Concurso Internacional de ejecución musical 'Maria Canals'

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The Concurso Internacional de ejecución musical Maria Canals is a musical competition held yearly in the Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona. Regarded as the dean of the Spanish piano competitions, it was founded as such in 1954 but ten years later it was expanded to Concurso Internacional de ejecución musical so other modalities could be held occasionally.^[1][2]

The Maria Canals competition, for which artists such as Joan Miró, Antoni Tàpies or Joan Clavé have created posters, was declared of public utility by the Spanish Interior Ministry in 1996.

[edit] Comentaries on the competition

• Dans la multiplicité des Concours Internationaux de Piano, il est réconfortant de constater qu’un Concours comme celui de Maria Canals à Barcelona, où le Piano n’est jugé qu’à l’échelle de la Musique, où l’instrumentiste ne peut pas oublier l’essentiel, l’interprète, qu’un tel Concours prend chaque année une ampleur grandissante. Les musiciens ne peuvent que louer et remercier Maria Canals de son initiative. Je ne peut, pour ma part, que souhaiter chaleureusement non seulement la longévité de ce Concours, mais une participation toujours plus importante à cette magnifique joute, où s’affrontent noblement et avec une probité exemplaire, les futurs artistes, qui prendront la relève de leurs aînés. - Vlado Perlemuter, 1964.^[3]

• Those of us follow the Barcelonan musical life can't forget the ascendant evolution of the Maria Canals International Music execution Competition, initiated in 1954 to turn into one most important European competition. In celebrating its 40th anniversary we can state that many performers of the highest level have arose from the competition, such a thing having contributed to expand the prestige of the barcelonan artistic reality. - Xavier Montsalvatge, 2004.^[4]

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