BIO
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. 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 ZHdK.
Additionally, she has received masterclasses from renowned cellists such as Jens Peter Maintz, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, Gary Hoffman, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Peter Bruns, 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, Geneva String Academy and the Saline Royale Academy in France, as well as played in Festivals such as Festival Pau Casals, International Mendelssohn Festival in Hamburg, 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 is also a scholarship holder from Rahn Kulturfonds. She has performed as a soloist around Austria, Switzerland, Germany and Spain in venues such as Angelika Kauffmann Saal, Tonhalle St. Gallen or Bregenz Festspielhaus. She has appeared also several times live in ORF.
Chamber and orchestral music play a very important role in her career. She has shared stage with musicians such as Julia Fischer, Nils Mönkemeyer, Maria Włoszczowska, Nora Chastain or Jonathan Brown and received masterclasses by Guillaume Sutre, Troels Svane, the Trio Jean Paul and members from the Berliner Philharmoniker.
Mar is currently playing on a Testore from 1753, generously loaned by a private sponsor.