Pianos take Tortosa with the Toca'm festival

TortosaTomorrow marks the start of the fifth edition of the Toca’m festival in Tortosa, which maintains its commitment to placing twelve pianos in the streets, distributed across different parts of the city. There will be a total of 28 venues, including new locations such as the Episcopal Palace, the Puríssima convent, the courtyard of the Despuig palace, and the Sant Joan advance posts. The festival will run until next Sunday. Toca’m also reinforces its territorial focus with activities in Flix on April 25th and in Cases d’Alcanar on July 4th.

Driven by pianists Maria Lombarte and Manel Miró, Toca’m retains its essence of making the piano accessible to the public, with instruments that the audience can play freely. The festival's direction has carefully chosen the locations for the pianos: various squares in Tortosa and places in the city where no concerts or activities of this kind have been held. The festival highlights Tortosa's architectural heritage and offers people the opportunity to listen to music and enjoy emblematic spaces in the city, thus bringing music out of the concert halls.

In addition to offering pianos to anyone who wants to play them, the festival's direction invites renowned musicians and artists from the region and across the State who will perform in the various venues. The concerts will be free, will take place all day long, morning, afternoon, and night, at different times and in different locations. The opening concert will take place tomorrow in Plaça de l’Absis with the duo Akagi and Alguacil, while other notable performances include the concert by Carles Benavent Trio at the Museum, the tribute to Bach at the Reials Col·legis with Tristano, and the closing with Manu Guix and his band. Furthermore, this edition will pay tribute to the writer Zoraida Burgos.