Baldrís, Carlota

Carlota Baldrís Rafecas obtained her intermediary piano certificate at the Conservatory of Tarragona, and the advanced certificate in music theory, and composition and instrumentation with Xavier Boliart, and electro-acoustic music with Albert Llanas, at the MS Conservatory of Barcelona. She studied piano with Núria del Clos, Àngel Soler, Albert Giménez Attenelle and Liliana Mafiotte, and received master classes from Monique Deschaussé. She has also taken courses in music for films, with José Nieto; contemporary music, with Jean Pierre Dupuy and Agustí Charles; orchestra and choir direction, with Antoni Ros Marbà and Francesc Llongueres; and in jazz, with Manel Camp and Francesc Capella, to name just a few.
She has taught musical language and harmony at Pau Casals del Vendrell Municipal School of Music since it was founded in 1986. She was on the judges’ panel for the Conservatory of Tarragona’s 2006 Composition Competition, among others. She is a patron of the Fundació Pau Casals, and is a member of the Col·lectiu de Compositors de Tarragona (Tarragona Composers Collective), and in 2001 was awarded the Teresina Martorell prize.
Her musical production is made up of works destined for different disciplines and formations such as chamber and choir pieces. She has also ventured into the world of both pop and electronic music, and has written for ballet, theatre, radio, television, advertising and short films. Several of her works have been recorded on CD, including the release of the single Rap solidari (Solidarity Rap), to raise money for the victims of the 2005 tsunami, recorded at Pau Casals Municipal School of Music.