Every autumn in Badalona, we welcome a renowned international guitarist. This year, we had the pleasure of enjoying the talents of Ricardo Gallén, a virtuoso with a vast repertoire and exquisite recordings: Sor, Bach, Brouwer, Giuliani...
THE CONCERT
The concert took place on November 2, 2024 in the Church of Carmen in Badalona. It was attended by more than 250 people, including other prominent guitarists, connoisseurs of Ricardo's career, and numerous guitar students. As usual, the entrance was free, with the possibility of making a voluntary contribution.
At the beginning, a minute of silence was held for victims of severe flooding in several Spanish provinces, especially in Valencia.
Precisely because of logistical problems caused by heavy rain meant the guitar with which Ricardo Gallén was to play could not reach Badalona. He played with a guitar made by Antonio Manjón, our association's president.
For almost an hour and a half, interrupted only by applause, Ricardo Gallén performed with great mastery several Latin American works by Manuel María Ponce, Antonio Lauro and Agustín Barrios, as well as the Gran Solo by Fernando Sor and a flawless Suite BWV 997 by J.S. Bach.
At the end of the concert, Gallén treated the audience to an encore, surprising everyone with a very peculiar interpretation of Le Coucou by the French musician Louis-Claude Daquin.
In short, a masterful recital by Ricardo Gallén in Badalona, with an enthusiastic audience that enjoyed it to the full. A concert to remember forever.
¡Gracias Maestro!
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Ricardo Gallén is an extraordinary guitarist with a fruitful career. His inspired and innovative interpretations, together with a revolutionary vision of guitar technique and the teaching of the instrument, have brought him a great international prestige.
He has performed his virtuosity all over the world in recitals as a soloist, in duo or with orchestras, in venues as important as the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, the Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, the Palau de la Música Catalana, the Auer Hall at Indiana University or the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, among others. He has premiered works by renowned composers and has participated in projects under the baton of great conductors such as Sergiu Comisiona, Maximiano Valdés, En Shao, Monica Huggett, Leo Brouwer, Juan José Mena or Jordi Savall.
Winner of the most important awards (Francisco Tárrega, Andrés Segovia or Markneukirchen, among others), he has taught at conservatories and universities such as the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki or The Cleveland Institute of Music. He is currently a professor at the Hochschule für Musik “Franz Liszt” in Weimar, Germany.
Ricardo Gallén has been on the jury of numerous international guitar competitions and is often asked to give master classes at the most prestigious festivals.
His recordings have received excellent reviews. His publications of Bach's complete works for lute, as well as Fernando Sor's sonatas for guitar, or his CD En Silencio have been considered masterpieces by a large part of the specialized press.
Ricardo Gallén. Foto: Paco Montañés, 2014.
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