Luis Aracama
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Born in Spain in 2005, Luis Aracama studies at the Escuela Superior Reina Sofía with Ivan Monighetti since 2018. He received the diploma for the most outstanding student from Her Majesty Queen Sofía for the academic year 2021/22. He is a scholarship holder of the Liechtenstein Music Academy and was selected in 2024 to participate in the masterclasses of the Academy Kronberg with Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt. Luis has received masterclasses from Frans Helmerson, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, Márta Gulyás, Gautier Capuçon, Torleif Thedéen, Alban Gerhardt, Kian Soltani, Pablo Ferrández, Miklós Perényi and Jan Vogler. He won first prize at the International Dotzauer (with the special prize for best contemporary interpretation), the Competition Dobato Benavente and the Competition Janigro in Croatia (as well as the Zagreb Soloists’ Prize), and second prize at the International Popper Competition.