The final audition of the 2024 Pablo Casals International Award will take place next Saturday, November 16th at the Tívoli Auditorium of the Escola Municipal de Música Pablo Casals del Vendrell.
Be witness of a unique day, enjoy the most promising talent and discover before anyone else the verdict of the jury of international prestige.
09:50: Welcome words to the audience and presentation of the 2024 Award
10:00-10:30: Finalist 1
10:30-11:00: Finalist 2
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11:15-11:45: Finalist 3
11:45-12:15: Finalist 4
12:15-12:45: Finalist 5
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13:30-14:00: Finalist 6
14:00-14:30: Finalist 7
14:30 – 15:00h: Deliberation
Announcement of the results: 15:00h
This year’s finalists for the Pablo Casals International Award are:
- Ruoxi Jing (China). Student at the Middle School of the Central Conservatory of Music with Jia Yu.
- Luís Dias Canali (Italy | Portugal). Student at the École Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot (ENMP) with Henri Demarquette.
- Gabriel Guignier (France). Student at the Paris National Conservatory of Music with Edgar Moreau.
- Klaudio Zoto (Albania). Student at the Robert-Schumann-Hochschule Düsseldorf with Gregor Horsch.
- Arne Zeller (Germany). Student at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” in Leipzig with Peter Bruns.
- Yewon Cho (South Korea). Student at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel with Gary Hoffman and Jeroen Reuling.
- Yo Kitamura (Japan). Student at the Berlin University of the Arts with Jens Peter Maintz.
The jury members for the final audition will be the cellists Ophélie Gaillard, Danjulo Ishizaka, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, and Arnau Tomàs, as well as Bernard Meillat, musical advisor to the Pau Casals Foundation and jury secretary.
The Pablo Casals International Award for Young Cellists 2024 is supported by AENA and the Banc Sabadell Foundation.