BIO

Josue González started his career as a Pianist at the age of 7, at the Superior Institute of Arts in his hometown San Jose, Costa Rica. Currently 25 years old, he expanded his knowledge attending top music conservatories such as the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music. Josue has attained international recognition by competing and winning national and international awards. Josue’s technical brilliance and musicality have been highlighted by world renowned pianists, among those are Daniel Pollack, Vladimir Ovchinikov, Alexander Braginsky, Eliso Virsaladze and Seymour Bernstein. He has played for important figures in gala recitals such as the Asturias Prince Felipe Borbon, and Nobel prize winner Oscar Arias. Josue was the first Costa Rican pianist to play at the Great Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. His top performances at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, Rachmaninoff Hall, and Bolshoi Hall have led him to becoming one of the most prominent young musicians and pianists of his generation.

Josue was born to a musical family. His father, a pianist, and his mother, a singer. Josue’s passion for music began from a very young age when his dad decided to buy him musical instruments, which became Josue’s favorite toys. Josue’s journey with the piano began when his dad used to put him on his lap and play the piano while Josue contemplated the irregular movement of the keys and the beautiful sound that emanated from the immense instrument. Josue told his father that he wanted to play the piano at the age of 7. His father then decided to find the best piano school in Costa Rica. This school was founded by Tchaikovsky Conservatory graduate and Dr. Alexander Sklioustovsky who started a classical music piano conservatory in Costa Rica and has prepared hundreds of concert pianists for a career in music. Josue’s professors discovered great ability and talent in his hands, which caught their attention and inspired them to take Josue as a pre-college student at the early age of 9 years old, suggesting that Josue should consider the piano as a career.

Since then, Josue has won and received prizes in more than 20 national and international competitions. Some of them include: The Bradshaw and Buono International Competition, Leschetitzky Concerto Competition in NY, “Jovenes Solistas Costa Rica”, The First Slav Piano Competition in France, The American Protégé Piano Competition in NY, Spivakov Piano Competition and Festival in Moscow, Gnessin Gifted Pianists Competition in Moscow and the famous Nariman Sabitov Piano competition in UFA, Russia. Josue has performed as a soloist with world renowned orchestras such as the Costa Rica National Symphony, Bogota Philharmonic, UFA Symphony, Spivakov Virtuosi Orchestra, Gnessin Symphony Orchestra and Costa Rica Youth Symphony.

When Josue turned 16 years old, he took on a musical journey and decided to finish his high school degree with an emphasis in music performance at the Central School of Music of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory (Russia) under the tutelage of Darya A. Ryabova. After 2 years, Josue went on to study at the famous Tchaikovsky Conservatory under the guidance of Dr. Vladimir Ovchinikov, a former winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition in Russia. Josue also holds a degree in Film Scoring and Sound Design at Berklee College of Music. Josue holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota, where he studied with Goldenweiser’s pupil Alexander Braginsky, Recently, he received his master’s degree from USC Thornton School of Music, under the guidance of Daniel Pollack, also a former winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition in Russia. Josue started a career as a conductor while studying at USC Thornton where Larry Livingston offered the possibility to expand his knowledge about orchestral music and conducting. His favorite quote is “I never dreamt that with my own two hands, I could touch the sky” by legendary professor Seymour Bernstein.