Spain, Portugal & Latin America
The international career of Javier Perianes has led him to perform in the most prestigious concert halls, with the world’s foremost orchestras, working with celebrated conductors including Daniel Barenboim, Charles Dutoit, Zubin Mehta, Gustavo Dudamel, Klaus Mäkelä, Gianandrea Noseda, Gustavo Gimeno, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Simone Young and Vladimir Jurowski.
The 2026/27 season features an array of high-profile concerts, including London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken, Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España, and Lahti, China National, Toronto, Indianapolis, Houston symphony orchestras. Perianes leads George Enescu Philharmonic Bucharest and Orquesta Sinfonica de Bilbao, and directs a Beethoven cycle with Auckland Philharmonia.
Perianes frequently appears in recitals across the globe, with performances this season at Toulouse Jacobins, Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian, Académie & Festival Ravel, Lammermuir Festival and Shanghai Concert Hall. He also appears at prestigious festivals such as BBC Proms, Lucerne Festival, Argerich Festival, Salzburg Whitsun, La Roque d’Anthéron, Grafenegg, Prague Spring, Ravello, Stresa, San Sebastián, Santander, Granada, Vail, Blossom, Ravinia and the Canary Island Music Festival.
As a natural and keen chamber musician, he regularly collaborates with violist Tabea Zimmermann, with recent dates at Carnegie Hall, Montreal Salle Bourgie, Princeton, Club Musical de Quebec, and Library of Congress. The duo will tour Italy this season, as well join forces with cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras for dates at Madrid CNDM, Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian, Filharmonia Naradowa Warsaw, Albert Konzerte Freiburg and London’s Wigmore Hall.
Career highlights have included concerts with Wiener Philhamoniker, Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Washington’s National, Yomiuri Nippon and Danish National symphony orchestras, Oslo, London, New York, Los Angeles and Czech philharmonic orchestras, Orchestre de Paris, Cleveland, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and Swedish and Norwegian Radio orchestras, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Budapest Festival Orchestra.
Perianes exclusively records for harmonia mundi. His most recent release features Manuel de Falla Noches en los jardines de España recorded live with Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra. Other recordings include a selection of Scarlatti’s Sonatas, Granados’ Goyescas, and Chopin’s Sonatas No.2 and No.3 interspersed with the three Mazurkas from Op.63. In 2026, Euroarts released a documentary recorded with Perianes at La Alhambra in Granada, celebrating the music of Manuel de Falla during the 150th anniversary year of his birth.
Perianes was awarded the National Music Prize by the Ministry of Culture of Spain and named Artist of the Year at the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA).
