Laura Ballestrino
Thursday, December 11th | Doors open at 6pm. Concert at 7pm

Tickets: $30
Museum Members: $25

The Kreeger Museum is pleased to welcome Laura Ballestrino in collaboration with the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, DC.

Doors open at 6:00 and guests may enjoy a glass of wine and explore the main floor and lower galleries until 6:45. The concert begins at 7:00 in the Great Hall. 

About the Artist

Laura Ballestrino (2000, Madrid) is a Spanish concert pianist and composer. A member of Yamaha’s exclusive “Young Talents” program, her artistic journey is marked by international awards, including First Prizes at Jeunesses Musicales Spain, Antón García Abril, María Herrero and Gran Klavier International Piano Competitions, Third Prize at Compositores de España International Piano Competition and the Yamaha Music Europe Foundation Scholarship, among many others.

Her career encompasses recitals and concert tours in prestigious venues both in Spain and abroad, such as the Spanish National Auditorium, the Solitär hall at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg and The Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech University in Atlanta. She has made her orchestral debut with Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Georgia Tech Symphony Orchestra, University of Granada Symphony Orchestra, Virtuosos de Madrid International Orchestra, Mariana Martínez Classical Orchestra, and more.

A graduate of Madrid Royal Conservatory, where she studied with Professor Elena Orobio, she later completed a Master’s degree in performance at Alfonso X el Sabio University under the guidance of renowned pianists Leonel Morales and Leo de María.

Ballestrino combines her activity as a concert pianist with her work as a composer and teacher, and is currently a member of the piano faculty at Forum Musikae Higher School of Music in Madrid. Upcoming highlights include her debut with the Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra in 2026 performing Beethoven’s Triple Concerto.

Program

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata nº 4 in E flat Major K. 282
I. Adagio
II. Menuetto I-II
III. Allegro

Franz Liszt, Concert Étude S. 144 No. 2 "La leggierezza"

Robert Schumann, Kreisleriana op. 16
I. Äußerst bewegt
II. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch
III. Sehr aufgeregt
IV. Sehr langsam
V. Sehr lebhaft
VI. Sehr langsam
VII. Sehr rasch
VIII. Schnell und spielend

Antón García Abril, Tres Piezas Amantinas
I. Allegro
II. Allegretto
III. Allegro