Carles Magraner is a Spanish musician. He was born on November 16, 1962, in
Almussafes (
province of Valencia
Valencia ( , ), officially València (), is a provinces of Spain, province of Spain, in the central part of the autonomous Valencian Community. Of the province's 2.7 million people (2024), almost one-third live in the capital, Valencia, whic ...
) and studied music at
Carcaixent, the
Conservatorio Superior de Valencia (
cello
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 ...
and
musicology
Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, ...
),
Conservatoire Toulouse and Amsterdam (
viola de arco
The viola da gamba (), or viol, or informally gamba, is a bowed and fretted string instrument that is played (i.e. "on the leg"). It is distinct from the later violin, or ; and it is any one of the earlier viol family of bowed, fretted, and ...
). He is a professor of cello and
viola da gamba
The viola da gamba (), or viol, or informally gamba, is a bowed and fretted string instrument that is played (i.e. "on the leg"). It is distinct from the later violin family, violin, or ; and it is any one of the earlier viol family of bow (m ...
, though most of his professional work is done with the group
Capella de Ministrers, 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 cellists
Spanish violists
University of Salamanca