Lluís Claret (born Lluís Claret i Serra, 10 March 1951) is an Andorran
cellist
The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned i ...
. Claret has taught and played internationally as well as in Barcelona. He is a member of the jury for some major international competitions. His twin brother is violinist Gerard Claret.
Life
Claret was born in
Andorra la Vella
Andorra la Vella is the capital and largest city of Andorra. It is located high in the east Pyrenees, between France and Spain. It is also the name of the parishes of Andorra, Andorran parish that surrounds the capital.
, the city had a populati ...
in 1951, to parents who were exiled from Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War. His father became friends with
Pablo Casals
Pau Casals i Defilló (Catalan: ; 29 December 187622 October 1973), known in English as Pablo Casals, His twin brother is violinist Gerard Claret. Claret he began his musical education at the age of 9. In 1964 he moved to
Barcelona
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, won major distinctions at the Conservatory of the Liceu, and began working with Enric Casals. Claret continued his studies in
France
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,
Italy
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and in the USA, working with Maurice Gendron and Radu Aldulescu. Throughout his career he has been especially committed to chamber music. Claret has taught at the “Victoria dels Angels” Music School at Sant Cugat, and the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu in Barcelona, and the Toulouse Conservatory in France. He joined the
New England Conservatory
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for the 2016/17 season.
He has performed with many noted orchestras including National Symphony de Washington,
Moscow Philharmonic The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra is an orchestra based in Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1951 by Samuil Samosud, as the Moscow Youth Orchestra for young and inexperienced musicians, acquiring its current name in 1953. It is most associated wi ...
English Chamber Orchestra
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, Hungarian Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic.
He won first prizes at a number of prestigious international competitions, including the first prize in the 1977 Rostropovich Cello Competition, and first prize in the Pablo Casals International Cello Competition of 1976. He is a founding member of the Trio de Barcelona and frequently collaborates with well-known musicians. He teaches at music schools and conservatories and he also regularly participates in the juries of major international competitions, including the Rostropovitch Competition, the Paulo Cello Competition in Helsinki, Finland, and the Adam Cello Competition in Auckland, New Zealand.
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