{"id":5326,"date":"2018-12-12T11:26:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T10:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joseppons.neorgvirtual.com\/critic-s-award-for-the-best-musical-direction-2017-18\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T12:12:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T10:12:35","slug":"critic-s-award-for-the-best-musical-direction-2017-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/critic-s-award-for-the-best-musical-direction-2017-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Third consecutive Critics&#8217; Award for Best Musical Direction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong>Josep Pons<\/strong> received the <strong>Critics&#8217; Award for Best Musical Direction of the 2017\/18 season<\/strong>, earning the distinction for the <strong>third consecutive year<\/strong>. Presented by the <strong>Friends of the Gran Teatre del Liceu Association<\/strong>, the award recognised his artistic leadership of the theatre&#8217;s resident musical ensembles and the continued development of the artistic project launched in 2012.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The <strong>Critics&#8217; Awards<\/strong> honour the most outstanding productions, artists and artistic achievements of each Liceu season. In this edition, <strong>Richard Wagner&#8217;s Tristan und Isolde<\/strong>, conducted by <strong>Josep Pons<\/strong>, emerged as the evening&#8217;s major winner, receiving several awards. Critics particularly praised the artistic level achieved by the <strong>Gran Teatre del Liceu Symphony Orchestra<\/strong> and <strong>Chorus<\/strong>, as well as the consistency of the long-term musical vision developed over recent seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The <strong>2017\/18 season<\/strong> included major productions such as <strong>Tristan und Isolde<\/strong>, <strong>Don Giovanni<\/strong>, <strong>Un ballo in maschera<\/strong> and <strong>Rusalka<\/strong>, alongside an extensive symphonic programme. Together, these projects reflected the artistic growth of the Liceu&#8217;s resident ensembles and their increasing recognition from both audiences and specialised critics.<\/p>\n<p>Receiving the <strong>Critics&#8217; Award for the third consecutive year<\/strong> confirmed the sustained recognition of the artistic project led by <strong>Josep Pons<\/strong>, reaffirming his commitment to musical excellence, the continued development of the Liceu Orchestra and Chorus, and the international standing of the <strong>Gran Teatre del Liceu<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josep Pons received the Critics&#8217; Award for Best Musical Direction of the 2017\/18 season, earning the distinction for the third consecutive year. Presented by the Friends of the Gran Teatre del Liceu Association, the award recognised his artistic leadership of the theatre&#8217;s resident musical ensembles and the continued development of the artistic project launched in&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/critic-s-award-for-the-best-musical-direction-2017-18\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Third consecutive Critics&#8217; Award for Best Musical Direction<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5112,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Third consecutive Critics&#039; Award for Best Musical Direction | JOSEP PONS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.joseppons.net\/en\/critic-s-award-for-the-best-musical-direction-2017-18\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Third consecutive Critics&#039; Award for Best Musical Direction | JOSEP PONS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Josep Pons received the Critics&#8217; Award for Best Musical Direction of the 2017\/18 season, earning the distinction for the third consecutive year. 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