About Agustín González Acilu
Teresa Catalán and Rafael Moneo

 Friday / Mar 15 / 18:00h
 Free admission with prior withdrawal of invitation until full capacity is reached
Theatre

Teresa Catalán, composer and disciple of the master, and Rafael Moneo, architect, friend and fellow generation, will talk about the figure of the Navarrese composer Agustín González Acilu, his contributions to contemporary music and his artistic and vital keys.

Born in Alsasua, Agustín González Acilu (1929-2023) was one of the most significant composers in contemporary music in our country. Belonging to the Generation of '51, at the time of his death he had become the last resistant of a generation and an era. He was an erudite, rigorous and multi-awarded composer whose history is not far from that of his contemporary colleagues (De Pablo, Halffter, Bernaola...). In 1998 he received for the second time the Premio Nacional de Música in recognition of a whole life dedicated to composition and the real significance of his production in the panorama of our time.
 

TERESA CATALAN

Born in Pamplona in 1951. She studied Piano and Composition at the "Pablo Sarasate" Conservatory of that city. In her training as a composer, she has followed several academic courses of improvement, among which stand out those given by two figures of Spanish music whom she considers her teachers: Agustín González Acilu and Ramón Barce. He also attended the composition courses given by Franco Donatoni at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena (Italy) and master classes of important European and American composers. She holds a Master's degree in Aesthetics and Musical Creativity from the University of Valencia and a PhD in Philosophy of Art from the University of Valencia.

He has received several awards for performance, composition and recognition of his musical career, including the National Music Prize (composition, 2017), the Prince of Viana Prize for Culture (2021) and the Eusko Ikaskuntza Prize for Humanities, Culture, Arts and Social Sciences (2022). He holds the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts (2021) and the Commendation of the Order of Civil Merit (2011).

He is a member of Jakiunde, Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters of Euskadi, Navarra and Aquitaine. He is a member of the Advisory Council of the Teatro Real and the Social Council of the Public University of Navarra. He has been a member of the Consejo Estatal de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música, the Consejo Nacional de la Música and the Consejo Navarro de la Cultura y las Artes. She is a founding member of the Pamplona Group of Composers - Iruñeako Taldea Musikagileak.

Very active in the tasks of musical diffusion, she has organized numerous meetings, conferences, concerts and festivals. She has received commissions from numerous performers and institutions and her works have been programmed in important festivals.

RAFAEL MONEO

Born in Tudela (Navarra) in May 1937. He studied at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid. In 1963 he received a scholarship from the Spanish Academy in Rome, where he remained until 1965. On his return to Spain he began his professional work in Madrid, as well as his relationship with teaching as a professor at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (1966-1970). In 1970 he obtained the Chair of Elements of Composition at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona, where he taught until 1980, when he took over the Chair of Composition at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid until 1985. In 1985 he was appointed Chairman of the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, a position he held until July 1990. Rafael Moneo currently holds the position of Professor of Architecture at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, where he holds the Sert Professorship.

Rafael Moneo's activity as an architect goes hand in hand with his work as a lecturer and critic. Co-founder of the magazine Arquitecturas Bis, his writings have been published in the most important professional magazines and the presentation of his work, through exhibitions and conferences, has taken him to numerous institutions on both sides of the Atlantic.

Throughout his professional career, Rafael Moneo has won numerous awards, including the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1996 and the Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts in 2012. Elected Academician of Fine Arts in 1997, he took up his post in January 2005.