Pau Casals
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- Born
- 1876 · El Vendrell.
- Died
- 1973 · San Juan.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- cellist · conductor · composer · autobiographer · music educator · university teacher · docent
- Fields
- classical music · sardana
- Education
- Municipal Conservatory of Music of Barcelona · Madrid Royal Conservatory
- Teachers
- Víctor Mirecki Larramat
- Honours
- Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour · Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit · Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award · Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award · Gold Medal of the Generalitat of Catalonia · Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Languages
- Catalan · Spanish
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Pau Casals studied at Municipal Conservatory of Music of Barcelona and Madrid Royal Conservatory. Training under Víctor Mirecki Larramat is recorded. Juliette Alvin, Gaspar Cassadó and Bernard Greenhouse are recorded as having studied under Pau Casals. The recorded working language is Catalan and Spanish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music and sardana. Employment is recorded with Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu. Distinctions recorded are Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award.
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