Governing bodies

Foundation

Board of Trustees of the Foundation

HONORARY PRESIDENT
M. Hble. Sr. Salvador Illa Roca 
President of the Generalitat of Catalonia

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Mr. Salvador Alemany Mas

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
Hble. Sra. Sònia Hernández Almodóvar
Minister of Culture of the Government of Catalonia.

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
Mr. Jordi Martí Grau
Secretary of State for Culture at the Ministry of Culture.

THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT
Ilma. Mrs. Maria Eugènia Gay Rosell
Second Deputy Mayor for Social Rights, Culture, Education, and Life Cycles.

FOURTH VICE-PRESIDENT
Excma. Mrs. Lluïsa Moret Sabidó
President of the Provincial Council.

BOARD MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE GENERALITAT OF CATALONIA
Mr. Jordi Foz Dalmau - Secretary General of the Department of Culture
Hble. Mrs. Irene Rigau Oliver
Mr. Josep Ferran Vives Gràcia – Director General of Cultural Promotion and Libraries of the Department of Culture.
Mrs. Àngels Barbarà Fondevila

BOARD MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE
Sr. Josep Maria Carreté Nadal – Undersecretary of Culture
Mrs. Paz Santa Cecilia Aristu – Director General of INAEM
Mr. Joan Subirats Humet
Mrs. Àngels Ingla Mas

BOARD MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE BARCELONA CITY COUNCIL
Ilmo. Mr. Xavier Marcé Carol – Councilor for Culture and Creative Industries
Mrs. Elisenda Rius Bergua – Manager of the Area of Culture, Education, Sports, and Life Cycles.

BOARD MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE BARCELONA PROVINCIAL COUNCIL
Ilmo. Sr. Pau González Val – Delegate President of the Culture Area

BOARD MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE SOCIETY OF THE GRAN TEATRE DEL LICEU
Mr. Manuel Busquet Arrufat – President
Mr. Ignasi Borrell Roca – Vice President
Mr. Josep Maria Coronas Guinart – Secretary
Mr. Javier Coll Olalla – member
Mrs. Àgueda Viñamata y de Urruela – member

BOARD MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE PATRONAGE COUNCIL
Mrs. Helena Guardans Cambó
President of the Patronage Council

Mrs. Elisa Durán Montolío – “la Caixa” Banking Foundation
First Vice-President of the Patronage Council

Mr. Eduardo Navarro de Carvalho – Telefónica
Second Vice-President of the Patronage Council

Mrs. Rosario Cabané Bienert
President of the Board of Benefactors.

HONORARY PATRONS
Mr. Josep Vilarasau Salat - Honorary President La Caixa

DIRECTOR GENERAL
Mr. Valentí Oviedo Cornejo

SECRETARY not a board member
Mr. Joaquim Badia Armengol

Executive Committee of the Foundation

PRESIDENT
Mr. Salvador Alemany Mas

BOARD MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE GENERALITAT OF CATALONIA
The Hon. Ms. Sònia Hernández Almodóvar – Minister of Culture.
Mr. Josep Maria Carreté Nadal – Secretary General of the Department of Culture.

BOARD MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE
Mrs. Paz Santa Cecilia Aristu – Director General of INAEM
Mrs. Ana Belén Faus Guijarro – Deputy Director General of INAEM

BOARD MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE BARCELONA CITY COUNCIL
Ilmo. Mr. Xavier Marcé Carol – Councilor for Culture and Creative Industries
Mrs. Elisenda Rius Bergua – Manager of the Area of Culture, Education, Sports, and Life Cycles.

BOARD MEMBER REPRESENTING THE BARCELONA PROVINCIAL COUNCIL
Ilmo. Sr. Pau González Val – Delegate President of the Culture Area

BOARD MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE SOCIETY OF THE GRAN TEATRE DEL LICEU
Mr. Manuel Busquet Arrufat – President of GTL Society
Mr. Javier Coll Olalla – Board Member of GTL Society

BOARD MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE PATRONAGE COUNCIL

Mrs. Helena Guardans Cambó
President of the Patronage Council

Mrs. Elisa Durán Montolío – Vice-President of the Patronage Council
Representing the “la Caixa” Banking Foundation

DIRECTOR GENERAL
Mr. Valentí Oviedo Cornejo

SECRETARY
Mr. Joaquim Badia Armengol

NOTICE: All changes by the Board of Trustees and the Executive Comission are applied once officially notified.

