CategoryInterview
“Languages that are in a bell jar do not evolve”
Teresa Cabré
The linguist and philologist Maria Teresa Cabré i Castellví (L’Argentera, 1947) was elected president of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans [IEC, Institute for Catalan...
“Dancing is inhabiting the body with emotion and the mind”
Cesc Gelabert
At 68, Cesc Gelabert still dances and boasts the same impeccable figure he had when he began to move on the Barcelona scene in the 1970s. He would have liked to be...
“We can decide a lot more things about technology than what we are led to believe”
Mónica Rikić
When we hear the word ‘coder’, a young engineer swaying dangerously close to sociopathy comes to mind, obsessed with becoming the new Mark Zuckerberg. Mónica Rikić (...
“We can no longer be sure of what we’re seeing”
Vicenç Viaplana
Never had so much work been exhibited and so much at the same time by the artist Vicenç Viaplana (Granollers, 1955). A truly free soul, advocate and researcher of...
“When they hurt me, I didn’t turn the other cheek”
Luis Cabrera
Thanks to his tenacity, his personal rebelliousness and his untameable nature, Luis Cabrera (Arbuniel, Jaén, 1954) has been weaving an abundantly rich life story that...
“Music is the most spiritual of all the arts”
Jordi Savall
Having turned eighty on 1 August, Jordi Savall tells us about his past and his life and professional career as a world viola da gamba virtuoso and orchestra conductor...
“If you are original, all the better. But, above all, you need to be personal”
Julio Manrique
He is the most decorated theatre director in Catalonia today and the one capable of bringing together the most people in a room. The secret to his appeal lies in his...
“It’s nice to love the music you are at every stage of your life”
Sílvia Pérez Cruz
Despite the overall uncertainty in the world of culture and the constant changes in her concert schedule, Sílvia Pérez Cruz started the year 2021 on...
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