Gerard Flotats

Gerard Flotats is a Catalan cellist born in 2001. He is the winner of the Royal Overseas League Strings Competition 2023, the Regency Award and the Duo Prize and Craxton Prize at the RAM. He is a Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artist and has been invited to music festivals around Europe such as IMS Prussia Cove, Mendelssohn on Mull with the Doric Quartet, Schiermonnikoog, Santander Encuentro and the Hope Academy. Gerard has performed alongside renowned artists such as Brett Dean, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Guy Johnston, and Latica Honda-Rosenberg.

Gerard started his studies in his hometown with Xavier Roig and Peter Thiemann and moved to the UK to study with Richard May at Wells Cathedral School with a scholarship in 2016. He is currently at the Royal Academy of Music with Hannah Roberts as an ABRSM scholar. He also studies Baroque cello with Andrew Skidmore and Chamber music with John Myerscough He is an active member of various orchestras and was principal cellist of the European Youth Orchestra (EUYO) in 2022 and has led the RAM and JONDE orchestras. He is often invited to play with the Spanish National Orchestra ‘ONE’.

Gerard is grateful for the support received from Help Musicians, The Muster Trust, The Albert
Cooper Trust and the Craxton Trust and currently plays on a ‘Francesco Rugeri’ cello from 1689, generously loaned from the Royal Academy of Music.