The Pau Casals UNESCO Chair is a project in agreement between the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and the Pau Casals Foundation
The objetives of the projects are promoting contemporary research, knowledge, dissemination and debate on the musical and humanistic dimension of Pablo Casals and his extraordinary legacy, as well as the values he defended throughout his life.
Report 2022-2024
The Pau UNESCO Casals Chair is a project in agreement between the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and the Pau Casals Foundation
The objetives of the projects are promoting contemporary research, knowledge, dissemination and debate on the musical and humanistic dimension of Pablo Casals and his extraordinary legacy, as well as the values he defended throughout his life.
Report 2022-2024
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Research
The Chair Papers collection is a publication of the UNESCO Pau Casals Chair, conceived to disseminate the results of its research projects.
Its purpose is to contribute to the international projection of Pau Casals’ legacy, both in terms of his musical career and his commitment to peace, human rights, and the role of culture in the development of societies.
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Winners of the Pau Casals UNESCO Chair Research Grants 2025
The grants programme’s third call received 58 proposals from 27 different countries and awarded two research studies focused on the role of music in contexts of conflict and repression.
The Legacy of Pau Casals: A Driver of Research and Reflection through the “Chair Papers” Collection
The UNESCO Chair for the Promotion of Pau Casals in Music, Defense of Peace and Human Rights, driven by the Pau Casals Foundation and the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), presents the Chair Papers Collection
The UNESCO Pau Casals Chair presents the results of the 2023 Research Grants on Pau Casals’s legacy at ESMUC
Next Thursday, March 20, at 6:00 PM, the UNESCO Pau Casals Chair—a joint initiative between the Pau Casals Foundation and the Open University of Catalonia (UOC)—will publicly present at ESMUC the results of the two projects selected in the first call for 2023 research grants
The musical aesthetic of Pau Casals and the role of music in peacebuilding are the two new projects awarded grants by the Pau Casals UNESCO Chair
The grants programme's second call, which aims to promote research and knowledge of the musician's musical and humanistic legacy, received 26 applications from students and researchers all over the world. A total of 26 research projects on Pau Casals were [...]
Dr. Alfons Martinell , co-director of the UNESCO Chair Pau Casals, awarded in the 6th edition of the UCLG – Mexico City – Culture 21 International Award in the category of Personality.
June 2024 - Organised biennially, the UCLG - Mexico City - Culture 21 International Award organised by the international organisation United Cities and Local Governments and the government of Mexico City already has the winners of the 6th edition 2023-2024. [...]
The Pau Casals Chair becomes UNESCO Chair and joins UNESCO’s international cooperation programme
Sant Salvador, June 28, 2024 - The news was celebrated this Friday morning, 28 June, at the Pau Casals Museum (Sant Salvador, Tarragona) at an event attended by people, institutions and organizations that have provided their support to make this [...]
The first call for applications for the Pau Casals Chair research grants opens
The Pau Casals Foundation and the UOC will provide grants for research projects into the musician himself and his values. Applications must be submitted between 23 January and 10 March 2023 (11.59 p.m.). Each grant has a financial endowment of [...]
Joan Fuster-Sobrepere: “United Nations was a great hope for his generation, because the alternative was nuclear destruction”
Yolanda Viñales Verdes The Pau Casals Chair - Music and Defense of Peace and Human Rights, an initiative of the Pau Casals Foundation and the UOC, attached to the UOC's Faculty of Arts and Humanities, was created in 2022. Joan [...]
When cultural heritage becomes cannon fodder
The war in Ukraine has once again highlighted the non-compliance with common agreements for the protection of cultural heritage and infrastructure. The 1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict is the frame of [...]
The Pau Casals Chair, music and defence of peace and human rights, was born in 2022.
On January 25, an agreement was signed for the creation of the Pau Casals Chair, a joint project between the Pau Casals Foundation and the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). The aim of this new chair is to promote contemporary [...]
The Pau Casals Chair is a project in agreement between the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and the Pau Casals Foundation
The objetives of the projects are promoting contemporary research, knowledge, dissemination and debate on the musical and humanistic dimension of Pablo Casals and his extraordinary legacy, as well as the values he defended throughout his life.
