Spanish Young Music Talents: Carlos Vidal in West Palm Beach

Spanish cellist Carlos Vidal will perform at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, FL, as part of the “Spanish Young Music Talents” program.
Spanish Young Music Talents (SYMT) is the new program of the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, D.C. SYMT has been envisioned to enhance and support Spanish young musicians’ careers, in collaboration with U.S. music schools and universities at a higher level (bachelor and graduate students orchestras), offering them an experience abroad.
SYMT aims to offer young musicians not only a concert or recital in the U.S., but a complete experience with complementary activities such as masterclasses, talks, conferences, etc. to broaden their opportunities and contacts. All visiting musicians are winners of the Juventudes Musicales de España national award and under 33 years old.
With the occasion of the exhibition “Sorolla and the Sea”, Spanish cellist Carlos Vidal joins Piano Duo Gastesi-Bezerra in a program that explores the interconnections among Spain, France, and the United States through the career of Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida. The program includes works by Fauré, Piazzolla, and Kodály as well as two world premieres specially written for the performers by American composer Justin Rubin and Spanish composer Beatriz Arzamendi.
Carlos Vidal
Born in 2004, Carlos Vidal studies with Julian Steckel at the Hochschule für Musik in Munich. He began playing the cello with Iñaki Etxepare in Barcelona before continuing his studies with Salvador Bolón, María Casado, and Asier Polo. Carlos furthered his education with Jérôme Pernoo and Edgar Moreau at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. He has won several prizes in international competitions, including the Brahms Competition in Austria, the Kodály Competition in Hungary, and Juventudes Musicales in Spain. In October 2022, he received the Prince of Hesse prize at the prestigious Kronberg Academy Masterclasses.
He has taken masterclasses with some of the most world renowned cellists such as Peter Bruns, Alexander Chaussian, Danjulo Ishizaka, Gary Hoffmann, Xavier Gagnepain and Frans Helmerson. Carlos has also performed in concert with musicians such as Daniel Hope, Simon Crawford-Philipps, Lena Neudauer, Philipp Graffin, Antje Weithaas, Jonathan Brown and Alexander Kobrin, and has played at festivals such as the Casalmaggiore Festival, Les Vacances de Monsieur Haydn, Festival Pau Casals and the Kronberg Festival.
Vidal plays an anonymous English cello made in the 1820s and a Charles Nicolas Bazin bow made in 1875.