Presented by: ESPRONCEDA – Institute of Art & Culture
Venue: Carrer d’Espronceda 326, Nau 10, 08027 Barcelona
Pre-Opening Music Intervention: Sunday, May 10, 2026 at 12:30
Doors open: Sunday, May 10, 2026
Concert and pre-opening: 13:00–14:00
Free event — registration required: link to eventbride event
A live encounter between music and painting by Òscar Alabau and Clara Lotta Dittmer, presented within the framework of Conexión, the artist’s solo exhibition.
ESPRONCEDA – Institute of Art & Culture presents a special concert intervention as part of Conexión, the solo exhibition by Clara Lotta Dittmer. This live event brings together music and painting in a shared temporal space, where sound unfolds alongside visual works, creating a dialogue between disciplines and senses.
The concert will feature renowned Catalan cellist Òscar Alabau, principal cellist of the Gran Teatre del Liceu Orchestra, performing the Suite for Cello Solo of the Barcelona born composer Gaspar Cassadó. The paintings by Clara Lotta Dittmer will be presented sequentially in dialogue with the music, offering audiences a rare synesthetic experience.
Conceived as a Sunday cultural plan, the event invites families, opera and music enthusiasts, as well as interested art lovers in Barcelona to experience a unique and close encounter between tradition and contemporary artistic practice. More than a concert, this intervention proposes a new way of engaging with art—where time, sound, and image converge, encouraging deeper attention and personal connection.
About the exhibition — Conexión
ESPRONCEDA – Institute of Art & Culture is proud to present Conexión, a solo exhibition by Clara Lotta Dittmer, as part of the ESPRONCEDA residency programme. This marks her second exhibition at ESPRONCEDA, following her residency in 2019, when she was invited as the winner of the Arte Laguna Special Prize in Venice.
Conexión explores the deep relationship between sound and image, where painting becomes a space for translating musical experience into color, rhythm, and atmosphere. Moving between abstraction and figuration, the exhibition invites viewers into a synesthetic field in which perception expands beyond the visual, engaging memory, sensation, and time.
About Clara Lotta Dittmer
Clara Lotta Dittmer (Hamburg, 1992) is a painter and cellist whose practice lies at the intersection of music and visual arts. Her work explores the translation of sound into color, form, and space, creating dense, immersive visual compositions. She studied at HAW Hamburg and the Accademia di Belle Arti in Bologna, and has exhibited in institutions including Hamburger Kunsthalle and Kunstmuseum Bonn. After receiving the Arte Laguna Special Prize in Venice, she developed part of her research at ESPRONCEDA in 2019. She currently lives and works between Hamburg and Barcelona.
About Òscar Alabau
Òscar Alabau (Barcelona, 1988) is an outstanding Catalan cellist, principal cellist of the Gran Teatre del Liceu Orchestra, and professor at the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu. His practice bridges performance and interpretation, engaging closely with the expressive tradition of the cello. He has performed internationally in venues such as Wigmore Hall (London), Palau de la Música Catalana, and Barbican Hall, and has appeared at major festivals including Gstaad, Aspen, and Santander. In Conexión, he performs the three movements of Gaspar Cassadó’s Suite for Cello Solo in front of the paintings.,
About NEB & Inclusió
The exhibition is part of NEB & Inclusió, an ESPRONCEDA programme developed as part of NEB (New European Bauhaus), an initiative of the European Commission from 2021 that has as objective a sustainable and inclusive future through multidisciplinary art practices.
NEB & Inclusió promotes collaborative artistic practices that address contemporary challenges such as social transformation, cultural diversity, and the relationship between individuals and their environments. Through the intersection of art, design, science, and innovation, the programme fosters new ways of imagining and inhabiting the world in a more sustainable, inclusive, and sensitive way.
Press contact
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