Marina Rosell, Maria Arnal, Salvador Sobral and Magalí Sare will perform at the Gaudí Awards gala
Four duets and a female choral conducting will mark the 18th edition of the awards
BarcelonaThe Gaudí Awards come of age with a gala that will put music at its heart and bathe the Gran Teatre del Liceu in color and light. The eighteenth edition of the awards will be held on Sunday, February 8, and will bring together 1,800 guests for an evening that can be followed from home on 3Cat. The channel will broadcast the red carpet starting at 8:00 p.m., and the ceremony will begin at 9:30 p.m. This year, the Gaudí Awards will have a five-woman panel of presenters: Maria Arnal, Nora Navas, Laura Weissmahr, Maria Molins, and Carla Quílez. Pianist and composer Laura Andrés, along with violinist Roser Loscos, has created the soundtrack that will accompany the gala. The musical narrative will unfold across different styles through four outstanding collaborations: Magalí Sare and Salvador Sobral will open the gala accompanied by seventeen voices from the Cor Geriona, conducted by Imma Pasqual; Alosa, the project of Giulietta Vidal and Irene Romo, will join cellist Guillem Gràcia to reinterpret The song of the birds on the 150th anniversary of Pau Casals' birth; another duet will bring together Joan Dausà with Zoe Bonafonte, the breakout actress of'The 47And Marina Rossell and Maria Arnal will join their voices in a dialogue between generations marked by mutual admiration and a love of their roots.
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Several industry professionals will participate in the awards ceremony. Actors such as Miki Esparbé, Emma Vilarasau, Natalia de Molina, David Verdaguer, Natalia Tena, and Mariona Terés, among others, will take to the stage. Filmmakers like Fernando Trueba, Marcel Barrena, Elena Martín, and Leticia Dolera will also be present, as well as screenwriter Eduard Sola and figures from other cultural fields such as Lia Kali, Bob Pop, and Joel Díaz.
The gala's director, Ainhoa Casado, assures that it will be "a night to celebrate that, after eighteen years, Catalan cinema has more soul, color, and its own light than ever." Each of the five presenters, all previous Gaudí Award winners, will appear on stage associated with a color. This chromatic experience aims to pay tribute to "the diversity of souls that make up Catalan cinema." Nora Navas will represent black as a symbol of elegance and a classic actress; Maria Molins will wear red to exemplify her commitment to the profession; Laura Weissmahr, green, representing the transformative power of cinema; Maria Arnal, blue, linked to dreams; and Carla Quílez, eighteen years old—the same age as the Gaudí Awards—will wear white, embodying all the colors and reflecting the youthful spirit of the gala.
