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Biography
Pablo Casals (full name Pau Carles Salvador Casals i Defilló; 29 December 1876, Vendrell, Tarragona Province, Spain - 22 October 1973, San Juan, Puerto Rico) was a Spanish Catalonian cellist, conductor, composer, and public character.
Pablo Casals received his first music lessons from his father, an organist and teacher.
Pablo casals biography resumida
As the musician later recalled, he learnt to sing before he learnt to speak. At the age of five, the boy was already singing in the church choir and learning to play the violin, organ and piano.
At seven, he could transpose any musical piece.
By the age of eight, he was performing as a violinist and even substituted for his father as organist. Pablo received his basic education in a village school. His father believed that music would give too modest livelihood and it was necessary to practise a trade in parallel.
When Pablo was twelve years old, his mother travelled with him to Barcelona, where the young man entered the Music School