Eulàlia Subirá was born in Barcelona in 1968. She studied cello with Peter Thiemann and María de Macedo in Barcelona and Madrid. From 1991 she decided to specialise in cello pedagogy with Ann Grave, Carey Beth Hockett and Penny Heath in Lyon and London, obtaining her Suzuki Teacher Level 5 certification. Since 1992, Eulàlia has been working as a cello teacher at the Escuela Municipal de Música de Manlleu (Barcelona), where she teaches students from the age of 4. She also specialises in teaching students with disabilities.

In 1998, Eulàlia founded the "Grup de Violoncels de Manlleu" made up of students from 8 to 14 years old, with whom she has given pedagogical concerts in different cities in Catalonia, Spain and England. Eulàlia has given cello courses (for young musicians) in a plethora of countries, including Spain, France, Belgium, England, Palestine, Lithuania, Portugal, Switzerland and Denmark. She has organised seventeen cello courses, the most important being the "VicCelloFestival.cat" (February 2014).

Eulàlia is a certified Suzuki Teacher Trainer since July 2017.

EULÀLIA SUBIRÀ

VIOLONCELLO

Carey Beth Hockett is a cellist and composer from the USA. Renowned for her creative work with ensembles of all sizes, she has trained hundreds of teachers around the world in group teaching techniques. With experience as a certified teacher trainer with both the Suzuki Association of the Americas (SAA) and the European Suzuki Association (ESA), Carey has served on the boards of both organizations and is currently a board member of the International Suzuki Association.

After graduating, majoring in performance at the Eastman School, Carey joined Ithaca Talent Education and became a founding member of the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra. She later moved to England, where she joined the London Suzuki Group and served as Director of Cello Training for the British Suzuki Institute, as well as the Finnish and Dutch Suzuki Associations.

Most recently, Carey has been on the faculty of the Colburn School in Los Angeles, where he has directed the Jumpstart String program, the Cello Choir, and the Cello Ensemble, as well as teaching in the Suzuki department.

Her compositions include Amusements for String Quartet, a collection of short pieces designed to train basic ensemble playing skills, and Diversions for Cello Ensemble, a series of pieces that include elements of body percussion and cello percussion along with regular performance. He has received commissions from the Fairbanks Suzuki Institute, Etobicoke Suzuki Music and the Rocky Mountain Cello Fest, the Western Springs School of Talent Education, and the Aarhus Cello Expo in Denmark.

CAREY BETH HOCKETT

VIOLONCELLO

Alfredo Guerrero is a Spanish cellist and pedagogue, whose life has been deeply marked by music since his childhood in Zaragoza. He began his cello studies with Aleksander Czaykowsky, driven by his parents' enthusiasm. At the age of 14, his talent led him to the Escuela de Música Reina Sofía to study with Frans Helmerson and Ángel Luis Quintana, and he later completed his training in Germany, at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, with Karine Georgian.

His career as a performer has linked him with prestigious orchestras and groups, such as the Orquesta de Radio Televisión Española, the Orquesta Nacional de España, Grupo Enigma, and the Sinfónica Ciudad de Zaragoza, also standing out as a soloist and in chamber music.

In parallel to his performing career, Alfredo has shown a strong commitment to teaching the cello, especially through the Suzuki Method, which he learned under the tutelage of Arantza López and Eulàlia Subirà.

Since 2006, he has been a tenured professor and has worked both at the Conservatorio "Miguel Fleta" in Monzón and, since 2017, at the Conservatorio de Zaragoza, where he teaches young cellists. His pedagogical approach seeks to transmit to his students the love and dedication for music that has guided his own life.

ALFREDO GUERRERO

VIOLONCELLO | MASTECLASS

Jon Cottle is a cellist, improviser, and teacher who lives and works in Barcelona. He studied at Leeds University before receiving a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music in London. During his studies, he developed a keen interest in using the cello to play more modern styles of music, as well as using modern technologies to enhance the natural sound of the cello.

As a musician in London, he played with the Heritage Orchestra, as well as maintaining a busy concert and recording schedule, playing in his own ensembles, and touring Europe, North America, and Japan with the American band Clare & the Reasons and musician Van Dyke Parks. After moving to Barcelona in 2011, he has continued to seek out interesting musicians, currently playing with The Pinkertones, Nubla, Cordes del Mon, Caracara, and the free improvisation group Baktun Ensemble.

Throughout his career, Jon has been an active teacher of the Suzuki Method, both in London and Barcelona. He has taught a variety of courses, including the LSG Summer School in Bryanston and the National Suzuki Workshop in Spain. He also increasingly teaches improvisation and modern music and has been invited to teach at the Barcelona Violin Congress, the Bellaterra Violin Camp, the Avinyó Summer Jazz Course, and the Dale Cuerda Masterclasses.

JON COTTLE

VIOLONCELLO | IMPROVISATION

Dance teacher and choreographer. Her pedagogical and artistic approach is based on accompanying people to get to know, listen to, and care for their own bodies through movement. She has 28 years of experience in teaching various artistic disciplines and training in ballet, jazz dance, and musical theatre. She has collaborated in different theatre projects, musical theatre, and dance festivals as a creator and director.

The methodology with which she works is designed to be a respectful training that attends to people in the physical, mental, and emotional aspects, to respond to the need for a healthy life and an optimal state of mind. He proposes an artistic work of training and awareness that respects the body, increases energy, and improves overall well-being.

In her classes, she applies the Simonson technique, which helps to prepare the body to dance or express itself through body movement. She regularly gives classes and workshops for all people, whether they have practiced any body discipline or not, and for all ages and levels. Classes are adapted to the needs and objectives of each group. She also does training and choreography with theatre and musical theatre groups.

