Carles Magraner was born in Almussafes (province of Valencia) and studied music at Carcaixent, the Conservatorio Superior de Valencia (cello and musicology), Toulouse and Amsterdam (viola de arco). He is a professor of cello and viola da gamba, though most of his progessional group is done with the group Capella de Ministrers, which he founded in Valencia in 1987 and of which he is still director.