Responsible for the update: Legal Department
Last update/review: 16/09/2024

Consortium

Consortium Board

PRESIDENT
M. Hble. Mr. Salvador Illa Roca
President of the Generalitat of Catalonia

VICE-PRESIDENTS
Mr. Jordi Martí Grau - Secretary of State for Culture of the Ministry of Culture
Ilma. Mrs. Maria Eugènia Gay Rossell – Second Deputy Mayor for Social Rights, Culture, Education, and Life Cycles
Excma. Mrs. Lluïsa Moret Sabidó – President of the Barcelona Provincial Council

BOARD MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE GENERALITAT OF CATALONIA
The Hon. Ms. Sònia Hernández Almodóvar – Minister of Culture.
Mr. Josep Maria Carreté Nadal – Secretary General of the Department of Culture.
Mr. Pere Almeda Samaranch – Director of the Ramon Llull Institute
Mr. Antoni Gelonch Viladegut

BOARD MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE
Mrs. Carmen Páez Soria – Undersecretary of Culture
Mrs. Paz Santa Cecilia Aristu – Director General of INAEM
Mr. Francisco Gaudier Fargas – President of the Circle of the Liceu
Mrs. Pilar Figueras Bellot

BOARD MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE BARCELONA CITY COUNCIL
Ilmo. Mr. Xavier Marcé Carol – Councilor for Culture and Creative Industries
Mrs. Elisenda Rius Bergua - Manager of the Area of Culture, Education, Sports, and Life Cycles
Mr. Sergi Díaz Plaza – Director of Cultural Outreach
Mr. Oriol Martí Sambola – Manager of the ICUB

BOARD MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE BARCELONA PROVINCIAL COUNCIL
Ilmo. Mr. Joan Josep Galiano Peralta – Delegate President of the Area of Education
Mrs. Mònica Mateos Guerrero – Coordinator of the Area of Culture

DIRECTOR GENERAL
Mr. Valentí Oviedo Cornejo

SECRETARY
Mr. Joaquim Badia Armengol

Consortium Executive Committee

PRESIDENT
Mrs. Paz Santa Cecilia Aristu – Director General of INAEM

VICE-PRESIDENT
Hble. Mrs. Sònia Hernández Almodóvar – Minister of Culture

BOARD MEMBER REPRESENTING THE GENERALITAT OF CATALONIA
Mr. Jordi Foz Dalmau – Secretary General of Culture

BOARD MEMBER REPRESENTING THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE
Mrs. Ana Belén Faus Guijarro – Deputy Director General of INAEM

BOARD MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE BARCELONA CITY COUNCIL
Ilmo. Mr. Xavier Marcé Carol – Councilor for Culture and Creative Industries
Mrs. Elisenda Rius Bergua - Manager of the Area of Culture, Education, Sports, and Life Cycles

BOARD MEMBER REPRESENTING THE BARCELONA PROVINCIAL COUNCIL
Mrs. Mònica Mateos Guerrero – Coordinator of the Area of Culture

DIRECTOR GENERAL
Mr. Valentí Oviedo Cornejo

SECRETARY
Mr. Joaquim Badia Armengol

NOTICE: All changes to the Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee are applied once they have been officially notified.

Responsible for the update: Legal Department
Last update/review: 16/09/2024

Salvador Alemany

Salvador Alemany

President

Salvador Alemany (Barcelona, 1944) was born in Barcelona and holds a degree in Economics. He is the Chairman of Saba Infraestructuras, S.A., a company he has been associated with since 1987. Previously, he served as CEO and Chairman of Abertis Infraestructuras, S.A., from its creation in 2003 until 2018.

He has also been Chairman of the Advisory Council for Economic Reactivation and Growth of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Chairman of the Círculo de Economía, and Chairman of the Social Council of the University of Barcelona.

In the sports field, his presidency of the Basketball Section and vice presidency of F.C. Barcelona between 1986 and 2003 stand out.

In terms of his social involvement, he currently serves as Vice President of the Board of Trustees of the Private Foundation Guttmann Institute for Neurorehabilitation. Previously, he was President of the Red Cross in Barcelona.

He has received numerous honors, including the Gold Medal from the Spanish Red Cross (2007), the Creu de Sant Jordi from the Generalitat of Catalonia (2011), the Gold Medal for Civic Merit from the City Council of Barcelona (2011), the Commendatore dell'Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (2003), the Encomienda of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (2014), and the Officier in the National Order of the Legion of Honor (2015).

He was appointed Chairman of the Gran Teatre del Liceu Foundation in October 2016.

Valentí Oviedo

Valentí Oviedo

CEO

Valentí Oviedo (Manresa, 1977), degree in Administration and Business Management by the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), MBA by IE Universtiy and PDD by IESE Business School. Oviedo has an significance experience in management in cultural facilities.

He is currently General Manager of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, a position he held since the 22nd March 2018 when he was appointed by the Board of the Foundation of the Gran Teatre del Liceu and member of the Board of Opera Europe since 2021.

He started his professional career in the marketing and corporate finantial areas of multinationals of the industrial and consumer sector, but thanks to his relationship with culture and arts, he started to manage between 2008-2013, the municipal entity Manresana d’Equipaments Escenics in charge of the management of the Kursaal Theatre and the Conservatory-Theatre of Manresa.

In 2013 he was appointed manager of the L’Auditori and the Orchestra (OBC) Consortium, with a recognise contribution to improving the standards of the entity, a post that he hold until July 2016 when he was appointed manager of the Barcelona Institut de Cultura (ICUB). He is currently a member of the Creativity Advisory Committee of Barcelona City Council.

