Ovidi Montllor

Ovidi Montllor
Ovidi Montllor
	Montllor, receiving a medal from his hometown.
Background information
Birth name	Ovidi Montllor Mengual
Born	4 February 1942; Alcoi, Valencian Community
Died	10 March 1995 (aged 53); Barcelona, Catalonia
Genres	Nova Cançó
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter; actor
Instruments	Vocals; guitar
Years active	1968–1995
Labels	Discophon, Edigsa, Ariola

Ovidi Montllor (Catalan pronunciation: [oˈviði moɲˈʎoɾ]; 4 February 1942 in Alcoi, Spain – 10 March 1995 in Barcelona, Spain) was a Spanish singer-songwriter and actor.

Career

A native of Alcoi, at the age of 24 Montllor moved to Barcelona, where he was a member of various independent theater groups, including the CICF, and later with Núria Espert and Adrià Gual. In 1968, he began to sing songs with lyrics by songwriters such as Vincent Andrés Estellés, Pere Quart, as well as writing several songs by himself.

Montllor was known for his deep voice and his histrionic on-stage manners, and went on to become one of the most talented members of the Nova Cançó movement, albeit one of the least popular. As a result of the tributes paid to him by internationally renowned artists such as Miquel Gil and Pascal Comelade, his work has received increased attention from music lovers in the last few years.

Montllor's gift for acting led to him being cast alongside Lola Gaos in José Luis Borau's Furtivos, one of the most important films in the history of Spanish cinema.

Illness and death

Montllor died of esophageal cancer in Barcelona on 10 March 1995, at the age of 53. Five months earlier, his hometown of Alcoi had paid him an emotional tribute in recognition of his success.

Tributes

In 2005, on the tenth anniversary of his death, a series of tributes and celebrations in honour of Montllor took place throughout the Catalan countries.

Also in 2005, Inadaptats, a Catalan independentist music band, recorded a CD entitled "Homenatge a Ovidi" ("A Tribute to Ovidi") with covers of 14 of Montllor's most famous songs.

Valencian pro-independence band Obrint Pas dedicated their 2006 track "No Hem Oblidat" (We Have Not Forgotten) to Montllor.

Discography

EPs

"La Fera Ferotge" / "Llicó De Sumes i Verbs" / "Cançó De Les Balances" / "Cançó De Llaurador" (1968)
"Gola Seca" / "La Fàbrica Paulac" / "Cançó d'Amor" / "Història d'Un Amic" (1969)

Singles

Sol d'estiu / Ell (1971)

Albums

Un entre tants... (1972)
Crònica d'un temps (1973)
A Alcoi (1974) (Reissued by Picap 2008)
Salvat-Papasseit per Ovidi Montllor (1975) (Reissued by Picap 2007)
Ovidi Montllor diu 'Coral romput' (1979)
Bon vent... i barca nova! (1979)
4.02.42 (1980)
Verí Good (posthumous, 2000; only one of its songs was finished, El Meu Poble Alcoi)

Live albums

Ovidi Montllor a l'Olympia (1975) (Reissued by Picap 2008)
De manars i garrotades (1977) (Reissued by Picap 2008)

Other releases

Ovidi Montllor... per sempre (anthology, 1995)
Antologia (exhaustive anthology, 2000)

Partial filmography

Furia Española (1975) - Ricardo
Furtivos (1975) - Ángel
La ciutat cremada (1976) - Emiliano Iglesias
La siesta (1976) - Calixto
La nova cançó (1976, Documentary) - Himself
Lletres catalanes (1976-1979, TV Series) - Ignasi / Gabriel de Beaumont / Josafat / El vigilant
L'obscura història de la cosina Montse (1977) - Paco / Cousin
La portentosa vida del padre Vicent (1978) - Miló
Soldados (1978) - Agustín
Companys, procés a Catalunya (1979) - Jordi
La Sabina (1979) - Manolín
La verdad sobre el caso Savolta (1980) - Miranda
La campanada (1980) - Ullóa
Con el culo al aire (1980) - Juan
El nido (1980) - Manuel
Viaje al más allá (1980) - Carlos
Te quiero, te quiero, te quiero (1980)
Sexo sangriento (1981) - El mudo
Putapela (1981)
La fuga de Segovia (1981) - Oriol
Los embarazados (1982) - Luis
El fascista, doña Pura y el follón de la escultura (1983) - Ramón Prats
El pico (1983) - El Cojo
El invernadero (1983) - Carlos Jiménez
Héctor, el estigma del miedo (1984) - Héctor
Un, dos, tres... ensaïmades i res més (1985) - Mike Vidal
Fuego eterno (1985) - Estebanot
Escapada final (Scapegoat) (1985) - Arnau Neyras
Teo el pelirrojo (1986) - Luis
Bar-Cel-Ona (1987) - Home
La veritat oculta (1987) - Lladre
Material urbà (1987) - Cambrer
Amanece como puedas (1988) - Jenaro
El aire de un crimen (1988) - Domingo Cuadrado
Amanece, que no es poco (1988) - Pascual
Un negro con un saxo (1989) - Director L'Hora
Gran Sol (1989)
El río que nos lleva (1989) - Cuatrodedos
La banyera (1989)
El acto (1989) - Hombre historia moneda
Monte bajo (1989)
La teranyina (1990) - Cordetes
Perfidia (1991)
El largo invierno (1992) - Juan
Blue Gin (1992)
El beso de la mujer araña (1996, TV Series)
L'hivernacle

External links

Ovidimontllor.com – An unofficial Web site about Montllor

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