Figueres is the capital of the comarca of Alt Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
Jordi Savall i Bernadet is a Spanish conductor, composer and viol player. He has been one of the major figures in the field of Western early music since the 1970s, largely responsible for popularizing the viol family of instruments in contemporary performance and recording. As a historian of early music his repertoire features everything from medieval, Renaissance and Baroque through to the Classical and Romantic periods. He has incorporated non-western musical traditions in his work; including African vernacular music for a documentary on slavery.
Maria del Mar Bonet i Verdaguer is a Spanish singer from the island of Majorca.
Estanislao Figueras y de Moragas was a Spanish politician who served as the first President of the First Spanish Republic from 12 February to 11 June 1873.
Georges Moustaki was an Egyptian-French singer-songwriter of Jewish Italo-Greek origin. He wrote about 300 songs for some of the most popular singers in France, including Édith Piaf, Dalida, Françoise Hardy, Yves Montand, Barbara, Brigitte Fontaine, Herbert Pagani, France Gall, Cindy Daniel, Juliette Gréco, Pia Colombo, and Tino Rossi, as well as for himself.
The Song of the Sibyl is a liturgical drama and a Gregorian chant, the lyrics of which comprise a prophecy describing the Apocalypse, which has been performed in churches on Majorca and Alghero, and some Catalan churches, in the Catalan language on Christmas Eve nearly uninterruptedly since medieval times. It was declared a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO on 16 November 2010.
Marina Geli i Fàbrega was the health minister of the Generalitat de Catalunya from 2003 to 2010. She is considered one of the most prominent members of the Catalanist wing of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia.
Maria Mercè Marçal i Serra was a Catalan poet, professor, writer and translator from Spain.
Castellet i la Gornal is a municipality in the comarca of the Alt Penedès in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the valley of the Foix river at the point where it crosses the Coastal Range. The river is dammed to form the Foix reservoir. The ajuntament is in La Gornal. The municipality is served by the N-340 road, and by a local road to Vilanova i la Geltrú.
Montserrat Figueras i García was a Spanish soprano who specialized in early music.
Anna María Agustí Flores, known professionally as Nina, is a Spanish singer, vocal coach and actress.
Agustí Chalaux i de Subirà, was a Spanish thinker, who designed a political, economic and social model meant to reduce as much as possible the misuse of power, extreme poverty and corruption.
Rossell is a surname of Catalan origin. A variant is Rosell. Notable people with the surname include:
PICAP is a Catalan record label headquartered in Castellar del Vallès, Spain. It was founded in 1984.
The Castellers de Vilafranca is a cultural and sporting association whose main objective is to build castells. It has the status of a public-interest association. The group was founded in 1948 in response to the increased interest in human tower building in Vilafranca del Penedès, a Catalan tradition that has evolved since the 18th century Ball de Valencians, a dance from Valencia.
Albert Serra Figueras is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.
Joan Rossell (1724–1780) was a Spanish composer, born into a musical family in Barcelona where his grandfather had played in the chapel of the cathedral, his father was a singer, and his brothers played violin the best orchestras of the country. In 1748 be became maestro de capilla at the Palacio Real de La Almudaina/Royal Palace of La Almudaina and later had the same position at the Cathedral of Toledo, where he was succeeded by another Catalan, Francesc Juncà (1742–1833). In his youth, Rossell composed in the style of the Spanish baroque, but in Mallorca he increasingly adopted the modern, gallant style.
The literature of Andorra is part of Catalan literature, that is, of literature in the Catalan language. It is the literature represented by the writings created in the Principality of Andorra or by Andorran authors.
Núria Feliu i Mestres was a Spanish Catalan singer and actress, a singular figure of the Nova Cançó movement.
La Santa Espina is a sardana composed by Enric Morera with lyrics written by Àngel Guimerà. It is the most emblematic of all sardanas and is considered a patriotic hymn by the Catalans.
