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Encounter of Santander
Born in Charlotte, United States, in 1997. During the academic year 2022-2023 he studied at the Reina Sofía School of Music’s Aline Foriel-Destezet Cello Chair with professor Ivan Monighetti.
Whilst studying with Hans Jørgen Jensen in Chicago, Jérôme Pernoo at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in París and Frans Helmerson at the Barenboim-Said Akademie in Berlín, he was awarded several prizes at national and international competitions and took part in several television and radio programmes. Later he attended masterclasses by Frans Helmerson.
After his debut performance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the age of 14, he was awarded the Pablo Casals International Prize, Gold Medal at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition and the APCAV Prize at the Verbier Festival.
He has performed with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, at the Ravinia and Verbier Festivals, Lincoln Centre, SuperCello in Beijing, and the Amsterdam Cello Biënnale. He often performs in Denmark, where he is Artist-in-Residence at the Scandinavian Cello School.
As a student of the School, he has been part of the Sinfonietta, conducted by Zsolt Nagy, and of the Fundación Mutua Madrileña Ensemble.