Laura Mota Pello is a Spanish pianist who studies at the Basle Music-Academy with Claudio Martínez Mehner. She has won numerous first prizes at international competitions: the 8th Competition “Antón García Abril”, 15th Competition “Santa Cecilia”, 21st Competition “Ciutat de Carlet”, 5th Competition “María Herrero”, 6th “Ciudad de Cuenca” Competition. She was also a finalist at the Aarhus International Piano Competition 2017, and played in Spain (Teatro Jovellanos, Teatro Filarmónica, Oviedo and León Auditoriums, Shigeru Kawai Center), in Germany (Reinbek Castle at the invitation of the Chopin Society Hamburg, Summer Music Days Hitzacker), in Mexico City (XXII International Piano Festival “En blanco y negro”) and other countries. She performed at festivals such as the Clavicologne Piano Festival, the Tel-Hai International Piano Masterclasses, the Palazzo Ricci European Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Montepulciano and with orchestras such as the Oviedo Filarmonía and the Hamburg Camerata. Laura was given lessons by Elisabeth Leonskaja, Robert Levin, Patricia Kopatchinskaja and András Kemenes, among others. She is a winner of the first prize of the Swiss “Rahn Kulturfonds Music Prize” 2024 and as a result was invited to play with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra at the KKL Lucerne. At the Concours Geza Anda 2024, she was awarded the Hortense Anda Bursary and the Hungarian Special Prize Performance.