Pablo Barragán

This evening it was Pablo Barragán who had you under his spell. In addition to his perfect performance style in all respects, it was precisely his soulful tone that kept you holding your breath in suspense.” (Westdeutsche Zeitung)

The clarinetist, Pablo Barragán, is recognised for his refined sound paired with a high skill of craftsmanship, stage charisma, and boundless curiosity for the programming of his performances.

Pablo Barragán trained at the Seville Conservatory with Antonio Salguero and with Matthias Glander at the Fundación Barenboim-Said in Seville. He is the winner of the Prix Crédit Suisse Jeunes Solistes in 2013, amongst other competitions.

He has worked with orchestras such as the Brucknerhaus Orchestra Linz, the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Televisión Española, and the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, with conductors such as Anja Bihlmaier, Thomas Dausgaard, Daniel Raiskin, and Zsolt Hamar.

Pablo Barragán is one of the most sought-after clarinetists and chamber music partners. He holds the honour of working regularly with wonderful musicians such as Elena Bashkirova, Beatrice Rana, Kian Soltani, Yuliana Avdeeva, Emmanuel Pahud, the Modigliani Quartet, the Sitkovetsky Trio, the Cremona Quartet, and the Schumann Quartet. His chamber music invitations include performances at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Philharmonie Köln, the Konzerthaus Dortmund, the Rheingau Music Festival, Classiche Form, the Martha Argerich Festival, the Wigmore Hall London, and the Tonhalle Zurich.

In the 2024/25 season, Pablo Barragán will give several solo concerts with orchestras, including his performance with the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra in Kronberg with Karl Amadeus Hartmann's Chamber Concerto, conducted by Barragán himself. He will perform Mozart's Clarinet Concerto with the SUK Symphony Orchestra Prague under the baton of Wilhelm F. Walz, the Biel Solothurn Symphony Orchestra under Yannis Pousporikas, and the Orquesta Camerata Musicalis, with whom he will also make his debut at the Auditorio Nacional de Música. Other concert engagements include the Stadtorchester Thun, where he will perform Stanford's Clarinet Concerto.

This season, his work as a chamber musician is in great demand, and he has been invited to the Marvao Festival, the Kaposfest, the March Music Days in Ruse, the Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival, the Zwischentöne Engelberg, the Mosel Music Festival, and the Schaumburg Castle Concerts. Together with Noa Wildschut and Frank Dupree, he is a guest at the Beethoven-Haus Bonn, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the NFM Wroclaw, the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the Nymphenburg Summer Festival. Further concerts with the Cremona Quartet will take place throughout the season.