Claudio Forcada was born in Cordoba, Spain. He taught the violin in Conservatoires and schools of music in Spain from 1993 to 2006. He has coached chamber music for many years since the early 1980s. In 2001, he was selected by the Galician government to formulate the syllabus for a new Bachelor of Music degree.

For three years until 2003 he was the director both of 'The Summer School' at Oleiros in Galicia and of the 'Violin Pedagogy Seminary' where he continued until 2004. In 2004 he was appointed director of the 'International Music School' and he himself founded 'The International Summer School of Music', an organisation based in Madrid which puts on music courses all over Spain. In 2005 he was appointed deputy head at the 'Conservatorio Superior' in La Coruña.

Claudio regularly gives and organises lectures on violin pedagogy and instrumental teaching in the UK and abroad. He is currently writing a thesis

on 'Motor learning and violin pedagogy' at BCU (Birmingham City University), as well as performing in the Altissimo Ensemble and other professional chamber music groups. At present he is settled in north London. He is a trained Suzuki teacher.

Claudio has his own web site at : http://www.claudioforcada.com/