Born in Barcelona, Marc Serra combines his career as a soloist with an intense activity in the world of lied. Described as a musician who \u201cseems to have a primary, respectful, and intimate relationship with music, as if he understood it from the cortex and breathed life into it\u201d (Diari N\u00favol), he has been praised for his absolute attention to timbre and his sensitivity in evoking sonic nuances, as noted by the Revista Musical Catalana, which describes him as \u201csubtle, sweet, and tender.\u201d
\nMarc made his solo debut at the age of 16 at the Palau de Congressos Auditorium in Girona, performing with the Isaac Alb\u00e9niz Conservatory Orchestra under the baton of Llu\u00eds Caballeria. Throughout his career, he has received awards in numerous national and international competitions. In 2017, he made his debut at the Palau de la M\u00fasica as part of the \u201cEl Primer Palau\u201d series and has performed across Spain and Switzerland in prominent venues such as L\u2019Auditori de Barcelona and the Grosser Saal of the Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik Basel, as well as in festivals like Nits de Cl\u00e0ssica and Jalgi! Voz Festival in Vitoria.
\nAs a lied pianist, he has had the opportunity to debut at renowned festivals such as the Schubert\u00edada de Vilabertran, Oxford Lieder Festival, Toronto Summer Music, and LIFE Victoria in Barcelona, performing in venues like L\u2019Auditori de Barcelona and the Palau de la M\u00fasica.
\nHe studied piano in Barcelona with Maria Jes\u00fas Crespo and in Basel with Claudio Mart\u00ednez Mehner. Additionally, he has deepened his knowledge of lied with Francisco Poyato and Anton Kernjak, receiving guidance from masters such as Luiz de Moura Castro, Ferenc Rados, Hartmut H\u00f6ll, and Wolfram Rieger.
\nHe has been awarded scholarships by the G\u00fcell Foundation (2015) and the Vict\u00f2ria dels \u00c0ngels Foundation, with whom he collaborated on the recording of the CD Pau i Vict\u00f2ria. In recent years, he has worked as a collaborative pianist for the Vict\u00f2ria dels \u00c0ngels Lied Master\u2019s at ESMuC and is currently a vocal coach at the Badalona Conservatory and a professor of the Lied seminar at the Liceu Conservatory\u2019s Higher Music Center.
\nIn January 2025, he made his debut at Carnegie Hall in New York as part of Ren\u00e9e Fleming\u2019s SongStudio program.
\nSince the 2025\u20132026 academic year, he has been the accompanying pianist professor of the \u201cAlfredo Kraus\u201d Voice Chair, Fundaci\u00f3n Ram\u00f3n Areces, at the Reina Sof\u00eda School of Music in Madrid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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