Apr 25, 2024 | Uncategorized @ca
A group of elementary level singers from the Cervera Music Conservatory participated, Saturday 20 d'abril, to the youth cantata “Young Anselm Clavé”, at the Barcelona Auditorium, written on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the birth of this essential figure in Catalan music.
more 600 students from schools and conservatories in Catalonia, the Choir of Candy of Begues and the Society Coral Joventut Tianenca have participated in this musical event, organized by the Federation of Clavé Choirs, with the support of the Department of Education of the Generalitat of Catalonia and the col·collaboration of the Association of Conservatories of Catalonia, the Association of Music Schools of Catalonia and the Associated Private Initiative Music Schools of Catalonia.
The work, written by the composer Andrea de Escalada, it has been musically directed by Claudia Dubé, with the stage direction by Ruth Garcia and a large group of actors, who brought the characters and stories to life with beautiful acting, while transporting us to the time of Clavé's life and work.
The event was chaired by the Minister of Education of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Anna Simó and Castelló, and a nourished audience eagerly followed the whole story.
Choir students, with the help of Núria Mas - teacher of choral singing- and the director Estefania Balcells, who headed the Cerverine entourage, they had a pleasant experience in a choral concert sung in an unbeatable place like the Auditori de Barcelona.
Information provided by Santi River (Cervera Conservatory).
Apr 25, 2024 | Uncategorized @ca
This past weekend, a dozen professional pianists from the Cervera Conservatory of Music traveled to the town of Palafrugell as a result of the return of the exchange with the Professional Professional Artistic Education Center l'Energia.
The students, alongside a large group of parents from Cervera and the four teachers who accompanied them were received by the mayor of Palafrugell, Juli Fernandez; they were able to visit Calella and do the round trip. And even all the most daring students swam on the beach.
Saturday afternoon was dedicated to work, since it was decided to perform four-hand works with mixed groups between students from Cervera and Palafrugell, fact that required his rehearsal and class time from the teaching staff.
However, there was also a certain time of enjoyment, to meet other young people with the same concerns and make friends. And after a joint dinner at the Energy Center itself, they had a space to go out together and enjoy the town and its most special places, before being welcomed by the families of Palafrugell.
On Sunday we were offered a visit and workshop at the Cork Museum and then there was a sound check before the concert. This took place at 12 of noon in the space of the center dedicated to the auditorium. The students played both individually and in four-hand piano formations. And all the young people must be congratulated because a very good level was seen and it was the optimal point to verify that the daily effort in the study of the instrument has its reward.
After the fraternity lunch in the Energia courtyard offered by the families and a time of enjoyment where the students made very good friends with each other, they played the piano together and even sang together, the Cervera entourage returned to the Segarra capital with a very pleasant experience.
Parents and students are to be congratulated for their efforts, to the families of Palafrugell for their welcome and hospitality and to the charming treatment of the teaching staff of Palafrugell - headed by its director emerita, Rita Ferrer-.
We will all keep a magnificent memory of the experience.
Information and image provided by Santi Riu (Cervera Conservatory).
Mar 29, 2024 | Uncategorized @ca
The Councilor of Culture, Ramon Augé, and the authors of the work, sculptor Marta Pruna and engineer Hamlyn Terry, they inaugurated the new sculpture "Inercia analema", in squares and streets of the city of Cervera, in an event that took place on Sunday 25 of March within the cycle of activities "A batre…?” of the Wheat Museum.
The inaugural event also had the interventions of the director of the Cervera Museum, of which the Wheat Museum is a part, Mireia Pedro; of the curator of the museum's current exhibition and of the revitalization cycle "To beat…?”, Mark Verdes; and both authors of the sculptural work, Marta Pruna to Hamlyn Terry.
