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- Birth nameMontserrat Figueras García
- Montserrat Figueras was born on March 15, 1942 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She was an actress and composer, known for The Wakhan Front (2015), Nocturne indien (1989) and Joan the Maid 1: The Battles (1994). She was married to Jordi Savall. She died on November 23, 2011 in Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
- SpouseJordi Savall(1968 - November 23, 2011) (her death, 2 children)
- Mother of Arianna Savall and Ferran Savall.
- Soprano who specialized in performing pre-Baroque era music.
- She studied music at a local chorus, Aleluya, in Barcelona, Spain and performed with Enric Gispert's early music ensemble., Arts Musicae De Barcelona.
- She studied at the Music Academy and Schola Cantorum Basiliensis both in Basel, Switzerland where they lived from 1968 until the late 1980s. In 1974, she and her husband along with Lorenzo Alpert and Hopkinson Smith formed Hesperion XX renamed Hesperion XXI in 2000 to emphasize music of 16th and 17th century Spain.
- They returned to Spain in the late 1980s where they founded La Capella Reial De Catalunya, a vocal ensemble, and Le Concert Des Nations, an orchestra that uses instruments from the 17th century.
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