Pablo Casals AKA Pau Carlos Salvador Defillo de Casals Born: 29-Dec-1876 Birthplace: Vendrell, Spain Died: 22-Oct-1973 Location of death: Río Piedras, Puerto Rico Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Buried, Cementiri del Vendrell, Tarragona, Spain
Gender: Male Religion: Roman Catholic Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Cellist, Conductor Nationality: Spain Executive summary: Spanish cellist and conductor Discovered by Isaac Albéniz playing in a cafe. Father: Carlos de Casals (church organist) Mother: Pilar Defillo Girlfriend: Guilhermina Suggia (cellist, cohabited 1907-13) Wife: Susan Metcalfe (socialite, m. 1914, sep. 1920, div.) Wife: Francesca Vidal de Capdevila (m. 1955, d. 1955) Wife: Marta Angélica Montañez y Martinez (his pupil, m. 3-Apr-1957, until his death)
Teacher: Paris Conservatory (1897)
Presidential Medal of Freedom 1963 Puerto Rican Ancestry Maternal
Author of books:
Joys and Sorrows; Reflections (1973, memoir)
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