PILAR BAYONA EXHIBITION

 


The exhibition "
Pilar Bayona. La pasión de la música" sponsored by LAS CORTES DE ARAGÓN, took place in 2004, Saragossa, in St. Martin's Chapel, Aljafería Castle, from April the 14th to May the 31th.

The exhibition was performed with Antón Castro and Dolores Durán as exhibition curators, and the Pilar Bayona Archive collaboration.

 

 

 

  Opening of the exhibition. 2004, April the 14th

 

Federico Torralba with Julián Gómez and Antonio Bayona

 

Parcial view of the drawings and sketches area

 

 

A view of the hall exhibition

  Amparo Esplá with Antonio Bayona and Julián Gómez

 

   
 

Pilar Bayona's niece and nephews with their family

 

 

  Going into St. Martin Chapel, the visitor was received in the entrance hall by a Pilar Bayona's bust by Rallo, and the show began with an informative poster about the pianist life, followed by a portrait gallery, with paintings made during the performer lifetime  (Guillermo, Ciria, Lafita, Aranda, Palencia) and some other recent works (Vila, Doral). On the backgroud wall more than sixty photographies traveled about the life of Pilar Bayona, from her childhood till her last recital. The visitor could see her with her family, her friends, and a great number of musicians, composers and artists. Several exhibitors showed her recordings, and other documents such as dedicated books, photographies, music scores, mail, all them from different people (García Lorca, Aleixandre, Buñuel, Cirlot, Jardiel Poncela, Seral y Casas, Turina, Rodrigo, Esplá, Remacha, Guridi, etc.). The exhibition ended with a collection of original works, paintings, drawings, caricatures and greeting-cards (Bayo Marín, Dueñas, Pardiñas, Sanz Lafita, García Abrines). The walls also showed several texts with sentences and opinions from well known people about the pianist.
The visitor walk went with the background music performed by Pilar Bayona (Franck, Ravel, Bartok and Falla).

The main amount of the pieces and documents showed in the exhibition proceeded from Pilar Bayona Archive, that keeps all the professional and social documents belonging to Pilar Bayona

 
 

 

 

 

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