Cervera will once again become one of the epicenters of Catalan classical music this Easter. From March 26 to April 4, the capital of the Segarra region will host the 16th edition of the Easter Festival, a unique event within the country's musical landscape because it is the only one dedicated entirely to this repertoire. The program will include 14 concerts held in various venues throughout the city, featuring a combination of symphonic, choral, chamber, and contemporary music. Among the invited ensembles and performers are the Julià Carbonell Symphony Orchestra of Lleida, the Chamber Choir of the Palau de la Música Catalana, Polifemo Consorte, the Cobla Sant Jordi, and the Prysma Quartet, as well as soloists such as Marta Mathéu, Miquel Villalba, and Joel Bardolet.

At only 39 years old, pianist Nestor Bayona He can still be considered one of the youngest conductors of his caliber. Based between Berlin and Barcelona, ​​he was appointed resident conductor of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra two years ago, but remains very connected to his roots in Lleida. On November 9, just one day after his performance at the Palau de la Música Catalana, he will come to the Enric Granados Auditorium in Lleida to conduct the Vallès Symphony Orchestra and perform the Semiramis, the Ravel piece that was recently discovered thanks to Ricard Viñes' diary.

A Catalan music lover once had dinner with Alfred Brendel, transferred to London last Wednesday, and asked him if he believed that playing the piano was only a question of technique, or if it was essential to also have an idea, or an intellectual conception, of what was being played, whether it was Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert.