In an event held in Montserrat, the winners of the 60th edition of the Crítica Serra d'Or awards were announced this Wednesday. Núria Perpinyà received the award for best novel with "El cos invisible"; Raül Garrigasait, the one for essay with "La roca i l'aire. Art i religió de Llull a Tàpies", and Sebastià Alzamora, the one for poetry with "Sala Augusta". And the award for best translation goes to Anna Casassas for the translation of "Germinal", by Émile Zola.

Throughout the summer, in the Girona regions a lot of festivals offer concerts and shows of all kinds every week and, often, it is difficult to choose among so much cultural offer. Within the field of classical music, one of the unmissable events is the Torroella de Montgrí Festival, at the foot of the massif that separates the Empordà, which this year celebrates its 45th edition. Focusing mainly on early and baroque music, but also featuring contemporary offerings and repertoires from all styles and periods, from the 14th century to the present day, the Bajo Empordà festival offers a very interesting, unique, and diverse program of up to 32 concerts, which runs from August 3 to 22. To help you choose and sort through all the offerings at the Torroella festival, prominent figures from our country's cultural world recommend to the ARA the most attractive and essential concerts, designed for all tastes and interests.

The mystery of beauty (art) and the mystery of life (religion) are not so far apart. Or perhaps they are one and the same? What is the meaning of beauty and what is the meaning of life? This is something some humans ask themselves (we ask ourselves), while others simply dedicate themselves (we dedicate ourselves) to enjoying the beauties of life. Carpe we sayAnd there are still those who reject the question: they find it anti-modern. Religion? "From chewing on it so much, perhaps we no longer feel it, but creation "It's a religious word. If it has had unspeakable importance in the history of thought and art, it's because its root appears in the first verb of the Latin version of the Bible." Raül Garrigasait writes: in the essay Rock and Air: Art and Religion by Llull at Tàpies (Fragmenta), so deservedly praised.

Raül Garrigasait (Solsona, 1979) has dedicated The rock and the air (Fragmenta, 2025), his latest essay, explores art and religion, two concepts that have shaped civilization for millennia. Through seven totemic yet radical figures.Ramon Llull, Ausiàs March, Isabel de Villena, Joan Maragall, Josep Carner, Frederic Mompou and Antoni Tàpies—, Garrigasait traces a path that connects past and present: in his hands, rereading cultural heritage ends up being an optimal way to give it continuity.