Christian del Real

Cristian Del Real is a professional musician, born in 1989 in Cartagena, Colombia. Del Real started his career when he was just 3 years old and was known at that time as "El Niño Genio Del Timbal" (Spanish for Genius Child of Timbal).[1] Del Real played timbal with several of the most recognized salsa music stars.

At age 17 Del Real started to play classical piano as an autodidact.[2] Del Real won the second prize in the Colombian National Piano festival in Bucaramanga in 2009.[2]

In 2008 he traveled to Bogotá, Colombia to attend formal piano studies at University Juan N. Corpas.[3] In August 2013, Del Real won the International Piano festival in Bogotá, Colombia. The prize included representing his country in the Changchun International Piano festival in May 2014.[4][5]

References
  1. "Visita a Cristian del Real el ex niño timbalero, Zona Cronica - Edición Impresa" (in Spanish). Soho.com.co. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  2. "Cristian del Real gana Premio Nacional de Piano | EL UNIVERSAL - Cartagena" (in Spanish). El Universal. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  3. "Cristian del Real, del timbal al piano | Farándula" (in Spanish). Cromos.com.co. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  4. "Cristian Del Real ganó Festival Internacional de Piano en Bogotá | EL UNIVERSAL - Cartagena" (in Spanish). El Universal. 2013-08-28. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  5. "CRISTIAN DEL REAL, piano (Colombia)" (in Spanish). banrepcultural.org. Retrieved 2013-10-03.


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