I started learning piano when I was 12 years old. First, I bought a 5 octave piano and watched a YouTube video about the C major and I practiced it. After 1-2 months, my mother and I decided that I could take piano lessons. So, I started taking classes Saturdays with a teacher called Laura in a music’s institute. At the beginning I didn’t take it very serious, but when I was 13 years old I started to take it seriously. Also, when I was 13, I started taking classes in the same institute about music theory, music appreciation, sol-fa, piano (this time with a different teacher, Alejandro Vigo. He has been my teacher until today). After three years of studying there and completing all the subjects required to graduate, I got a diploma and, like I said, I graduated (in July 2021). After a months of been graduate, I decided to come back to the United States (2022) to study high school. Because of an accident that affected my left hand and left foot I wasn’t able to practice and take classes, but in July of the same year I returned to take them online.
You can find Jose’s 2023 Romantic Music Competition piano performance here.