Alejandro Marías

Born in Madrid into a family of artists and intellectuals, Alejandro Marías knew at an early age that his vocation was to be a musician. He began his studies with Enrique Correa and Maria de Macedo and obtained the Advanced Degrees in Cello and Viola da gamba at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid. He moved to France to specialize in the historicist interpretation of classical and romantic repertoires and later to Switzerland, where he studied, at the Haute École de Musique de Genève, for a performance Masters in Baroque Cello and Viola da gamba, with Bruno Cocset and Guido Balestracci, respectively. He has received classes from cellists such as Christophe Coin, Anner Bylsma or Jaap Ter Linden and from gambists such as Wieland Kuijken, Jordi Savall or Hille Perl. Alejandro