OUR COMMITMENT TO CONTEMPORARY CREATION

In 2022, following our first commission of a work for saxophone quartet, we set one of our main commitments: to support and promote contemporary creation. Since then, we have maintained the goal of commissioning and premiering at least one work every year. In this blog post, we tell you how we have done it—and why we will continue to do so in the future.

Photography and edition by Inma del Valle

It all began with a simple email sent to Eduardo Soutullo, a composer we were interested in and whom some of us already knew. To our surprise, Eduardo not only replied with interest, but also introduced us to a funding avenue that would prove key in the years to come: the music and dance grants from Spain’s National Institute of the Performing Arts and Music (INAEM). Thanks to his support, we obtained the grant and were able to start making our goal a reality.

Cover of the work Sax Quartet by Eduardo Soutullo, commissioned by Lítore Quartet. Premiered at the 14th Contemporary Music Cycle of Badajoz, Casa de la Cultura of Puebla de la Calzada, 12/11/2022.

On the same day that we premiered Sax Quartet by Eduardo Soutullo in Badajoz, we also had the pleasure of bringing to life the work June by María José Fontán and working with the composer.

 Cover of the work June by María José Fontán. Premiered by Lítore Quartet at the 14th Contemporary Music Cycle of Badajoz, Casa de la Cultura of Puebla de la Calzada, 12/11/2022.

Thanks to INAEM, we have been able to work first-hand with internationally renowned composers. In 2023, we did so with the Catalan Salvador Brotons; in 2024, with the Galician Brais González; and in 2025, with the Madrid-born Mauricio Sotelo.

 Cover of the work Resiliència by Salvador Brotons, commissioned by Lítore Quartet. Premiered at the Capella del Mas Sant Joan in Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, 17/11/2023.

 Cover of the work Selkie, commissioned by Lítore Quartet. Premiered at the Auditorium of the Torroso–Mos Community Center, 17/12/2024.

 Cover of the work Cantes de Agua y Duelo, commissioned by Lítore Quartet. Premiered in the auditorium of the Renaissance Museum “La Gòtica” in Molins de Rei, 13/11/2025.

In 2023, our friend and colleague at the Conservatori Superior de les Illes Balears, Pau Cladera, composed the work Danses i Festes for us.

 Cover of the work Danses i Festes by Pau Cladera. Premiered at the Municipal Theatre of Llubí, Mallorca, 06/05/2023.

In the present year, 2026, we have decided to launch an open call aimed at composers of Spanish nationality, in order to align more closely with our values and to champion equity in the arts. Very soon we will meet the composer who will work with us to continue developing our goal of promoting contemporary creation. In addition, in the coming years we will record some of these premieres in an album. So this is only the beginning!