Marc Pujol (Bass)

Born in Barcelona, got the piano teacher qualification in the Academia Ars Nova with Raquel Millàs. At the same time, studied violin with Alberto Chacra and coral direction with the  master Manel Cabero. Started his singing studies with the teacher Montserrat Pueyo and later with Maty Pinkas, Singing Professor in the Higher State Singing Academy of Sofia (Bulgary). Has received classes of Eric Halfvarson, Paata Burchuladze, Plácido Domingo and Edda Moser. 

Has taken part in the Francisco Viñas Music Internacional Competition and in “l´Académie Internationale d´Eté de Nice”. Prizewinner of a grant to take part in “l´Académie Musicale de Villecroze” and work with Lorraine Nubar , teacher in the Julliard School of New York. 

During the 2006/2007 has studied and worked in the Bayerisches Staatsoper  München, where has carried out as main role the German version of La pietra del paragone de Rossini, Die Liebesprobe. 

In song, specialized in German lied and French and Russian song. Works the German lied and the French song with Dalton Baldwin. Has carried out several recitals, standing out in his repertory Dichterliebe of Schumann, Vier Ernste Gesänge of J. Brahms, Michelangelo-lieder of Wolf, D. Qichotte of Ibert and las Canciones y Danzas de la Muerte of Mussorgski.   

As oratorio soloist, has song the Messiah of Haendel with the “Orquestra de l´Acadèmia del Liceu”, several cantatas of J.S. Bach, the Requiem of Faurè, la Misa de la Coronación, la Gran Misa en Do menor KV 427, the Requiem and several Misas Brevis of W. A. Mozart, the Orfeo of Haydn with the “Orquesta Sinfónica de Granada” and has taken part in the XIIIª Schubertiada of Vilabertrán singing la Misa en Sol Mayor of Schubert D.167 with the “Orquestra de Cambra del Liceu”.  

In the opera, has performed Leporello of D. Giovanni de Mozart, D. Basilio a Il Barbiere di Siviglia of Rossini, Colline a La Bohème of Puccini, Oroveso a la Norma de Bellini, Le Comte Des Grieux de Manon of J. Massenet, Le Duc de Vérone in the opera Romeo y Julieta of Gounoud, Tom a Un ballo in maschera of Verdi, Sprecher a Zauberflöte of Mozart, el Colas de Bastià y Bastiana of Mozart and Dido y Aeneas of Purcell. Has worked in the opera-ballet Pulcinella of Igor Stravinsky and has performed for the first time“El Mercader de Somnis” of Salvador Brotons, conducted for the same compositor, and Die Erste Liebe Musik Theater für Jugendliche of Minas Borbouakis. Recently, has performed  the role of Rei Barbut in La filla del Rei Barbut of Matilde Salvador. 

Has been conducted for Kent Nagano, Ivor Bolton, Daniel Oren, Christopher Hogwood, Antoni Ros-Marbà, Victor-Pablo Pérez, Pep Vila. 

Has taken part of the “Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música Catalana” with the direction of Jordi Casas, where he has performed different collaborations as soloist and the  recording of the Taltabull Chinese Songs.