July
4 to 13
2026
Costa Rica Piano Festival
Lanzo Luconi
Founder & Executive Director
Costa Rica
Lanzo has been the recipient of multiple scholarships, competition prizes, and festival awards around the world. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and winner of international awards and competitions, he is opening this opportunity for international young pianists to perform and refine their artistry.
Lanzo is a devoted educator, continuously making extraordinary efforts to provide top quality educational opportunities, proving the undeniable positive impact in our society
Luis Monge
Assistant Director
Costa Rica
Pianist and composer with formal academic studies in Mexico, Costa Rica, Germany and New York.
His early sensitivity and affinity for Latin music and jazz allowed him to develop not only improvisation, but also arrangement and composition skills.
His compositions have received awards in Costa Rica and Belgium. He has ongoing audio productions with a variety of his piano solo compositions and other orchestral works.
Vladimir Khomyakov
Russia / United States
Vladimir Khomyakov performs over fifty concerts per year as a concert pianist, conductor, chamber musician, and soloist with the world’s symphony orchestras. He is a winner of numerous prestigious piano competitions, including Anton Rubinstein (Germany), Maria Canals (Spain), Jose Iturbi (USA), Hilton Head (USA), and Ima Hogg (USA). He has been teaching at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory and the University of Southern California, and gives master-classes in Europe, China, Latin America, and the United States.
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Pamela Beine
Costa Rica / Belgium
Pamela studied in Costa Rica, Spain, and the Netherlands. She has performed in venues worldwide, including the United States, Costa Rica, Spain, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Belgium, and Russia. She has received numerous awards in competitions and scholarships, such as the Excellence Scholarship from the Conservatori Liceu. Currently based in Utrecht, the Netherlands, Beine is an active solo and chamber music performer, as well as a dedicated educator.
Mina Hirobe-Perry
Japan / United States
Mina Hirobe-Perry is an internationally recognized pianist and educator who has performed throughout Europe, North America, and Asia. She studied in Tokyo, Germany, and at the Glenn Gould School in Toronto, bringing a distinguished global background to her work. Her students are competition prizewinners and have been admitted to leading conservatories such as Juilliard and Eastman. Founder of the Southern California Music Institute and the John Perry Academy International Piano Festival, she is devoted to mentoring exceptionally gifted young pianists.
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