He collaborated as a teacher of financial and marketing areas in the Master of Cultural Management of the University of Barcelona (UB) and he has been member of the Board of the Association of Cultural Managers of Catalonia and the Cultural Association El Galliner.He is currently part of the Board of the Josep Mestres Cabanes Foundation (June 2022), a member of the Board “las Espurnes Barroques” (since its constitution in May 2021) and of the Board of the Banc de Sabadell Foundation (January 2023).

Víctor Garcia

Víctor Garcia de Gomar

Artistic director

Víctor Garcia de Gomar (Barcelona, 1975) is the Artistic Director of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, a position he has held since September 2019 following the agreement of the Theatre's Executive Committee on January 14, 2019.

Fascinated by the human voice as an instrument, he completed his higher studies in singing (baritone) and piano at the Conservatori Superior del Liceu, where he received the Conservatory’s Honorary Mention. He participated in staged operas and recitals while also attending masterclasses with Magda Olivero, Joan Pons, Jaume Aragall, Dalton Baldwin, and Kamal Khan, among others. This attraction to the voice led him to cast some important conductors, launch a new "Grans Veus" (Great Voices) cycle at the Palau de la Música, and offer concert versions of operas in the same venue. He has worked with renowned artists such as Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Cecilia Bartoli, Gustavo Dudamel, Juan Diego Flórez, Piotr Beczala, Philip Glass, René Jacobs, Marc Minkowski, John Adams, and William Christie, among many others.

Aware that contemporary cultural management requires a dual focus—both artistic and managerial—his biography reflects a convergence of passion for music and opera, a creative understanding of the artist's reality, and the integration of various disciplines with the perspective of managing budgets, utilizing management tools, and coordinating teams. It also includes the solid foundation necessary to ensure the viability of cultural projects. His education balances studies in law at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, a postgraduate degree in leadership and management of cultural institutions, companies, and platforms at the same university (1999-2000), as well as programs at IESE (PDG 2015-2016), Kellogg School of Management (2018), and Harvard Business School (2019). He also possesses a flexible and disruptive sensitivity fueled by the imagination required for someone who strives to engage with culture and its future.

A seeker of stimulating professional challenges, his experience in both the public and private sectors has enabled him to balance different projects while making a commendable and recognized contribution to improving institutions such as the Palau de la Música Catalana, the Auditori de Girona, the Nits de Clàssica Festival in Girona, the Baroque Orchestra of Seville, the Music Service of the "la Caixa" Foundation, and weekly collaborations with Catalunya Música radio station. He has also taught at various Catalan universities and published a book about musicians’ favorite recordings. These projects have naturally aligned with his passion.

It is precisely this passion where his main skills, abilities, and knowledge converge—the desire to contribute to a new narrative, to a project that makes opera the richest and most beautiful way of understanding the world. He aims to expand the artistic landscape by integrating other disciplines, fostering innovation, collaborating with some of the most significant international figures, and maintaining the spark that has made the Liceu one of the most cherished cultural institutions.

In Barcelona and beyond. With a deep connection to the Mediterranean and a commitment to both contemporary times and the audience. His journey began with a love story when he first attended the Gran Teatre del Liceu for the 200th anniversary of Così fan tutte. This initial spark has led him to write the next chapter in this wonderful path.

Josep Pons

Josep Pons

Musical director

Considered one of the most important conductors of his generation, Josep Pons (Puigreig, 1957) has built strong relationships with orchestras such as the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestre de Paris, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, WDR Cologne, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, with whom he has made several appearances at the BBC Proms in London.

Since 2012, he has been the Music Director of the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, and he is also Honorary Conductor of the Spanish National Orchestra and Choir. He has served as Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada and was the founder of the Chamber Orchestra of the Teatre Lliure in Barcelona and the Jove Orquestra Nacional de Catalunya (National Youth Orchestra of Catalonia).

He was the Music Director for the Barcelona '92 Olympic Games ceremonies.

In 1999, he was awarded the National Music Prize by the Ministry of Culture and is a member of the Royal Catalan Academy of Fine Arts.

He has recorded over fifty works for Harmonia Mundi and Deutsche Grammophon, earning the highest accolades: Grammy, Cannes Classical Awards, Grand Prix de l'Académie Charles Cros, Diapason d'Or, and Choc de la Musique. His most recent releases include a DVD of Mahler’s 8th Symphony for DG and a CD featuring works by Mahler and Berio with Matthias Goerne and the BBC Symphony Orchestra for HM.

He made his debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in 1993.

Management team

General Director
Valentí Oviedo

Artistic Director
Víctor García de Gomar

Music Director
Josep Pons

Financial Director
Ana Serrano

Director of Communications and Publications
Nora Farrés

Marketing Department Director
Mireia Martínez

Director of Institutional Relations, Sponsorship, and Events
Helena Roca

Director of Human Resources and General Services
Jordi Tarragó

Technical Director
Xavier Sagrera

Director of the Musical, Educational, and Social Department
Antoni Pallès

Production Director / Deputy to the Artistic Director
Leticia Martín

Choir Director
Pablo Assante