§ 00 · Biography
Harpsichord · Harpsichordist, founder and director of Tiento Nuovo, first Spanish harpsichordist to record for Glossa
Ignacio Prego (Madrid, 1981) is a harpsichordist, founder and artistic director of the ensemble Tiento Nuovo. In 2004 he moved to the United States, completing a double master's degree at Indiana University with Elisabeth Wright and at the Juilliard School with Kenneth Weiss and Richard Egarr. He was the first Spanish harpsichordist to record for the Glossa label. Leading Tiento Nuovo, founded in 2016, he received the Diapasón de Oro for his recording of the Concerti Grossi by Charles Avison. His discography includes Chromatic Fantasy (2012), the French Suites (2014), the Goldberg Variations (Glossa, 2016) and an album with the Partitas 3 and 5 (Glossa, 2022). He has performed at the Alice Tully Hall of Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Frick Collection and the Euskalduna Palace, and at festivals such as Berkeley, Boston, FeMÀS Sevilla and the Quincena Musical de San Sebastián. He has collaborated with Steven Isserlis, Monica Huggett, Harry Bicket and Jordi Savall. He won the First Prize at the Westfield Harpsichord Competition (2012) and in 2023 was awarded the Leonardo Grant from the BBVA Foundation.