Montserrat Torrent

Montserrat Torrent i Serra, born 17 April 1926, Barcelona, is a Spanish organist whose early piano studies under her mother led to formal training at the Marshall School and the Barcelona Municipal Conservatory of Music, followed by advanced studies in Paris and Siena. Her career breakthrough arrived with the 1965 recordings L'orgue del Vendrell and Joan Cabanilles – Orgelwerk, earning the Grand Prix du Disque “Charles Cross”. Later releases included L'orgue De La Catedral De Barcelona: Compositors Catalans, Ss. Xvi‑Xix (2006) and Cabanilles : La Bataille Et Autres Pièces (2010). Torrent received the Creu de Sant Jordi (1995), the Medalla de Oro al Mérito Artístico del Ayuntamiento de Barcelona (1997), and the Premio Nacional de Música 2021.