Joan Plana Nadal
violin

Violinist Joan Plana alternates his career in the US and Europe between the worlds of both modern and baroque violin. He is the recipient of several prizes and awards, including the "Jeanne Lamon Scholarship Award", "Arjau Competition" contemporary music prize (Barcelona) and the "Achievement Award" from the Cleveland Institute of Music. As a soloist and chamber musician, Joan has performed concerts in Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, England, Canada and the US. He has recorded for radio stations including the BBC, RAI, TVE, WCLV and WFMT.

An advocate of contemporary music, he has premiered several works from Spanish and American composers, some of them written especially for him. He plays regularly with groups such as Barcelona 216, Insonica, Axiom Ensemble and NJE at Juilliard. A founding member of the baroque ensemble CONCITATO, Joan also plays with a variety of early music groups around the country, with appearances in Cleveland, New York, Chicago, Aspen, Boston and Ravinia.

Born in Lleida, Spain, he holds degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya (Barcelona). His principal teachers include Paul Kantor, Kai Gleusteen and the Ysaye Quartet. Joan currently resides in New York, where he is an inaugural member of The Juilliard School's Historical Performance Program, studying with Monica Huggett and Cynthia Roberts.