Maestro Joaquín Achúcarro is celebrating his 90th birthday

Happy 90th Birthday Maestro!

Please watch a short documentary about Joaquín Achucarro’s Celebration!

For those who weren't able to watch the livestream, click here watch the recital.

Birthday Tour Events:

Washington, DC on March 23, 2022

The Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain in Washington, DC.

Pianist: Raúl Canosa

Partner: Centro Cultural Embassy of Spain

Chicago on April 30, 2022

NSCMF onstage/offstage Series

Pianist: Joaquín Achúcarro

Partner: North Shore Chamber Music Festival (NSCMF)

San Diego, CA, October 2, 2022

San Diego Museum of Art

Pianist: Darío Martin

Partner: San Diego Museum of Art

Seattle, WA, October 9, 2022

Meydenbauer Center Theatre, Bellevue, WA

Pianist: Raúl Canosa

Partner: Honorary Consul of Spain in Seattle

New York City, October 11, 2022

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Pianist: Joaquín Achúcarro

Partner: Cultural Affairs Consulate General of Spain

Miami, FL, October 21, 2022

Miami Dade County Auditorium Onstage Black Box Theater

Pianist: Daniel del Pino

Partner: Centro Cultural Español in Miami (CCEMiami)

Bravissimo Festival in Guatemala City, Guatemala, March 4, 2023

Pianist: Lucille Chung

Partner: Bravissimo International Festival

We have more concerts planned throughout spring of 2023 in TX and NM.

Welcome to The Joaquín Achúcarro Foundation

The Joaquín Achúcarro Foundation was founded to showcase, educate and benefit the careers of pianists, while developing and maintaining the legacy of pianist Joaquín Achúcarro in perpetuity.

October 15, 2021: Co-Artistic Director Alessio Bax made his unexpected debut with the New York Philharmonic last month to great critical acclaim.

See the article at the New York Times

Joaquín Achúcarro Foundation was established by Janet Kafka, Honorary Consul of Spain in Dallas, Texas. Pianists Lucille Chung and Alessio Bax, former students under Maestro Achúcarro, now serve as Artistic Directors. Since the first concert in Spring of 2007, the Foundation has presented young pianists in Washington D.C. in association with the Phillips Collection and the National Gallery; in New York City at Steinway Hall; in Chicago at The Instituto Cervantes; in Miami, in association with the Cultural Center of Spain; in Boston with Boston University; as well as in Dallas, Houston, Milwaukee, and other cities throughout the United States. In addition, the Joaquín Achúcarro Foundation is proud to partner with Bravissimo to present young pianists in Guatemala in the Foundation’s first partnership with a festival outside of the United States.

This is a Not-for-Profit Foundation that focuses on the Following Objectives

Present, organize, and promote recitals and concerts to highlight the Joaquín Achúcarro scholars and legacy pianists
Develop unique opportunities to study piano through master classes
Provide support in the form of “career grants” to pianists for their future careers
Maintain a database of “legacy” students who perform in honor of Joaquín Achúcarro and by doing so, maintain the legacy of this internationally acclaimed pianist.

The Dallas Foundation is the fiscal sponsor of The Joaquín Achúcarro Foundation, a component fund of The Dallas Foundation, a 501 (c)(3), publicly supported charity, Federal Tax ID 75-2890371.

The Joaquín Achúcarro Foundation is proud to support the careers of the Legacy Pianists, who perform in honor of internationally acclaimed pianist Joaquín Achúcarro.