Francesc Cortès i Mir (1965) is a full professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He holds a PhD in Musicology with his dissertation El nacionalisme musical de Felip Pedrell: Els Pirineus, La Celestina and El Comte Arnau.
He has a degree in Geography and History. He specialises in 19th and 20th century Hispanic music, musical analysis, and opera history, which are fields where he carries out research. He won the Emili Pujol Research Prize in Historical Musicology in 1994.
He has produced critical editions of the operas of La Fattucchiera (1838) by Vicenç Cuyàs, Los Pirineus (1891) and La Celestina (1902) by Felip Pedrell, all three revived in the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. He has also produced critical editions of the Catalan Zarzuela L’aplec del Remei (1858) by J. A. Clavé, revived in the National Theatre of Catalonia, and Glosa (1908) by Felip Pedrell, revived in the Palau de la Música Catalana in the concerts marking the centenary of its inauguration.
He is a lead researcher on various research projects funded through competitive bids, dedicated to the study of Catalan musical heritage, particularly opera heritage. He has published 65 articles in benchmark journals such as Revue de Musicologie, Rivista Italiana di Musicologia, Anuario Musical, etc., and more than 90 scientific publications. He published an analysis on Nicolau Guanyabens and his opera in the Revista de Musicología of the Spanish Musicology Society (SEdeM).
He directs the Cataloguing and Digitisation Project of the Historical Archive of the Gran Teatre del Liceu Society.
Accredited university professor.
Member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Saint George.
He has carried out research stays at the University of Melbourne, the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne and the University of Naples Federico II.
To date he has supervised 17 PhD dissertations.