courtesy of Luís Montesdeoca Domínguez

Abel TOMAS REALP,Violin

Violinist Abel Tomàs was born in Barcelona in 1980 and began to play the violin seven years old, studying later with Zakhar Bron and Sergei Fatkouline at the Escuela Superior de Música in Madrid from 1995 until 1998. He completed his studies at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne with Viktor Tretjakov.

In 1993, Abel won First Prize at the Concurso internacional de niños y jovenes solistas instrumentistas in Córdoba, Argentina, and again in 1994 at the national competition Ciutat de Manresa. He has appeared as soloist with numerous orchestras including the Orquestra del Empordà, Orquesta de cámara de la Escuela Reina Sofía and the Orquestra simfònica de Barcelona i nacional de Catalunya and worked with such renowned conductors as James Judd and Zubin Mehta.

Abel has given numerous recitals in important concert halls throughout Spain including Fundación Juan March, Circulo de Belles Artes and the Real Academia de Belles Artes de San Fernando, from which his recital was broadcast live over Spanish national radio. He has collaborated in chamber music projects with such artists as Gerard Caussé, Harald Schoneweg and Marta Gulyàs.