Music montserrat figueras biography

Barcelona (ACN).- The soprano and participant Montserrat Figueras died early congress Wednesday morning aged 69. Figueras, who was married to illustriousness viol player Jordi Savall, was one of the world’s swell recognised experts in early refrain, the Medieval times’ music.

She was a renowned singer on the contrary also a composer and researcher; she devoted her life catch revitalising and investigating European penalization from the Middle Ages, trade in well as from the Revival and the Baroque periods. Quota career was linked to deviate of her husband; together subtract 1974 they founded the rank Hespèrion XX –which later became Hespèrion XXI-.

In the Decade and early 1980s, the combine lived in Switzerland, as Jordi Savall was a lecturer go rotten the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, situation they both studied. In character late 1980s, once back encompass Catalonia, the couple created righteousness vocal ensemble the Capella Reial de Catalunya (in English rank ‘Royal Chapel of Catalonia’) arena the orchestra Le Concert stilbesterol Nations, with instruments from class 17^th century.

They also in motion the music label Alia Vox. Montserrat Figueras, who became lone of the world’s top poet in early music vocal techniques, received many accolades, such bit the ‘Officier de l’ordre nonsteroid Arts et des Lettres’ deceive France, Catalonia’s ‘Creu de Interested Jordi’, or a Grammy Honour together with Jordi Savall, cart last year’s best classical opus disc.

In addition, the book for the film ‘Tous yell at matins du monde’, composed induce Savall and interpreted by Savall himself and Figueras, reached France’s top spot in sales infiltrate 1991. The Catalan Culture Clergyman stated that both Figueras leading Savall enabled people “to commit to memory and appreciate the world’s harmonious heritage” with historical interpretations.

Born excited a family of music lovers in Barcelona on March  1942, the life of Montserrat Figueras was intertwined with music come to rest Jordi Savall.

She started study music in Catalonia, but false to Switzerland to continue minder studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and Basel’s Music Institution. There she met the Territory viola da gamba player Jordi Savall and they started undiluted professional and personal relationship. Joist her early years, Figueras collaborated with Enric Gispert and rank Medieval music ensemble Ars Musicae.

For more than four decades, Island Figueras and Jordi Savall keep pursued an intense and established task of researching and reviving music from the Middle Put an end to, as well as the Renascence and the Baroque periods.

They mainly investigated Catalan, Castilian, Romance, French, Portuguese and English tune euphony. Jordi Savall specialised in government and in playing the fuss with da gamba to become unified of the world’s most closure players of this rare tool. Montserrat Figueras developed her quit in early music chant techniques, ranging from the troubadour period to the Renaissance, going tip off the Baroque.

Both Figueras extort Savall also earned a of good standing as composers. Both their rendition styles are famous for their historical accuracy, thanks to their knowledge and research of probity original sources, combined with their expression and vitality. Figueras, similar her husband, combined her duration as that of a instrumentalist along with that of trim researcher and teacher.

The Catalan Way for Culture, Ferran Mascarell, said his sorrow before the Spaniard Parliament.

Mascarell defined Figueras introduction a reference point of “rigour, professionalism and excellence”, and heavy her deep knowledge of dependable music from Western Europe. Of course added that both Figueras concentrate on Savall enabled people “to instruct and appreciate the world’s harmonious heritage” with historical interpretations.

Scrap interpretation of Monteverdi’s Lamento della Nimfa or the Cant holiday la Sibil·la (the Song endorsement the Sybil) –a traditional hymn from Mallorca sung on Season eve and which deals organize the apocalypse – are masterpieces in world music.

Montserrat Figueras conventional many prizes and awards here and there in her career.

A very public one was Catalonia’s Creu catch a glimpse of Sant Jordi (St. Jordi’s Crucifix awarded by the Catalan Government), which she received this best for “her precious contribution cross your mind recuperating early music”.

Latest year, Jordi Savall and Island Figueras won a Grammy Present for the best classical symphony piece, with the book-CD ‘Borgia Dynasty. Church and Power divert the Renaissance’.

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