Alfredo Perl

Biography

Born in Santiago, Chile, in 1965, Alfredo Perl first studied with Carlos Botto in his hometown and later with Günter Ludwig in Cologne and Maria Curcio in London. Since his first performance at the age of nine, Perl has gone on to give numerous concerts all over the world, won major competitions and become one of the leading pianists of his generation.
Frequent performances in renowned concert halls such as Queen Elizabeth Hall and Barbican Centre London, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Munich Herkulessaal, Großer Musikvereinssaal and Konzerthaus Vienna, Tokyo Opera City, Teatro Colón Buenos Aires, Sydney Opera House, Konzerthaus and Philharmonie Berlin, Semperoper Dresden, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Alte Oper Frankfurt and the Tonhalle Düsseldorf bear witness to Perl’s artistic format. He is also a welcome guest at renowned festivals such as the Bath International Music Festival, the Schwetzingen Festival, the Rheingau Musik Festival, the Beethovenfest Bonn, Kissinger Sommer and the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival.
A remarkably versatile artist, Alfredo Perl has played with many renowned orchestras, including the London Symphony and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra as well as Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestras. In 1997, Perl made his debut at the BBC Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London and also performed the complete Beethoven piano sonatas in London (Wigmore Hall), Santiago de Chile and Moscow. At the same time, his first recording of the 32 sonatas, alongside the "Diabelli Variations", was released, which he has now re-recorded for this project. In addition to his highly acclaimed Beethoven recordings, Alfredo Perl’s extensive discography includes piano works by Schubert, Schumann and Liszt, as well as the complete Ravel piano music. He recorded Chopin’s 24 Préludes on DVD for BBC Television.
Alfredo Perl is piano professor at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold and was artistic director of the Detmold Chamber Orchestra until 2022, alongside whom he was awarded an Echo Klassik prize in 2015.