Guillem Gràcia (Barcelona, 2005) is our scholarship student at the Reina Sofía School of Music for this 2023-2024 academic year attending the Aline Foriel-Destezet cello lecture. He has been studying under the tutelage of Professor Jens Peter Maintz since 2019 with a baroque cello on loan as part of an instrument scholarship from Fundación Albéniz, the foundation behind the school.
More details about the career of our scholarship holder, Guillem Gràcia
Guillem began his cello studies at the age of 6, and in 2015 he started to study with Anna Mora, as part of the Grupcello.cat ensemble that she directs. He continued his studies at Conservatori Municipal de Terrassa under Professor Lluís Heras and was a student of the Cassadó lecture at Academia Marshall. Furthermore, in 2018 he attended the Amsterdam Cello Biennale as guest student and has won awards such as the 8th Concurs de Cordes de Barcelona; the Absolute prize at the MiN International Music Competition (Narvik, Norway) or the first prize at Concurso Intercentros Melómano, a competition in which he also received the third prize (superior grade) in 2021, among others.
As a student of the Reina Sofía School of Music, Guillem performed on renowned stages such as Gran Teatre del Liceu and has played with Orquesta Freixenet, conducted by maestros such as David Afkham, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Péter Csaba and Sir András Schiff. He has also been a member of Camerata Fundación EDP, conducted by Paul Goodwin, and has participated in ensembles such as Cuarteto Ramales and the groups Ambage, Tchaikovsky de Management Solutions and Scarlatti de Casa de la Moneda. He is currently a member of the Satie de Bain threesome.
Find out how Guillem became part of the music world and what his experience at the Reina Sofía School of Music has been like:
““I’m focused on finishing my studies and continuing to take advantage of all opportunities. I’m very happy with everything I’ve done so far and with how I’ve been evolving over time”.”
Commitment to the promotion of culture and young talent
The Banco Sabadell Foundation’s scholarship for the Reina Sofía School of Music is part of our commitment to culture and the arts and to the promotion of young talent. It not only represents a way to recognise and support their journeys to artistic excellence, but is also a boost to the future of classical music. The School aims to support young talented people in their professional and artistic development and takes the best music to all audiences.
