Mariona Camats

I am a professional cellist, with higher studies in Germany and Belgium. I have experience teaching at different levels and ages. For me, the most important thing is to find the balance between learning to play the instrument and enjoying making music.

Mariona Camats (La Garriga, 1997) is a Catalan cellist whose artistic path is deeply inspired by the musical legacy of Pau Casals. She studied with Anna Mora and Lluís Claret, received the International Pau Casals Scholarship in 2016, and made her debut at the Pablo Casals Festival in Prades the following year. For more than a decade she performed on a 1921 cello by Marc Laberte that once belonged to Pau Casals. As a soloist she has collaborated with orchestras including the Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès, Orquestra Simfònica Camera Musicae, Bruckner Akademie Orchester, Orquestra de Cambra de Granollers, JONC Filharmonia, and Orquestra Simfònica Segle XXI. Her concert activity has taken her across Europe and China, appearing in venues such as the Palau de la Música Catalana, the Gasteig, and the Fundación Juan March, as well as festivals including the SuperCello Festival, Festival Emergents, Schubertíada de Vilabertran, Festival de Torroella de Montgrí, and the Festival de Cervià de Ter.

She continued her studies with leading teachers: Julius Berger at the Leopold Mozart Zentrum in Augsburg (where she won the Stein Wettbewerb), Gary Hoffman at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Waterloo, and Antonio Meneses at the Accademia Stauffer in Cremona. She also studied baroque cello with Petr Skalka at the Schola Cantorum in Basel. Winner of the Critics’ Prize at the El Primer Palau 2020 and a scholarship holder of the Fundació Güell, she currently performs on a cello by David Bagué (2019).

I adapt to the needs of the student, always trying to work on all aspects that imply playing an instrument. For me, it is not only important to work on technique but also on musicality, and that’s why I encourage the student to explore and express their creativity through the cello.