Winner of the Royal Over-Seas League Strings Competition 2023 he has also been selected for the Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artist and Tillett Debut schemes, giving him plenty of performance experience from a young age. An avid chamber musician, Gerard has collaborated with renowned artists such as Daniel Hope, Roger Vignoles, Jens Peter Maintz, Linus Roth and the Doric Quartet.

Flotats has been invited to perform at music festivals around the world such as Yellow Barn, IMS Prussia Cove, the Hope Academy, Mendelssohn on Mull, Schiermonnikoog and Santander Encuentro. Future engagements include Dvořák’s Cello Concerto and Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major scheduled for 2024 and recitals around the UK in venues such as St. George’s Bristol and Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall.

He is an active member of various orchestras and was principal cellist of the European Youth Orchestra (EUYO) in 2022 and has also led the RAM and JONDE orchestras. He is invited to play with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment ‘OAE’ and the Spanish National Orchestra ‘ONE’, and has worked with conductors such as Iván Fischer, Masaaki Suzuki, and Christoph Eschenbach.

Gerard is a current master’s student at the Royal Academy of Music with “Jacqueline du Pré Professor of Cello” Hannah Roberts, and also studies Baroque cello with Andrew Skidmore and Chamber music with John Myerscough. At the Academy, he has won the Regency Award, as well as the Homi Kanga, Duo, and Craxton Prizes. He is indebted to many esteemed cellists for their guidance and influence, especially his previous mentors Richard May, Peter Thiemann and Xavier Roig. Gerard has participated in masterclasses with cellists such as Steven Isserlis, Mischa Maisky, Frans Helmerson, Miklos Perenyi, Jens Peter Maintz, Steven Doane, Gary Hoffman, Hilel Zori, Gustav Rivinius, Colin Carr and Sung Won Yang.

Gerard is grateful for the generous support he receives from Help Musicians, The Muster Trust, The Albert Cooper Trust and the Craxton Trust. He currently plays on a ‘Francesco Rugeri’ cello from 1689, loaned from the Royal Academy of Music Collection. He has to return this cello soon, so he is looking to borrow another instrument for a longer-term loan.