She has worked in ADFO (Osona Functional Diversity Association) for 6 years, in the dance class of the Vic Seminary, in the Vic Music School, in the theatre class of the University of Vic, in the MEMORY school and the Luthier School of Barcelona.

KARINA AMATO

DANCE | BODY EXPRESSION

Based in Barcelona, Roser is a dancer, pedagogue, and PerkImBa artist. She trained in several public schools and at the Conservatori Superior de Dansa del Institut del Teatre de Barcelona, specializing in pedagogy. She has been a member of the PerkImBa company since its inception and for 24 years she has been the director of the LB Dance School in Gavà.

With a deep belief in the transformative power of the arts, she advocates their essential role in the integration of cognition and emotion within the educational process. She is convinced that artistic languages play a fundamental role in the integral development of individuals.

She coordinates dance activities in Barcelona as president of the association "Amigos de la Danza" from where she promotes collaboration between different associations and local entities. Her work encompasses a wide range of disciplines, including dance, movement, music, and the visual and plastic arts, reflecting her commitment to the promotion and cultural enrichment of her city.

ROSER NAVARRO

PERKIMBA

Born in Madrid, she began her musical studies at the Jesús de Monasterio Professional Conservatory in Santander with Marta Gamaza and Francisco San Emeterio. She later moved to Oviedo to continue her higher studies with the pianist Francisco Jaime Pantín and the repertoire player Yolanda Vidal at the CONSMUPA (Conservatorio Superior de Música de Oviedo).

With a scholarship from the Ministry of Education and the Botín Foundation, she has been able to complete her musical studies with different international musicians such as Miguel Ángel Ortega Chavaldas, David Kuyken, Kennedy Moreti, Olga Semushina, Chang Rok Moon, Teresa Pérez Hernández, Hermann Mrongovius, Elza Kolodin, Robert Hatten, Imre Rohmann, Keith Terry, Eric Wen...

She currently combines her role as a repertoire accompanist with her project Songs of Birdland, a record label which, together with the composer Rubio Faviere, brings classical music and jazz to the youngest members of the family.

ALMUDENA DÍEZ

REPERTOIRE PIANIST

Bárbara González Garrido was born in Ávila in 1988 and is currently a cello teacher in Palma de Mallorca. She studied music with Ángel García Jermann, Mark Peters, and Miguel Jiménez. Later, she began studying the Suzuki Method with Arantza López and Eulàlia Subirà, although she has also received advice and inspiration from Carey Hockett, Ruben Rivera, Anja Maja, and Christine Livingston, among others.

In 2016, she founded her cello ensemble called "Cellebrities". Teaching and learning are her passion. He continues to learn and develop new methodologies to teach the instrument that has become the centre of his life: the cello.

BÁRBARA GONZÁLEZ

VIOLONCELLO | STAFF

Glòria Rodoreda Meilán teaches cello and chamber music at the Professional Conservatory of Lleida, and at the Pons Roselló Music School in the same city as a Suzuki Method cello teacher.

She studied cello in Barcelona with Eulàlia Nosàs and Pere Busquets, and in Utrecht (Holland) with Elías Arizcuren and Lenian Benjamin.

After having lived the enriching Suzuki experience with her daughter since she was 3 years old, she decided to start the Suzuki training for teachers with Eulàlia Subirà and Arantza López at the end of 2014 until completing level 4. Training that she has had the fortune to complete with teachers such as Anja Maya, Carey Beth Hockett, Chantal Latil, Tessa Oakley, Ruben Ribera, Christine Livingstone among others. She has been refreshing her training by assiduously attending different Suzuki courses.

This training, together with the one she already had, has given her a deep, robust, and comprehensive understanding of the teaching of the cello and music in general; where respect for the student and his or her pace of learning, together with the joy of doing it, are both the motivating path that leads them to enjoy learning and teaching.

GLÒRIA RODOREDA

VIOLONCELLO | STAFF

Based in Madrid, she studied cello at the Jesús de Monasterio Conservatory in Santander with Marina Kolesnikova and at the Oviedo Conservatory with Viguen Sarkissov. At the same time he received cello and chamber music masterclasses from Asier Polo, Amit Peled, Mikael Samsonov, Natalia Shakoskaya, Álvaro Huertas, Miguel Jiménez, Paulo Gaio Lima, Kenedy Moretti, Richard Aaron, Imre Rohmann, Marta Gulya and Vera Martinez Menher, among others.

Her passion for pedagogy and interest in constant learning led her to begin her training as a Suzuki Method teacher in 2014 with Arantza López and Euàlia Subirà as teacher trainers, also receiving instruction from Carey Beth Hockett, Anja Maja, Chantal Latil, Tessa Oakley and Ruben Rivera, among others. In 2020 she completed level 5 with a profoundly transformed vision of teaching.

She has been invited to teach in Barcelona, Madrid (VII National Suzuki Course), Valencia (Volestiu Summer Courses), at the National Suzuki Workshop organized by the BSMA (2020), Cellofest (UK, 2022 and 2023), Santander (2023), Alicante (2023) and Kortjake Summer Course (France 2023).

She is a passionate teacher committed to the overall development of the student. Her teaching is based on values such as respect, cooperation, and companionship.

Her project is www.cellolabstudio.com, a blog and Instagram account (@cellolabstudio) where she regularly publishes content to bring the Suzuki Method closer to families and teachers.

LUCÍA DÍEZ

VIOLONCELLO | STAFF