Closing Concert

Closing Concert: La Vie antérieure en quatre parts

24 September 2026 · 20.30
Seu Vella de Lleida

Karina Tseng, piano — Third Prize and Audience Prize 2025
Kojiro Okada, piano — Third Prize 2023
Anna Dmytrenko, piano — Third Prize 2018
Montserrat Seró, soprano
Arlet Pascual, piano — student at the Ricard Viñes Municipal Conservatory of Music
Grzegorz Mart, video artist
Néstor Bayona, artistic concept

An immersive proposal conceived in four parts, in which solo piano, two and three pianos, voice and video art interact with the architecture and atmosphere of the Seu Vella. The journey begins with a dialogue between two pianos, continues with the intimacy of voice and piano, then moves into the world of the solo piano, and culminates in a final part that brings together and transforms all these elements.

The programme explores the musical world of Viñes, revives works linked to his artistic career and presents the premieres of two of his songs for voice and piano. As a recurring thread, El primer viatge, a short piece by Viñes, reappears throughout the four parts. The work will be performed by a young student of the same age Viñes was when he composed it. This dialogue is completed by the music of three contemporary composers, creating a bridge between his legacy and present-day creation.

Part I

Germaine Tailleferre
Jeux de plein air: La Tirelitentaine, for two pianos

Maurice Ravel
Rapsodie espagnole: Habanera, for two pianos

Darius Milhaud
Saudades do Brasil: Tijuca, for solo piano

Germaine Tailleferre
Jeux de plein air: Cache-cache mitoula, for two pianos

Ricard Viñes
El primer viatge, for piano

Igor Stravinsky
Le Sacre du printemps: Rondes printanières, for two pianos

Part II

Jesús Guridi
Trece canciones vascas: Gabon Jaikoak, for voice and piano
Traditional Basque text

Joan Magrané
Combat del somni: Tot deu ser blanc, for voice and piano
Poem by Josep Janés

Maurice Ravel
Histoires naturelles: Le Martin-pêcheur, for voice and piano
Poem by Jules Renard

Ricard Viñes
El primer viatge, for piano

Marc Migó
Canviar de cel: Ero i Oreneta, for voice and piano
Poems by Adrià Targa

Part III

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Novellette, for piano

Roger-Ducasse
Trois Barcarolles: No. 1, for piano

Francis Poulenc
Trois mouvements perpétuels: Alerte, for piano

Alfredo Casella
Deux Contrastes: Grazioso, for piano

Ricard Viñes
El primer viatge, for piano

Alfredo Casella
Deux Contrastes: Antigrazioso, for piano

Igor Stravinsky
Le Sacre du printemps: Danse des adolescentes, for two pianos

Part IV

Alexander Borodin
Petite Suite: Au couvent, arrangement for two pianos

Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition: The Great Gate of Kyiv, arrangement for three pianos

Frederic Mompou
Combat del somni: Damunt de tu, només les flors, for voice and piano
Poem by Josep Janés

Ricard Viñes
La Vie antérieure, for voice and piano
Poem by Charles Baudelaire · premiere

Joan Magrané
Combat del somni: Els murs que t’isolen del cel i el mar, for voice and piano
Poem by Josep Janés

Ricard Viñes
Tears, Idle Tears, for voice and piano
Poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson · premiere

Marc Migó
Canviar de cel: Mig i Fum, for voice and piano
Poems by Adrià Targa

Ricard Viñes
El primer viatge, for piano

Gabriel Durliat
La Berceuse interrompue pour le Tombeau de R. Viñes, for solo piano

Approximate duration: 1 hour 10 minutes, without interval.

The complete poem texts can be consulted on the website of the Ricard Viñes International Piano Competition. All works in the programme, with the exception of the new creations, were selected following consultation of concert programmes preserved in the Ricard Viñes Archive.