Gerard Quintana

rdf:langString Gerard Quintana

rdf:langString Gerard Quintana i Rodeja

rdf:langString Gerard Quintana i Rodeja

rdf:langString Girona, Catalonia, Spain

rdf:langString Quintana in 2020

rdf:langString Singer, songwriter, novelist, poet, actor

rdf:langString Gerard Quintana i Rodeja (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒəˈɾaɾt kinˈtanə]; born 27 November 1964) is a Spanish singer, songwriter, poet, novelist, actor, and radio and TV personality from Catalonia. He first came to prominence in 1986-2001 as the lead singer of the rock band Sopa de Cabra. Sopa de Cabra was one of the leading bands of the rock català genre. Since the dissolution of the band in 2001, Quintana has pursued a successful solo career. As a singer-songwriter, he completed five albums between 2003 and 2010, together with three in collaboration with Jordi Batiste, and a recent album (2014) with Xarim Aresté. He also writes and publishes poetry, and has written regularly as a journalist for online Catalan newspapers and journals. He appeared in the short film Diogenes, the dog. Since the publication of his first novel in 2019 he is also establishing himself as a serious novelist. During the temporary reunion of Sopa de Cabra in 2011 to celebrate 25 years since the band's formation and ten since its final appearances, Quintana returned to his original rock-star style of singing and performance, and the concerts were based solely on the band's extensive existing repertoire. Since then, the band has reformed and released two albums of new songs in 2015 and 2020. Quintana is also a speaker, and has become a well-known figure in Catalan culture quite apart from his musicianship. In recent years he has expressed his personal political and ideological views, including his support for Catalan independence. He is currently the President of the Acadèmia Catalana de la Música, an organisation dedicated to the interests of musicians of all kinds in Catalonia.