From left to right:
Jakob Kammerlander (violin)
Sebastian Gwilt (violin)
Jonathan Brown (viola)
Miquel Garcia Ramon (cello)

Festival Internacional de Música Pau Casals
(Pau Casals International Music Festival)
El Vendrell 2025

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Popular open-air concert
(FIMPC 2025 – VII)

Thursday, July 17, 2025
7th Concert
Plaça Nova
El Vendrell

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Holding a free, open-air concert has become a tradition at the Pau Casals International Music Festival in El Vendrell.The performances take place with the statue of Pablo Casals in the background, a sculpture by Josep Viladomat.

Link to the concert summary produced by Radio Televisión del Vendrell. The video contains short clips of the musical performances as well as the opinions of various attendees who highly value the celebration of the popular concert.

From left to right:
Alena Hove (violin)
Alexander Janiczek(violin)
Josef Hundsbichler (viola)
On the right side of the photograph you can see the statue dedicated to Pau Casals, a work by Josep Viladomat(1899 - 1989)

Festival Internacional de Música Pau Casals
El Vendrell 2025

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There are two reasons to celebrate the popular outdoor concert. The first is to fulfil Pablo Casals' wish that access to high-quality classical music should not be reserved only for those who could attend grand theatres.

From left to right:
Andreas Siles-Melinger (violin)
Sebastian Gwilt (violin)

Festival Internacional de Música Pau Casals
El Vendrell 2025

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The second reason is to commemorate the popular concert that Pablo Casals gave in El Vendrell on July 27, 1927. The choice of venue for the concert is not accidental; it is the same place where Casals gave the 1927 concert. A concert that was part of the events honouring Pablo Casal, events arranged by the Vendrell City Council and the Pau Casals Orchestra.

Documentary of the events of July 10, 1927,
including the public concert conducted by Pablo Casals.


Film produced by Dalfo Magazine.
Shared on YouTube on July 10, 2020,
by the Pau Casals Foundation

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Additional information:

Josep Viladomat

Manlleu (Barcelona), March 23, 1899 – Escaldes-Engordany (Andorra), June 2, 1989. He admired the masters of the Italian Renaissance, Baroque imagery, and the work of sculptors Aristide Maillol (1861-1944) and Manolo Hugué (1872-1945).
His repertoire of works is very broad, ranging from religious imagery to public sculpture, including sports themes, genre scenes, and subjects related to the Spanish Civil War and exile.

María Dolores García Martínez
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