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Andrew Johnstone, Irish Times, 2007 Ángel Padilla was born in Mexico City, where he studied with Marisa Robles and graduated as a harpist in 1990. He earned a scholarship at the Royal College of Music in London, to continue his studies with Nicanor Zabaleta. In 1999 he obtained a Performer Diploma from Indiana University with Susann Mc Donald. During his career as a soloist he has played recitals and concerts in the United States, Canada, the Unided Kingdom, Europe and Latin America. Padilla Crespo has received several awards, such as the Malcolm Sargent, Jack Morrison, and Ian Fleming in England, the Andrés Segovia and José Miguel Ruíz Morales in Spain and the Barbera Foundation and Eleanor Fell awards in the United States.
In 1995, he recorded his first solo CD in New York, with pieces from the
16th Century up to Prokofiev and Halffter. His second CD, includes works
of a vast variety of composers like Albéniz, Guridi, Grandjany, Godefroid,
Scarlatti, among others.
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"Here we have a harpist of great talent, Angel Padilla Crespo,
whose trills are unlike those of any other harpist in the world. Besides
being a great instrumentalist, he is also a great musician".