Mission of the Barcelona Festival of Song
The Barcelona Festival of Song preserves and promotes the Iberian and Latin American art song repertoire in Spanish, Catalan, and Portuguese.
Our Mission
The Barcelona Festival of Song® (BFOS) is dedicated to preserving and promoting the Latin American and Iberian art song repertoire. At its core is a transformative summer program for classical singers, collaborative pianists, and musicologists, focused on the study, history, and interpretation of art songs in Spanish, Catalan, and Portuguese.
The festival’s mission is to contribute to decolonizing the classical singing curriculum, which has traditionally been centered on Central European music, by bringing attention to the rich and diverse musical heritage of Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula.
Participants gain the tools to interpret this repertoire accurately through an immersive curriculum that includes:
Vocal literature and history classes.
Spanish, Catalan, and Portuguese diction training.
Several hours of masterclasses led by experts in the field.