The research projects “Pau Casals’s Cultural Diplomacy through El Pessebre: Puerto Rico as a Node (Hub) in an International Circuit of Peace and the ‘Politics of Reception’ (1957–1973)” and “The Reception of Pau Casals in Buenos Aires: Event, Networks of Sociability, and Cultural Memory (1937–c.1960)” are the winners of the fourth call for the UNESCO Pau Casals Chair Research Grants 2026.

The Pau Casals UNESCO Chair has launched its fourth call for research grants with the aim of promoting research on the musical and humanistic legacy of Pau Casals. Interested applicants may submit their applications until 12 April 2026.

The University of Andorra (UdA), in collaboration with the Pau Casals UNESCO Chair, presents the seminar “Cultural Rights and Peace: Professional Perspectives and Applications”, a training program that proposes rethinking the relationship between culture and peace in today’s world.

In the current context, marked by wars, the rise of authoritarianism, the climate crisis and hate speech, defending life, territory or expression can cost one’s freedom or even one’s life.

These studies offer an in-depth analysis of Casals’ life and artistic trajectory and consolidate his image as a reference figure both in the world of music and in the commitment to peace.

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 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

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 grants programme's second call, which aims to promote research [...]

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