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Musicians selected for the 2025 edition

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Mar Gimferrer

Mar Gimferrer

  • Edition of the Academy: 2025
  • Country: Spain
  • Instrument: Cello
  • Age during Academy: 23
  • Last or current school: Zurich University of the Arts
  • 1st prize in the Solistenwettbewerb in Austria, the 1st Prize of the Pjetër Gaci International Competition, the Galimusic Prize and the 1st Prize in the BBVA Music Talent Competition in Spain

Mar Gimferrer, born in 2002, started playing the cello at the age of 7 and studied in IEA Oriol Martorell (Barcelona) with Joan Antoni Pich, where she graduated with the Honor Prize when she was 17. From 2019 to 2022 she studied with Beatriz Blanco in the Vorarlberger Landeskonservatorium. Since September 2022 she is pursuing her studies with Thomas Grossenbacher in Zürich.

Additionally, she has received masterclasses from renowned cellists such as Jens Peter Maintz, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, Gary Hoffman, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Ralph Kirshbaum or Kian Soltani among others. She has also taken part in prestigious Academies such as the Villars Music Academy, the International Music Academy in Lichtenstein, IMS Prussia Cove and the Saline Royale Academy in France, as well as played in Festivals such as the International Mendelssohn Festival in Hamburg, Festival Pau Casals, Festival Clásico Ribeira Sacra or the Festival Podium Matadepera in Spain.

She has been awarded the 3rd Prize in the Popper International Competition in Hungary, the 1st prize in the Solistenwettbewerb in Austria, the 1st Prize of the Pjetër Gaci International Competition, the Galimusic Prize and the 1st Prize in the BBVA Music Talent Competition in Spain. She has also had the opportunity to appear several times as a soloist and perform live in ORF. She is also a scholarship holder from Rahn Kulturfonds.

Chamber and orchestral music play a very important role in her career. She has played with musicians such as Nora Chastain, Matthias Schorn or Maria Włoszczowska and received masterclasses by Guillaume Sutre, Troels Svane, the Trio Jean Paul and members from the Berliner Philharmoniker.

Mar Gimferrer 

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