Jordi Savall Receives Royal Philharmonic Society Honorary Membership
The Royal Philharmonic Society membership is given in recognition of Savall’s outstanding services to music.
Jordi Savall
For more than 50 years, Jordi Savall, one of the most versatile musical personalities of his generation, has rescued musical gems from the obscurity of neglect and oblivion and given them back for all to enjoy. A tireless researcher into early music, he interprets and performs the repertory both as a gambist and a conductor. His activities as a concert performer, teacher, researcher and creator of new musical and cultural projects have made him a leading figure in the reappraisal of historical music. Together with Montserrat Figueras, he founded the ensembles Hespèrion XXI (1974), La Capella Reial de Catalunya (1987) and Le Concert des Nations (1989), with whom he explores and creates a world of emotion and beauty shared with millions of early music enthusiasts around the world.
The Los Angeles Times Reviews Jordi Savall at Disney Hall
Mark Swed calls Savall a “force for world peace” in his LA Times review.