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-December the 2nd, 2022

PILAR BAYONA PIANO SCHOLARSHIP 2023. AUDITION OF CANDIDATES AND PRIZE DELIVERY
The PILAR BAYONA Piano Scholarship was convened by Saragossa Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza and Industrias Químicas del Ebro (IQE) 
The tests were helded in Saragossa Auditorio, Luis Galve Hall.

JURY:  Enrique Bagaría, Cristina Sobrino, Antonio Lasierra, Jorge Villarroya and Miguel Ángel Tapia
 
-Audition of the four finalist candidates.
-Verdict and delivery of the prize to the winner: NOEL REDOLAR CORTÉS

 
 
-April the 7th, 2022

LAUNCH OF THE AUDIOVISUAL "PILAR BAYONA. MÚSICA CLARA COMO UN CURSO DE AGUA.
RESIDENCIA DE ESTUDIANTES. MADRID 
 
-19,00 pm.: Public presentation.
Presents: Alicia Navarro, Residencia de estudiantes Director.
Participants: Emilio Casanova, as Film producer, Antonio Bayona and Julián, as Pilar Bayona Archive managers.
Film projection.ez, .

 
 
-November the 25th, 2021

LAUNCH OF THE PUBLICATION "PILAR BAYONA. UNA MÚSICA DEL SIGLO XX" EDITED ON THE OCASSION OF THE EXHIBITION OF THE SAME NEME.
PABLO SERRANO IAACC MUSEUM. SARAGOSSA 
 
-19,30 pm .: Public presentation
.Presents: Julio Ramón.
Chairman: Sergio del Castillo. Participants: Manuel García Guatas, Rubén Lorenzo, Antonio Bayona and Julián Gómez.

 
 


-September the 15th, 2021

EXHIBITION: PILAR BAYONA. UNA MÚSICA DEL SIGLO XX.
PABLO SERRANO IAACC MUSEUM. SARAGOSSA 
The exhibition will be open till november the 28th
 
-11 am .: Launch ceremony for the media.
Participants: Víctor Lucea, General Director of Culture of the Government of Aragon, Julio Ramón, Director of the Museum, and Antonio Bayona and Julián Gómez, exhibition curators.
-12 am. Opening of the exhibition

More information about the exhibition

 

-December the 14th, 2020

PILAR BAYONA PIANO SCHOLARSHIP. AUDITION OF CANDIDATES AND PRIZE DELIVERY
The third PILAR BAYONA Piano Scholarship was convened by Saragossa Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza and Industrias Químicas del Ebro (IQE) 
The tests were helded in Saragossa Auditorio, Luis Galve Hall.

JURY:  Josep Colom, Cristina Sobrino, Fco. Javier Aguirre, Jorge Villarroya and Miguel Ángel Tapia
 
-10.30 am. Audition of the four finalist candidates: Alicia Callejero, Miriam Gallego,Pablo Félez and Javier Montañés
-Verdict and delivery of the prize to the winner: JAVIER MONTAÑÉS ROCHE

 

 

-December the 27th, 2019

PILAR BAYONA PIANO SCHOLARSHIP. AUDITION OF CANDIDATES AND PRIZE DELIVERY
The second PILAR BAYONA Piano Scholarship was convened by Saragossa Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza and Industrias Químicas del Ebro (IQE) 
The tests were helded in Saragossa Auditorio, Luis Galve Hall.

JURY:  Pilar Bilbao, Rubén Lorenzo, Fco. Javier Aguirre, Antonio Bayona and Miguel Ángel Tapia
 
-11.30 am. Audition of the three finalist candidates: Rodolfo Albero, Joan Ramón Salamó and Alberto Menjón.
-2.30 pm. Verdict and delivery of the prize to the winner: ALBERTO MENJÓN

 

 

-September the 22th, 2018

 

Launch of the book PÁJAROS TRISTES Y OTROS POEMAS A PILAR BAYONA. by JUAN EDUARDO CIRLOT. Second edition.
LA BUENA VIDA, book shop, Madrid


 
Participants: Raúl Herrero (publisher), Antonio Bayona and Julián Gómez.


