Actor · Music
Born Dec 29, 1876 · El Vendrell, Catalonia, Spain
Active 1960–1973 · Awards: Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award, Gold Medal of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal, United Nations Peace Medal
Born of a Catalan father and Puerto Rican mother in the small town of Vendrell, Spain, Casals began his career performing music with his father Charles in church.