Biography:

Núria Feliu Mestres , known as Núria Feliu , ( Barcelona , ​​September 21 , 1941 – ibid. , July 22 , 2022 ) ¹ was a Spanish singer in Catalan in various genres of popular music, a singular figure in Nova Cançó , she was a pioneer in singing North American standards and jazz in Catalan, she was also an actress . 2

Artistic career

He was born on September 21, 1941 in the Sants neighborhood of Barcelona, ​​where he lived all his life. She made her debut in 1965 and stood out for the records of popular Catalan songs, a cultural heritage of which she was a defender, she sang boleros and cuplés . She was a pioneer as an interpreter in the introduction of the Catalan language in some of these styles, such as jazz and North American standards, with repertoires from Broadway to Hollywood, singing movie soundtracks, and even country in Catalan . ^{Ella 3} Ella She made versions of jazz classics , especially highlighting her collaboration with the pianist Tete Montoliu, the first artist who sang this genre in Catalan. In her repertoire there were adaptations of Spanish poets and one of her great lyricists and text adapters was the poet Josep Maria Andreu . Feliu was an advocate of traditional music, she also played sardanas . In the last years of her career she was accompanied by the pianist Lucky Guri. 2

In 2007, he brought together the most popular sardanas in a book-record on the occasion of the centenary of the premiere of La santa espina , the work of Ángel Guimerá with music by Enric Morera . In Núria Feliu recites the most popular sardanes, she wanted to recover some of the poetic and choral works that have become classics of Catalan music. This literary and recording work offered an illustrative sample of the choral poetic production in Lluís Subirana and Núria Feliu’s selection of the main Catalan poets and composers of the genre. 4

On October 9, 2011 at the Gran Teatro del Liceo in Barcelona, ​​she celebrated fifty years of her career and seventy years of life with the collective show “Núria Feliu 50/70” in which some artists participated and she sang some of her songs. 5

Awards 

In 1976 she was awarded the Popular Culture Prize granted by the Ministry of Culture for her album Cançons d’ Apel·les Mestres , in 1979 with the “Medalla del Cercle català” from Madrid , in 1985 with the Cross of Saint George , in 1990 with the Sant Jordi Film Award granted by RNE and the SGAE Award for her career. In 2008 the Barcelona City Council awarded him the Barcelona Medal of Honor. 6

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