Andrea Casarrubios
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Andrea Casarrubios (born February 19, 1988) is a Spanish-American cellist and composer. She has played as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and has appeared more than 20 times at Carnegie Hall since 2012.[1] She has performed at numerous festivals such as Ravinia Festival and Verbier Festival, and her compositions have been programmed worldwide, presented by organizations including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra,[2] National Philharmonic,[3] Carnegie Hall,[4]National Public Radio,[5] ABC Classic,[6] and the Spanish National Radio RTVE.[1]
Early life and education
Andrea Casarrubios García was born in San Esteban del Valle, Spain.[2] She began playing the piano at age 2 and cello at age 4. Her first music teachers were María Escribano and Ana Toca. Casarrubios studied cello with Maria de Macedo in Madrid from 2000-2007 and piano in Toledo with Ludmil Angelov. At age 18, she moved to USA to pursue her Bachelor's degree at Johns Hopkins University with Amit Peled, then her Master's degree at University of Southern California under the tutelage of Ralph Kirshbaum, and her Doctoral degree at City University of New York where she worked with cellist Marcy Rosen and composer John Corigliano.[7]
Career
Andrea Casarrubios has performed in Brazil, Mexico, Spain, South Africa, Romania, Switzerland, Italy, France, Germany, England, China, Japan, Canada, and the United States of America.[8]
Casarrubios' album, Caminante, presents some of her own original music.[9] Released on Odradek Records, it was chosen as one of the Best 2019 Classical Music Albums by Australia’s ABC Classic, celebrating her artistry as "superhuman."[3] Her acclaimed solo work SEVEN (2020) "an intense and elegiac tribute to the essential workers during the pandemic"[4] (The New York Times ) was commissioned by Thomas Mesa and is being performed worldwide.[10]
Recent compositions include Herencia for String Orchestra (2023) commissioned and toured by Sphinx Virtuosi, giving its Carnegie Hall premiere at Stern Auditorium[11] on October 20th, 2023. Casarrubios' Piano Quintet (2023), a Chamber Music Monterey Bay commission, was premiered by Manhattan Chamber Players on November 11th, 2023.[12] Afilador (2022) was commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association for MusicNOW,[13] and premiered at the Symphony Center on February 20th, 2023.[14]
Casarrubios has composed pieces to expand the repertoire that is learned at music conservatories, often teaching masterclasses at universities such as The Juilliard School, University of Southern California, Eastman School of Music, University of Kansas, and City University of New York, among other institutions.[5]
Catalogue of original works
Orchestra and choral
- Caminante for cello and choir (2014)
- 24 Mozas for cello and string orchestra (2017)
- MIRAGE Concerto for cello and orchestra (2019)
- Anthem & Chorale for string orchestra (2020-2022)
- Afilador for orchestra (2022)
- Herencia for string orchestra (2023)
Chamber ensemble
- Maktub for three cellos (2013)
- Maktub for string trio (2013)
- luzAzul: Passacaglia for piano trio (2016)
- in the age of noise for string trio (2020)
- in the age of noise for cello trio (2020)
- Overture & Chorale for cello quartet (2020)
- Overture & Chorale for string quartet (2020)
- Anthem for cello quartet (2022)
- The Airport Jog for cello quartet (2022)
- The Airport Jog for cello choir (2022)
- Afilador for clarinet, violin, viola, cello (2022)
- Afilador for flute, violin, viola, cello (2022)
- Piano Quintet for 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (2023)
Solo and duo
- Amid a Place of Stone for solo violin (2020)
- Mensajes del Agua for violin and piano (2019)
- SEVEN for solo cello (2020)
- Armadura for solo cello (2022)
- Silbo for cello and piano (2021)
- 24 Mozas for cello and piano (2017)
- Sonia for cello and piano (2023)
- Mensajes del Agua for cello and piano (2019)
- Candezas: Haydn's C major Cello Concerto (2021)
- Magnitude for viola and piano (2022)
- Day 30 for viola and cocktail shaker (2020)
- Crisol: Improvisations on a theme by Haydn for piano (2018)
- Chorale for piano (2020)
- Sandglass for piano (2022)
- El Paseo de los Tristes for guitar (2021)
- La Libertad se levantó llorando for violin, cello and recitation (2017)
- Speechless for cello and percussion: vibraphone, bowed cymbal, marimba (2015)
References
- ↑ García, Paloma Terol (2023-10-20). "Andrea Casarrubios, la artista española que más veces ha tocado en el Carnegie Hall". cadena SER (in español). Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ↑ Mato, Mar (2023-09-26). "La melodía de los 'afiadores' vibra en Chicago". Faro de Vigo (in español). Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ↑ "National Philharmonic Concert Schedule for May and June 2023 – National Philharmonic". Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ↑ Rabinowitz, Chloe. "Carnegie Hall to Present The Sphinx Virtuosi, Part Of GENERATIONS U.S. Tour". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ↑ "Music by cellist and composer Andrea Casarrubios on SymphonyCast, Fri 12/15, 8pm". WXXI Classical. 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ↑ "Best new classical albums: Shostakovich symphonies to film music for superheroes". ABC listen. 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ↑ Fernández-Pello, Elena (2023-10-31). "Andrea Casarrubios se recluyó en Asturias durante la pandemia y encontró la música". La Nueva España (in español). Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ↑ Raskauskas, Stephen (2018-05-22). "Watch cellist Andrea Casarrubios and pianist Ronaldo Rolim perform Schumann". WFMT. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ↑ "Andrea Casarrubios - Caminante by Odradek - Issuu". issuu.com. 2019-01-05. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ↑ "Live Sessions". Live Sessions. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ↑ Rabinowitz, Chloe. "Carnegie Hall to Present The Sphinx Virtuosi, Part Of GENERATIONS U.S. Tour". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ↑ Shuler, Barbara Rose (2023-11-08). "Barbara Rose Shuler, Intermezzo: Concert music on the rise". Monterey Herald. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ↑ "Cellist Andrea Casarrubios is devoted to composing as well as performing | Chicago Symphony Orchestra". Experience the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ↑ "CSO MusicNOW: Inspiring Voices with Casarrubios & Golijov | Chicago Symphony Orchestra". Experience the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
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