Presentation at Can Prunera of the first singles from his new album, Back Home.
RAMÓN FARRÁN
Can Prunera will host the presentation of Lo pi de Mallorca and Poesia, Poesia, two new compositions inspired by the work of poet Miquel Costa i Llobera and the first singles from Back Home, the new recording project by composer and musician Ramón Farrán. Both compositions will be heard in public for the first time, followed by a conversation between Farrán and some of the musicians who have accompanied him on this project: Natalia Farrán, Lorenzo Santamaría, Waltraud Mucher and Andy Lewis.
Saturday, November 14th at 12h
Registration is required to attend. Attendance is free.
Back Home
Now living in Sóller and closely involved in the town’s cultural life, Ramón Farrán has chosen Can Prunera to present this new work as he approaches an extraordinary milestone: eighty years in music.
Recorded almost entirely in Sóller and the surrounding area, Back Home grows out of his close relationship with Mallorca’s landscape and cultural heritage. The project brings together musicians from a variety of backgrounds, both from the wider Mediterranean region and the local music scene, combining popular music, jazz, electronic music and contemporary classical music. Through a wide range of instruments and voices in Mallorcan Catalan, Spanish, English and German, Farrán explores the meeting points between different musical traditions and languages, creating a work that engages with the island’s cultural memory from a contemporary perspective.
The compositions to be presented at Can Prunera pay tribute to the Mallorcan poet Miquel Costa i Llobera. Lo pi de Mallorca revisits the celebrated verses of Lo pi de Formentor (The Pine of Formentor) and, through them, invites us to discover a play of references between the poet, the enduring pine tree and the island of Mallorca. Written in 1875, Costa i Llobera’s poem marked its 150th anniversary in 2025, a milestone to which Farrán’s musical work is closely connected. “In this new musical composition, I identify the pine tree with the poet and Formentor with Mallorca; Lo pi de Mallorca represents the essence of Mallorca,” Farrán explains. Meanwhile, Poesia, Poesia extends this tribute, celebrating Costa i Llobera’s poetic work as a whole.
Both singles feature vocals by Natalia Farrán and Lorenzo Santamaría, alongside the contribution of British musician and producer Andy Lewis and singer Waltraud Mucher, who performs the choral part in Poesia, Poesia. The presentation will offer an opportunity to discover, through the artists themselves, the creative process and the musical and literary influences that have shaped Back Home.
The artists
Ramón Farrán
Ramón Farrán is a composer, musician and producer whose career spans much of the history of jazz and contemporary popular music in Spain. He began playing drums at the age of eight in his father’s orchestra in Barcelona and, since then, his career has been closely connected to some of the most significant transformations in the Spanish music industry. He took part in the early broadcasts of Spanish Television (TVE), contributed to the development of jazz in the country, and was a pioneer in introducing new technologies into recording studios, from multitrack mixing consoles to the first synthesisers. He also composed an entirely computer-generated soundtrack for an audiovisual work presented for the inauguration of Madrid’s Museo Reina Sofía. Founder of the Spanish National Jazz Orchestra (ONJAZZ), he continues to explore new musical languages and sound formats. With Back Home, this innovative spirit meets a renewed engagement with Mallorca’s landscape, poetry and cultural roots.
Ramón Farrán
Natalia Farrán
Natalia Farrán is a singer and songwriter. Throughout her career, she has collaborated with artists including Miguel Ríos, Randy Brecker, Paquito D’Rivera, Santiago Auserón, Kiko Veneno and Faithless. For more than two decades, she was the lead vocalist of the Spanish National Jazz Orchestra (ONJAZZ) and is currently preparing a new album of her own compositions.
Natalia Farrán
Lorenzo Santamaría
Lorenzo Santamaría is one of Mallorca’s most celebrated figures in rock and popular music. He began his career in the 1960s with bands such as Z-66 before embarking on an extensive solo career, with hits including Para que no me olvides, Si tú fueras mi mujer and Bailemos. He has earned six gold records and toured throughout Spain and Latin America.
Lorenzo Santamaría
Waltraud Mucher
Waltraud Mucher is an Austrian singer with a long international career in classical music. She has lived in Sóller for more than two decades and is actively involved in the island’s cultural and musical life. She is one of the project’s solo vocalists, singing in Spanish, Catalan, English and German on the album.
Waltraud Mucher
Andy Lewis
Andy Lewis is a British musician, sound engineer and producer with more than thirty years of international experience. For almost a decade, he was the bassist in Paul Weller’s band and has been a member of groups including Pimlico, The Red Inspectors and Spearmint. He is also an established DJ and contributes to Back Home as assistant producer.