Live the experience of the Maria Canals Competition from within and be part of this great musical initiative! Whether you’re a piano lover, a concert promoter, or someone eager to energize culture in your community, here you’ll find ways to get involved in the Maria Canals International Music Competition. We offer several options to contribute, from offering your piano or organizing a concert, to becoming a friend of the competition or a community organizer. Join us in supporting young talents and helping bring music to every corner.
Loan your piano
Loan your home piano.
The competition involves over a hundred families who provide their piano to contestants, giving them the opportunity to connect with local people and experience our way of life. This adds a more human dimension to the activity they come to carry out.
For more information, you can contact Glòria Bartomeus, responsible for the pianos: pianos@mariacanals.org
Sponsor a concert
The Competition offers contestants a platform to perform concerts across Catalonia, Spain, and abroad, which are paid to help boost their careers. They are world-class pianists, young talents who will make a career.
If you are a concert promoter, cultural manager, or an individual interested in music and want to contribute to the career of our contestants, you can send us an email at info@mariacanals.org to organize a concert at your institution or in a private venue.
Become a facilitator
The facilitators are the heart and soul of the OFF Competition. Every time we place pianos in the streets with the initiative “Pianos on the streets”, we accompany them with an enthusiastic music practitioner who encourages everyone, regardless of their cultural, social, or economic background, to play the grand piano. The facilitators help us grow the street pianos project and also contribute to the social project and the work we do with both formal and non-formal education centers. These enthusiasts are either volunteers or advanced piano students.
If you want to get involved and help us make music practice universal, write to us at info@mariacanals.org.
Make a donation
Donations are of great help to us. On one hand, they contribute to making the competition possible, but they also support the development of the careers of our contestants and award winners.
Moreover, our entire outreach, educational, and social project, the OFF Competition, can benefit greatly, as with a small contribution, we may be able to launch new initiatives to bring music practice closer to everyone, especially the piano.
Write to us at info@mariacanals.org.
Become a member of the Board of Trustees
The Association of the Maria Canals International Music Competition is an entity declared of Public Utility by the Ministry of the Interior. Under Article 24 of Law 49/2002, any financial contribution to the association is eligible for a 30% tax deduction for individuals and 35% for legal entities.
Individuals who make annual financial contributions are considered members of the Board of Trustees of the Competition.
Patrons who make annual donations of over 300€ receive priority invitations to the competition trials, and their name is included in the general program.
Honorary Patrons are individuals and entities within the Board of Trustees who contribute with an annual donation of 1,000€ or more. In addition to receiving priority invitations to the competition trials, they participate in our social events and are listed as Honorary Patrons in the general program.
Write to us at info@mariacanals.org.