Pablo Casals

"Casals" redirects here. For other people with this surname, see Casals (surname). For the medieval rural settlements, see Casalis.

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Casals and the second or maternal family name is Defilló; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Pablo Casals
Casals in 1917 at Carnegie Hall
Born
Pau Casals i Defilló

(1876-12-29)29 December 1876
El Vendrell, Tarragona, Spain
Died22 October 1973(1973-10-22) (aged 96)
Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Occupations
  • Cellist
  • Composer
  • Conductor
Organizations
AwardsPresidential Medal of Freedom
Fritz Kreisler, Harold Bauer, Walter Damrosch and Casals, at Carnegie Hall on 13 March 1917

Pau Casals i Defilló[1][2] (Catalan: [ˈpaw kəˈzalz i ðəfiˈʎo]; 29 December 1876 – 22 October 1973), known in English as Pablo Casals,[3][4][5][6] was a Catalan and Puerto Rican cellist, composer, and conductor. He made many recordings throughout his career of solo, chamber, and orchestral music, including some as conductor, but he is perhaps best remembered for the recordings he made of the Cello Suites by Bach. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy (though the ceremony was presided over by Lyndon B. Johnson).

  1. ^ "25 October 1971- Pau Casals made a speech in the UN".
  2. ^ "Fundació Pau Casals". Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference obit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Sinfinimusic - Deutsche Grammophon". www.emiclassics.com.
  5. ^ Honors To Be Conferred On English Composers: Series of Concerts Devoted to modern Englishmen to be Given in London, The New York Times, 1911-04-09, retrieved 1 August 2009
  6. ^ "Classical Notes - Pablo Casals - the Musician and the Man, By Peter Gutmann". classicalnotes.net.