquín Nin-Culmell: Tonadas. (Verso; 2008)
  • Manuel Blasco de Nebra: Complete Works for Piano. Vol. 1. Columna Música, 2009.
  • Manuel Blasco de Nebra: Complete Works for Piano. Vol. 2. Columna Música, 2010.
  • Manuel Blasco de Nebra: Complete Works for Piano. Vol. 3. Columna Música, 2011.
  • Joaquín Montero: Complete Works for Piano. Nibius, 2016.
  • Arvo Pärt: piano and chamber music. With Lluís Claret, Gerart Claret. Nibius, 2017.
  • Milhaud and Poulenc. With Alberto Amarilla, speaker. Nibius, 2019.
  • Pärt: Lamentations. With the Extremadura Orchestra, conductor: Álvaro Albiach. Piano Classics, 2023 (CD)
  • Pärt: Lamentations. With the Extremadura Orchestra, conductor: Álvaro Albiach. Piano Classics, 2024 (special edition vinyl)

Buddhism

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In 2017, Piquero received Dharma transmission in Soto Zen Buddhism[9] in Japan from Peter Rodo Rocca, in the lineage of Zen master Gudō Wafu Nishijima, of whom he was his last student.[10] He currently is president of Dogen Sangha in Spain and director of Zendo Gudo.[11]

As a translator, Piquero, together with Gudō Wafu Nishijima, edited Eihei Dogen's Shōbōgenzō (Sirio, 2013–2016), the foundational philosophical text of Japanese Soto Zen Buddhism[12] in a four-volume edition, as well as Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (Sirio, 2019).[13]

Publications

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  • Eihei Dōgen: Shōbōgenzō in four volumes (Treasury of the True Dharma Eye). Translator and editor: Pedro Piquero and Gudō Wafu Nishijima. Editorial Sirio, Málaga 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, ISBN 978-84-7808-905-5. ISBN 978-84-7808-960-4. ISBN 978-84-16233-76-2. ISBN 978-84-16579-35-8.
  • Nagarjuna: Mūlamadhyamakakārikā. Verses on the Fundamentals of the Middle Way: An Annotated Zen Translation of Nagarjuna's Verses on the Fundamentals of the Middle Way. Translator and editor: Pedro Piquero. With commentary by Gudō Wafu Nishijima and Brad Warner. Editorial Sirio, Málaga, 2019, ISBN 978-84-17030-31-5.
  • Eihei Dōgen: Gakudo Yojin Shu: Collection of Advice for the Pursuit of Truth. Translation, editing and comments by Pedro Kaiten Piquero. Editorial Athenaica, Seville, 2023, ISBN 978-84-19874-28-3.
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Pedro Piquero in Discogs[14] Common: Pedro Piquero - Images[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Library of Congress LCCN Permalink no2013134397". lccn.loc.gov. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  2. ^ "Pedro Kaiten Piquero". Nodualidad.info (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  3. ^ "Pärt: Lamentate - Brilliant Classics". www.piano-classics.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  4. ^ "Grada 28 - octubre 2009 by Revista Grada - Issuu". issuu.com. 2009-10-15. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  5. ^ Extremadura, Orquesta de (2021-07-14). "Grabamos con el pianista Pedro Piquero un nuevo disco con música de Arvo Pärt". Orquesta de Extremadura (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  6. ^ "El pianista pacense Pedro Piquero, premiado por la música independiente". La Crónica de Badajoz (in Spanish). 2010-07-14. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  7. ^ Gascón, Sofía M. (2023-11-15). "Pärt. Lamentate". Melómano - La revista de música clásica (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  8. ^ Digital, Melómano (2020-02-17). "Reseña | Milhaud & Poulenc". Melómano - La revista de música clásica (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  9. ^ Krammer, Kurt; Rötting, Martin (2022). Buddhismus in Europa: Facetten zwischen Mode, Minderheit und Mindfulness in interreligiösen Bezügen (in German). LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN 978-3-643-51107-2.
  10. ^ "Pedro Kaiten Piquero". Nodualidad.info (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  11. ^ "Linaje". Zendo Gudo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  12. ^ Timón, Mercedes Barrado (2015-06-28). "Pedro Piquero traduce un nuevo tomo de un texto básico del budismo zen". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  13. ^ "Libros/ Mūlamadhyamakakārikā, de Nāgārjuna | Yoga en Red" (in Spanish). 2019-01-15. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  14. ^ https://www.discogs.com/artist/5599632
  15. ^ "Category:Pedro Piquero – Wikimedia Commons".

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