Maria del Mar Bonet
Maria del Mar Bonet i Verdaguer (Balearic Catalan: [məˈɾi.ə ðəl ˈma boˈnət]; born 1947) is a Spanish singer.
Also recorded as Maria del Mar Bonet i Verdaguer
Maria del Mar Bonet
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- Born
- 1947. · Palma.
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter and musician.
- Fields
- nova cançó, music of Mediterranea, folk and world and country.
- Honours
- Saint George's Cross, Ramon Llull Award, Medal of Honor of the Parliament of Catalonia, honorary doctorate of the University of Lleida, Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts and Gold Medal of the Balearic Islands Community.
- Languages
- Catalan and Spanish.
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Maria del Mar Bonet i Verdaguer (Balearic Catalan: [məˈɾi.ə ðəl ˈma boˈnət]; born 1947) is a Spanish singer.
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Maria del Mar Bonet (born 1947) is a Spanish musician and singer-songwriter. The musician was born in Palma. Maria del Mar Bonet is a member of Els Setze Jutges.
Genres include folk, world and country, music of Mediterranea and nova cançó. Languages used include Catalan, Spanish and Valencia. Works by the musician are held at Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya and Palau Foundation. Maria del Mar Bonet received Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts, Gold Medal of the Balearic Islands Community and Gold Medal of the Generalitat of Catalonia, among others.
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Early life and career
Early life and career
The recorded working language is Catalan and Spanish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are nova cançó, music of Mediterranea and folk, world and country. Work by Maria del Mar Bonet is recorded in the collections of Palau Foundation and Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. Distinctions recorded are Saint George's Cross, Ramon Llull Award, Medal of Honor of the Parliament of Catalonia and honorary doctorate of the University of Lleida.
Bonet was born in 1947 in Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain. She studied ceramics in the school of arts, but eventually decided to dedicate herself to music. She arrived in Barcelona in 1967, where she began to sing with the group Els Setze Jutges. She has published many folk music albums in Catalan, in spite of the ban on the Catalan language and its music during Francisco Franco's dictatorship. She has performed throughout China as well as in Japan, the former USSR, Tunisia, Netherlands, Poland, Belgium, France, United Kingdom, Brazil, Sweden, Switzerland, Venezuela, Mexico, and the United States.
Recording career
Recording career
In 1981, Bonet recorded Jardí Tancat in Paris, along with accompaniment by Jacques Denjean and noted Breton harpist Alan Stivell. She has worked with the Ensemble of Music Traditionelle di Tunis and Brazilian musician Milton Nascimento. She earned the French Charles Cross Academy Prize and the Catalan Creu de Sant Jordi and the National Prize awarded by the Catalan government. In 1984, the French Government gave her the Charles Cross Academy Award for the best foreign record released in France. That same year Bonet was awarded the Cross of Saint George, the highest distinction of the Generalitat de Catalunya (the Catalan Government). In 1985, as a result of her interest and research into North African music, she recorded Anells d’aigua (Rings of Water) with the Ensemble de Musique Traditionelle of Tunisia, and then toured with the group throughout France and Spain. In 1998 she toured abroad and collaborated with other well-known Spanish artists such as Amancio Prada, Loquillo, Jordi Sabatés and Rosa Vergés. In 2001, Bonet recorded a Jackson Browne tribute album, Sing My Songs. The album was recorded live in July 2001 in the Gothic district of Barcelona. The album won the 2002 Spanish World Music Awards.
Discography
Maria del Mar Bonet (Maria del Mar Bonet) 1970 Maria del Mar Bonet (Maria del Mar Bonet) 1971 Maria del Mar Bonet (Maria del Mar Bonet) 1974 A l'Olympia (Maria del Mar Bonet) 1975 Cançons de festa (Maria del Mar Bonet) 1976 Alenar (Maria del Mar Bonet) 1977 Saba de terrer (Maria del Mar Bonet) 1979 Quico-Maria del Mar (Maria del Mar Bonet + Francesc Pi de la Serra) 1979 Sempre (Maria del Mar Bonet) 1981 L'àguila negra (Maria del Mar Bonet) 1981 Jardí tancat (Maria del Mar Bonet) 1981 Breviari d'amor (Maria del Mar Bonet) 1982 Cançons de la nostra mediterrània (Maria del Mar Bonet + Al Tall) 1982 Anells d'aigua (Maria del Mar Bonet) 1985 Gavines i dragons (Maria del Mar Bonet) 1987 Ben a prop (Maria del Mar Bonet + Manel Camp) 1989 Bon viatge faci la cadernera (Maria del Mar Bonet) 1990 Coreografies (Maria del Mar Bonet) 1990 El·las (Maria del Mar Bonet) 1993 Salmaia (Maria del Mar Bonet) 1995 Primeres cançons (Maria del Mar Bonet) 1997 El cor del temps (Maria del Mar Bonet) 1997 Cavall de foc (Maria del Mar Bonet) 1999 Raixa (Maria del Mar Bonet) 2001 Cants d'Abelone (Maria del Mar Bonet + Rafael Subirachs) 2001 Collita pròpia (Maria del Mar Bonet) 2003 Amic, amat (Maria del Mar Bonet) 2004 Terra Secreta (Maria del Mar Bonet) 2007 Bellver (Maria del Mar Bonet) 2010 Blaus de l'ànima, més de 20 anys ben a prop (Maria del Mar Bonet + Manel Camp) 2011
Primary material
Documents and archives
Institutional database
- OpenStreetMap gazetteer entry for Mirador de la Maria del Mar Bonet, Vilagrassa, Urgell, Lleida, Catalunya, 25330, España
Scholarly · OpenStreetMap Foundation
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q237042: Maria del Mar Bonet
Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation
reference work
- “Maria del Mar Bonet”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Awards and accomplishments
1984: Creu de Sant Jordi de la Generalitat de Catalunya. 1984: Premi de l'acadèmia al millor disc estranger editat a França. 1990: Premi Gabriel Alomar i Villalonga dels Premis 31 de Desembre de l'Obra Cultural Balear. 1992: Premi Nacional de Música de la Generalitat de Catalunya. 2000: Ramon Llull Award from the government of the Balearic Islands 2000: Premi a la Millor Cançó en Català de la IV Edición de los Premios de la Música. 2001: Premi al Millor Àlbum de Música Tradicional-Folk per "Raixa" de la VI Edición de los Premios de la Música. 2002: Millor Àlbum en Català per "Raixa" de la VI Edición de los Premios de la Música. 2002: Premi Altaveu 2002. 2002: Premi Enderrock de la crítica al millor álbum Folk-Noves Músiques. 2003: Premi Luigi Tenco 2003, de Italia. 2003: Premi de Música Ciutat de Barcelona per "Amic, Amat" 2003: Medalla d'Or de la ciutat de Mallorca. 2008: Premio Maria Carta of Sardinia.
Maria del Mar Bonet
Martin E. Beranguer
Concert de Maria del Mar Bonet a Montision de Porreres (09 d'agost de 2022)
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- 1.Collar, Matt. Biography: Maria del Mar Bonet. AllMusic.
- 2.Government of the Balearic Islands. Premis Ramon Llull 2000.
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OpenStreetMap gazetteer entry for Mirador de la Maria del Mar Bonet, Vilagrassa, Urgell, Lleida, Catalunya, 25330, EspañaOpenStreetMap Foundation
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q237042: Maria del Mar BonetWikimedia Foundation
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