Raul Campos

Raul Campos (2002, Barcelona) is a freelance violinist with a lot of curiosity, enthusiasm and an openness towards all kinds of projects. He began his musical education in Catalonia with the Suzuki method, later exploring different instruments and singing in children’s choirs, until it became clear to him that he wanted to continue making music in the future. He studied at the Conservatori de Granollers and the IEA Oriol Martorell, before meeting Rudens Turku, professor at the Stella Privat Hochschule in Feldkirch, a small town in the Austrian mountains, where he completed his Bachelor’s degree in violin.

 

There, he had the opportunity to meet inspiring figures such as Klaus Christa, artistic director of the Pforte Festival, who opened his ears and senses to chamber music, which has become his main passion over the past few years. As a member of the Atenea Quartet, with whom he is currently studying a Master’s degree in Chamber Music at the Musik-Akademie Basel with Rainer Schmidt, Anna Gebert and Anton Kernjak, he gets to explore a wide variety of repertoire. He has performed this repertoire in venues such as Stadtcasino Basel, L’Auditori de Barcelona and Auditorio de Tenerife, as well as experiencing the opportunity to compete at the ARD Competition in Munich.

 

He is also a member of the Ambedo Quartet, with whom he has decided to focus on Haydn’s string quartets, working opus by opus with gut strings and classical bows. Together, they aim to develop a more and more active way of listening, both within the group and harmonically, while trying to approach the music in the most honest way possible. At the same time, he loves bringing together different musicians and exploring different formations.

 

In the orchestral field, he played with the JOSB and JONC, where he also served as concertmaster, and was part of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra Academy. He currently occasionally leads ensembles such as Musique des Lumières and the Pforte Kammerorchester PLUS. He is also closely involved with the Beethoven Project because of the human aspect it brings to the musical experience, and collaborates with professional orchestras on different projects.

 

He also has experience as a teacher, a discipline he enjoys very much and to which he would like to dedicate more time in the future, in a more regular and continuous way.

 

Among the musicians with whom he has made chamber music and who have particularly inspired him are Maria Wloschkovska, Jonathan Aner, Katya Apekisheva, Joel Bardolet, Pablo Hernán, François Poly, Berit Cardas and Marina Grauman, among many others.

 

Raul looks for projects that nourish him both musically and personally, and that surprise him in unexpected ways. This was the case, for example, with his collaboration with the dance company Mal Pelo, or his participation in Haydn’s The Seven Last Words of Christ in the beautiful setting of Disentis, together with the Cantus Firmus choir and its director, Clau Scherrer.