Biography
Marc Serra is a pianist born in Barcelona who combines his solo career with an intense activity in the world of Lied. Described as a musician who "seems to have a primary, respectful, and intimate relationship with music, as if he understands it from the cortex and breathes life into it" (Diari Núvol), he has been praised for his absolute attention to timbre and his sensitivity in evoking sound nuances, as noted by Revista Musical Catalana, which calls him "subtle, sweet, and tender."
Marc debuted as a soloist at the age of 16 at the Auditori Palau de Congressos de Girona, performing with the Orquestra del Conservatori Isaac Albéniz under the baton of Lluís Caballeria. Throughout his career, he has been awarded in numerous national and international competitions. In 2017, he debuted at the Palau de la Música as part of the "El Primer Palau" series and has performed concerts across Spain and Switzerland in renowned venues such as L’Auditori de Barcelona and the Grosser Saal of the Hochschule für Musik Basel, as well as festivals like Nits de Clàssica and Jalgi! Voz Festival in Vitoria.
As a Lied pianist, he has had the opportunity to debut at prestigious festivals such as the Schubertíada de Vilabertran, the Oxford Lieder Festival, and LIFE Victoria in Barcelona, performing in venues like L’Auditori de Barcelona and the Palau de la Música.
He studied piano in Barcelona with Maria Jesús Crespo and in Basel with Claudio Martínez Mehner. Additionally, he has deepened his knowledge of Lied with Francisco Poyato and Anton Kernjak, receiving guidance from masters such as Luiz de Moura Castro, Ferenc Rados, Hartmut Höll, and Wolfram Rieger.
Marc has been awarded scholarships by the Güell Foundation (2015) and the Victòria de los Ángeles Foundation, with whom he collaborated on the recording of the CD "Pau i Victòria." In recent years, he has served as a collaborative pianist for the Lied Master’s program at ESMuC and currently works as a répétiteur for singing at the Conservatori de Badalona.
He debuted at Carnegie Hall in New York in January 2025 as part of Renée Fleming's SongStudio program.
