Walter Morales began his piano studies at age fourteen at the University of Costa Rica. In 1991 he came to the United States to pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree at the College of Charleston. Mr. Morales holds a Master of Music in Piano Performance from Rutgers University, and is a recent graduate of the Masters Program in Orchestral Conducting at Carnegie Mellon University. He has performed recitals in Maryland, Washington, D.C., North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania and New York City. Mr. Morales has won prizes at the University of Costa Rica Concerto Competition, the Carlos Enrique Vargas Piano Competition, the Southeastern Community College Competition, the MTNA South Carolina State Competition, the Silbermann Chamber Music Competition and the Carnegie Mellon Concerto Competition, and has appeared at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, the Jill Watson Festival of the Arts, the International Piano Series and the Rutgers SummerFest. Mr. Morales has performed the complete cycle of Beethoven Piano Concertos with members of the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic. As a conductor Mr. Morales has worked with various local and national ensembles.
Walter Morales
Piano