Gastón Frydman was born in Argentina in 1996 and began playing the piano at the age of 7.  His performances received high praise from specialized critics. “An exceptional soloist, Frydman made his debut playing Beethoven’s piano concerto Op. 73, ‘The Emperor’, achieving moments of absolute lyrical inspiration and demonstrating excellent technique, as well as showing himself to be largely proficient in the most intricate passages of the work”. (From Paradise to You). In 2018, Frydman was named the winner of the “Stimulus” prize jointly with Szymon Nehring by the Musical Critics of Argentina Association. He has been the recipient of the “Goerg & Ferdinand Porak Scholarship” from the Mozarteum Argentino between 2018 and 2022, and in 2023 he received the Irad & Rebecca Carmi scholarship. Frydman is currently a member of the MUCHIMUSIC artist roster.

Having won numerous national and international competitions, Frydman has performed recitals in some of the most prestigious venues in Argentina, such as the main hall of Teatro Colón, National Auditorium at CCK, Usina del Arte, Templo Amijai, Teatro San Martín de Tucumán, Austrian Embassy, and Teatro Municipal de Santa Fe, as well as in important venues in the United States (Avram Theater, Gartner Auditorium, Mixon Hall, Kulas Hall, Park Synagogue, Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, St. Luke’s Episcopal), Spain (Teatro Jofre), Austria (Bösendorfersaal, Laudon Palace), Switzerland (Hindemith Institute), Italy (Teatro Ristori), Uruguay (Solís Theater, Atchugarry Foundation), Peru (Santa Úrsula Auditorium), Paraguay (Municipal Theater of Asunción), and Hong Kong (Carmel School). He has performed as a chamber musician, debuting alongside Maestro Rafael Gintoli and more recently appearing with New York Philharmonic violinist Alina Kobialka and with pianists Konstantin Soukhovetski and Yaron Kohlberg, the president of PianoCleveland. His recitals have been featured in important series and festivals such as PianoFest in the Hamptons, Mozarteum Argentino, Chopiniana, Viena International Music Institute, Internationale Sommerakademie Mozarteum Salzburg, Verona Virtuosi, Semaine Internationale de Piano et musique de chambre Blonay, PianoCleveland -organizers of the Cleveland International Piano Competition-, and M.U.S.i.C (Stars in the classics).

As a soloist with orchestra, he made his debut performing Beethoven’s fifth piano concerto with Maestra Nathalie Marin at the Teatro Colón. This was followed by several performances with the most important orchestras of the continent, including: Rachmaninoff’s fourth piano concerto with Maestro Sánchez Haase and the Asunción Congress Orchestra, Golijov/Grau’s Nazareno (for 2 pianos and orchestra) with the National Symphony Orchestra and Maestro Gustavo Fontana, and Schumann’s Piano Concerto with the National Youth Symphony Orchestra and Maestro Pablo Boggiano. His devotion to new music is equally strong, and he has joined Invasión and the CIM new music ensembles for numerous premieres.

He received masterclasses from Alessio Bax, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Angela Cheng, Arie Vardi, Bruno Gelber, Dina Yoffe, Pavel Nersessian, Paul Schenly, Douglas Humpherys, Edith Fischer, Emmanuel Pahud, Giselle Brodsky, Julian Martin, Michele Campanella, Milana Chernyavska, Mirian Conti, Naum Grubert, Nelson Goerner, Peter Nagy, Pierre Reach, Robert Shannon, Roustem Saitkoulov, Daniel Shapiro, Kathryn Brown, Ilya Kaler, Sharon Robinson, and Jaime Laredo. In Argentina, he studied piano with Edda María Sangrígoli, Pía Sebastiani, and Diego Prigollini, as well as analysis and orchestral conducting with Guillermo Scarabino.

In 2018, he began his studies with Antonio Pompa-Baldi at the Cleveland Institute of Music after receiving an invitation from Sergei Babayan. During his time at CIM he received a bachelor with honors and a Masters in piano performance, as well as a Piano Pedagogy Diploma after one year of teaching in the pre-college of the institution. Frydman currently resides in New York City and pursues a Professional Performance Diploma at Manhattan School of Music as one of the only four students of Maestro Horacio Gutiérrez. Also, he is one of the nine fellows for the 2024 Gabriela Montero Piano Lab Artist Diploma.

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