The Barcelona Conciliar Seminary is not just a former center for religious education. Designed by Elies Rogent, Antoni Gaudí’s mentor, this late 19th-century Neo-Romanesque complex occupies an entire blo...
When Barcelona began tearing down its city walls in 1854, some of those stones found an unexpected new home: a brewery. Louis Moritz reused them to build the brewery he opened in Sant Antoni in 1864. The...
The Jazz Room in Barcelona is a series of live concerts at the Jamboree Jazz Club that pay tribute to the classics of jazz, soul, and blues. There’s also room for improvisation and incredible instrumen...
Everyone knows the Sagrada Família, but very few are familiar with the building where Antoni Gaudí first tested many of his most brilliant architectural solutions. A space of slanted columns and organic f...
offer a different way to experience live music. Venues such as the Petit Palau —located within the only Modernist building designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site—or the Gaudí Crypt, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, becom...
Few cities come to mind immediately when you think of Edgar Allan Poe. Barcelona, probably not either. But you need only follow the trail of some of his great obsessions—death, science, mystery, or the in...
If you’ve seen *Spirited Away*, *My Neighbor Totoro*, *Princess Mononoke*, or *Howl’s Moving Castle*, you surely remember their music as well. Behind those melodies is Joe Hisaishi, the Japanese composer...
The Church of the Sacred Heart, located in the Dreta de l’Eixample, is the Neo-Romanesque church that the Jesuits built in the late 19th century next to the Casp School. Designed by Enric Sagnier and Joan...
2026 is shaping up to be a year to enjoy music at a different pace—far from the noise and with greater attention. By the light of thousands of candles, classical and contemporary pieces come to life in an intimate sett...
Classical music also has its place among the concerts of Barcelona’s La Mercè festival. This Friday, September 25, the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and National Orchestra of Catalonia (OBC) will once agai...