The Talent Festival, organized by the Taller de Músics of Barcelona, presents 28 concerts starring emerging artists in its 14th edition, reaffirming its role as a platform for promoting new generations of musicians linked to this prestigious music school in Barcelona's Ciutat Vella district. Until July 10, the festival extends to Barcelona, Terrassa, Mataró, Reus, Sant Cugat del Vallès, and Cerdanyola, becoming a showcase for emergent creation and the sonic diversity that defines the contemporary music scene.
The Barcelona venues involved this year are Paral·lel 62 Club, Taller de Músics 24, Centre Cultural Albareda, Sala Mompou, Centre Cívic Ateneu Fort Pienc, La Nau, and L’Altell Mescladís. Outside Barcelona, there will be performances at Nova Jazz Cava, CLAP Mataró, Lo Submarino, and Unió Santcugatenca. The program once again stands out for its stylistic transversality, with projects that traverse jazz, flamenco, pop, rock, urban music, Mediterranean music, electronic music, experimental folk, and singer-songwriter music.
Sonic Diversity and Emerging Creation
The festival's inauguration took place at Paral·lel 62 Club with Skye Lynae, who presented Interferències, an audiovisual project that reflects on identity, technology, and depersonalization through electronics, processed voice, and piano. Also, Miffust presented Pujar cims, a work that combines pop sensibility, influences from classical composition, and expanded instrumentation with trumpet and violin.
Jazz will occupy a central space within the program with projects such as Sama Quartet, which will open its performance with a concert and jam session at the Nova Jazz Cava in Terrassa; Joan de Domingo and his Laberint rítmic, a proposal built from the work of textures and rhythmic structures; or the Àlex Pons Quintet, which will combine jazz tradition and contemporary sonorities. Also in the jazz field, Adrià Olshanetsky will revisit the legacy of Jaco Pastorius with Jaco Revisited, while Denys Hordovskyi Quartet will explore the dialogue between jazz, folklore, and soundscape with Songs About the Nature Together and Apart. Martí Escobedo Quartet will complete this open look at contemporary jazz with Una passa al davant, a proposal that integrates improvisation, flamenco, world music, and hybrid languages.
The program includes projects linked to urban music, soul, pop, and new hybrid scenes. This is the case of Duatizz, who will present Trouble Bag in an extended format with a big band and string quartet, fusing R&B, hip-hop, and contemporary production. Miquel Moya will present Ocells de foc, a project situated between intimate pop and authorial soul, while Lorien will combine jazz and rock based on irregular rhythms and great sonic intensity.
Proposals linked to roots music and Mediterranean sounds will also have a prominent presence. Juno Sibling Duo will present Anemoia, a sonic exploration built from traditional instruments, Mediterranean music, and experimental vocal techniques. Anna Salvà, with Retornar, will propose a dialogue between voice, violin, improvisation, and memory, while Sílvia Raventós will present Veneno y miel, a project that connects flamenco, traditional Catalan music, and Greek sounds.
The program will also provide space for hybrid scenic formats and conceptual narratives. Jantià will present Nimfa, a proposal between concert and theatrical performance that incorporates folk, rock, and metal to build a fantastic and emotional universe. For his part, Roger Jordán will offer Jordán Project, a musical journey marked by influences from hip-hop, funk, pop, and rock with the drums as the central axis. Finally, Joan Buquet Latin Project will reclaim the power of Afro-Cuban rhythms and Latin jazz with an orchestral proposal inspired by the sounds of Cuba, New York, and Puerto Rico.
A Showcase for Emerging Talent
The Talent Festival continues to strengthen the Taller de Músics' commitment to contemporary creation, artistic professionalization, and the generation of new spaces for emerging music. Most of the festival's concerts will be free and open access. More information and schedules at festivaltalent.cat
