Josep Soler i Ventura

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Josep Soler i Ventura (* 1872 in Granollers ; † August 9, 1946 in Barcelona ) was a Catalan cellist and long-time professor of this instrument at the Municipal Conservatory of Barcelona .

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Soler probably studied cello with Joan Baucís at the Conservatori del Liceu . At the age of ten he joined the Escolania de la Mercè choir in Barcelona. At the age of 13 he was a member of several orchestras. Soler initially worked as a soloist in the orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. From November 1896 until 1940 he was professor of violoncello at the Conservatori Municipal de Música de Barcelona for more than 40 years . During this extremely long teaching activity he trained the following cellists , among others: Antoni Sala i Julià , Josep Trotta i Millan , Antoni Planàs i Marca , Josep Ricart i Matas , Rogel·li Huguet i Tagell , Aurèlia Sancristòfol , Sants Sagrera i Anglada , Aurora Bertrana i Salazar (daughter of the writer Prudenci Bertrana ), Gabriel Rodó i Vergés , Josep Valls i Royo , Joan Pich i Santasusana and Josep Guinart i Ortiga .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Josep Soler i Ventura. In: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Josep Soler i Ventura. In: Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música.
  3. ^ Josep Bassal, Jaime Tortella: Historia del violonchelo en Cataluña . Arpegio, Sant Cugat del Vallès 2015, ISBN 978-84-15798-13-2 (list of Josep Soler's cello students based on Josep Bassal and Jaime Tortella).
personal data
SURNAME Soler i Ventura, Josep
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catalan cellist
DATE OF BIRTH 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Granollers
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 1946
Place of death Barcelona