It is a sculpture made from three blocks from the Blanco lime era, living in Segarra: dues, made of stone and placed horizontally - on the sides of which three faces are carved -, and one, of concrete and placed vertically, completed with a solar disk. The whole is proposed as a "hyperlocal" mechanism, since it allows the passage of circular time to be traced in place and, in concrete, the seasons, the equinoxes and solstices. Time that has traditionally ruled the peasantry.
The work, located in Plaça del Sindicat, completes a sculptural process that began with the reopening of the Wheat Museum a year ago, in its new location in a wing of the Farinera del Sindicat building.
Mar 29, 2024 | Uncategorized @ca
The reference contest for Catalan classical music, which this year honors the figures of Josep Valls i Royo and Ricard Lamote de Grignon, offers twelve concerts and two parallel activities·leles del 27 al 30 March.
After the good reception, both the inaugural concert with the OJC and Salvador Brontons, com from Núria Andorrà's "Nu.A" show, the Cervera Easter Festival continues, from Wednesday 27 March, with its programming.
The Municipal Auditorium will host the concert - presentation of the book "La viola tenor Parramon". The event will feature Emmanuel Balssa (viola tenor), Daniel Blanch (piano), Jordi Pinto (author of the book) and Pere-Andreu Jariod (journalist and music popularizer).
In between 1932 i 1936, the Barcelona luthier Ramon Parramon built 55 tenor violas, a unique instrument for its characteristics and its sound: the tenor viola. Even Pau Casals had one. During the presentation, led by journalist Pere-Andreu Jariod, the author of the book will tell us about the history of this unknown instrument, with musical interventions where we can hear their wonderful sound live.
In this presentation we will be able to listen to works by Joan and Ricard Lamote de Grignon, H. Casadesus and D. Shostakovich.
All activities parallel·lessons are free.
Thursday, 28 March, the first concert of this week will take place with a tribute to Josep Valls i Royo by Arnau Tomàs (cello) and Mercè Hervada (piano). Joseph Valls (1904-1999) and, certainly, one of the great unknown composers of our music, perhaps because he was exiled to France on 1939 and he never lived in Catalonia again. The Easter Festival wants to do its part so that his work begins to be recognized in the country that saw him born. It will be done by exceptional performers: the cello·list Arnau Tomàs, member of the Casals Quartet, and the pianist Mercè Hervada, which will highlight Valls' music for these two instruments.
Friday, 29 March, this year's local concerts will be premiered. These are short performances that take place in spaces in the old town of Cervera and that are repeated 2 cops (a session at 11,30 hours and the other at 13 hours). This way, the public can attend both musical productions (first one and then the other, in the order you prefer). The Municipal Auditorium will host Albert Guinovart's concert with "El piano català. Three different poetics". At the same times, but at Casa Sabater on Carrer Major, Blooming Duo will present "New sounds for tradition". To close the day on Friday, the evening concert will be performed by the National Youth Choir of Catalonia directed by Mireia Barrera with "The wealth of Catalan choral music".
A new parallel activity will also take place on Friday·native of the White Borges and currently resides in Los Angeles. Memory is a woman's name, the screening of the documentary "Les mans d'Alícia", on the figure of Alicia de Larrocha, considered one of the best pianists of the 20th century. His daughter will present the documentary, Alicia Torra, who is also the curator of the exhibition on display at the Municipal Auditorium.
Saturday, 30 March, it will be the last day of the Festival and it will also start with local concerts. The Auditorium will host "Resonances of silence" with Sílvia Vidal (piano) and Ramon Humet (bol tibetan, quartz bowls and gong). In the same hours, in other words that is, them 11,30 and the 13 hours, but in the Church of Sant Joan, the old music group Dichos Diabolos will bring us closer to "Nigra Sum. Music for the Virgin of Montserrat”.
To close the day and also this year's Festival, the Paranimf will host an evening concert directed by Xavier Puig with Marta Bonet (soprano), Martha Infante, (mezzo-soprano), David Alegret (tenor), Jordi Serrano (baritone), the Chamber Choir of the Enric Granados Auditorium in Lleida and the Terrassa Orchestra 48. The concert will be dedicated to "Francesc Andreví and Ramon Carnicer: two people from Lleida in Madrid".
