GUILLERMO PASTRANA

The Spanish cellist Guillermo Pastrana was born in Granada in 1983 and began his studies at the Conservatory there when he was six, developing his exceptionally early musical interests and his love of the cello. At the age of seventeen he travelled abroad, studying with Ivan Monighetti in Basle, where he now lives, and enjoying an active career. He has appeared in concerts and recitals in various cities and international festivals, collaborating with distinguished conductors including Antoni Wit, Aldo Ceccato, Michał Nesterowicz, Paul Daniel, Josep Vicent, Manuel Hernandez Silva and Miguel Angel Gomez-Martinez. He has been praised by critics and audiences for his musicality, quality of sound, technical perfection and stage charisma.