"Superhumans come in all forms. In this case, they have arrived in the form of Andrea Casarrubios, Shostakovich and Van Gogh" ●  ABC Classic
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Photo by Titilayo Ayangade

​Biography

Praised by The New York Times for performances that "traversed the palette of emotions" with "gorgeous tone and an edge-of-seat intensity," GRAMMY® nominated Spanish-American cellist and composer Andrea Casarrubios has played as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. First Prize winner of numerous international competitions and awards, Casarrubios has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Beijing National Center for the Performing Arts, Madrid National Auditorium, and the Ravinia and Verbier Festivals. Her latest engagements include commissions and concerts in Mexico, Spain, Romania, Belgium, Germany, Canada, and the United States.

Casarrubios' compositions have been programmed by organizations including Carnegie Hall, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, National Philharmonic, and the Sphinx Organization, and have been broadcast on NPR as well as national radio stations in Argentina, Brazil, France, Sweden, Australia, and Spain. Recent works include the orchestra version of Afilador (2022) commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Herencia for String Orchestra (2023), a "stirring creation" (The Strad) and “a bond of humanity through music” (The Boston Musical Intelligencer) commissioned for Sphinx Virtuosi's 2023-24 tour and premiered at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium in 2023.

Her acclaimed piece SEVEN "an intense and elegiac tribute to the essential workers during the pandemic" (The New York Times) was commissioned by Thomas Mesa, receiving its Carnegie Hall premiere in 2021 and performed in more than 36 countries since. SEVEN was nominated for a GRAMMY® Award following its release on the 2024 album of the same name, which featured Casarrubios as cellist and composer in seven of her most recent works including collaborations with Manhattan Chamber Players and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Her first portrait album, Caminante (Odradek Records 2019), featured works for cello and choir, violin and cello, cello and percussion.

As a guest soloist, engagements include the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra’s world premiere of Casarrubios’ large-scale concerto for cello and orchestra, MIRAGE, led by conductor Christopher James Lees, and concerts at the Brussels Cello Festival, Festival Internacional de Violoncello León in Mexico, ADAR Festival in Spain, and the George Enescu Festival in Romania. Other recent appearances include performances of Franz Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata arranged for cello and orchestra by Casarrubios herself, as well as recital programs featuring her own music alongside works by Luigi Boccherini, Nadia Boulanger, Manuel de Falla and Xavier Foley. 

Casarrubios has taught masterclasses in Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, Spain, China, as well as at numerous festivals and institutions in the United States, including The Juilliard School, University of Southern California, University of North Carolina, Missouri State University and City University of New York. Her cello teachers have included Maria de Macedo, Lluis Claret, Amit Peled, Marcy Rosen, and Ralph Kirshbaum. She is an alumna of Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect, and as part of her Doctoral degree in New York, Casarrubios also studied composition with John Corigliano.
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​"Herencia is an inspired work... a bond of humanity through music"   ●  The Boston Musical Intelligencer

​"There is always a deeply earnest quality in Andrea’s music, a sense of human truth" ● Stephanie Ann Boyd, I care if you listen

"SEVEN is a work of profound beauty and intensity, offering both reflection and solace, much like an open window..." ●  Pedro Téllez, Revista Melómano

"I was seduced by Casarrubios' compositions during the Brussels Cello Festival... Speechless stirs with a heartbreaking emotional tension."  ●  Bernard Vincken, Crescendo Magazine

“SEVEN is a hauntingly beautiful tribute… a work that will grip your heart and punch you in the stomach in the most cathartic, and absolutely necessary way” ●  Crystal Bick, This Time Tomorrow
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