Montserrat Torrent
Illustration — Torrent at the Museu de la Música de Barcelona (3 September 2015) Montserrat Torrent i Serra (born 17 April 1926) is a Spanish organist.
Montserrat Torrent
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- Full name
- Montserrat Torrent i Serra.
- Born
- 1926. · Barcelona.
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Occupation
- organist, university teacher and musician.
- Education
- Municipal Conservatory of Music of Barcelona.
- Teachers
- Blai Net i Sunyer, Carles Pellicer i Boulanger, Frank Marshall and Helmuth Rilling.
- Honours
- Saint George's Cross, honorary doctor of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona Gold Medal for Artistic Merit in Fine Arts, President Macià Medal and National Music Prize for Interpretation.
- Languages
- Catalan and Spanish.
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Illustration — Torrent at the Museu de la Música de Barcelona (3 September 2015) Montserrat Torrent i Serra (born 17 April 1926) is a Spanish organist.
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Montserrat Torrent (born 1926) is a musician, organist and university teacher, of Spanish nationality. The musician was born Montserrat Torrent i Serra in Barcelona.
Montserrat Torrent was educated at Municipal Conservatory of Music of Barcelona. The musician worked for Municipal Conservatory of Music of Barcelona and is a member of Academy of the Distrustful.
Languages used include Catalan and Spanish. Honours include honorary doctor of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, National Music Prize for Interpretation and President Macià Medal, among others.
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Torrent worked across organist, university teacher and musician. This article rests on 4 catalogued compositions, 2 published texts, 1 issued recordings and 6 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.
Montserrat Torrent studied at Municipal Conservatory of Music of Barcelona. Training under Blai Net i Sunyer, Carles Pellicer i Boulanger and Frank Marshall is recorded. Jordi Alcaraz i Solé, Antoni Mulet Barceló and Salvador Mas i Conde are recorded as having studied under Montserrat Torrent. The recorded working language is Catalan and Spanish. Employment is recorded with Municipal Conservatory of Music of Barcelona. Distinctions recorded are Saint George's Cross, honorary doctor of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona Gold Medal for Artistic Merit in Fine Arts and President Macià Medal.
Born in Barcelona in 1926, she started her musical studies as a pianist with her mother who was pupil of Enrique Granados. She studied under Frank Marshall (1883–1959) at the Academia Marshall in Barcelona, and also attended the Conservatorio Superior Municipal de Música de Barcelona. Later, she studied in París (with Noëlie Pierront), thanks to a scholarship grant from Institut Français; and in Siena (with Ferdinando Germani and Helmuth Rilling), granted by Fundación Juan March. Torrent was later appointed as organ teacher at Conservatorio Municipal de Barcelona. She started her career performing in Europe, United States of America and South America, focusing on the organ as a popular music instrument. In 1962, she founded the Organ Friends Association (Associació d'Amics de l'Orgue), with the aim of publicizing organ music and preserving historic organs in Spain. She also worked together with Ars Musicae de Barcelona, a group of pioneers of early music and period performance of Spanish and European music.
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Montserrat Torrent is recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded as organist, university teacher and musician. Established in Library of Congress under n85174394. Established in Discogs under 1582109.
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1926
Montserrat Torrent was born on 17 April 1926.
1957
Recorded as employer: Municipal Conservatory of Music of Barcelona.
1995
Receives Saint George's Cross.
1995
Montserrat Torrent received Saint George's Cross in 1995.
1997
Receives Barcelona Gold Medal for Artistic Merit in Fine Arts.
1997
Montserrat Torrent received Barcelona Gold Medal for Artistic Merit in Fine Arts in 1997.
2001
Receives President Macià Medal.
2001
Montserrat Torrent received President Macià Medal in 2001.
2021
Receives National Music Prize for Interpretation.
2021
Montserrat Torrent received National Music Prize for Interpretation in 2021.
2025
Recorded as member of: Academy of the Distrustful.
Reception
How Montserrat Torrent was received and recognised. Torrent received Barcelona Gold Medal for Artistic Merit in Fine Arts in 1997. Torrent received honorary doctor of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Torrent received National Music Prize for Interpretation in 2021. Torrent received President Macià Medal in 2001. Torrent received Saint George's Cross in 1995.
Discography
• L'orgue del Vendrell (1965) • Juan Cabanilles · Orgelwerk (1965) • L'orgue de Maó (1967) • Hispaniae Musica (1968) • Música de la cort: segle XVI (1970) • Obres per an orgue: Família Cabezón (1970) • Música orgánica española de los siglos XVI y XVII (1970) • Portugaliae musica (1971) • Joan Cabanilles · Orgues de Mallorca (1975) • Música española en el órgano de Mahón (1977) • Montserrat Torrent en el órgano de la Bien Aparecida (1978) • Orgue de Santa Maria de Badalona (1985) • Organ Recital (1990) • Libro de Tientos y discursos de música práctica, y teórica para Organo Vol. I (1991) • Libro de Tientos y discursos de música práctica, y teórica para Organo Vol. II (1992) • Compositors Catalans s. XVI-XIX (1994) • P. Antòni Soler - 6 concerts per a dos teclats (1995) • Montserrat Torrent Plays the Great Organ of Barcelona Cathedral (1995) • Les Llibertats d'orgue del cicle de Nadal (1995) • Libro de Tientos y discursos de música práctica, y teórica para Organo Vol. III (1996) • L'esplendorós barroc (1997) • Libro de Tientos y discursos de música práctica, y teórica para Organo Vol. IV (1999) • El órgano en el camino de Santiago (1999) • Tientos y Variaciones SS. XVI - XVII (1999) • L'Orgue a Catalunya Història i actualitat (2000) • Antología de organistas aragoneses del s. XVII (2001) • El Organo de San Juan El Real de Caalatayud (2001) • Maestros de Capilla del Monasterio de S. Lorenzo El Real del Escorial Antología Vol.1 Música para órgano (s. XVII) (2001) • Antología Vol.2 Música para órgano (s. XVIII) P. Antonio Soler. Integral de órgano, I (2003) • Antología Vol.3 Música para órgano (s. XVIII) P. Antonio Soler. Integral de órgano, II (2003) • El Órgano del Monasterio de Santa María de las Huelgas de Valladolid (2007)
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q544883: Montserrat Torrent
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Awards
Montserrat Torrent has been awarded with the following distinctions: • Grand Prix du Disque "Charles Cros" for her recording of music of Cabanilles (1965). • Creu de Sant Jordi from the Catalan Government (1995). • Académica correspondiente at Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Granada (1995). • Medalla de Plata del Mérito Artístico de Bellas Artes from Ministerio de Cultura (1996). • Premio Nacional de Música (1996). • Medalla al Mèrit Artístic d'or from Ajuntament de Barcelona (1997). • Medalla del Real Conservatorio de Música de Madrid (2001). • Medalla del Mérito al Trabajo "Francesc Macià" from Catalan Government (2001) • Doctora Honoris Causa by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2008).
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Montserrat Torrent studied at Municipal Conservatory of Music of Barcelona. She trained under Blai Net i Sunyer, Carles Pellicer i Boulanger, Frank Marshall and Helmuth Rilling. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
She was employed by Municipal Conservatory of Music of Barcelona. She belonged to Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Nuestra Señora de las Angustias and Academy of the Distrustful. Torrent received Saint George's Cross, honorary doctor of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona Gold Medal for Artistic Merit in Fine Arts, President Macià Medal and National Music Prize for Interpretation.
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