Born in 1999 in Terrassa, Pol Àlvarez Viciana has been performing at festivals and concert series across Europe since a young age, and has given masterclasses abroad. His interest in visual arts and dramaturgy of program conception has led him to collaborate with artists such as Xabier Egaña, Mari Puri Herrero, and Nikolaus Koliusis, reflecting his interdisciplinary vision of the arts.
Pol Àlvarez Viciana received his first organ lessons from Jordi Figueras and later from Joan Castillo at the Terrassa Conservatory, while also receiving lessons from Juan de la Rubia. He deepened his studies through masterclasses with Montserrat Torrent, Daniel Roth, Michael Radulescu, Luca Scandali, Jean-Pierre Leguay, and Michel Bouvard. He began his organ studies in Barcelona with Óscar Candendo and, from 2017 onward, continued his training in Stuttgart with Jürgen Essl, where he earned his degree with the highest distinction and where he completed his master’s in 2024. He has been awarded first prize unanimously at the “Concurso Nacional de Órgano Francisco Salinas,” first prize ex aequo at the “XIV Premis del Conservatori de Girona,” and was a finalist in the “III Concurs Nacional de Joves Organistes Ioannes Baptista Cabanilles.”
As an organ soloist, he has performed across Europe in prestigious festivals and concert venues, including at Ulmer Münster, the Quincena Musical de San Sebastián, the Reformed Church of Russikon (Zürich), the Auditori Viader in Girona, the Nagolder Orgelakademie, Bizkaiko Hotsak, the Internationalen Orgelkonzerten Stuttgart, the Duomo di Monza, Berlin’s Nikolaikirche, the Meller Orgelsommer, Thurins (Lyon), the Ciclo de órgano de Durango, the Schlosskirche Sigmaringen, the International Bach Festival at the Auditorio Alfredo Kraus Gran Canaria, the Festival internacional d’orgue de Poblet and the Hamburger Orgelsommer. He has also given masterclasses at the Festival Ars Magna Organi in Belarus (Minsk and Pinsk) and has taught during three years as a tutor for organ playing at the HMDK Stuttgart.
