Austrian Embassy in Spain Presents the Antón & Maite Piano Duo at Fundación Juan March
Austrian Young Talents Bring Vienna’s Musical Spirit to Spain
October 21st, 2025
On October 19 and 20, 2025, the Austrian Cultural Forum Madrid, representing the Embassy of Austria in Spain, hosted two evenings of chamber music with the Antón & Maite Piano Duo at Madrid’s Fundación Juan March. The concerts formed part of the Foundation’s Jóvenes Intérpretes series, a platform devoted to introducing rising European talents to Spanish audiences.
The Antón & Maite Piano Duo — comprised of pianists Maite León and Alexander Antón — offered a program that celebrated Austria’s musical lineage while engaging in a dialogue with modern European artistry. The repertoire featured works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, and Johannes Brahms, alongside contemporary pieces by György Ligeti and Thomas Larcher, revealing the continuum between tradition and experimentation that defines Austrian classical music today.
Both artists, currently based between Vienna and Graz, represent a new generation of interpreters deeply rooted in Austrian musical education yet open to international collaboration. Their performance reflected a refined balance between discipline and expressiveness — a hallmark of Austria’s conservatory tradition — and showcased how the country’s artistic influence continues to resonate across Europe.
In his opening remarks, the Cultural Attaché of the Austrian Embassy in Spain underlined the concert’s symbolic value as a bridge of cultural diplomacy: “For Austria, music is not only a heritage to be preserved, but also a living dialogue — a way to engage with Europe through shared creativity and listening.” This message framed the event within the broader mission of the Austrian Cultural Forum Madrid, which works to foster artistic exchange and visibility for Austrian talent abroad.
The partnership with the Fundación Juan March, one of Spain’s leading cultural institutions, highlighted the strength of Austrian–Spanish relations in the arts. The concerts were well received by critics and audiences alike, who praised the duo’s clarity, cohesion, and interpretive maturity — particularly in their reading of Schubert’s Fantasie in F minor, a piece that demands both technical precision and emotional depth.
For the Austrian Cultural Forum Madrid, the Antón & Maite recital was more than a musical performance; it was a reaffirmation of Austria’s role as a cultural catalyst within Europe. Through events like these, the Forum continues to demonstrate how diplomacy through music remains a vital force — creating spaces for empathy, exchange, and shared understanding in an ever-changing world.