 
 

 

-July the 7th and 8th, 2018

PILAR BAYONA FESTIVAL COSUENDA.  3rd Edition, Cosuenda (Saragossa)

 -July the 7th: Concert by "Miguel Fleta" Polyphonic, and a string cuartet of musician teachers. Conductor: Emilio Reina
 -July the 8th: Musical Performance by Camerata Contrapunto, conducted by José Marco Campos, in the hall of the local Sports Center
 

 

 

 

-June the 28th, 2018

 

Launch of the book PÁJAROS TRISTES Y OTROS POEMAS A PILAR BAYONA. by JUAN EDUARDO CIRLOT. Second edition.
FNAC, Saragossa


 
Participants: Raúl Herrero (publisher), Antonio Bayona and Julián Gómez.


 
 


 

-December the 4th, 2017

PILAR BAYONA PIANO SCHOLARSHIP. AUDITION OF CANDIDATES AND PRIZE DELIVERY
PILAR BAYONA Piano Scholarship has been convened by Saragossa Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza and Industrias Químicas del Ebro (IQE) 
The tests were helded in Saragossa Auditorio, Luis Galve Hall.

JURY:  Leonel Morales, Pilar Bilbao, Marisa Montiel, Juana Bonafé y Miguel Ángel Tapia
 
-10 am. Audition of the five finalist candidates: Menjón, Alberto; Montañés, Javier; Palacios, Alberto; Redolar, Noel; Salamó, Juan Ramón.
-6 pm. Verdict and delivery of the prize to the winner: ALBERTO MENJÓN

 

 

 

-July the 23th, 2017

CONCERT HOMAGE: PILAR BAYONA. Inspiración de artistas.
PANTICOSA INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL  "Women in music" 
 
-5.30 pm. café-tertulia about Pilar Bayona. Salón Inglés del Hotel Continental. Chairwoman: Carmen Esteban.
-7.30 pm. Concert by Aniana Jaime (piano) and Beatriz Gimeno (mezzosoprano). Gran Hotel Hall.


More information about the homage

 

 

-July the 7th, 8th and 9th, 2017

PILAR BAYONA FESTIVAL COSUENDA.  2nd Edition, Cosuenda (Saragossa)

 
 
 -July the 7th: Banda ALGAIRÉN concert. Municipal premises.
 -July the 8th: piano Recital by Alberto Menjón. Church of Cosuenda.
 -July the 9th: violoncello and piano Recital by Nuria Gañet and Consuelo Roy. Church of Cosuenda.
 

 

-June the 15th, 2017

Launch of the V FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE PANTICOSA. "Tocando el cielo". 

Talk by Carmen  Esteban, Antón García Abril y  Luis Nozaleda. SGAE, Manuel de Falla Hall, Madrid
The pianist Aniana Jaime played an Emma Chacón composition dedicated to Pilar Bayona, and Cecilia Lavilla Berganza with Miguel Ituarte performed two Antón García Abril songs.
 
2017 programme is dedicated to women and music, and the Festival has prepared concerts dedicated to María Lejárraga, Pilar Bayona, Clara Schumann and Fanny Mendelsshon, Alicia de Larrocha, Teresa Berganza, Pilar Lorengar and several more.
In addition to these acts there are other non-thematic concerts, the traditional Festival Off, and other activities.
 


 

-May the 11th, 2017

DOCTORAL THESIS  Lecture: "Pilar Bayona, la intérprete ideal" by Javier Liébana Castillo. The event took place in the Sala de Grados del Departamento de Musicología de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Oviedo University.
 
Thesis Headmaster: Ramón Sobrino Sánchez.
Examining Board: Francesc Cortés Mir, Miriam Perandones and Marcos Andrés Vierge

 
 

 

-April the 26th, 2017

 

Launch of the book PILAR BAYONA. BIOGRAFÍA DE UNA PIANISTA (Authors: Antonio Bayona and Julián Gómez. Prensas Universitarias de Zaragoza, 2015) in the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid Library
 
Chairperson: Ana Guijarro, Conservatory Director. Participants: Teresa Catalán, Julián Gómez and Antonio Bayona.


 

 

-March the 20th, 2017

 
Opening of ESPACIO PILAR BAYONA in the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Aragón. Saragossa

Opening talk by Agustín Charles. Piano recital by Rubén Lorenzo.
Round Table Discussion on Pilar Bayona. Chairperson: Javier Liébana. Participants: Rubén Lorenzo, Antón Castro, Miguel A. Tapia and Antonio Bayona
 

 

 

 

-October the 29th and 30th, 2016

PILAR BAYONA FESTIVAL COSUENDA

October 29: Unveiling of a monument. Launch of the book "Pilar Bayona. Biografía de una pianista" by Antonio Bayona. Piano recital by Rubén Lorenzo.

