Claes Gunnarsson

Swedish classical cellist, born on 13 June 1976 in Gothenburg. He started to learn the cello and the piano at the age of seven. When he was sixteen he entered the Gothenburg College of Music where he in 1996 got his Master of Music and Soloist Diploma. 1996-99 he was a student at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, studying with the world renowned cellist Ralph Kirshbaum.