Plada, Gorka

Country: Spain

Date of birth: 27 May, 2002

Gorka Plada is a Spanish pianist based in Berlin. He has performed in venues such as the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), the MuTh (Vienna), the Alte Aula of the Heidelberg University, the Budapest Music Center, and the Chamber Hall of the Berliner Philharmonie, where he has regularly collaborated with members of the Karajan Academy. In 2025, he was a member of the Festival Campus Ensemble of the Heidelberger Frühling, performing as both pianist and harpsichordist and contributing as a curator. Gorka is currently completing his bachelor’s degree at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin with Eldar Nebolsin. He previously studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School with Marcel Baudet. He has worked with musicians such as Stefan Dohr, Valeriy Sokolov, Vera Martínez Mehner, Abel Tomàs Realp and Thomas Carroll. In 2023, he collaborated in a CD recording for Resonus Classics, featuring chamber works by Brahms and Hindemith, which came out in June 2025. Also in 2023 Gorka was awarded the Steinway Förderpreis in Berlin for one of his recitals. He was also a prizewinner at the Maria Canals, Enschede, and Beethoven Intercollegiate competitions. He has attended prestigious masterclasses like the IMS Prussia Cove, where he has had the opportunity to receive guidance from renowned artists such as Claudio Martínez Mehner, András Schiff, Robert Levin, Eberhard Feltz, or Edith Fischer.

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