Boris Cepeda
Between worlds. At the summit.
Carnegie Hall. Berliner Philharmonie. Palacio Libertad. The distance is not geographical.
Photo: Kirill Lialin
World I
The Stage
Pianist and conductor. The concert hall has always been the vocation.
Boris Cepeda
Pianist · Conductor
Photo: Kirill Lialin
Selected Venues
Performing across four continents.
The Virtuoso
La Campanella
Franz Liszt — Boris Cepeda, piano
World II
The Archive
The stage and the academy. For Boris Cepeda, they are the same vocation.
PhD — University of Münster (ongoing)
Maximilian Droste-Hülshoff, 18th-century composer. Performed Maximilian’s 4th Symphony twice in Ecuador (2024).
Schubert Prize
For schubertlied.de, created with baritone Peter Schöne.
Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf
Lecturer, 2019–2023.
Repetitor 2.0
Grant-funded initiative for the creation of interactive video tutorials for conducting students and collaborative pianists. North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
World III
The Lineage
The line from Beethoven to Atlanta. Unbroken.
Piano
Quito
Bremen
Paris
Conducting
Swarowsky line
Dessau line
The South American Thread
Gerardo Guevara of Ecuador and Astor Piazzolla of Argentina both studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. Boris performs the music of both — the same Parisian tradition, two hemispheres.
Since 2021
Steinway Artist
The Steinway Artist roster includes Martha Argerich. It also includes Boris Cepeda. Both were formed, at some distance, in the tradition of Vicente Scaramuzza — the Buenos Aires pedagogue whose method produced, among others, Argerich herself. In 2021, Steinway & Sons recognised what the lineage already knew.
World IV
The Lab
Album. Salon series. Podcast. Academy. Digital platform. From Atlanta.
Digital Learning Platform
Online piano pedagogy. Launching 2026.
Vocal Coaching
Prepared singers for role preparation and auditions at Bayreuth, Royal Opera House London, Salzburg Festival, and Theater an der Wien.
World V
The Embassy
Cultural Attaché, Embassy of Ecuador in Berlin, 2002–2007. FIFA World Cup 2006 cultural program. Festival founder.
Diplomacy
Cultural Attaché
Embassy of Ecuador, Berlin — 2002–2007
Cultural program
2006 FIFA World Cup
Led Ecuador’s cultural program during the tournament in Germany.
Founded
Festival of Ibero-American Music
Founded in Bremen. Latin American and European repertoire side by side.
Founded
International Mendelssohn Festival
Founded in Ecuador. European orchestral and chamber repertoire, performed locally.
Conducting
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
The Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional del Ecuador, the German School in Quito, and the Fundación Filarmónica Casa de la Música — alongside German cultural and business institutions in Quito — presented two performances marking the 200th anniversary of the work’s world premiere, conducted by Boris Cepeda with the Coro Voces Cantantes de Quito. Quito, September 2024.
Chairman
Richard Wagner Society of Atlanta
Chairman. Lectures, screenings, and concert programming in Atlanta.
Meet Richard Wagner — Podcast →“Between two worlds — belonging fully to neither, seeking to belong to neither. Between Ecuador and Germany, between the conservatory and the stage, between the discipline of the scholar and the freedom of the performer: this is not exile. It never was. The Outsider does not seek resolution. He is the source.”
Boris Cepeda, Atlanta, 2026
Dispatch
A personal dispatch — concerts, recordings, and reflections on the work. Sent occasionally to those who want to follow closely. Never promotional.