Conservatori Municipal de Música de Barcelona

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The Conservatori Municipal de Música de Barcelona

The Conservatori Municipal de Música de Barcelona , the Municipal Conservatory of Music of Barcelona , is a public training institution for music established by the City of Barcelona in 1886 under the name Escola Municipal de Música de Barcelona . The purpose was to offer lessons in solfège and for musical instruments. The Conservatory has set itself the task of giving citizens the opportunity to participate in the field of active music creation.

history

The school was initially located on Carrer Lledó in 1886 . Because of the larger space requirement, she moved to the Castell dels Tres Dragons (Castle of the Three Dragons) in the Parc de la Ciutadella in 1896 . In July 1928, the school was finally established at its present location, the intersection of Carrer Bruc, 110-112 and Carrer València . The building was constructed in the modernist style by the architect Antoni de Falguera .

For the first ten years the music school was associated with the Banda Municipal de Barcelona , the music band of the city of Barcelona. The city council had appointed Josep Rodoreda as the first director of the music school and the corps in 1886. The music corps hoped to be able to train its musical offspring in the music school. Rodoreda's management was heavily criticized. He resigned from his position accordingly in 1896. The second head of this school, Antoni Nicolau, renewed the music-pedagogical approaches from 1896. In 1911 the post of deputy director was introduced. Enric Morera held this position until 1935. Morera was very popular with the students. Later well-known composers such as Xavier Montsalvatge and Jaume Pahissa took part in his composition classes . Among the outstanding teachers of this time were the piano teacher Joaquim Canals , the father of the pianist Maria Canals and the cello professors Bernardí Gálvez and Josep Soler .

The new director Lluís Millet (1930-1939), who was able to assert himself against the "natural" successor Morera when filling the director's post with the help of the Barcolones City Council, was highly controversial among the students because of his conservative positions that were accommodating to the city council of Barcelona. Tomàs Buxó and Eduard Toldrà were well-known teachers in the post-war period. From 1939 the music school was directed by Joan Baptista Lambert. He fought for more jobs, more professors and more subjects for the music school. During his tenure in 1944, the music school was converted into a municipal conservatory. In 1945, after Lambert's death, Joaquim Zamacois became director until 1965. He introduced a scientific systematization of the theoretical subjects. In 1946 the Chair of Early Music was created, which was occupied by Joan Gibert i Camins . He introduced regular public concerts for advanced students. Zamacois promoted contact with other European conservatories. In addition, lectures and courses by important personalities such as the organist and musicologist Francesc Baldelló , the pianist and composer Luigi Dallapiccola and the guitarist Narciso Yepes took place during Zamacoi's time as director.

J. Pich i Santasusana, who was appointed deputy director in 1952, was in charge of official affairs from 1964 to 1977. He tried to stabilize the Conservatory and integrate it into the University of Barcelona, ​​as it remained the only public institution of music education in the city for the foreseeable future. He outsourced the beginner courses to other locations because of the massive influx of students. He set his focus on the interpretation by music students. He advocated the establishment of an auditorium, which was then built under his successor. He was unable to enforce entrance exams for the conservatory against the city council. Xavier Turull was elected director in 1977. Under him a certain security and stability for the operation of the institution was achieved. He took the first serious steps to build a scientific library. In 1982 he resigned due to conflicts with the city council. The deputy director Maria Cateura headed the conservatory on an interim basis from 1982 to 1983 until Marçal Gols was appointed new director on January 25, 1983. He initiated major reforms and introduced unpopular admission restrictions in the instrument subjects. Not everyone understood these reforms, and so his tenure resulted in great estrangement of teachers and students from the leadership. This led to his departure in 1988. Pilar Figueras i Bellot, Francesca Ruiz (1988–1997) and Carme Vilà (since 1997) followed him.

Since 2008, the Conservatory has set up an Open University in addition to the specialist courses as part of the opening of music education to larger parts of society , which was realized with the participation of the students. In this context are u. a. the radioconservatori.cat project and various series of events in Barcelona. These activities were supported by investments in the building, for example the extensive renovation of the Eduard Toldrà auditorium. The conservatory thus offers basic and specialist musical training and open musical activities.

Known graduates of the Conservatory are the pianist Antoni Torrebesses , the music teacher and Sardanakomponist Vicenç Acuña , the composer Xavier Boliart , the conductor and composer Salvador Brotons , the composer Xavier Montsalvatge , the orchestra conductor Antoni Ros-Marbà , pianist Albert Guinovart and the composer Manuel Oltra .

Directors of the Conservatory

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ajuntament de Barcelona: Conservatori Municipal de Música de Barcelona - El Conservatori. Retrieved January 27, 2019 (Catalan).
  2. ↑ a b Illustration based on: Ajuntament de Barcelona: Conservatori Municipal de Música de Barcelona (Història).
  3. ↑ a b c d Illustration based on: Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música: Conservatori de Música de Barcelona.