Laia Magrí
Department of Classical and Contemporary Music
Born in Lleida in 1984, she began her musical studies in piano at the age of six and took up the bassoon at the age of fourteen at the conservatory of the same city.
She graduated from the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC) under the guidance of David Tomàs and Giorgio Mandolesi, and from the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin with Volker Tessmann.
In parallel to her higher education studies, she underwent a Praktikum from 2010 to 2013 with the Staatsorchester Braunschweig, and in 2013, she joined the Bremer Philharmoniker as second bassoon and contrabassoon until 2016, when she began a master's degree in orchestral refinement at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar with Frank Forst, Selim Aykal, and Thomas Kollikowski.
Expanding her orchestral experience, she has performed with world-renowned orchestras such as die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the NDR Radiophilharmonie, and the Orchestre de Paris, among others, working under the baton of Pavo Järvi, Herbert Blomstedt, Michael Sanderling, and Zubin Mehta.
She also collaborates with orchestras like the Orquesta del Gran Teatre del Liceu, the Orquesta del Palacio de las Artes Reina Sofía de Valencia, the Orquestra de Cadaqués, the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona (OBC), the Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi, and the Orquesta de Radio Television Española (RTVE), among others.
Currently, she is a professor of contrabassoon, specific instrumental repertoire, and secondary bassoon at the ESMUC, and she also recently joined the Conservatori de Música de Lleida.