
About
Cellist
Pere Joan Carrascosa studied in Barcelona with Marçal Cervera and at the Universität der Künste (UdK) in Berlin under the tutelage of Prof. Catalin Ilea and Eckart Runge (Artemis Quartet) and received further impulses from Frans Helmersson, Christophe Coin, Philippe Müller and Maria Kliegel.
As a soloist and member of various chamber groups he has made concerts and tours throughout Europe and Asia and has given master classes in countries like Portugal, Finland, Germany and Italy. He collaborates as editor for Kunzelmann Edition and has recorded Leonardo Balada’s chamber works for the first time for the label Naxos. He is the artistic director and founder member of the Ares Maestrat Music Festival and the “775” Music Festival of Vilafranca. Nowadays he teaches at the Conservatorio Superior de Alicante.
Pere Joan plays on a cello by W. Schnabl.