Cultural agenda
Programació
NATURETALES LIVE 2026 — ALVA IN THE LAND OF SHADOWS
In collaboration with ESPRONCEDA Institute of Art & Culture
Presentation and demo of the interactive family app
April 17th, from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
April 18th, from 12:00 to 18:00 h
Garden
Naturetales is an experience that invites you to rediscover nature through storytelling and play, transforming the environment into a living stage full of stories to uncover. Through guided tours and interactive activities, specially designed for families and children, it combines exploration, imagination, and learning, fostering a curious and respectful view of the environment. In Barcelona, the project is presented by the ESPRONCEDA Institute of Art & Culture in the garden of the Julio Muñoz Ramonet Foundation, an ideal space to host this immersive experience in dialogue with nature.
YOGA IN THE GARDEN
Open yoga class
From May 4th to July 27th (every Monday at 10:30 am)
Practicing yoga helps us feel better, alleviate the burden of responsibilities, and counteract the effects of routine work or a sedentary lifestyle, promoting more conscious health management and the incorporation of healthy habits into daily life. In this context, the Julio Muñoz Ramonet Foundation is resuming its free, open yoga classes in the garden, taught by professionals from the hOlistk physiotherapy and osteopathy center, every Monday at 10:30 a.m., starting May 4th.
ÉRARD PIANO CYCLE
In the music room of the Palau del Marquès d’Alella
Tickets must be booked via email (fundaciojmr.programacio@bcn.cat)
In collaboration with the Muzio Clementi Association and the Catalonia College of Music, this year we are expanding our concert series dedicated to the Érard piano. This series of three recitals explores the instrument’s original sound in dialogue with the artistic heritage of its surroundings. It’s a unique opportunity to relive history through the sound of an authentic instrument, connecting music, heritage, and emotion in an unforgettable sonic journey.
Cello and piano recital
Pau Oliver, piano / Cesc Coromines, cello
April 30th at 7:00 PM
Program featuring works by Beethoven, Liszt and Schumann.
Cello and piano recital
Yang Ligero, cello / Nozomi Isobe, piano
May 7th at 7:00 PM
Program featuring works by Bach, Thorvaldsdottir and Dvorak.
Piano recital and book presentation “Un assaig musical amb Muzio Clementi. Assaig biogràfic”
Joan Josep Gutiérrez, lecturer / Marina Rodríguez, piano
May 14th at 7:00 PM
A program that combines musical performance with the presentation of the book, which explores the history of the Clementi piano, offering the public an immersive experience that integrates words and music.
Lyrical recital
Violeta Alarcón, soprano / Olga Kobekina, piano
May 21st at 7:00 PM
The Érard piano accompanies the voice in a journey through the French and Catalan repertoire of the 19th century.
Piano recital
Jordi Masó, piano
May 28th at 7:00 PM
The Érard piano is presented as a unique voice, whose program explores the original textures and colors of the instrument with a repertoire of works by Grieg and Debussy.
DISCOVER THE PAINTING COLLECTION OF JULIO MUÑOZ RAMONET
By Bonaventura Bassegoda and Francesc Fontbona
Conferences
May 6th at 7:00 PM
May 13th at 7:00 PM
Garden
Bonaventura Bassegoda and Francesc Fontbona invite us to delve into the painting collection of Julio Muñoz Ramonet, from its origins with the Bosch Catarineu collection—acquired in the mid-20th century as a symbol of social prestige—to the subsequent expansions promoted by the industrialist himself. Despite the lack of documentation on this period, the research of various specialists has allowed for the recovery and identification of lost works, creating a narrative that these lectures offer us the opportunity to explore in greater depth.
BARCELONA POESIA
Four cardinal points of view: poets from Germany, France, Italy and Catalonia
Poetry recital
May 15th at 7:00 PM
Garden
Once again this year, Barcelona Poetry is collaborating with the EUNIC Cluster in Barcelona, a European network of cultural organizations that promotes culture in international relations. For the second year running, Barcelona presents a poetry recital featuring European authors at the Muñoz Ramonet Foundation. “Four Cardinal Points of Vision” brings together poets Julian Zahra (Italy), Hug Casals (Catalonia), Teresa Sperling (Germany), and Jérôme Pinel (France) for a diverse and open literary evening. The Institut Français, the Italian Cultural Institute, and the Goethe-Institut Barcelona are participating, with the collaboration of the Institut Ramon Llull.
GUITAR DUO
Directed by Darío González and Laia Berlanga
Tickets must be booked via email (fundaciojmr.programacio@bcn.cat)
Concert
June 4th at 7:00 PM
Music room, Palau del Marquès d’Alella
Program featuring works by Scarlatti, Tansman, Bach and Ponce.