October 30: Talk by Alejandro Martínez. Concert by Rebeca Cardiel and Jorge Franco, accompanied on the piano by Jorge Robaina. 

 

 

-January the 26th, 2016

APROXIMACIÓN A PILAR BAYONA

Talk by Antonio Bayona and Julián Gómez in the Asociación Aragonesa de Amigos del Libro (AAAL), Saragossa.

Chairperson: Eugenio Mateo
 


 
-April the 15th and 16th, 2016

PILAR BAYONA

April 15: Talk by Antonio Bayona y Julián Gómez in the Conservatorio Profesional de Música, Saragossa.

April 16: Some students of the Conservatorio Profesional visit the Archivo Pilar Bayona
 

 

-December the 22th, 2015

DOCTORAL THESIS  Lecture. Thesis by Rubén Lorenzo on the subject Pilar Bayona: un estudio de caso para el análisis del estilo interpretativo pianístico mediante la utilización de espectrogramas sonoros.
Universidad Politécnica of Valencia.
 

-November the 16th, 2015

 
Launch of the book PILAR BAYONA. BIOGRAFÍA DE UNA PIANISTA (Authors: Antonio Bayona and Julián Gómez. Prensas Universitarias de Zaragoza, 2015) in the Aula Magna del Paraninfo. Saragossa University.
 
Participants: Concha Lomba, Antón Castro, Julián Gómez and Antonio Bayona

More information about the book

 

 

-March the 30th, 2012

Act of Donation of the first piano of Pilar Bayona ("Apolo", upright piano) to  the Conservatorio Profesional de Música, Saragossa, by Julio Bayona de la Llana
 Act included within the VI Chamber Music Week
 

 

-February the 17th, 2011

Fifth Meeting "Archive and Memory". Training, conservation and management of Personal Archives. Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, CSIC

A presentation: PILAR BAYONA ARCHIVE: LEGACY, GENESIS AND PRESENT, by Julián Gómez Rodríguez.
 

-January the 14th, 2010

 

Launch of the book PILAR BAYONA. 30 MIRADAS (Several authors. Libros del Innombrable, 2009). Ámbito Cultural de El Corte Inglés, Saragossa.
Participants: Mª Antonia Martín Zorraquino, Pilar Armijo, Julián Gómez and Antonio Bayona

More information about the book

 


 

-March from 9th to 14th, 2010

 

Painting Exhibition WOMEN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY by José Luis Cano
Sala Juana Fancés. Casa de la Mujer, Saragossa


Portraits of several outstanding women of the XX century, Pilar Bayona among them
 

 
 


 

-June the 21th,  2010

 

Launch of the book PILAR BAYONA. 30 MIRADAS (Several authors. Libros del Innombrable, 2009). Instituto Cervantes, Madrid
 
Host: Iñaki Abad. Participants: Marta Cureses, Raúl Herrero, Julián Gómez and Antonio Bayona


 
 

-November the 21th, 2009

 

HOMAGE TO PILAR BAYONA by the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Luis and Fundación Zaldívar, on the thirtieth anniversary of her death.
Participants: Domingo Buesa, Ana Pilar Zaldívar, Antonio Bayona, Julián Gómez, Mª Ángeles Pociello and Álvaro Zaldívar

More information about the ceremony

 

-November 2004

 

The Great soloists Season sponsored by Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza, Gobierno Aragonés, Diputación Provincial and Ibercaja, happens to be called PILAR BAYONA GREAT SOLOIST SEASON, from the VIII edition.
 

More information about the Season, and its subsequent editions

 

-May from 1st to 31th, 2004

 

Exhibition PILAR BAYONA. LA PASIÓN DE LA MÚSICA, sponsored by Las Cortes de Aragón, and located in the Capilla de San Martín , Palacio de la Aljafería, Saragossa. Exhibition Curators: Dolores Durán and Antón Castro

Related Events:
- May, 11: Round Table Discussion. Chairperson: Antón Castro. Participants: Mª Antonia Martín Z., José Luis González U., Julián Gómez and Antonio Bayona.
- May, 18: Piano recital by Adela Martín.
- May, 25: Piano recital by Rubén Lorenzo.

