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
Papers
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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News
Dr. Alfons Martinell, Co-Director of the UNESCO Pau Casals Chair, Receives the 2024 Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts
Dr. Alfons Martinell, Co-Director of the Pau Casals UNESCO Chair, has been awarded the 2024 Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts by the Council of Ministers. The official award ceremony for the Gold Medals for Merit in [...]
Two studies on Pau Casals’ international projection and cultural diplomacy win the 2026 research grants from the UNESCO Chair Pau Casals
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.
Opened the Fourth Call for Research Grants of the Pau Casals UNESCO Chair
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.
Cultural Rights and Peace: Professional Perspectives and Applications Seminar
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.
Alfons Martinell, co-director of the Pablo Casals Chair, participated on November 18 in the 4th edition of the School of Defenders with an expository session on cultural rights
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.
Submission of the final works of the two 2024 research grants projects
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 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.
