Carles Magraner is a Spanish musician. He was born on November 16, 1962 in
Almussafes (
province of Valencia
Valencia ( ca-valencia, València) is a province of Spain, in the central part of the autonomous Valencian Community. Of the province's over 2.5 million people (2018), one-third live in the capital, Valencia, which is also the capital of the au ...
) and studied music at
Carcaixent
Carcaixent (, Spanish: ''Carcagente'') is a town and municipality in the province of Valencia, eastern Spain, with c. 20,000 inhabitants. Its origins go back to prehistoric Iberian and Roman times, with some remainders in its area. It is loca ...
, the
Conservatorio Superior de Valencia (
cello
The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...
and
musicology
Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...
),
Conservatoire Toulouse and Amsterdam (
viola de arco
The viol (), viola da gamba (), or informally gamba, is any one of a family of bowed, fretted, and stringed instruments with hollow wooden bodies and pegboxes where the tension on the strings can be increased or decreased to adjust the pitch ...
). He is a professor of cello and
viola da gamba
The viol (), viola da gamba (), or informally gamba, is any one of a family of bowed, fretted, and stringed instruments with hollow wooden bodies and pegboxes where the tension on the strings can be increased or decreased to adjust the pitch ...
, though most of his professional work is done with the group
Capella de Ministrers Capella de Ministrers is an early music group formed in 1987 in Valencia, Spain by Carles Magraner. Valencian music is prominent in its repertoire.
Work
Capella de Ministrers was formed in 1987 in Valencia by its director, the Valencian musicolog ...
, which he founded in Valencia in 1987 and of which he is still director.
References
External links
Capella de Ministrers
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1962 births
Living people
People from Ribera Baixa
Musicians from the Valencian Community
Spanish musicians
String musicians
University of Salamanca