Marta Cascales Alimbau

Marta Cascales Alimbau, a Barcelona-born pianist and composer, creates music that blends classical roots with a contemporary, minimalist, and poetic essence, reminiscent of &#64;<a href="spotify:artist:7E3BRXV9ZbCt5lQTCXMTia" data-name="Ólafur Arnalds">Ólafur Arnalds</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2VZNmg4vCnew4Pavo8zDdW" data-name="Max Richter">Max Richter</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:14YzutUdMwS9yTnI0IFBaD" data-name="Hania Rani">Hania Rani</a>. Her peaceful and intimate compositions offer a calming refuge.

Her discography includes the EP <a href="spotify:album:1czQZNkHtjtE8OJ7eGga1C" data-name="Light-House">Light-House</a> (2018) the LP <a href="spotify:album:5agqTwUeQJvBFmZjvLSfHG" data-name="Anoche">Anoche</a> (2020), and singles released through New York label Sonder House and Prisma Music. Marta&#39;s track <a href="spotify:track:69hsrgK6UtDli2C17OWO5v" data-name="Almost Here">Almost Here</a> has been featured on Spotify Editorial Playlists like &#64;<a href="spotify:playlist:60Zh4t2ieuI1EkOmiLk9Qw" data-name="Piano in the Background1">Piano in the Background1</a> and <a href="spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DX3TPMgP3ojGS" data-name="Coffee and Piano">Coffee and Piano</a>, reaching 2M streams. She also appears on the Official Piano Day Album compilation released via Nils Frahm&#39;s label LEITER, alongside artists as &#64;<a href="spotify:artist:4h007MV1JX5Lfnz7kL7Bie" data-name="Yann Tiersen">Yann Tiersen</a> and &#64;<a href="spotify:artist:5XaT1otgH5hpyqjkDbt8d0" data-name="Liam Mour">Liam Mour</a>.

It’s also remarkable her parallel project with singer-songwriter <a href="spotify:artist:6jAPownr6lSuJgNqv1dzR9" data-name="Grauwi">Grauwi</a> , featuring their acclaimed debut album <a href="spotify:album:13U2qRxfl8OZCezo0t7xsx" data-name="Contradictions">Contradictions</a>, and the invitation by legendary label Deutsche Grammophon to be part of the album &#39;Fragments&#39;.

She has performed at notable festivals and venues such as Trans Musicales (FR), Piano City Milano Festival (IT), Kosmoskonzerte Berlin (GE), and Rockwood Music Hall (New York). On stage she exudes raw emotion and charisma while dazzling fans with her exquisite piano playing.

She studied composition and piano at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp and Taller de Músics Barcelona, and has been a resident artist in San Francisco, Florence, and Tokyo. Marta is one of five emerging artists supported by Creative Europe of the European Union.