VEUS I ARRELS DE LA MÚSICA CATALANA: (VOICES AND ROOTS OF CATALAN MUSIC:) CONXITA BADIA & FELIP PEDRELL
Screening of documentary and round table
Conxita Badia ( 1897-1975 ) was a famous Catalan soprano and pianist in the world of art and popular song. She studied with great masters such as Felip Pedrell, Enric Granados, Pau Casals and Manuel de Falla, and was a favourite student and performer of theirs. Her international career took her to stages around the world, working with composers such as Toldrà and Montsalvatge. As a professor, she taught leading figures such as Montserrat Caballé. Despite her relevance, her name has often been forgotten. On the 50th anniversary of her death, the Government of Catalonia declared 2025 as Conxita Badia Year in defence of her musical legacy.
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Screening of the documentary Conxita Badia no existeix, co-produced by TV3 and BataBat and directed by Eulàlia Domènech, which discovers the life and works of Badia..
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Voices and roots of Catalan music: Conxita Badia and Felip Pedrell, with Badía’s grand-daughter, Mariona Bonet, and musicologist Marc Heilbron, musicologist and professor at ESMUC, specialist in Pedrell. The round table will highlight the friendship and collaboration between these two key leading figures in Catalan music. Mireia Domènech, curator of Conxita Badia Year, will act as moderator.