Jonathan Zapatero

Jonathan Zapatero was born in Madrid in 1980. He had his first piano lessons at a very early age and he immediately started to compose piano and orchestral pieces under his main influences: soundtracks, rock and pop and classical music. By age 15 he won his first award performing his own piano compositions before a crowd of 600 people in Madrid. He began his experience as an artist and composer playing keyboards in shows and rock bands. He performs with “Gilda”, an innovative and young rock band around Madrid City in 1994 and they participate in various concerts and competitions. Gilda has recently recorded and released the album Delirios de Rock&Roll (Delusions of Rock&Roll). In 2001 Jonathan joined the progressive heavy metal band Arwen as a composer, arranger and keyboard player and he recorded the album Memories of a Dream. He had several concerts and tours all around Spain and he collaborated in the next album: Illusions. Arwen has sold numerous copies of the albums through many places of the world, including the U.S.A., South America, Europe, Japan and Canada. From 2002 Jonathan began a partnership with the singer and composer Maxime; he plays the piano, and successively they do various performances in Japan and Europe before an audience of more than 2000 people. In 2004 he moves to London, where he gets in touch with the electronic and contemporary music, and he meets musicians from very different backgrounds. Recently, Jonathan has recorded the soundtrack for an animation short with a symphonic orchestra, putting his knowledge into practice after several years of intense studying. At the moment, he works as composer and pianist, and he’s mainly interested in the film and videogame music industry. Meanwhile, he keeps learning from the old wise masters composers, from the present-day settlers and the future generations. Jonathan Zapatero nace en Madrid en 1980. Siendo muy joven recibe sus primeras lecciones de piano y muy pronto empieza a componer piezas orquestales bajo las más variadas influencias incluyendo bandas sonoras, jazz, pop y rock, electrónica y música clásica Con 15 años recibe su primer premio interpretando sus propias composiciones al piano para un público de 600 personas. Su trayectoria continúa con Gilda, una innovadora banda de Rock con la que actúa por todo Madrid participando en diversos conciertos y competiciones, y con la que acaba de grabar el disco Delirios de Rock&Roll. En el año 2001 Jonathan entra a formar parte de la banda de metal progresivo Arwen con quien graba el disco Memories of a Dream. Actúan alrededor de España y colabora en su segundo disco Illusions. Arwen ha vendido numerosas copias de sus discos por gran parte del mundo, incluyendo EE.UU., Canadá, Sudamérica, Europa y Japón. Desde el 2002 Jonathan empieza a trabajar como pianista para el cantante y compositor francés Maxime, con quien realiza varias giras en Japón y Europa. En 2004 marcha a Londres, a estudiar en el Trinity College of Music, donde amplía sus conocimientos de música electrónica y contemporánea y colabora con músicos de muy diferentes estilos. Actualmente Jonathan Zapatero reside en Madrid, donde trabaja como compositor; estando principalmente interesado en la industria musical del cine y los videojuegos mientras continúa aprendiendo de los maestros compositores del pasado, de los actualmente establecidos y de los venideros.