Tàpies, Montsalvatge and Victoria

Throughout 2024, the Fundación Victoria de los Ángeles and the Museu Tàpies are celebrating the centenary of the birth of the soprano and the artist, respectively. To this end, and within the framework of the commemoration, the Museu Tàpies will host a concert to celebrate their friendship and highlight their artistic careers. Curiously, despite both living in Barcelona, Victoria de los Ángeles and Antoni Tàpies usually met in New York, especially during the 1960s and 1970s, coinciding with the internationalisation of Tàpies’ work and its inclusion in private and public collections.

Their mutual admiration is demonstrated by various documents from that time. Together with his wife Teresa Barba, Tàpies collected numerous records, among which Carmen, sung by Victoria de los Ángeles, stood out as one of his most precious jewels. Equally, Victoria de los Ángeles acquired several works by Tàpies over the years, which she kept in her own home. Proof of this reciprocal recognition is the 2007 commission for the logo of the newly-created Fundación Victoria de los Ángeles, designed by Tàpies for the occasion using some of his personal symbols.

The soprano Montserrat Seró returns to LIFE Victoria, accompanied on the piano by Marc Serra, who will also debut with saxophonist Gisela Dekort, winner of the Xavier Montsalvatge Award in the Les Corts International Music Competition. Their recital will establish a dialogue with Tàpies’ paintings and his musical preferences, exploring the relationship with Victoria and Montsalvatge. The repertoire will include works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johannes Brahms, Federico García Lorca, George Gershwin, Xavier Montsalvatge and Leonard Bernstein, among others.