The clarinetist, Pablo Barragán is recognised for his refined sound paired with a high skill of craftsmanship, stage charisma and boundless curiosity for the programming of his performances.
Pablo trained at the Seville Conservatory with Antonio Salguero and with Matthias Glander at the Fundación Barenboim-Said in Seville.
He is the winner of the Prix Crédit Suisse Jeunes Solistes (2013), amongst other competitions.
He has worked with orchestras such as the Brucknerhaus Orchestra Linz, the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Televisión Española, and the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra with conductors such as Anja Bihlmaier, Thomas Dausgaard, Daniel Raiskin, and Zsolt Hamar.
Pablo collaborates with chamber music partners such as Liza Ferschtmann, Elena Bashkirova, Beatrice Rana, Kian Soltani, Emmanuel Pahud, the Modigliani Quartet and the Schumann Quartet.
His chamber music invitations have included performances at the Rheingau Music Festival, Classiche Form, the Martha Argerich Festival, Wigmore Hall London and Tonhalle Zurich.
The 2023/24 season brings solo appearances with orchestras such as the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra in Neumarkt and at the Heidelberger Frühling, led by cellist & conductor István Várdai; the Brasov Philharmonic under Paul Meyer, and the Bursa Philharmonic under Adrian Prabava, among others.
He has also been invited to open the season for the Cordoba Symphony Orchestra under Alvaro Albiach.
In the realm of chamber music, he will perform with Noa Wildschut and pianist Frank Dupree at Konzerthaus Dortmund and the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, among other venues.
Further concerts bring him to the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Cologne Philharmonic Hall, Teatro Ristori Verona and Auditorium C. Pollini Padova with the Sitkovetsky Trio and the Cremona Quartet to Amici della Musica in Florence.
Other festival invitations include the Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival, Kaposfest (Hungary), Beethovenfest (Bonn), Festival Monteleón (León), and Música Musika (Bilbao).
Pablo will also participate in a South America tour with the Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival Ensemble.
Pablo’s curiosity and creativity are reflected in his 2022 album BOUNDLESS, uniting the sound worlds of Weinberg, Bernstein, Prokofiev and Poulenc, released on Aparté Music.
Together with Noa Wildschut and Frank Dupree he will release a new recording (2024/25) for the label Accentus Classic.
Since 2020, Pablo Barragán has been a Professor at the Barenboim-Said Academy Seville and teaches master classes at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía Madrid.
In 2024, Pablo Barragán became an artist of SCV Ligatures.
He uses the Fusion Ligature.