Andrés Pascual
Andrés Pascual Carrillo de Albornoz (Logroño, La Rioja, Spain, 1969) is a Spanish writer, conference speaker and lawyer. He is also a classically trained pianist and composer, as well as being a past member of several rock bands. He currently shares his time between London and Spain. Biography. Andrés Pascual was born in Logroño, La Rioja, Spain, in 1969. He studied law at the University of Navarra and has practised as a solicitor since 1992. He has published six novels, which have sold hundreds of thousands of copies in several different languages, as well as speaking at conferences . Pascual has visited fifty countries across four continents, including Syria, Lebanon, Ethiopia, Botswana, Namibia, Madagascar, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, India, Vietnam, Peru, Ecuador, Indonesia and many more, allowing him to "bring back inspiration for his novels by the trunkload". He has also kept a photographic record of his travels which he shares on his website and social media. Andrés is a music lover and has played with several rock bands as a singer and pianist. He has also presented a programme on travel and books on Punto Radio. Conferences and Personal Development. In addition to his novels, Andrés has published two  non-fiction books focussing on personal development: El viaje de tu vida – The journey of your life (2016) and (jointly with Ecequiel Barricart) El oso, el tigre y el dragón – The bear, the tiger and the dragon (2017). Andrés presents conferences on personal development as part of a team of conference speakers associated with the BCC Speakers International Bureau agency, which has offices in Madrid, Mexico City, Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Vancouver, London, Lisbon, New York City and Milan. Musical career. Andrés started his classical musical training at the age of seven and when he was sixteen he won the First  Fermín Gurbindo Prize for Musical Interpretation for performing a sonata by Mozart. While still at law school at the University of Navarra in Pamplona he joined Quinta Columna, a rock group which performed at over 100 concerts and national events. He later became a member of the group Catorce de Septiembre, with whom he recorded two records with Sony Music International on the EPIC label while completing his law degree. The band toured throughout Spain and performed at large events including Expo 92 in Seville, winning the RNE (Spanish National Radio) Radio3 award for Best Emerging Band in 1992. For  the past two decades he has been covering rock hits with his band Animalversion. Publications. Novels Non-fiction Prizes. • Premio de Novela Histórica Alfonso X el Sabio – Alfonso the Wise prize for Best Historical Novel (2016) for Taj. • Premio Urano de Crecimiento Personal – Urano Prize for Personal Development (2017) jointly with Ecequiel Barricart for El oso, el tigre y el dragón – The bear, the tiger & the dragon.