Spanish pianist Carmen Sánchez Labrador is an active soloist and chamber musician. As Artist in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel since 2026, her current season features performances at BOZAR, a music and dance production of Stravinsky’s The Firebird (for piano four hands) in collaboration with Les Estivales de la Danse, alongside further solo and chamber recital appearances.
Her stage footprint spans leading European venues, including appearances as soloist and chamber musician at the Concertgebouw and Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ in Amsterdam, Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, and Southbank Centre in London, the National Auditorium of Music in Madrid, and Haarlem Philharmonie. As an orchestral soloist, she has performed with the CvA Symphony Orchestra and the Goois Symphony Orchestra. Her artistic commitments also feature world premieres and recordings of recovered Dutch compositions lost during the Second World War.
Among her awards, Carmen won First Prize at the Verão Clássico Festival & Academia in Lisbon, First Prize at the EPTA Spain Piano Competition, and was a Semifinalist at the Princess Christina Concours in the Netherlands. She completed her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam under the tutelage of David Kuyken, following her studies at The Purcell School of Music in London.