The Easter Festival, organized by the Town Council of Cervera, is a meeting point for the sector of classical music in Catalonia and a showcase of classical music in Catalonia.
Mar 16, 2024 | Uncategorized @ca
The Paeria de Cervera received, Thursday 14 March, the institutional visit of the Consul General of France to Barcelona, Olivier Ramadour, who participated in a working day with the Municipal Council and representatives of the economic and commercial sectors of the city.
They participated in the day 12 local businessmen, who maintained an exchange of experiences with the representatives of the French State. The meeting resulted in business contacts and proposals for future cultural and economic exchanges between the two parties.
The Consul General of France, Olivier Ramadour, he came accompanied by the director general of the French Chamber of Commerce in Barcelona, Christian Marion. They met with the vice president of the Lleida Chamber of Commerce, Pompili Roger; the president of the Cervera Business Association, Rebecca Abella; the president of the Association of Merchants, Ester Pallarés, and representatives of 12 companies of the municipality.
On behalf of the Paeria de Cervera, the father in chief attended, Jan Pomés; the councilor for Economic Promotion, Raimond Fusté; and councilors Ramon Augé, Antonio Delgado, Montse Closa and Joan Santacana.
According to the paer in chief, Jan Pomés, "the meeting with the French representation was the first of the cycle of contacts that the Paeria de Cervera intends to maintain with the neighboring states of the European Union".
Mar 16, 2024 | Uncategorized @ca
During programming, between days 21 i 30 March, various works by the composer and cello will be performed·list Josep Valls i Royo, coinciding with the 25th anniversary of his death. The contest will also remember Ricard Lamote de Grignon on the 125th anniversary of his birth.
The Cervera Easter Festival, every year, honors prominent figures in the history of Catalan classical music. In this 14th edition, the beer festival will recognize Josep Valls i Royo and Ricard Lamote de Grignon.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the death of the composer and cellist·list, Josep Valls and Royo. He studied in Barcelona with Lluís Millet and Enric Morera. He 1924 moved to Paris, where he continued his composition studies at the Schola Cantorum with Albert Roussel and Vincent d'Indy, while making a living as a cello player·list. When the Second Republic was established, Josep Carner was appointed consul in Le Havre and offered Valls the position of vice-consul. During the Civil War he returned to Spain to fight alongside the Republicans. He 1939 returned to Le Havre, where he resided for the rest of his life dedicated to musical composition.
Several of his works will be performed during the Easter Festival programme. In this way, the most outstanding concert will obviously be the one that bears the name: "In memory of Josep Valls i Royo, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his death". Arnau Tomàs on cello and Mercè Hervada on piano, will perform the works "Complanta" and the "Sonata for cello and piano". It should be remembered that Arnau Tomàs is a member of the renowned Quartet Casals.
The National Youth Choir of Catalonia, directed by Mireia Barrera, they will interpret Valls' "Díptic de difunts" based on a poem by Salvador Espriu. And lastly, the pianist Albert Guinovart will recover the "Jovenivoles", a set of short pieces inspired by Catalan popular songs.
Another of the Catalan composers honored will be Ricard Lamote de Grignon, on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of his birth. Exactly, in the inaugural concert with Salvador Brotons and Julià Carbonell, you can listen to the "Three sonatas of P. Antoni Soler. In one of the parallel activities·festivals of the Festival, specifically, in the Concert - presentation of the book "La viola tenor Parramon", you can also listen to a work by Grignon. And the National Youth Choir of Catalonia will perform the works "L'Aire daurat. Five poems on interpretations of Chinese poetry by Marià Manent" and "Cobles a la Verge partera".
The Easter Festival, organized by the Town Council of Cervera, is a meeting point for the sector of classical music in Catalonia and a showcase of classical music in Catalonia.
