Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, and Anthony McGill at the inauguration of U.S. president Barack Obama on January 20, 2009, although the music played was a recording made two days beforehand because of concerns over the cold weather damaging the instruments. Montero has a partnership with the French cellist Gautier Capuçon, appearing at various European festivals. Awards for CD releases Montero's first CD release consisted of one disc of music by Rachmaninov, Chopin, and Liszt, and a second of improvisations. Her CD Bach and Beyond contains improvisations on Bach themes, and topped the charts for several months. In February 2008, her follow-up recording of improvisations, Baroque, received 5-star reviews from BBC Music Magazine and Classic FM. Montero's Bach and Beyond was given the "Choc de la musique de l'année" award in 2006 from the French magazine Le Monde de la musique. She also received the Keyboard Instrumentalist of the Year award at the ECHO Preis Award in Munich. In 2007, ECHO Preis awarded her the Klassik-ohne-Grenzen Award for her Bach and Beyond CD. In 2009, her album Baroque was nominated for a Grammy Award in two categories (Best Crossover Category and Best Producer Category). A more recent album (2015) - featuring her own composition for piano and orchestra "Ex Patria", Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No.2, and 3 freestyle improvisations - won the Grammy for Best Classical Album at the 2015 Latin Grammy Awards. She has also been profiled on CBS's 60 Minutes in a segment entitled "The Gift". Compositions Op. 1, "Ex Patria", for piano and orchestra Piano Concerto No. 1, "Latin Concerto" Discography Gabriela Montero: Montero: Piano Concerto No. 1; Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, M.83 (Orchid Classics, 2019) Gabriela Montero: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18; Montero: Ex Patria, Op. 1 & Improvisations (Orchid Classics, 2015) Gabriela Montero: Solatino (EMI Classics, 2010) Gautier Capuçon and Gabriela Montero: Rhapsody - Rachmaninov, Prokofiev Cello Sonatas (Virgin Classics, 2008) Gabriela Montero: Baroque (EMI Classics, 2007) Gabriela Montero: Bach and Beyond (EMI Classics, 2006) Gabriela Montero: Piano Recital (EMI Classics, 2005) Gabriela Montero: Gabriela Montero en Concert a Montreal (Palexa, 2006) Gabriela Montero: Chopin: Piano Works (Palexa, 2007) Clara - Robert - Johannes: Darlings of the Muses: Piano Concerto in A minor (Clara Schumann) (Analekta, 2020) References External links Gabriela Montero official website Venezuelan classical pianists Venezuelan women pianists Women classical pianists Prize-winners of the International Chopin Piano Competition Alumni of the