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'''Montserrat Figueras García''' ([[Barcelona]], |
'''Montserrat Figueras García''' (15 March 1942, [[Barcelona]], Spain<ref name="v11">[http://www.lavanguardia.com/musica/20111123/54238464398/muere-la-soprano-montserrat-figueras.html Muere la soprano Montserrat Figueras], La Vanguardia, 23/11/2011</ref><ref>[http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/montserrat-figueras-has-died Notice of Figueras' death with 1942 year of birth]</ref> – 23 November 2011, [[Cerdanyola del Vallès]], Spain<ref>[http://www.alia-vox.com/index_Montse2.php Notice of her death, at Alia Vox, her recording label]</ref><ref>[http://www.ara.cat/cultura/Montserrat_Figueras_0_596340469.html Mor la soprano Montserrat Figueras]</ref>) was a Catalan [[soprano]] who specialized in [[early music]]. |
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Figueras was born in [[Barcelona]], [[Catalonia]] ([[Spain]]), and began studying early singing techniques together with her sister Pilar Figueras in 1966 and developed an approach and technique for singing early music which combined historical fidelity with vitality.<ref>[http://www.alia-vox.com Official website of Montserrat Figueras, Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI]</ref> |
Figueras was born in [[Barcelona]], [[Catalonia]] ([[Spain]]), and began studying early singing techniques together with her sister Pilar Figueras in 1966 and developed an approach and technique for singing early music which combined historical fidelity with vitality.<ref>[http://www.alia-vox.com Official website of Montserrat Figueras, Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI]</ref> |
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Figueras also performed and recorded regularly as a solo artist. She and her husband performed with their children: daughter [[Arianna Savall|Arianna]] and son Ferran. |
Figueras also performed and recorded regularly as a solo artist. She and her husband performed with their children: daughter [[Arianna Savall|Arianna]] and son Ferran. |
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She passed away, surrounded by her family, after a long battle with cancer. The funeral was held at the [[Monastery of Pedralbes]] in Barcelona, Spain.<ref>[http://www.lavanguardia.com/local/barcelona/20111123/54239249718/el-funeral-de-montserrat-figueras-se-celebrara-en-el-monasterio-de-pedralbes-de-barcelona.html El funeral de Montserrat Figueras], La Vanguardia, 23/11/2011</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:55, 28 November 2011
Montserrat Figueras García (15 March 1942, Barcelona, Spain[1][2] – 23 November 2011, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain[3][4]) was a Catalan soprano who specialized in early music.
Figueras was born in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain), and began studying early singing techniques together with her sister Pilar Figueras in 1966 and developed an approach and technique for singing early music which combined historical fidelity with vitality.[5]
In 1974 she and Jordi Savall, her husband since 1968, Lorenzo Alpert and Hopkinson Smith formed Hespèrion XX, an early music ensemble. Figueras and her husband were members of a newer version of that ensemble, Hespèrion XXI. They also founded the groups La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Le Concert des Nations.
Figueras also performed and recorded regularly as a solo artist. She and her husband performed with their children: daughter Arianna and son Ferran.
She passed away, surrounded by her family, after a long battle with cancer. The funeral was held at the Monastery of Pedralbes in Barcelona, Spain.[6]
Notes
- ^ Muere la soprano Montserrat Figueras, La Vanguardia, 23/11/2011
- ^ Notice of Figueras' death with 1942 year of birth
- ^ Notice of her death, at Alia Vox, her recording label
- ^ Mor la soprano Montserrat Figueras
- ^ Official website of Montserrat Figueras, Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI
- ^ El funeral de Montserrat Figueras, La Vanguardia, 23/11/2011