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Jordi Savall rejects the Spanish Government’s National Music Prize for its cultural policies
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The harpsichord duo Ton Koopman and Tini Mathot opened Bachcelona Festival
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Jordi Savall turns the Early Music Festival of Poblet Monastery into a great success
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The soprano Montserrat Figueras, one of the world’s top specialists in early music, dies aged 69
Married to viol player Jordi Savall, the Catalan Montserrat Figueras was one of the world’s most recognised experts and talented instrumentalists specialised in medieval music, as well as music from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Together with Savall, they founded the groups Hespèrion XXI, the Capella Reial de Catalunya and the orchestra Le Concert des Nations. Figueras received many accolades, such as the ‘Officier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres’ in France and a Grammy Award.
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The Early Music Festival of the Pyrenees reaches the equator with a concert by the Baroque Orchestra of Seville (OBS)
The OBS performs a repertoire of Italian Baroque music. The concert was held at Santa Maria’s Cathedral, in La Seu d’Urgell, in the Western Catalan Pyrenees, next to Andorra.