About

Ignasi Cambra is widely recognised as one of Spain's leading pianists of his generation. A student and frequent collaborator of Maria João Pires, he has earned high praise from conductor Valery Gergiev, who described him as "someone who can speak to me through the piano."

His international career includes performances at Carnegie Hall in New York, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Philharmonie in Paris, the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, the Ravinia Festival, and the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg. As a soloist he has performed with the Barcelona, Miami, Vancouver and Mariinsky symphonies, under conductors including Valery Gergiev, Tsung Yeh, Eduardo Marturet, Josep Pons and Salvador Brotons.

In Spain, Cambra has appeared at the Palau de la Música Catalana, the Gran Teatre del Liceu and L'Auditori in Barcelona; the Auditorio Nacional de Música and Fundación Juan March in Madrid; and the Auditorio de Zaragoza, among many others. He was artist-in-residence at La Pedrera and has performed at festivals including Peralada, Schubertiada Vilabertran and Quincena Musical in San Sebastián.

He also enjoys playing the music of living composers such as Salvador Brotons and Ferran Cruixent, whose Digital Studies he premiered at the Palau de la Música Catalana in 2024.

Cambra studied under Jerome Lowenthal and Matti Raekallio at the Juilliard School in New York, and holds degrees from Indiana University and the Royal Academy of Music in London. He also completed an Executive MBA at IESE Business School. Other significant influences on his artistic development include Edward Auer, Menahem Pressler, Alexander Toradze and Rustem Hayroudinoff.

In 2023 he released his second album, Spaces (Sony Classical), featuring works by Schubert and Chopin.

Alongside the concert career he keeps an active studio practice as a recording engineer and producer, including projects with Maria João Pires and Pablo Devigo, among others.