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Eduardo Delgado (? -) is an Argentine classical pianist and teacher, currently living in California. Born in Rosario, Argentina, he is a recipient of the Vladimir Horowitz Award and has received grants from the Mozarteum Argentino, Martha Baird Rockefeller, and the Concert Artists Guild. In 1999, he was awarded by UNESCO in Buenos Aires. Delgado has given recitals all over the world, in Europe, Asia, South America and North America.
Delgado has participated in international competition juries such as the William Kapell, the Gina Bachauer, and the Vega in Japan and in 2003 he served as a juror in the 2nd Martha Argerich International Piano Competition in Buenos Aires. In 2009 he was a member of the jury at the San Antonio International Piano Competition. He is also noted for his extensive work in teaching in universities and workshops in Japan, mentoring, among others, Japanese pianist Atsuko Seta.
He is currently a part-time instructor at the California State University at Fullerton, where he has established a scholarship fund for pianists in tribute to the renowned late pianist Alicia de Larrocha. To promote this fund, he gave an inaugural recital in 1998 with Alicia de Larrocha herself at the Richard Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, California. Delgado is also the founder of the Castle Green Historic & Cultural Society in his residual town of Pasadena, California.