POSTCARDS FROM THE GARDEN — SMALL BOTANICAL OBSERVATIONS
In charge of Anna Bustins
Tickets must be booked via email (fundaciojmr.programacio@bcn.cat)
Drawing workshop
June 6th at 11:30 am
Garden
This workshop offers an experience of observation and creation in the Foundation’s garden, using naturalist drawing to explore the shapes, textures, and details of plants, leaves, and flowers. Each participant will create a series of small postcard-sized illustrations that capture fragments of the landscape, transforming drawing into a form of correspondence. It’s an invitation to observe calmly, draw from nature, and transform the garden into an image.
FESTIVAL SIMFÒNIC — ACADEMIA MARSHALL CONCERT
Concert
June 13th at 7:00 PM
Garden
On Saturday, June 13, starting at 6:00 p.m., 1,950 students from music schools and musical organizations in Barcelona will perform 40 simultaneous concerts at the sixteenth edition of the SIMFÒNIC Festival. The foundation’s garden will once again host the concert by the Marshall Academy, founded in 1901 by Enrique Granados, which has trained a whole generation of the city’s great musicians who have achieved national and international acclaim.
TRAINING PROJECTS OF THE INSTITUT ORIOL MARTORELL IN DIALOGUE WITH THE GARDEN OF THE FUNDACIÓ
The foundation’s spaces will once again become the setting this year for two of the IEA Oriol Martorell’s training projects, in which artistic creation and interpretation revolve around the space that hosts them.
Creation Laboratories (Labs) — Dance
June 11th at 7:00 PM
Garden
On June 11, the garden will become the stage where the Creation Laboratories (Labs) will be shown – short-term creations by the 5th and 6th year students of the professional degree of dance (GPD) specializing in contemporary dance.
Site-specific workshop — Dance
Week of June 15th, mornings, open rehearsals
June 19 at 7:00 p.m., exhibition
Garden
In the site-specific workshop “Spaces in Creation,” students have the opportunity to observe the foundation’s surroundings—a different environment from the spaces that typically host performing arts—and use it as a source of inspiration for their creations. The work revolves around spatial composition to decide where, how, and what they want to create. The result will be a site-specific choreographic composition, inspired by what the space itself conveys, possesses, or lacks.
POETS SING OF LOVE
In charge of the Cor Sine Nomine
Tickets must be booked via email (fundaciojmr.programacio@bcn.cat)
Concert
July 2nd at 7:00 PM
Main lobby, Palau del Marquès d’Alella
Sine Nomine is a choir comprised of 20 young singers with solid vocal training and a broad repertoire spanning various genres and periods. Founded as a children’s choir at the Sacred Hearts School and with meticulous technical training, the ensemble has achieved a high level of performance skill, enabling them to tackle demanding programs with outstanding results. Their concert career has taken them to some of the most prestigious venues in Catalonia, Spain, and internationally. On this occasion, they present a program centered on love, featuring adaptations of texts by great poets, offering a musical journey that combines literary sensitivity and vocal expression.
PIANO RECITAL
In charge of Emma Straton
Concert
July 9th at 7:00 PM
Garden
Emma Straton, a pianist from the Empordà region, began her studies in Palafrugell and continued them at the Marshall Academy in Barcelona. She graduated with honors from the ESMUC (Catalan School of Music) in 2021 and completed a master’s degree in piano performance at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater (University of Music and Theater) in 2023. Trained by internationally renowned teachers, she has won prizes in several national and international competitions and received scholarships of excellence from leading institutions. She has performed at prestigious festivals and concert series in Spain and abroad, and this season she won the Alicia de Larrocha Scholarship, made her debut at the Palau de la Música Catalana, and released her first album, Syndesi (Seed Music Eu).
ENRIC SAGNIER. A PALACE FOR THE MARQUIS
Rafa Burgos, lecturer
Conference
July 16th at 7:00 PM
Garden
Barcelona’s most prolific architect, Enric Sagnier, received a unique commission from the textile industrialist Ferran Fabra i Puig, the second Marquis of Alella: to build two residences on land at the top of Muntaner Street, a project developed between 1917 and 1922. The result was two palaces with distinctive elements characteristic of his work, which in 1945 passed into the hands of Julio Muñoz Ramonet. Based on the preservation of this architectural ensemble in the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district, this proposal invites further exploration of the life and work of Sagnier, the architect with the most buildings designed in the city.
TRACES LITERÀRIES
Literary recital
Autumn 2026 (pending confirmation)
The Traces Literàries festival, launched in 2019, showcases the literary traces present in the neighborhoods of Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, inviting authors with ties to the district and highlighting the settings of their works. It also encourages young creators to reinterpret classic and contemporary texts, aiming to bring to light the area’s rich literary heritage. All of this is made possible through the collaboration of bookstores, publishers, libraries, cultural centers, and other organizations within the district.