Juan Carlos Fernández Nieto performed his concerto début at the age of sixteen with the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada (OCG). He holds degrees from the Yale School of Music, where he studied with Boris Berman. Juan Carlos has given recitals and concerts in his native Spain, the US, the UK, Germany, Holland, and Central America, performing in major venues including the Steinway Halls of New York and London, the Chicago Cultural Center and the Palau de la Música in Barcelona. Juan Carlos Fernández-Nieto has reaped a series of prizes at international competitions including the Iturbi International Piano Competition, the 56th Jaén International Piano Competition, the CSMTA Young Artists Competition, and the National Piano Competition in León. He was heard for the first time at the Ruhr Piano Festival in 2018.