Praised for “demonstrating exactly how a real musician can possess a limitless reserve of technical strength, (...) always placed in subservience to the uncompromising musical demands of the score” (Musical Opinion) and for his “clarity and exceptional tonal control”(Musical Opinion), Darío Llanos Javierre has been hailed as having an “intellectually probing pianism of forensic intensity, but delivered without fuss or excessive gesture” (The Liszt Society Newsletter).

He is currently based between Madrid, his home town, and Dallas, where he held a teaching fellowship in the College of Music at the University of North Texas for his Graduate Artist Certificate in Music Performance with Maestro Joseph Banowetz for which he was nominated for the 2019 Outstanding Teaching Fellow award.

He combines his passion for teaching with his performance career, both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. In spite of his specialization in the Romantic repertoire, he has given world premiere performances of numerous living composers, such as Alexander Tchaikovsky, Jose Buenagu or Miguel del Barco. This last one will see in 2020 a recording of his whole work for piano released on Toccata Classics, distributed internationally by Naxos, the biggest recording label in the world.

In 2014, he was awarded the first prize in the International Piano Prize organised by The Liszt Society in London for his interpretation of the Troisième Année of Liszt’s Années de Pèlerinage. Since then, he is regularly invited by The Liszt Society, The Keyboard Charitable Trustand Master Musicians International to give series of recitals across England. His outstanding acquaintance of Franz Liszt’s work was acknowledged again in 2016, being a prizewinner in the Los Angeles Franz Liszt International Piano Competition.

During the Summer of 2018, he recorded the works for chamber music for double reed instruments and piano by Roger Blurry as part of The Boutry Ensemble and members of the Dallas Opera Orchestra and Dallas Winds in Paris for the label UTA Records. In the works are the publication of a research project titled "The critical spirit of the performer" for the International University of La Rioja, in Spain, and a critical edition of the works for piano of Spanish composer Miguel del Barco.

He's currently active in several concert circuits at both sides of the Atlantic. In the last two years he's given over 150 recitals in concert halls in the United States, Spain, Germany, France and the United Kingdom. For the XX anniversary of the passing of Spanish pianist Esteban Sánchez, he was invited to perform Jose Buenagu’s Rhapsody-Tribute (on pianistic themes by Esteban Sánchez), followed by Franz Liszt’s Concerto No. 2 in A major, S125, one of Sánchez’s favorites, in Badajoz (Spain) with the Orquesta de Extremadura.

His remarkable repertoire includes over 100 works for piano solo and many concertos for piano and orchestra, in addition to a wide range of works for different chamber music ensembles.

His musical career began during his formative stage at Kensington School in Pozuelo, Madrid. He studied with Maestro Jacobo Ponce at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid. He specialized in contemporary piano repertoire with renowned pianist Sebastián Mariné, and deepened his study of harmony and improvisation with Emilio Molina. In 2010, he graduated achieving the highest possible mark: Matrícula de Honor.

Since then, he has continued developing his understanding of music and its approach through the piano, attending courses with Leslie Howard, Roy Howat, Daniel Pollack, Peter Frankl, Murray McLachlan, Steven Osborne, Carlo Grante, Steven Vanhauwaert, Arpad Bodó, Pascal Devoyon and Rikako Murata.

Along with his performing career, Darío Llanos Javierre has been deeply committed to pedagogy, graduating in 2013 at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid in Piano Pedagogy as a second degree, obtaining the highest marks. He has been a member of the Piano and Harp department at the Escuela de Música Creativa.