What would Gaudí sound like?

In this episode of Resonances: Where Music, Health, and Identity Meet, Patricia Caicedo speaks with Catalan composer Olivia Pérez-Collellmir about Seven Dreams of Gaudí, a monumental new symphonic choral work created to commemorate the centennial of the death of Antoni Gaudí.

Premiering on June 10, 2026, at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, the work brings together more than 200 musicians, including the Orfeó Català, soprano Núria Rial, and the Philharmonia Orchestra under the direction of renowned conductor Marin Alsop. With a libretto by acclaimed Catalan poet Anna Gual, Seven Dreams of Gaudí explores seven dimensions of Gaudí's inner world: Nature, The Workshop, Duality, Grief, The Uprising, Prayer, and The Basilica.

In this conversation, Patricia and Olivia  ...