Pablo Ferrández (born 19 March 1991) is a Spanish

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 ...

. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the Spanish National Orchestra, the

RTVE Symphony Orchestra The RTVE Symphony Orchestra (), also known as the Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra is a Spanish radio orchestra servicing (RTVE), the national broadcasting corporation. Established in February 1965, the orchestra is based at i ...

, the

Kremerata Baltica Kremerata Baltica is a chamber orchestra consisting of musicians from Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania). It was founded by Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer in 1997. Gidon Kremer is an artistic director of Kremerata Baltica. Descript ...

or the

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (; ; literal English translation: Helsinki City Orchestra; commonly abbreviated as HPO) is an orchestra based in Helsinki, Finland. Founded in 1882 by Robert Kajanus, the Philharmonic Orchestra was the first p ...

. Pablo has been awarded prizes in numerous competitions: Second Prize at the International Paulo Cello Competition, Edmond de Rothschild Group Award at the Sommets Musicaux de

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Festival, Prix Nicolas Firmenich at the

Verbier Festival The Verbier Festival is a two week annual international music festival which is held in late July and early August in the mountain resort of Verbier southeast of Lausanne, Switzerland. Begun by Swedish expatriate in 1994, it has attracted int ...

, Leyda Ungerer Music Prize at the Kronberg Cello Festival and First Prize at the Liezen International Competition.

Life and career

Born in Madrid in 1991, in a family of musicians, Pablo Ferrández joined the

Reina Sofía School of Music The Reina Sofía School of Music (Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Spanish) is a private music school founded in Madrid, Spain, in 1991 by Paloma O'Shea. It belongs to the Albéniz Foundation, and it bears the name of its Honorary Pr ...

when he was 13 to study with Natalia Shakhovskaya. After that, he completed his studies at the Kronberg Academy with Frans Helmerson and became a scholar of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation. Pablo Ferrández has worked with conductors such as Antoni Ros-Marba, Peter Csaba, Sergio Alapont, José Luis Turina, Oleg Caetani,

Martyn Brabbins Martyn Charles Brabbins (born 13 August 1959) is a British conductor. Biography The fourth of five children in his family, he learned to play the euphonium, and then the trombone during his youth at Towcester Studio Brass Band. He later studi ...

, John Axelrod and Rossen Milanov and with orchestras such as the Spanish National Orchestra,

, Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias,

, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra and the

Stuttgarter Philharmoniker The Stuttgarter Philharmoniker (Stuttgart Philharmonic) is the symphony orchestra of Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1924, they play regular concert series including youth concerts in Stuttgart, as well as guest ...

, among others. As a

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of Musical instrument, instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a Great chamber, palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music ...

ian he has performed with Rainer Schmidt,

Ivry Gitlis Ivry Gitlis (;‎ 25 August 1922 – 24 December 2020) was an Israeli virtuoso violinist and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. He performed with the world's top orchestras, including the London Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmoni ...

Gidon Kremer Gidon Kremer (; born 27 February 1947) is a Latvian classical violinist, artistic director, and founder of Kremerata Baltica. Life and career Gidon Kremer was born in Riga. His father was Jewish and had survived the Holocaust. His mother had ...

, Vilde Frang and Ana Chumachenco and he is a member of the Flamel Trio, that was founded at the Chamber Music Institute in Madrid. The international career of Pablo Ferrández includes concerts held in the United States, Switzerland, Finland and Germany. He has performed at international festivals such as the

Casals Festival The Casals Festival is a classical music event celebrated every year in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in honor of classical musician Pablo Casals. Background The festival was founded in 1956 by Pablo Casals. It was promoted by Teodoro Moscoso and Dav ...

, Festival Spivakov,

Festival Internacional de Santander The Festival Internacional de Santander (FIS) is one of Spain's oldest music festivals. Each year, during the month of August it presents two to three operas as well as performances from visiting ballet and theatre Theatre or theater is a ...

, Kronberg Festival, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Festival Piatgorsky and Sommets Misicaux de Gstaad, among others. Recently, he has become the first Spanish cellist to be loaned a

Stradivarius A Stradivarius is one of the string instruments, such as violins, violas, cellos, and guitars, crafted by members of the Stradivari family, particularly Antonio Stradivari (Latin: Antonius Stradivarius), in Cremona, Italy, during the late 17th ...

from the Nippon Music Foundation. The Stradivarius he plays is called Lord Aylesford and is one of the oldest in the world, dating from 1696. It was played by

Gregor Piatigorsky Gregor Piatigorsky (, ''Grigoriy Pavlovich Pyatigorskiy''; August 6, 1976) was a Russian-born American cello, cellist. Biography Early life Gregor Piatigorsky was born in Dnipro, Ekaterinoslav (now Dnipro, Ukraine) into a Jewish family. As a c ...

and belonged to Janos Starker. Pablo Ferrández was selected to be given the instrument by a jury composed by eminent musicians and musicologists chaired by

Lorin Maazel Lorin Varencove Maazel (; March 6, 1930 – July 13, 2014) was an American conductor, violinist and composer. He began conducting at the age of eight and by 1953 had decided to pursue a career in music. He had established a reputation in t ...

Discography

* Haydn and Korngold cello concertos with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Alpesh Chauhan * Dvorak and Schumann cello concertos with the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Radoslaw Szulc. * Rossini and Menotti concertos, with the Kremerata Baltica conducted by Heinrich Schiff.

Awards

* Second Prize at the International Paulo Cello Competition (Finland), 2013. * Edmond de Rothschild-Prize Group at the Sommet Musicaux Festival de

, 2013. * Scholarship

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