The Barcelona City Council buys the Taller de Músics premises in Raval for 1.8 million euros
The council defends the acquisition to "guarantee the continuity of the project"
BarcelonaThe Barcelona City Council will formalize in the coming days the purchase of the premises in Raval from Taller de Músics, the music school located in various spaces on Cendra, Requesens, and Príncep de Viana streets. The acquisition, for a price of 1.8 million euros, "aims to guarantee the continuity of the project," says the council in a statement. In these premises, Taller de Músics develops its music school and offers training in jazz, new technologies, and flamenco, among others. They also house the management and artist representation offices and the Taller's record label, La Col·lecció. One of the spaces in Raval was already owned by the Taller de Músics Private Foundation, while the others—those that the City Council will purchase—belong to the company Locals Musicals S.L., which is owned by the founder of Taller de Músics, Lluís Cabrera.
Founded in 1979, Taller de Músics currently carries out its activities in these premises and also in a space on Segre street, in the Sant Andreu neighborhood. This building, where the Superior School of Musical Studies is located, is already municipal property. The Councilor for Culture and Creative Industries, Xavier Marcé, highlighted that the purchase of the premises, "in addition to allowing the consolidation of an essential project in the Raval neighborhood, recognizes the historic role of Taller de Músics in promoting the professionalization of a very long list of renowned artists in the field of flamenco and jazz, among other musical genres." Although they will now be municipally owned, Taller de Músics will continue to occupy these premises under a rental agreement.
Over four decades, the school has become a benchmark music education center in Catalonia. Artists such as Rosalía, Salvador Sobral, Andrea Motis, Maria Hein, Sílvia Pérez Cruz, and Clara Peya, among many others, have passed through its classrooms. In fact, the City Council defends the purchase of the spaces to "neutralize the risk of the premises being put up for sale and a fragmentation of ownership occurring that could hinder and threaten the project".
