Anna Serret Almenara

Concert pianist and professor of music

Described as an optimum musician with unwonted abilities and praised

for her extremely pleasant and unheard pianism, Anna Serret Almenara
stands out on the international scene as an unprecedented pianist.

Born in Barcelona in 1988, her main piano training took place under the
guidance of Professor Jordi Vilapriny. She is also disciple of Xavier Boliart
and Carles Guinovart with whom she acquired a solid musical knowledge on
harmony, composition and analysis, obtaining a deep understanding of
music, present in her interpretations. Her repertoire is impressively broad,
and comprises both famous and lesser-known masterworks from the
Renaissance to nowadays.

After graduating with highest first class honors with distinction in Barcelona
Music Conservatory and Escola Superior de Msica de Catalunya, and having
won several national and international prizes, her understanding of art led
her to deliberately avoid competition circuit, devoting herself to giving
concerts and teaching.

She has performed as a recitalist, soloist and chamber musician in numerous

series and international music festivals in Europe, both in intimate recitals
and in big halls such as LAuditori and Palau de la Msica. Some of her
performances have been broadcasted on the radio and television and she has
premiered works of catalan composers. She is currently working on her next
recordings, that are going to be released shortly.

Her enlightening research discoveries together with her unique interpretations, such as Chopins last work played as an
autobiographical bar per year composition, brought her to hold numerous concerts and conferences, publish articles in
renowned specialized journals, be the subject of a documentary on Catalonia Television, and inaugurate the Chopin
Bicentenary celebrations in Barcelona.

After taking postgraduate and perfectioning studies with Albert Attenelle, she continued studying with Paul Badura
Skoda, following his courses and master classes in Portugal, Catalonia and Italy. Her interest in learning led her to receive
workshops and masterclasses with more than twenty renowned piano masters from all over the world, including Vitaly
Margulis, Seppo Salovius, Boris Berman, Edith Fischer, Christian Zacharias, Josep Colom, Rita Wagner, Luca Chiantore,
Arthur Shoonderwoerd and Luiz de Moura Castro, through whom she has received a rich pianistic legacy and pedagogical
influence.

She is much sought-after as a teacher and is Professor of Music at the prestigious Barcelona Conservatory of Music, where
she was appointed being only twenty-two years old, becoming the most experienced of her generation in the preparation
of professional pianists and musicians. Among other music fields, her main teaching includes piano, chamber music,
harmony, analysis and improvisation. She has been invited to impart masterclasses in several European conservatories
and academies.

Anna Serret Almenara is pioneer in Spain and one of the pioneers worldwide in the use of the new harmonic pedal, a
fourth pedal that brings to the piano the harmonic resonance effect. This pedal has allowed her to expand the
interpretative approaches to piano repertoire.

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