Today, June 19th, on Juneteenth National Independence Day in the United States – a day commemorating the abolition of slavery – Jordi Savall’s moving project A Sea of music, dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Atlantic slave trade, takes on special significance.
This date, rich in historical and symbolic meaning, resonates deeply with one of Maestro Savall’s most committed lines of work: the remembrance of the victims of slavery. With the programme A Sea of music, the second part of the cycle The Routes of Slavery, Savall pays tribute to the more than twenty-five million people who were enslaved between 1492 and 1888. As he himself explains, the project centres on the lives of “all those people – men, women and children – who were brutally torn from their villages in Africa and Madagascar and forcibly deported to the European colonies.”
Coincidentally, today also marks the VI Alícia Awards ceremony, 2025, organised by the Catalan Academy of Music, where A Sea of music has been nominated in the category Alícia Award for Live Performance. These awards honour outstanding initiatives and projects within the Catalan music scene, recognising their quality, diversity, and social commitment, beyond genres or styles.
The awards ceremony will take place this evening at L’Auditori in Barcelona, as part of the celebration of the International Day of Music.
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