Xavier Palacios is a Classical Pianist, Accompanist and Choir Director. He studied at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris with Antonio Ruiz Pipo, a pupil of Alfred Cortot, he studied chamber Music with the violinist Serge Blanc (Pupil of G. Enesco) and Musical Analysis with Ginette Keller, a pupil of Nadia Boulanger. He then attended Schenkerian analysis seminars with Murray Perahia, Carl Schachter and William Rohtstein at the Aldeburgh. He is quite familiar with accompanying singers and he has accompanied various international singers in recital.