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Biography

Praised by the New York Times for having "traversed the palette of emotions" with "gorgeous tone and an edge of-seat intensity" and described by Diario de Menorca as an "ideal performer" that offers "elegance, displayed virtuosity, and great expressive power," Spanish cellist Andrea Casarrubios has played extensively as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and America. She has collaborated in festivals such as the Piatigorsky International Cello Festival in Los Angeles, Ravinia RSMI Festival in Chicago, Pablo Casals Festival in France, the International Cello Forum in Spain, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Germany, and the Menuhin and the Verbier Festivals in Switzerland. Andrea has also performed with artists including Daniel Phillips, Ralph Kirshbaum, Soovin Kim, François Salque, and Ida Kavafian.
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Andrea is a founding member of Trio Appassionata, along with violinist Lydia Chernicoff and pianist Ronaldo Rolim. The trio has performed in Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall in 2011 among other venues in the U.S, Spain, the U.K., Italy, Brazil and China. The ensemble released a CD on Odradek Records entitled “gone into night are all the eyes” in 2014. Andrea is also a member of the Brandenburg String Trio based in Berlin and the Manhattan Chamber Players in New York. Andrea's solo appearances include recitals for cello and piano of a wide range of repertoire, performances of the Franz Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata in A minor arranged for cello and orchestra, a debut solo concert at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall of the Caude Debussy Sonata, performances in Spain of several works for cello and orchestra including Joseph Haydn Cello Concerto in C major. She is also a pianist and a composer herself, and she has premiered dozens of contemporary works including Meredith Monk's Backlight (2015), Thomas Kotcheff's Piano Trio (2012-2013), As the Universe Unfolds for cello and acoustics (First Prize "Prix D'Eté 2010") by composer Griffin Cohen, and many of her own works, including Maktub for three cellos, which was premiered at the VI Festival Luigi Boccherini in 2013. Her latest album,Caminante, released in 2019 on Odradek Records, includes some of her own compositions written in the last five years. 

Andrea is a first prize winner of numerous competitions including the Solo Violoncello Competition Illa de Menorca-FIDAH 2010, the American Fine Arts Festival International Concerto Competition 2012, the SOR Solo String Concerto Competition 2009, and the National Piano Competition Rio del Oro 2005 in Spain among others. She was also awarded second and special prize at the XIV Llanes International Cello Competition 2012, and has been sponsored by the Wingate Foundation in the U.K., the Spanish Cello Forum, as well as Juventudes Musicales of Madrid. She was awarded the Beatrice Feldman Kahn and Raymond S. Kahn Endowed Cello Scholarship in order to pursue a Bachelor's degree in cello performance at the Peabody Conservatory, from where she graduated in 2011 receiving the Grace Clagett Ranney Prize in Chamber Music. Andrea Casarrubios began to play the piano at the age of two under the guidance of composer María Escribano and continued her development with pianists Ludmil Angelov, Seth Knopp, and Bernadene Blaha in Toledo (Spain), Baltimore and Los Angeles respectively. At the age of five she started to take cello lessons and became a student of Maria de Macedo in Madrid. Andrea expanded her studies with Lluis Claret in Barcelona before moving to the United States in 2007, in order to study at the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University with Amit Peled. Andrea has also had the pleasure of working closely with Frans Helmerson, Laurence Lesser, Gary Hoffman, Timothy Eddy, Paul Katz, Lluis Claret, Hans Jorgen Jensen, Donald Weilerstein, Leon Fleisher, Miklós Perényi, and Thomas Demenga. In 2011 she was invited on a full scholarship to the University of Southern California where in 2013 she completed her Master of Music degree under the tutelage of Ralph Kirshbaum. As part of her doctorate degree in New York, Andrea had Marcy Rosen as a performance mentor and studied form and composition with John Corigliano.

Andrea currently lives in New York City where she works as an advisor for Ensemble Connect in residence at Carnegie Hall. Andrea has taught at The Juilliard School, Lake Champlain Music Festival, Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, as well as masterclasses on tour. Andrea's latest engagements include tours of South Africa, China and Brazil, and solo and chamber music concerts in Spain, Germany, New York, Vermont, Illinois, Maryland, and California.
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Biografía

Aclamada por el New York Times por haber “transitado con un precioso sonido a través de una amplia gama de emociones” y elogiada por el Diario de Menorca como “una intérprete ideal” que ofrece “elegancia, virtuosismo exhibido, y gran capacidad expresiva”, la violonchelista española Andrea Casarrubios explora la capacidad de transformar y enriquecer a todo tipo de audiencias, realzando la creatividad y el intercambio cultural. Andrea ha ofrecido tanto conciertos de música de cámara como de solista en diversos países de Europa, Asia, África y América. Ha sido invitada en festivales como Ravinia RSMI Festival, Verbier Festival, Casals Festival, Piatigorsky Cello Festival y Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, colaborando en concierto con los artistas Ralph Kirshbaum, Ida Kavafian, Daniel Phillips, Karine Lethiec, François Salque.

Andrea ha sido galardonada con primeros premios en numerosos concursos incluyendo el I Concurso de Solistas de Violonchelo Illa de Menorca-FIDAH, American Fine Arts Concerto Competition 2012, SOR Solo String Competition en Montana 2009, Certamen Nacional de Piano Río del Oro en 2005, así como el segundo premio y premio especial de música española en el XIV Concurso Internacional de Violoncello Villa de Llanes 2012. Andrea es la chelista del Trio Appassionata (Carnegie Hall debut en Marzo 2011), grupo de cámara ganador de Presser Award en 2012. Formado en 2007 junto con el pianista Ronaldo Rolim y la violinista Lydia Chernicoff, el Trio grabó en 2014 su primer CD con cuatro obras de compositores americanos bajo la discográfica Odradek Records.

Andrea comenzó sus estudios de piano a los dos años de edad con la pianista y compositora María Escribano continuando su formación con Ludmil Angelov en Toledo, Seth knopp en Baltimore y Bernadene Blaha en Los Angeles. Al mismo tiempo, Andrea se formó como chelista con Maria de Macedo en Madrid completando sus estudios con Lluís Claret en Barcelona. Becada por Juventudes Musicales de Madrid, Forum de Violoncellos de España, Wingate Foundation en Inglaterra y las universidades de Johns Hopkins y University of Southern California en Estados Unidos, Andrea se licenció en violonchelo de la mano de Amit Peled en el Peabody Conservatory de la Johns Hopkins University en 2011 recibiendo el premio de música de cámara Grace Clagett Ranney. Asimismo el trabajar con Frans Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, Laurence Lesser, Timothy Eddy, Paul Katz, Miklós Perényi, y Thomas Demenga ha sido una gran influencia. En 2014 Andrea finaliza el Máster y Performance Diploma en especialidad de violoncello con Ralph Kirshbaum en la University of Southern California. Como parte de su doctorado en Nueva York, Andrea ha trabajado interpretación con Marcy Rosen, y composición con John Corigliano.

Actualmente Andrea vive en Nueva York, donde continúa una carrera musical activa colaborando con Ensemble Connect en Carnegie Hall. Andrea ha enseñado en la Juilliard School, Lake Champlain Music Festival, City College Academy of the Arts, y ha impartido masterclasses durante sus giras. Entre los más recientes compromisos se incluyen giras por Sud-África, China, Brasíl y recitales en Nueva York, Washington D.C., California, Illinois, Alemania, Méjico y España. Su último album,Caminante, incluye obras escritas por ella durante los pasados cinco años y ha sido producido por la discográfica Odradek Records en 2019.