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Montserrat Figueras
Montserrat Figueras
- soprano - was born in Barcelona, where she studied singing and acting. At a
very early age, Montserrat Figueras gave her first concert with the Catalan
Early Music ensemble, ARS MUSICAE. In 1968 she left for Basle and studied early
and modern music at the Schola
Cantorum Baseliensis and the Conservatoire. She worked under Kurt Widmer,
Thomas Binkley and later with Eva Krasznai. Six years later, Jordi Savall (her
husband since 1968), Montserrat Figueras, Lorenzo Alpert and Hopkinson Smith
founded the ensemble HESPERION XX. In 1987 Jordi Savall founded the vocal and
instrumental ensemble LA CAPELLA REIAL of which Montserrat is a member.
Montserrat Figueras has developed a most personal conception of the
interpretation of early vocal music, especially from Spain and Catalonia.
Suzanne
Vega remains one of the most relentlessly, mercilessly tasteful recording
artists alive. Every note on Songs in Red and Gray has been arranged with
the meticulous precision of a butler laying silver on a table.