Pablo de Naverán

Born in 1975 in Bilbao, Pablo de Naverán began studying cello at the age of 11 with Mihai Besedovschi. He was admitted at 17 to the prestigious International Menuhin Music Academy, Gstaad (Switzerland), where he studied with Lord Menuhin, Alberto Lysy and Radu Aldulescu, an experience which deeply influenced his career. He later joined Philippe Muller’s class at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where he passed his academic degree, obtaining the highest grade. 


He has won numerous prizes in national and international competitions, such as the Gaspar Cassadó International Cello Competition, the National Spanish Chamber Music Competition for Young Musicians, the first prize of the National Conservatory of Paris and the price of interpretation of the College of Spain in Paris.

Pablo de Naverán has performed in recitals and as a soloist in many countries: Switzerland, Germany, France, Holland, Belgium, Sweden, Austria, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Argentina, Ukraine and Japan, and in high places of music such as the Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires), the Tokyo and Osaka Symphony Hall, the Victoria Hall (Geneva), the Romanian Athenaeum (Bucharest), the Tonhalle (Zürich), the Philharmonie (Berlin), the Teatro Arriaga ( Bilbao) and the Mozarteum (Salzburg).  Given his particular interest in chamber music, he has been invited to perform in prestigious festivals: Cello-Fest (Belgrade), Festival de Radio-France (Montpellier), Menuhin Festival (Gstaad), Salzburg Festival, Midis- Minimes (Brussels), Prussia Cove (England), Festival do Estoril (Portugal), Festival of Torroella (Spain), Festival Lysy (Argentina), Incontri Musicali (Siena), Festival Ibérico (Spain), Festival di Pompei (Italy), Schubert Festival (Austria).  Hailed by the international press for his exceptional musical talent and his communication skills, Pablo de Naverán has won over audiences and critics from an early age. His varied discography for houses like Dinemec Classics (Switzerland), Hilargi (Spain), Several Records (Spain) or Stil (France), has been enthusiastically received in the media and in the public.

At the age of 27, he was hired as a cello and chamber music teacher at the International Menuhin Academy in Switzerland, as well as a solo cellist at Camerata Lysy. He was a professor at the Higher Conservatory of Music of Extremadura (Spain) and he is currently a full-time permanent professor at the International Menuhin Music Academy in Switzerland (in Rolle) where he already gave regular lessons. He is also regularly invited to give master classes in Switzerland, Spain, Belgium and Portugal.  



Pablo de Naverán plays on a Carlo Antonio Testore cello from 1723.