Friday, February 12, 2016

Biography of PAU CASALS (by Fina Iglesias)



I’m going to write about a musician man who was the best one in his period.

He was born in El Vendrell in 1876. He started studying piano, flute and violin when he was five years old.

One day, he saw a person who was playing an instrument in a special position. It was a cello, he became keen on that instrument and decided to learn violoncello. When he was studying, he met Isaac Albeniz who helped him to get some contacts. Afterwards he could continue his classes in Madrid. He got a degree very early and he played the cello on a particular and personal way.

He travelled around the world giving concerts and played side by side with other musicians. 
In 1971 he composed “The Hymn of United Nations” and received the Peace Medal.
Pau Casals always fought to give support to freedom for Catalonia and he participated in several concerts for peace.