'Pau Casals a Puerto Rico. Un arxiu inèdit' Exhibition
22 October 2026 – 14 February 2027 · 10:00
Sala d'Exposicions Temporals, el Fort Pienc, Eixample
Pau Casals (1876-1973), cellist, conductor, composer and committed advocate of peace, was one of the most renowned musical figures of the 20th century. The last eighteen years of his life, from 1955 to 1973, were spent mainly in Puerto Rico, where he carried out much of his artistic and intellectual work. On the island he launched an ambitious cultural project with an international outlook, helped create new musical institutions, conducted orchestras, composed and maintained an intense public life. This exhibition presents, for the first time and to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth, the documentary record of this period. Pau Casals's arrival in Puerto Rico coincided with a period of profound change. The consolidation of the Commonwealth, politically linked to the United States, was accompanied by economic development policies and an intense debate on Puerto Rican culture and identity. This period can be reconstructed today thanks to the collections held by the Fundació Pau Casals and the Fideicomiso Pablo Casals de Puerto Rico, which make it possible to trace its evolution through numerous documents. The archive becomes the common thread of the exhibition: it preserves not…
Source: Ajuntament de Barcelona · checked on 2 November 2026