The event will feature a performance by the violin duo Encambra’t, comprising Pol Fortuny and Aina Filella, who will play duets by Bériot and Glière. The premiere of «El Zanguango» by Publio Delgado Fernández, winner of the Paquita Madriguera Musical Composition Award, will also take place. The piece is described as a Venezuelan waltz combining lyrical passages with dance rhythms.
The ceremony will be hosted by Xavier Dàvila and Montse Sanou from Ràdio Igualada. During the gala, the verdicts for the Jaume Graells Digital Art, Procopi Llucià Photography, Joan Llacuna Poetry, Paquita Madriguera Musical Composition, Gaspar Camps Design, Dr. Joan Mercader Research, and Mossèn Josep Còdol Social and Civic Commitment awards will be announced.
The City of Igualada Honor Awards will recognize the careers of organist Joan Paradell Solé (Igualada, 1956), known for his international career that led him to the Vatican, and Marta Vives i Sabaté (Igualada, 1960), a graduate in Geography and History and former director of the Arxiu Comarcal de l'Anoia.
Additionally, the city will pay posthumous tribute to six local personalities: writer Jaume Ferrer Pinyol (1934-2026), businessman Josep Llansana i Marcè (1949–2025), escolapian priest Andreu Trilla i Llobera (1940–2026), teacher and activist Elvira Talló Morera (1956–2026), journalist Joan Armengol Costa (1934–2026), and historian Jordi Enrich i Hoja (1948–2026).
The seven award categories received a total of 1,447 works and proposals. The Photography category accounts for 89.1% of the submitted entries.
