Nascuda a Madrid el 2000 i formada a l'Escola Superior de Música Reina Sofia, ha guanyat, entre altres, el segon premi en el XXV Concurs Andrea Postacchini i el primer en el VIII Premi Francesco Geminiani. Ha actuat com a solista amb diverses orquestres espanyoles, destacant la seva interpretació del concert per a dos violins de Bach al costat d'Anne-Sophie Mutter i l'Orquestra de Cambra Viesgo. Apassionada intèrpret de música de cambra, ha participat en festivals a Europa, col·laborant amb artistes de la talla d'Ivan Moniguetti, Nobuko Imai i Rainer Schmidt. Des de setembre de 2023, és membre de l'Acadèmia de l'Orquestra Simfònica de la Ràdio de Baviera.
He has performed throughout Europe and in venues such as the Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Barbican Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Flagey, Bozar, Pau Casals Auditorium, Auditori de Barcelona, and Palau de la Música Catalana, both as a soloist and chamber musician. He has appeared as a soloist with orchestras such as the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra of Budapest, the Chamber Orchestra of Wallonie, the RTVE Orchestra in Madrid, the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and the Andorra Chamber Orchestra. Pau has won several competitions and awards, such as the MBF’s Guilhermina Suggia Award, both the third prize and the Critique’s Award in the El Primer Palau Competition in Barcelona, and the first prize in the Concurso Permanente competition of Jeunesses Musicales of Spain. He is a member of the Esbjerg Ensemble, Oculi Ensemble and Trio Fortuny.
Vera Martínez Mehner & Abel Tomàs, violins | Crsitina Cordero, viola | Arnau Tomàs, cello
First prize winner at the London and Hamburg (Brahms) international competitions, Cuarteto Casals has become one of the leading string quartets of its generation. It has performed regularly at Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Musikverein in Vienna, Kölner Philarmonie, Cité de la Musique Paris, Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, and the Berlin Philharmonic. The quartet has been profoundly influenced by its work with contemporary composers such as György Kurtág, and has given the world premieres of works by leading Spanish composers. The highlights of his upcoming seasons include Mozart's ten last quartets and other projects focusing on the Hungarian composers Bartók, Ligeti and Kurtág. He has been recognized as a cultural ambassador by the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Institut Ramon Llull.
Anton Hanson, Jules Dussap, violins | Gabrielle Lafait, viola | Simon Dechambre, cello
The Hanson Quartet was founded in 2013 in Paris. It has forged a distinct musical identity embracing a wide spectrum of musical horizons, and has worked with internationally recognized figures such as Hatto Beyerle and Johannes Meissl as well as with representative Quartets of the French School such as Ebène and Ysaÿe. The Hanson Quartet is also engaged with contemporary composers such as Toshio Hosokawa, Wolfgang Rihm and Mathias Pintscher. It has gained a number of international awards, at the Geneva competition, the Joseph Haydn Competition in Vienna and at the Lyon Chamber Music competition. The Quartet perform in prestigious venues such as the Louvre Auditorium, the Wigmore Hall in London, the Philharmonie of Paris, the Victoria Hall in Geneva, the ORF Kulturhaus in Vienna and they regularly perform in Asia. They regularly appear together with musicians such as Bertrand Chamayou, Edgar Moreau, Adam Laloum, Pierre Genisson, Bruno Philippe, Vadim Kholodenko and Guillaume Bellom.
Neix a Barakaldo (Biscaia). Deixeble de Félix Lavilla, s'especialitza en acompanyament de cantants a Viena i Munic i rep els consells de Wolfram Rieger. Pianista habitual de cantants com Carlos Álvarez, Lisette Oropesa, Ismael Jordi, Sabina Puértolas, David Alegret o Javier Camarena, també ofereix recitals amb Sonya Yoncheva, Martina Serafin o Celso Albelo entre altres. Actua en la majoria dels teatres i festivals espanyols, així com en la Staatsoper i el Musikverein de Viena, el Rossini Opera Festival de Pesaro, els Festivals de Savonlinna i Bregenz o Sala Tchaikovsky de Moscou. Defensor del patrimoni musical, recupera les cinc òperes de saló del sevillà Manuel García i entre la seva discografia destaquen “Granados Songs Integral”, “Ametsetan”, “Carneriana”, “La Seduzione”, la integral de cançons d'Antón García Abril i “Ensueños”. El seu últim llançament discogràfic “Los cisnes en Palacio” presenta cançons d'Emilio Arrieta.