We are delighted to welcome Pau Hernández Santamaria, a trombonist studying for a Master of Performance at the Royal College of Music, as part of our Young Artists’ Platform partnership with the Philharmonia Orchestra.
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The performance will last an hour, and is free with the price of admission.
About Young Artists’ Platform
Our Young Artists’ Platform programme showcases exceptional musicians at the start of their musical career. In partnership with Philharmonia Orchestra, the programme provides monthly recital opportunities for their Philharmonia Instrumental Fellows.
About Pau Hernández Santamaria
Born in Catarroja, Spain, in 2001, trombonist Pau Hernández is currently enrolled in a Master of Performance course at the Royal College of Music as a holder of the ABRSM EU Postgraduate Scholarship. He moved to London in 2019 to study a Bachelor of Music at the Royal College of Music, graduating with honours in July 2023.
Pau has been on trial for second Principal Trombone of the Ulster Orchestra and has performed for some of the best orchestras in the country, including the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, the Philharmonia Orchestra or the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, only to name a few. He was recently awarded a Yamaha Music Europe Foundation Scholarship and he received the 2nd Prize in the British Trombone Society Sackbut Competition both in 2022 and 2024. Aside from his education at the RCM, he has been engaged in several orchestral training schemes such as the Philharmonia Instrumental Fellowship or the BBC Symphony Orchestra Pathway Scheme.
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