[1] Clerch was born in 1965 in Havana and had pursued the Guitar as a child with his first teacher Leopoldina Nuñez.
His teachers were Marta Cuervo, Antonio Rodriguez, Rey Guerra, Isaac Nicola, Costas Cotsiolis, Leo Brouwer and studied composition with Carlos Fariñas.
He completed his studies with the highest award in 1991, receiving the prize which the Cultural Ministry of Austria grants to the best graduates.
He won an Echo Klassik Award in 2009 with Anette Maiburg, and Pancho Amat for their recording "Classica Cubana".
[2] Joaquin Clerch made appearances in concerts in Paris, Tokyo, Munich, Frankfurt, Brussels, Athens, Toronto, Havana, Rio de Janeiro, Bogota, Belgrade, Istanbul and Salzburg, among other places.