4. The history of Cantania
In 2015-20146Cantania is celebrating its 27th anniversary. The project took place for the
first time in the 1989-1990 school year when the music teachers of Barcelona’s 9 municipal
schools wanted to do a joint activity. In 1997 it was opened to all schools in the city. In 2002
it started to spread throughout Catalonia and, finally, in 2005 the project went worldwide.
The first concert was held in the Palau de la Música with 200 children and in the year 2000
they began to be held at L’Auditori, when that new musical institution was inaugurated. In
between, concerts were held in the Gran Teatre del Liceu, in the Anexo del Palau Sant
Jordi, in the Estación del Norte and in the MNAC. Since then it has not stopped growing,
day after day.
The composers and writers that have taken part in Cantania in the different years at
L’Auditori are:
2000-2001: La tonalitat de l’infinit > Feliu Gasull and Enric Casasses
2001-2002: l43’31’ > Olaf Sabater and Eduard Márquez
2002-2003: Al crit de la terra > Carles Cases and Emili Teixidor
2003-2004: El viatge de Kira i Jan > Salvador Brotons and Susanna Rafart
2004-2005: L’Assemblea dels Infants > Joan Albert Amargós and Toni Rumbau
2005-2006: Adultus > Alfons Vilallonga and Ernest Collado
2006-2007: El gran alquimista > Bernat Vivancos and Miquel Desclot
2007-2008: El Motín > Josep Vila and Josep Pedrals
2008-2009: Arión y el Delfín > Albert Guinovart and David Nel·lo
2009-2010: Balada del retorno > Alberto Grau and Rosa Regàs
2010-2011: Alboradas > Enric Palomar and Màrius Serra
2011-2012: 50 millones de segundos > Joan Vives and Piti Espanyol
2012-2013: Ha pasado un ángel > Mariona Vila and Guillem Clua
2013-2014: Rambla Libertad > Marc Rosich and Albert Carbonell
2014-2015: Un Mundo entre Dos Tierras > Xavier Pagès and Carlota Subirós
2015-2016: Mema. Las desventuras de Mimí > Jordi Domènech and Pere Riera
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