In this conversation prior to Cuncordu Codronzanesu’s participation in Trànsits cycle, three experts in the field bring us closer to one of the most unique vocal traditions of the Mediterranean: the orally transmitted polyphonies of the island of Sardinia.
A dialogue with Ester Llop, Jaume Ayats and Maria Antonieta Muggianu about the characteristics and meanings around these practices, both throughout history and today.
Following the conversation, the Cuncordu musicians will offer a demonstration of Sardinian cantu a chiterra, a popular form of monodic singing characteristic of the north of the island.
More information on “Cuncordu Codronzanesu. Polyphonies of oral tradition in Sardinia” on Saturday, May 11:
Organized by the Barcelona Music Museum, the Office of Religious Affairs of Barcelona City Council and the Centre Artesà Tradicionarius.
Jaume Ayats
Ethnomusicologist and violinist, Generalitat de Catalunya’s National Culture Award, he researches on the polyphonic singing of the Latin Mediterranean countries. Professor at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona since 1998, he has been chair of the Musicology department at ESMUC (2000-2005), director of the Barcelona Music Museum (2012-2020), and guest professor at the University of Chicago (2018).
Ester Llop
Ethnomusicologist, doctor in musicology and singer. She has studied the goigs tradition in Catalonia and Andorra and the oral religious chants in the Pyrenees and the Pla de Lleida, in the book Los cantadors (2015). She has published articles on tambourine (pandero) songs as well as Christmas carols. She is a teacher and sings in the group of traditional Catalan polyphony Tornaveus.
Maria Antonieta Muggianu
Singer that begins her path in music in her native Sardinia within Gregorian chant. Living in Minorca since 2012, she develops her musical activity in early music through historically documented interpretation.