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Víctor García García
Cello

Victor Garcia Garcia is a Spanish cellist specialized in historical performance. He enjoys a varied and international musical career as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral player. Alongside his activities as a performer, he holds a position of historical cello teacher in the Conservatory of Utrech. His interest towards research led him to conclude a doctoral degree at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, focusing on the performance practice of cellists that lived around Beethoven.

In 2024, Victor was awarded the 1st Prize at the Bach

International Competition in Leipzig. He is furthermore a

prizewinner of other international competitions, such as the

York International Young Artist Competition (1st Prize), the

Händel Competition in Göttingen (1st Prize) and the Witold

Lutoslawski Cello Competition in Warsaw (the 2nd Prize).

Victor was also Artist in Residence in the Schloss

Weissenbrunn Music Academy in the 2022 season. In 2021,

he received the AAOBS-Femás scholarship of the Baroque

Orchestra of Seville and the Prize “Andalusian of the

Future” in the cultural category.

Víctor obtained his bachelor’s degree and a Master in Soloist Performance at the University of Arts in Berlin, in the class of Prof. Jens Peter Maintz. After that, he continued his education with David Watkin at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where he obtained a master’s degree in Historically Informed Performance Practice.

Victor performs regularly with ensembles such as the

Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Utopia, Balthasar Neumann

Orchestra and the Millenium Orchestra. He has also been

part of the Monteverdi Apprentices Programme at the

Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, the Collegium

Vocale Gent Academy and the Academy of the Balthasar

Neumann Ensembles.

Anton Kraft - Duettino aus der Zauberflöte. Andantino

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Anton Kraft - Duettino aus der Zauberflöte. Andantino

ANTON KRAFT (1749-1820) - Divertissements d’une difficulté progressive for Violoncello and Basso Op. 7 III. Duettino aus der Zauberflöte. Andantino Víctor García García, cello (Anton Kraft) Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde, basso (Nikolaus Kraft) Clip taken from the project: BENEFIT CONCERT ON BEHALF OF ANTON KRAFT Benefit concerts were a very important source of income for musicians in the late 18th and early 19th Centuries. They were an opportunity for presenting themselves at a concert evening, curated by themselves. Other colleagues would normally take part in the performance, either in chamber music settings or even as accompaniment in virtuoso pieces. Thus, the idea behind this project is presenting a modern recreation of what a benefit concert on behalf of Anton Kraft might have been. In this case, it will count with the imaginary collaboration of his son Nikolaus Kraft and Ignaz Schuppanzigh, first violin of the string quartet under the same name where both Krafts acted as cellists. Recorded at the Lutherse Kerk in Groningen (NL) in spring 2021 Concept and Artistic Direction: Víctor García García Supervised by: Prof. David Watkin and Prof. George Kennaway. Submitted as part of a Doctorate in Performing Arts portfolio at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Video & Sound: Andrea Friggi Camera Assistant: Mateusz Pusiewicz

Anton Kraft - Fantasia Fugata

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Anton Kraft - Fantasia Fugata

ANTON KRAFT (1749-1820) - Divertissements d’une difficulté progressive for Violoncello and Basso Op. 7 VIII. Fantasia Fugata Víctor García García, cello (Anton Kraft) Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde, basso (Nikolaus Kraft) Clip taken from the project: BENEFIT CONCERT ON BEHALF OF ANTON KRAFT Benefit concerts were a very important source of income for musicians in the late 18th and early 19th Centuries. They were an opportunity for presenting themselves at a concert evening, curated by themselves. Other colleagues would normally take part in the performance, either in chamber music settings or even as accompaniment in virtuoso pieces. Thus, the idea behind this project is presenting a modern recreation of what a benefit concert on behalf of Anton Kraft might have been. In this case, it will count with the imaginary collaboration of his son Nikolaus Kraft and Ignaz Schuppanzigh, first violin of the string quartet under the same name where both Krafts acted as cellists. Recorded at the Lutherse Kerk in Groningen (NL) in spring 2021 Concept and Artistic Direction: Víctor García García Supervised by: Prof. David Watkin and Prof. George Kennaway. Submitted as part of a Doctorate in Performing Arts portfolio at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Video & Sound: Andrea Friggi Camera Assistant: Mateusz Pusiewicz

B. Romberg - Spanish Rondo op. 13

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B. Romberg - Spanish Rondo op. 13

BERNHARD ROMBERG (1767-1841) Capricho y Rondo en el gusto español con una miscelania de Bolero, Gitano, Cachirulo y Zorongo for Cello and String Quartet Op. 13 (1799) (42:45) Víctor García García, cello (Nikolaus Kraft) Xenia Gogu, violin Claudia Sansón Mora, violin Celia Hernández Doval, viola Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde, cello (Schuppanzigh Quartett) Clip taken from the project: BENEFIT CONCERT ON BEHALF OF ANTON KRAFT Benefit concerts were a very important source of income for musicians in the late 18th and early 19th Centuries. They were an opportunity for presenting themselves at a concert evening, curated by themselves. Other colleagues would normally take part in the performance, either in chamber music settings or even as accompaniment in virtuoso pieces. Thus, the idea behind this project is presenting a modern recreation of what a benefit concert on behalf of Anton Kraft might have been. In this case, it will count with the imaginary collaboration of his son Nikolaus Kraft and Ignaz Schuppanzigh, first violin of the string quartet under the same name where both Krafts acted as cellists. Recorded at the Lutherse Kerk in Groningen (NL) in spring 2021 Concept and Artistic Direction: Víctor García García Supervised by: Prof. David Watkin and Prof. George Kennaway. Submitted as part of a Doctorate in Performing Arts portfolio at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Video & Sound: Andrea Friggi Camera Assistant: Mateusz Pusiewicz

Anton Kraft - Sonata in F Major for cello and basso

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Anton Kraft - Sonata in F Major for cello and basso

ANTON KRAFT (1749-1820) - Sonata in F Major for Cello and Basso Continuo (copy by J. Seydl in 1804) I. Moderato II. Adagio un poco Andante III. Finale Allegretto. Andantino. Allegretto. Andantino. Andante Víctor García García, cello (Anton Kraft) Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde, basso (Nikolaus Kraft) Clip taken from the project: BENEFIT CONCERT ON BEHALF OF ANTON KRAFT Benefit concerts were a very important source of income for musicians in the late 18th and early 19th Centuries. They were an opportunity for presenting themselves at a concert evening, curated by themselves. Other colleagues would normally take part in the performance, either in chamber music settings or even as accompaniment in virtuoso pieces. Thus, the idea behind this project is presenting a modern recreation of what a benefit concert on behalf of Anton Kraft might have been. In this case, it will count with the imaginary collaboration of his son Nikolaus Kraft and Ignaz Schuppanzigh, first violin of the string quartet under the same name where both Krafts acted as cellists. Recorded at the Lutherse Kerk in Groningen (NL) in spring 2021 Concept and Artistic Direction: Víctor García García Supervised by: Prof. David Watkin and Prof. George Kennaway. Submitted as part of a Doctorate in Performing Arts portfolio at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Video & Sound: Andrea Friggi Camera Assistant: Mateusz Pusiewicz

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