Pablo Casals

1. Pablo Casals Amanda Reese

2. Birth • Pablo Casals was born on December 29, 1876 • He was born in El Vendrell, Catalonia, Spain. • His birth mother, PilarDefilló de Casals, was born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico of Catalonian ancestry.

3. Pablo Casals during childhood

4. Pablo Casals’ first instruments At age four, Pablo could play the violin, piano and flute. At age six, he played the violin. He played well enough to perform a solo in public.

5. Pablo Casals’ first instruments

6. School Years In 1888 his mother took him to Barcelona where he enrolled in the Escola Municipal do Música. He made prodigious progress as a cellist and on February 23, 1891 he gave a solo recital in Barcelona at the age of fourteen. He graduated from the Escola with honours five years later.

7. Pablo becomes prodigy during school years

8. Playing the Cello • In 1893, the Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz heard him playing in a trio in a café and gave him a letter of introduction to the private secretary to María Cristina, the Queen Regent, in Madrid, Spain. • In 1895 he went to Paris, where, having lost his stipend from Catalonia, he earned a living by playing second cello in the theater orchestra of the FoliesMarigny • In 1896, he returned to Catalonia and received an appointment to the faculty of the Escola Municipal de Música in Barcelona. He was also appointed principal cellist in the orchestra of Barcelona's opera house, the Liceu.

9. Pablo goes to Paris to earn a living playing the cello.

10. Playing at the White House On January 15, 1904, Casals was invited to play at the White House. He was invited to play for President Theodore Roosevelt. On March 9 of that year he made his debut at Carnegie Hall in New York, playing Richard Strauss's Don Quixote under the baton of the composer.

11. Pablo plays for President Theodore Roosevelt at the White House.

12. Marriage number 1 In 1914 Casals married the American socialite and singer Susan Metcalfe. They were separated in 1928. Although they weren’t officially divorced until 1957.

13. Pablo gets married for the first time in 1914.

14. Becoming Famous Although Casals made his first recordings in 1915, it would not be until 1926 that he again released a recording. Throughout most of his professional career, he played on a cello that was labeled and attributed to "Carlo Tononi ... 1733" but after playing it for 50 years it was discovered to have been created by the Venetian luthier, MatteoGoffriller around 1700. It was acquired by Casals in 1913. He also played another cello by Goffriller dated 1710, and a Tononi of 1730.

15. Pablo Casals records his first recordings in 1915.

16. Marriage number 2 In 1952, Casals met Marta MontañezMartínez, a young Puerto Rican student who had gone to Spain to participate in the Festival. Casals was very impressed with her and encouraged her to return to Mannes College of Music in New York to continue her studies. On August 3, 1957, at 80, Casals married 20 year old Marta Montañez. They made their permanent residence in the town of Ceiba, and lived in a house called "El Pesebre“.

17. 2 Pablo got married for another time in 1957.

18. Death Casals died in 1973 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, at the age of 96. He was buried at the Puerto Rico National Cemetery. In 1979 his remains were laid to rest in his hometown of El Vendrell, Catalonia.

19. Casals died in 1773.

20. Sources • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Casals • http://www.biography.com/articles/Pablo-Casals-9240446 • http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Casals-Pablo.htm