Born in Cuba,Victor Diaz made his debut with the Matanzas Symphony Orchestra at the age of 11. He has played as a soloist with the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra, Santiago de Cuba Symphony Orchestra, Mozarteum Symphony Orchestra of Havana and Yucatan Symphony Orchestra.
Victor earned his Bachelor of Music at the University of Arts in Havana in 2013 and in 2016 he was awarded with full scholarship by the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas to study under the guidance of Maestro Joaquin Achucarro.
His recordings of the Cuban piano repertoire includes works by composers as Hilario Gonzalez, Argeliers Leon and Edgardo Martin and they have received distintions in the Cuba’s premier music awards Festival Cubadisco in 2011 and 2012.
Victor has won many prizes in international and national piano competitions in Cuba, France and Mexico. His most relevants awards includes the Silver Medallist in the José Jacinto Cuevas International Piano Competition hosted by Yamaha Piano held in Mexico; Second Place in the National Piano Competition UNEAC in Havana, Cuba and Special Mention to the best performance of Heitor Villalobos pieces in the Epinal International Piano Competition at Epinal, France.
