Contact & Bio
Mauricio Puentes Azócar
Keyboard instrument technician and maker.
Contact
- WhatsApp+56 9 7672 0622
- Emailmpuentes@clavicembalo.cl
- Instagram@clavicembali
- WorkshopGeneral Jofré 346, Santiago
Bio
| Profession | Keyboard instrument technician and maker |
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| Experience | Over 20 years |
| Languages | Spanish, Italian, German, English, French |
| Institutions | Pontificia Universidad Católica · Teatro Municipal de Viña del Mar · Teatro Regional Lucho Gatica · Teatro de San Fernando · Amicus ensemble |
Curriculum vitaeView curriculum vitae
Tuning and regulation of pianos of many models and makes for concerts and performances at universities and theatres, in a range of tunings. Specialised in building keyboard instruments: harpsichords and fortepianos.
Work for institutions
| 2025 | Teatro Municipal de Viña del MarPiano technician |
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| 2022–2025 | Teatro Municipal de SantiagoHarpsichord technician |
| –2025 | Monasterio Benedictino de Las Condes |
| 2022– | Teatro Municipal de La PintanaPiano technician (on request) |
| 2014–2025 | Teatro Regional Lucho GaticaPiano technician |
| 2015–2022 | Teatro Regional Lucho GaticaKeyboard instrument maker (on request) |
| 2016 | Universidad de Santiago de ChileHarpsichord technician (on request) |
| 2014–2019 | Universidad de Chile, Departamento de MúsicaPiano technician |
| 2014 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileKeyboard instrument maker (on request) |
Instruments built
- Harpsichord after TaskinPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
- Two-manual harpsichordTeatro Regional Lucho Gatica
- Romantic organTeatro Regional Lucho Gatica
- RegalConjunto Amicus
- Regal, c. 1500Conjunto Amicus
- Spinet, 1700Conjunto Amicus
- Two-manual ottavinoConjunto Amicus
- Spinet, 1776
- French spinet-type harpsichord
- Italian harpsichord, 1620
- Italian harpsichord, unknown maker
- Organ, 1700
- Fortepiano after Walter, 1790
- Replica of the Cristofori fortepiano, Naples
- Positive organ, baroque drums and baroque bows (2024)Fundación Villanueva La Serena
Education
| 2007–2010 | Piano technicianBarcelona, Spain |
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| 2000–2005 | Mechanical engineeringUTEM, Santiago |
| 1995–1999 | Industrial drafting technician (not completed)Universidad de Santiago de Chile |
| 1990–1994 | Aircraft maintenance mechanicLiceo Técnico Alberto Widmer |
| 2019 | Art studiesNaples, Italy |
Languages
| German | A1–A2 · Goethe-Institut, 2014 |
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| Italian | B2 · ICoN, 2019 |
| English | — |
| French | — |