Montserrat Torrent
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Montserrat Torrent i Serra (born in Barcelona in 1926) is a Spanish organist.
Biography[]
Born in 1926 in Barcelona. She started her Music studies as a pianist with her mother who was pupil of Enrique Granados. She studied in and in the . Later, she studied in París (with Noëlie Pierront), thanks to a scholarship grant from Institut Français; and in Siena (with and Helmuth Rilling), granted by Fundación Juan March.
Activity[]
Appointed Organ teacher at Conservatorio Municipal de Barcelona,[1] she started her career performing in Europe, United States of America and South America, focusing in organ as a popular music instrument.
In 1962, she founded the Organ Friends Association (Associació d'Amics de l'Orgue), with the aim of publicizing Organ Music and preserving historic organs in Spain. She also worked together with Ars Musicae de Barcelona, a group of pioneers of Ancient Music and period performance of Spanish and European music.
Awards[]
Montserrat Torrent has been awarded with the following distinctions:
- Grand Prix du Disque "Charles Cros" for her recording of music of Cabanilles (1965).
- Creu de Sant Jordi from Catalan Government (1995).
- at (1995).
- Medalla de Plata del Mérito Artístico de Bellas Artes from (1996).
- Premio Nacional de Música (1996).
- Medalla de Oro al Mérito Artístico from (1997).
- Medalla del (2001).
- Medalla del Mérito al Trabajo "Francesc Macià" from Catalan Government (2001)
- Doctora Honoris Causa por la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (2008).
Discography[]
- L'orgue del Vendrell (1965)
- Juan Cabanilles · Orgelwerk (1965)
- L'orgue de Maó (1967)
- Hispaniae Musica (1968)
- Música de la cort: segle XVI (1970)
- Obres per an orgue: Família Cabezón (1970)
- Música orgánica española de los siglos XVI y XVII (1970)
- Portugaliae musica (1971)
- Joan Cabanilles · Orgues de Mallorca (1975)
- Música española en el órgano de Mahón (1977)
- Montserrat Torrent en el órgano de la Bien Aparecida (1978)
- Orgue de Santa Maria de Badalona (1985)
- Organ Recital (1990)
- Libro de Tientos y discursos de música práctica, y teórica para Organo Vol. I (1991)
- Libro de Tientos y discursos de música práctica, y teórica para Organo Vol. II (1992)
- Compositors Catalans s. XVI-XIX (1994)
- P. Antòni Soler - 6 concerts per a dos teclats (1995)
- Montserrat Torrent Plays the Great Organ of Barcelona Cathedral (1995)
- Les Llibertats d'orgue del cicle de Nadal (1995)
- Libro de Tientos y discursos de música práctica, y teórica para Organo Vol. III (1996)
- L'esplendorós barroc (1997)
- Libro de Tientos y discursos de música práctica, y teórica para Organo Vol. IV (1999)
- El órgano en el camino de Santiago (1999)
- Tientos y Variaciones SS. XVI - XVII (1999)
- L'Orgue a Catalunya Història i actualitat (2000)
- Antología de organistas aragoneses del s. XVII (2001)
- El Organo de San Juan El Real de Caalatayud (2001)
- Maestros de Capilla del Monasterio de S. Lorenzo El Real del Escorial Antología Vol.1 Música para órgano (s. XVII) (2001)
- Antología Vol.2 Música para órgano (s. XVIII) P. Antonio Soler. Integral de órgano, I (2003)
- Antología Vol.3 Música para órgano (s. XVIII) P. Antonio Soler. Integral de órgano, II (2003)
- El Órgno del Monasterio de Santa María de las Huelgas de Valladolid (2007)
References[]
- ^ [1] Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Montserrat Torrent's biography
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