Cellist, conductor, and composer, born in Vendrell, Spain. He studied at the Royal Conservatory, Madrid, became professor of cello at Barcelona, and in 1899 began to appear as a soloist. In 1919 he founded the Barcelona Orchestra, which he conducted until he left Spain at the outbreak of the Civil War (1936). In 1950 he founded an annual festival of classical chamber music in Prades, France. His own compositions consist of choral and chamber works. During his later years, he conducted master classes.