{{short description|German-Ecuadorian Pianist and Diplomat|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = Boris Cepeda | image = Boris Cepeda.jpg | caption = Boris Cepeda portrait | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1974}} | birth_place = Quito, Ecuador | education = {{plainlist| * University of the Arts Bremen * University of Münster }} | occupation = {{plainlist| * Pianist * Conductor * Diplomat * Lecturer * Research associate }} | organizations = {{plainlist| * Theater Münster * Robert Schumann Hochschule }} | website = {{url|https://boriscepeda.com/}} }} '''Boris Cepeda''' (born September 26, 1974, in Quito) is a German-Ecuadorian Pianist and Diplomat.
== Biography ==
Boris Cepeda got his first piano lessons at four.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7483916/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|title=Boris Cepeda Biography|website=imdb.com}}</ref> He appeared in public for the first time in Ecuadorian television at five. Since then he has performed worldwide. Boris Cepeda studied at the University of the Arts Bremen in the class of Kurt Seibert. In 1999 he became assistant manager to the artistic director of the Festival [http://www.maxregertage.de/ Weidener Max-Reger-Tage] From 2002 to 2007 he acted as Cultural attaché at the Embassy of Ecuador in Berlin. Since 2016 he is Head of Music at the Municipal Theater of Münster<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theater-muenster.com/personen/boris-cepeda-120.html|title=CV Boris Cepeda|language=German|website=theater-muenster.com}}</ref> 2019 he was appointed lecturer for score reading at the Robert Schumann University of Music in Düsseldorf.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsh-duesseldorf.de/en/conservatory/people/profil/583-boris-cepeda/|title=Directory of lecturers at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf}}</ref> 2023 he relocated to Atlanta, Georgia, under a visa for individuals with extraordinary abilities. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aso.org/artists/detail/boris-cepeda|title=Biography of guest artists of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra}}</ref>
==Awards==
2022 Fellowship for innovation in digital higher education teaching<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.dh.nrw/kooperationen/Digi-Fellows-2|title=Directory of fellows and projects|language=German}}</ref>
2021 Steinway Artist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.steinway.com/artists/boris-cepeda|title=Steinway Artists website}}</ref>
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== External links == * [http://www.boriscepeda.com/ official Website]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cepeda, Boris}} Category:German classical pianists Category:1974 births Category:Living people Category:Ecuadorian musicians Category:21st-century German classical pianists Category:21st-century German male classical pianists Category:21st-century male musicians Category:University of the Arts Bremen alumni