Juan Suárez’s La Libélula landed at Can Prunera. Radio Nacional and Radio 3, specialists in harmonizing life and bringing us closer to the soundscape of human knowledge, joined forces last Friday, 12 June, at 6.30 pm in the garden of the Modernist house. And they were not alone. The museum’s directors, José Vicens and Miquel Rullán, stood by Juan’s side, ever close, like Alexander the Great’s famous Companions who followed the Macedonian leader to conquer those lands that lie beyond dreams. To complete this brotherhood of dreamers, we must highlight Zuria Gento, head of communications and social media, who chronicled this unforgettable milestone, and Quico Maura, head of education and writer. Furthermore, the event featured the Orphic music of Joana Gomila and Laura Vallés, performed strictly live to the delight of the audience and the numerous birds, which went wild upon hearing them. Joana and Laura are every bit as remarkable as the oracular Pythias of Delphi, intermediaries between the gods and mankind. We witnessed an Orphic ecstasy in the Sóller Valley.
And you may well ask yourselves, what was the reason for bringing together radio, music, culture, literature, poetry and nature in the Modernist home of Can Prunera? Life itself. Or perhaps that Epicurean joy that comes from bringing together human beings who are on the same wavelength. As you know, at Can Prunera, we firmly believe in synergies and in that very Greek concept of kairos – those unique moments that define us. Those pauses along the way where we stop to reflect, and which shape us forever. Once we’ve crossed the threshold, we’re already different. There’s no turning back. Juan Suárez knows this all too well.
His dragonfly landed in the garden without an engine, yet it lifted our spirits, oiling our minds with that voice so uniquely his, so true to the spirit of radio. Juan is an explorer well-versed in the geographies of time, a philosophical Argonaut, an anonymous hero of conflicting causes, a radio gentleman, a restless soul who seeks everything and desires everything. With profound wisdom, every word that flows from within him finds its rightful place, which is our present moment. This is no easy task; it requires hours upon hours of research, of reciting aloud, of crafting a text that conveys emotion and feeling. He always succeeds, and his spell fills us with joy.
As they say, we talk about everything under the sun, it’s true, but above all, we’re talking about the Nits de Libèl·lula Contemporary Music Festival, now in its second year. Can Prunera has opted for eclectic, high-quality music that blends organically with the surroundings, where the musician’s own nature is always the star of the show. Sandra Monfort and Aitor Hevia, alongside Magí Garcías, have already graced the garden’s floral stage, and in the coming months, Mon Joan Tiquat, Joan Miquel Oliver and Santiago Auserón will be performing there.
This marks the beginning of a beautiful friendship. The bond that has now formed between Juan Suárez and Can Prunera has taken on Homeric proportions. Life is long, and so is the adventure of existence. And as Jünger wrote in Der Waldgang:
The motto of the ambusher goes like this:
Here and now.
Let us always seek freedom and independence.
Let us overcome fear so that we may bathe in the original fountains of joy and abundance, and thus face our anguish.
Thank you to our friends at Radio Nacional, Radio 3 and the team at La libélula for their great humanity and professionalism. We will always have the Mediterranean: that place where we will all meet.