Lluís Casanova Marínez

He is currently the principal clarinet of the Franz Schubert Filharmonia and regularly collaborates with the Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra (OBC). He has worked with various orchestras across Europe, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra in London, the Gran Teatre del Liceu Orchestra, ADDA Simfònica of Alicante, Philharmonie Zuidnederland, and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.

In the field of chamber music, he is a founding member of the Bärhof Ensemble and the SenArts Quintet, with which he has received major recognition in leading national and international wind quintet competitions.

He has participated in several chamber music festivals such as the Orlando Festival in the Netherlands, the Pòdiums de Música de Matadepera, the Santander International Music Festival, the Torroella de Montgrí Festival, ClassIK Lanzarote, and Barcelona Obertura, among others.

In addition to the awards obtained with the SenArts Quintet, he has received several chamber music prizes, including second prize at the 16th Ecoparque de Trasmiera Chamber Music Competition (Santander).

He combines his work as a freelance musician with teaching at the Nou Barris Municipal Music School in Barcelona. In the educational field, he also collaborates with the “la Caixa” Foundation through the family show Papageno & Cia.

He completed his higher studies at ESMUC in 2016, specializing in classical and contemporary performance with a focus on clarinet, under the guidance of Josep Fuster Martínez. In June 2018, he completed a Master’s degree in Performance at the Maastricht Conservatory (Netherlands) with Roeland Hendrikx, graduating with the highest honors (Cum Laude) and receiving the Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe scholarship in Utrecht that same year.