Dr. Pedro Lopez de la Osa
Interim Lecturer of Music (Musicology, Guitar)
Email: pedrolopezdelaosa@ou.edu
Pedro López de la Osa is a Spanish musicologist and guitarist who specializes in chamber music, pedagogy, and research.
As a musicologist, Pedro earned his Diploma in Advanced Studies in Musicology at the Autonomous University of Madrid with Germán Labrador. In 2016, he received the Dean’s Distinguished Fellowship Award from the University of California, Riverside, where his dissertation focused on insiled Spanish composers under Franco’s dictatorship and Democracy, under the guidance of Walter A. Clark. He has presented papers at various conferences in the United States, Spain, and Australia, and his research has been recognized with numerous awards. Among them are the UCR Emeriti Association Graduate Student Award, the Ignus Dahl Award, and the Dissertation Year Program Award. He has also received grants from institutions in the USA and Spain, and has published articles in journals in Spain, Italy, and the USA. Some of his pedagogical works have been published or performed in different countries in America, Europe, and the Middle East. In 2025, his critical edition of two chamber works for piano and strings by Rafael Rodríguez Albert will be released, and recently, Bergmann published his latest work, with guitarist Luca Lampis, on the composer François Doisy.
As a professional guitarist, Pedro has devoted himself to chamber music, forming two successful duos with pianist Pablo López de la Osa and guitarist Paolo Benedetti. He has also collaborated and performed in Spain, France, Italy, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Palestine, Ecuador, Costa Rica, the United States, and Poland with quartets such as Mirja and Arquà, soloists from the Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga Chamber Orchestra, Latitud Cero, the ESNCM Quartet, and the UCR String Quartet; with soloists Grace Marín, Adele Posani, Eduardo Fernández, Alessio Nebiolo, Enrique Santiago, Enrique Rivas, and Adain Pendleton; as well as with the Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga Chamber Orchestra, the Bethlehem String Ensemble, the EMAI Orchestra, the Collegium Musicum, and the Angelo Masini Philharmonic, under the direction of maestros such as Vicente Martínez, Alessandro Ardizzoni, Carlos Cuesta, Barry Sargent, Michele Cantoni, Jean Maumené, Rogério Budasz, and Ignacio Yepes.
He has recorded in Spain and Costa Rica for the national television channels and has given masterclasses in various countries in America, Europe, and the Middle East. Since 2007, he has conducted guitar ensembles such as La Sexta Cuerda, the EMAI Guitar Orchestra, the Angelo Masini Philharmonic, and the Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga Youth Orchestra. Among the recognitions he has received for his teaching are the Outstanding Teaching Award from the University of California, Riverside, and the Special Award from the Higher Academic Council of the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music in Jerusalem. In 2007, he won the Joaquín Rodrigo Prize for chamber music of the University of Santiago de Compostela.
Pedro completed his guitar degree at the Royal Superior Conservatory of Music in Madrid with José Luis Rodrigo and his master’s in chamber music at the Girolamo Frescobaldi National Conservatory of Music in Ferrara (Italy) with Tiziano Mealli and Stefano Cardi. Additionally, his encounters with guitarists Betho Davezac and Eduardo Fernández were pivotal to his training. He also earned a degree in music education from La Salle University in Madrid with pedagogue Raquel de las Heras and Francisco Cañizares. Currently, Pedro is part of the faculty at the University of Oklahoma as an Interim-Lecturer.
- PhD – University of California, Riverside
- MA – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain (Musicology)
- Conservatorio Nazionale Girolamo Frescobaldi di Ferrara, Italy (Chamber music)
- BA – Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid, Spain (Guitar)
- Universidad la Salle de Madrid, Spain (Music Education)
