Mariona Camats, cello

Born in la Garriga (Barcelona) in 1997, she started playing the cello at six years. She continued her studies at Leopold Mozart Zentrum from Augsburg University. She was artist-in-residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Waterloo and is currently studying at Stauffer Center for Strings in Cremona. She has performed in festivals and concert halls such as Festival Pablo Casals 2017 in Prades, Supercello Festival 2018 in Beijing, L'Auditori an the Palau de la Música in Barcelona, or the Fundación Juan March in Madrid. As a soloist, she has performed with the Orquestra Camera Musicae, the Bruckner Akademie Orchester, or the Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès. She has been awarded in several competitions, among them the Pablo Casals International Award (2016) and El Primer Palau (2020). Until 2018, she played a cello made by Marc Laberte (1921) which belonged to Pau Casals. She is currently playing a cello made by luthier David Bagué in 2019.