Don’t Wait for Us: The Poetry of Màrius Sampere. Barcelona Poesia 2026 at the Museu Tàpies

The Museu Tàpies hosts the poetry recital Don’t Wait for Us: The Poetry of Màrius Sampere, as part of the Festival Barcelona Poesia.

The actor Lluís Marco (voice) and the pianist Sara Giusti perform the musical facet of the great poet Màrius Sampere, whose centenary is being celebrated this year. Marco and Giusti create a dialogue that sends us on a journey through the most spiritual poetry of the forty-year career of this poet from Santa Coloma de Gramenet. A poetic concert-recital that shifts between irony and the urge to transcend and comprehend the complexity of the world and the human condition. The public is enthralled by the spoken word that turns into the musical score, and by the score that becomes words.

Lluís Marco

Born in Badalona, Marco has had a broad career in theatre, television and film. He has close professional ties to the Teatre Lliure, performing in works such as Romeu i Julieta, Soldats de Salamina, Rock ’n’ Roll, Nixon-Frost and Copenhagen. In 2013 he performed in the Sala Petita of the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya in Fum, directed by Josep Maria Miró Coromina. In 2021 he was in the cast of L’oncle Vània, under Lithuanian director Oskaras Koršunovas. Marco has worked in television series such as Ventdelplà, Hospital Central, Hispania, la leyenda, Poblenou and Dinamita, among others. He has also worked in numerous films and has dubbed the voices of actors like Joe Pesci, Clint Eastwood, Ben Kingsley, Bob Hoskins and Danny DeVito.

Sara Giusti

From an early age Giusti won various music awards, both in her native Italy and abroad, including first prize in the Igor Stravinsky Competition (Italy, 2003). She has a Conservatory diploma in piano under pianist Benedetto Lupo, in Italy, and a Master in Music and Doctorate in Musical Arts, studying with pianist Christopher Taylor in the United States. She has performed in Italy, Switzerland, the United States and Spain in solo recitals, with orchestras and in chamber music groups. She has also taught piano to a diverse set of students, such as at the University of Wisconsin or to children in the Barcelona music school where she works. She has conceived and created theatrical plays and recitals, including a show dedicated to Italian composer Nino Rota. In 2020 she wrote her first book on musicology, centred on the music of Rota, released by Italian publisher Florestano. She currently collaborates as a pianist with the Liceu Conservatory (Barcelona) and with the mezzosoprano Guisela Zannerini (Teatre del Liceu).