Irene Reig, Antoni Ros Marbà and Alosa, among the winners of the Alícia Awards

BarcelonaSaxophonist Irene Reig, composer Antoni Ros Marbà, choral singer Momi Maiga, and the duo Alosa are some of the recipients in the seventh edition of the Alícia Awards granted by the Catalan Academy of Music. At the gala held this Thursday at L'Auditori de Barcelona, the lifetime achievement award was also presented to organist Montserrat Torrent, who has just turned 100 years old.

Irene Reig won the authorship award for the magnificent album Ànima (2025), a synthesis of jazz, classical, and roots music that certifies the Barcelona saxophonist's status in the country's jazz scene. Choral singer Momi Maiga was recognized with the performance award for the tour of the album KairoVic Music Live Market in SeptemberRegarding Antoni Ros Marbà, awarded in the interdisciplinary category, the Academy of Music, chaired since November by Ester Bonal, valued his opera the opera

Benjamin a Portbou, which the composer from L'Hospitalet de Llobregat premiered at the Liceu, with stage direction by Anna Ponces. The Alícia for best live performance went to the concert Llibre Vermell. Sons del passat a ritme del present, by Companyia Elèctrica Dharma, Coral Sant Medir, La Caravaggia, and Esbart Ciutat Comtal. The award for record production went to Big Band vol. 1, by Lluc Casares, in which the Barcelona saxophonist explores the format of big band. The duo Alosa, who debuted last year blending roots and pop spirit with the album El primer cant del matí, was rewarded with the Alícia for emerging talent.

The list of awardees was completed by the internationalization award for the Music Schools (ACEM), for the organization of the 15th edition of RITMIKS Festival of Young European Musicians; the Alícia for journalism and music dissemination, which was taken by the program Tots els matins del món

, from Catalunya Música, for "the continued work of disseminating classical and contemporary music with a close and accessible language"; and the award for social and educational project, which went to the Xarxa de Cases de la Música (Network of Music Houses), "in recognition of two decades of work promoting training, creation, and access to music in different territories, as well as the generation of new spaces for cultural participation".

Winners of the Alícia Awards 2026

Lifetime achievement award

• Montserrat Torrent

Author Award

• Irene Reig for the composition of the album Ànima

Award for the live performance

• The concert Red Book. Sounds of the past to the rhythm of the present, by Company Elèctrica Dharma, Coral Sant Medir, La Caravaggia and Esbart Ciutat Comtal, at L'Auditori de Barcelona. Promoted by Coral Sant Medir, with sound design by Ovidi Graells and lighting by Roger Piqué

Award for interpretation

• Momi Maiga for the album tour Kairo

Award for interdisciplinarity

• The opera Benjamin in Portbou. With music and direction by Antoni Ros Marbà, stage direction by Anna Ponces, and set design and lighting by Playmodes Estudio and Andreu Fàbregas. A production by the Gran Teatre del Liceu

Award for record production

• Big Band vol. 1, by Lluc Casares. Edited by The Changes. Produced by Lluc Casares, edited by Dani Val, mixed and mastered by Jan Valls and recorded at Nova Jazz Cava by Oriol Bacardit. With musicians Gabriel Amargant, Héctor Floría, Lluc Casares, Pau Vidal aka Tarquim, Jordi Santanach, Joan Mar Sauqué, Raul Gallego, Pol Omedes, Oriol Vallès, Pablo Martín, Albert Costa, Alba Pujals, Guillaume Coulbois, David Muñoz and Joan Casares

Award for emerging talent

• Lark

Award for internationalization

• The Catalan Association of Music Schools (ACEM) for the organization of the 15th edition of RITMIKS. Festival of Young European Musicians. An initiative of the Union of European Music Schools (EMU)

Award for social and educational project

• The Network of Music Houses for twenty years of trajectory

Award for music journalism and dissemination

• The program Tots els matins del món, from Catalunya Música, hosted by Maria Montes and Ester Pinart