Carlos Vallés García
viola
career / background
Carlos studied at the Conservatory of Music of Catalonia (Barcelona) with Ashan Pillai and the Cuarteto Casals. Since 2009 he has lived in Basel, where he completed a Master's in Musical Performance and a Master's in Music Education with Silvia Simionescu.
He has also completed a chamber music graduate course with Rainer Schmidt, Walter Levin and Oliver Wille at the Music Academy Basel and a "Certificate of Excellence" with Leila Schayegh at the Schola Cantorum Basilensis.
He attended master classes with Vincent Fillatreau, Thomas Ribel, Walter Küssner, Harmut Rohde, Wolfram Christ and Frenec Rados, among others. Carlos won first prize at the Sant Anastasi Competition and was a finalist at the II Certamen Nacional de Intercentros.
He is currently a member of the Basel Chamber Orchestra and the Basel Sinfonietta. Carlos is also an active chamber musician with the Duo Euterpe and the Ensemble Media Res.