„I am convinced of his musicianship“
The young Bolivian pianist has performed in different countries in venues and festivals in Germany, United Kingdom, USA, France, Spain, Austria, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Slovenia, Croatia, Georgia, Lithuania, Chile and Bolivia. Venues include the Teatro Municipal “Alberto Saavedra Pérez” in his hometown La Paz and the Musikverein in Vienna. He is supported by Talent Unlimited in London. He was one of the last pupils of Paul Badura-Skoda, from whom he gained a particular interest in period instruments.
As a soloist, he has performed with the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra, Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock, Georgian Philarmonic Orchestra, La Paz Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta de Jóvenes Musicos Bolivianos and Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil de Santa Cruz de la Sierra under the baton of Timothy Redmond, Markus L. Frank, Wojciech Rajski and Andreas Penninger.
His debut CD “Vibrant Rhythms” recently released by GENUIN Classics garnered international acclaim from important musical publications such as the BBC Music Magazine, Pizzicato, PianoNews and Interlude among many others. He has been awarded the Supersonic Award by Pizzicato and was nominated for the ICMA 2024.
Jose is a prize winner at the Anton Rubinstein Piano Competition in Düsseldorf, Tbilisi International Piano Competition in Georgia, International Competition Young Academy Award in Rome, Claudio Arrau International Piano Competition in Chile among many others. He was a finalist at the Eppan Piano Academy and at the 63rd Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition.
„Navarro-Silberstein is the master of all Latin American moods, playing with both feeling and real flair“
He is a co-founder and the Artistic Director of Masurka Concerts, a new concert platform in Cologne, Germany. The platform aims to connect young performers with a younger audience through a unique concert experience.
As a pedagogue he has given masterclasses in La Paz Conservatory, Sucre Conservatory Santa Cruz Fine Arts College and Laredo School in Cochabamba and in the framework of the Eppan Piano Academy 2021. He served as a jury member at national music competitions.
He studied with Balasz Szokolay at the Franz Liszt University in Weimar and with Claudio Martínez Mehner at the University of Music and Dance in Cologne. In 2017-18 he had an Erasmus Year at the University of Arts in Graz and the Music Academy in Zagreb with Milana Chernyavska and Ruben Dalibaltayan. He just concluded his Artist Diploma programme at the Royal College of Music in London under the guidance of Norma Fisher and Ian Jones. Since September 2023 he is an Artist in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel under the guidance of Frank Braley and Avo Kouyoumdjian.
He has scholarships from The Robert Turnbull Piano Foundation, Herrmann Foundaiton Liechtenstein- Bolivia, Theo and Petra Lieven Foundation of Hamburg, Clavarte Foundation in Bern and Elfrun Gabriel Foundation for Young Pianists.