More information about the Exhibition and the Events

 


-March the 22th, 2002

 

Launch of the book PÁJAROS TRISTES Y OTROS POEMAS A PILAR BAYONA. Poems by Juan Eduardo Cirlot . (Libros del Innombrable,2001) Ámbito cultural del Corte Inglés, Saragossa.
Participants: Raúl Herrero, Antonio Fernández Molina, Antonio Bayona and Antón Castro

More information about the book

 


 

-May the 29th, 1999

The Escuela Municipal de Música of Jaca takes the name PILAR BAYONA
Unveiling of a Commemorative Plaque, and handing over of an award for Pilar Bayona's family.
Concert by Pilar Sola -soprano- and Teresa Palomera -piano-.
 


 

-April from 22th to 28th, 1999

Series of recitals in homage to PILAR BAYONA  by Pedro Espinosa.
April 22: Madrid, Residencia de Estudiantes
April 26: Lérida, Asociación de Música
April 28: Pamplona, Conservatorio Pablo Sarasate

 

 


 

1998

Several celebrations on the Centenary of the birth of  PILAR BAYONA

- January-December: Saragossa, series of concerts sponsored by Ibercaja: Mª J. Pires, V. Ashkenazy,  Z. Kocsis, Ch. Zacharias, A. de Larrocha
- September 14th-20th: Ayuntamiento de Cosuenda, The Cultural Center takes the name Pilar Bayona. Concert  by the choir Polifónica Fleta / Piano recital by Ana Parsamian / Master Piano Lessons by Edmundo Lasheras.
- September the 16th: Radio Nacional de España, Special broadcasting program in homage to Pilar Bayona
- October-December: Saragossa. Sociedad Filarmónica: Series of concerts by J. Achúcarro, A. Baciero, J. Colom, M. Baselga and P. Carboné
- December the 3rd. Alcañiz, Conservatorio de Música. Talk: A. Zaldivar. Piano four hands recital by Mª A. Pociello and A. Bayona.
- December 14th-18th. Saragossa, Comisión de Cultura del Conservatorio Profesional. Series of concerts by M. de la Riva, D. Guerrero, S. Bernal, A. Rubio and A. Sebastián.
 


 

-May the 16th, 1996

The Conservatorio Profesional Auditorium of Saragossa takes the name  PILAR BAYONA
- Opening talk. The family of Pilar Bayona gives the Conservatory a portrait of the pianist drawn by Guillermo Pérez Bailo.
- Piano recital by Josep Colom.
 


 

-February the 18th, 1983

Launch of the book PILAR BAYONA by Federico Sopeña, edited by Institución Fernando el Católico, Saragossa
- Presentation talk by Federico Sopeña and Luis Horno
- Piano recital by Ana Isabel Escalona.
 


-December the 13th, 1982

Inauguration of the PILAR BAYONA INTERNACIONAL PIANO CONTEST  Sponsored by Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza, Gobierno de Aragón, Diputación Provincial and Ibercaja, Saragossa.
Opening talks by Sainz de Varanda, García Nieto y Almarza.

The first edition took place in 1983, and  the last one in 2001.

More information about the Contest

 

 

-May the 7th, 1981

Launch of the PILAR BAYONA LP disc, edited by Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza. The recording was taken live from a recital in Madrid, March the 28th, 1968
Talks by Sainz de Varanda, P. Serrano, E. Fauquié and R. Villot

This recording was awarded Premio Ministerio de Cultura 1981
 


 

-August the 28th, 1980

Unveiling of a Commemorative Plaque remembering the Musical Weeks imparted by Pilar Bayona from 1944 to 1978 in Jaca,  Residencia de la Universidad of Saragossa.

Talk by Federico Sopeña and Serafín Agud

 
 


 

-1980-1981

Several celebrations remembering PILAR BAYONA

- January 1980, Saragossa: Series of concerts sponsored by Caja de  Ahorros de la Inmaculada. Performers: Dolores Aranguren, Ana I. Escalona, Juan Huici, Mª Ángeles Pociello, Luis Galve and Joaquín Soriano.
- April 1980: Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Luis, Academic Session homage to Pilar Bayona. Lectures by: Mª Gómez de Ávila, J. Broto, L. Horno, M. Sancho Izquierdo.
- May-December 1980: Series of concerts broadcast by Radio Zaragoza.
- August 1980: Musical Week in homage to Piular Bayona. Universidad de Zaragoza, Jaca.
- April 3-24, 1981: Series of concerts homage to Pilar Bayona. Radio Nacional de España
- November-December 1981: Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza. Two concerts remembering Pilar Bayona on the second anniversary of her death.