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Event Description

Maria Canals Music Competition 2013   
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59th International Music Competition Maria Canals
Event date:  Friday 8th March 2013 to Friday 22 March 2013
Event location:  > Palau de la Musica Catalana and various venues in Barcelona
Scroll down this page to see how to get to Palau de la Musica

Piano week in Barcelona. 59th edition of the International Music Competition Maria Canals of Barcelona which features 130 free performances and 500 hours of grand piano music in 2013. The competition was founded in 1954 by pianist Maria Canals and her husband, writer Rossend Llates. Maria Canals i Cendrós attended all the competitions until her death in July 2010 at the age of 96. The Maria Canals International Music Competition in 2013 will be attended by 91 pianists from 26 different countries. The event is primarily at the Palau de la Música concert hall in Barcelona. More than 100 families in Barcelona graciously lend their pianos to contestants during the competition. The competition normally consists of qualifying rounds at the Petit Palau, semi-finals and the final in the Palau de la Música. For the general public there is a series of "OFF Maria Canals" competition concerts with 130 recitals and concerts around the city, many of them free, in civic centres and libraries.  A new activity in 2013 is PianOH! festival of free recitals by young pianists from the Taller de Músics performing in various hotels that already have pianos in Barcelona including the Hotel Miramar, Hotel Mandarin Oriental, the Silken Gran Hotel Havana, the Hotel Rey Juan Carlos I and the Hotel Catalonia among others. You will be able to see grand pianos during the competition on the street Passeig de Gràcia, in Sants railway station, at the MACBA modern art museum in the Raval area of Barcelona, at the Filmoteca de Catalunya and at the Pedrera/Casa Mila building, among other venues. Visit the Maria Canals website for information about the many activities during this festival of piano music.

Programme 2013:

Friday 8th March 2013 - Inaugural concert:
Saturday 9th March 2013 - First day meeting
Sunday 10th March 2012 to Wednesday 13th March 2013 - First round
Thursday 14th March 2013 and Friday 15th March 2013 - Second round
Sunday 17th March 2013 - Semi-final
Thursday 14th March 2013 to Tuesday 19th March 2013 - Possible recitals for contestants eliminated from the competition
Wednesday 20th March 2013 - Finals with orchestra
Thursday 21st March 2013 - Award ceremony
Friday 22nd March 2013 - Winners concert

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Venue address and map

Palau de la Musica CatalanaGoogle Map
Venue:
Palau de la Musica Catalana   -   Website
Street:
Carrer del Palau de la Música
Postal Code:
08003
City:
Barcelona
Country:
Country: es

How to get to this venue

The Palau de la Música Catalana is one of the world's leading concert halls. Considered to be one of Modernism's chief exponents, it was built by Catalan architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner between 1905 and 1908. In 1997 it was declared a "World Heritage Site" by UNESCO.

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Event 

Title:
Maria Canals Music Competition 2013
When:
08.03.2013 - 22.03.2013
Where:
Palau de la Musica Catalana - Barcelona
Category:
Festivals in Barcelona