Amsterdam (2018)
9 Nov 2018

Montserrat Fuentes Romero, GCLP 2018

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Montserrat Fuentes Romero

Montserrat is a musician, producer and director of XACARA, supporting and mentoring artists and projects in Mexico and the UK. The central core of the projects is the belief that arts and culture should be a human right for every person and society, seeking gender equality, diversity and intangible heritage between others. She holds a BA Degree in Piano Performance and a Master’s Degree in Music Education.

Montserrat is part of the Experts in Fair Culture for UNESCO Germany; has been awarded the International Society for the Performing Arts Fellowship (2021); awarded by the Finzi Scholarship (2022); The Act Foundation Grant (2023); and Arts Council England (2022).

Currently, she is mentoring at Transcultura Programme by UNESCO Cuba, UNESCO Europe & Adapt for Arts supporting freelancer artists from across the Caribbean sector; recently she is a Cultural Consultancy for UNESCO Mexico.