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Damaris Gelabert

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Damaris Gelabert
Damaris Gelabert in 2018
Born (1965-12-28) December 28, 1965 (age 59)
Barcelona
Alma materUniversity of Barcelona
Years active1998-present
Known forSinger of children's music
Websitewww.damarisgelabert.com

Dàmaris Gelabert (born December 28, 1965) is a Spanish pedagogue, music therapist, author and singer of children's songs.[1] Since 1998, she has released sixteen albums and over 200 songs.[2] Her YouTube channel has over 800 million views with over 2 million subscribers. It is the most viewed Catalan YouTube channel and became the first Catalan music channel to receive the YouTube Silver Button.[3][4][5][6]

Biography

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Show Summer Begins at the Victoria Theatre, June 2017
Concert at the Porta Ferrada Festival in 2017

Gelabert received her Philosophy and Educational Sciences degree from the University of Barcelona in June 1992, later specialising in music therapy. In 1995, she graduated from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.[7]

After returning from the US, she founded Totsona Records with musician Àlex Martínez, producing 200 songs and 16 albums.[8][9]

Gelabert created a musical stimulation method for the 0 to 6-year-old stage called Totsona.[10] This educational strategy is based on teaching music as the child's first language.[1] She is a trainer and advisor for this program at different early childhood education and special education schools in Catalonia.[11] In 2012 she inaugurated the Totsona Space located in Cardedeu, Barcelona, where the Totsona offices are located and where she teaches courses for teachers, educators and all those interested in the world of music and early childhood.[12][13][14]

Gelabert teaches music therapy as a professor at ESMUC.[7] She conducts lectures, courses, and seminars at various educational institutions, integrating teaching with concerts, auditions, and shows for children, families, and schools.[15][16] She has sung in many festivals[17] including the Festival de la Porta Ferrada [ca],[18]  l'Acustiqueta,[19]  el Bornet de cançons,[20] el Festivalot,[21]  the Cap Roig Festival[22] and in theaters such as El Teatre Kursaal de Manresa [ca], l' Atlàntida de Vic, l'Àtrium de Viladecans, Teatre-Auditori Sant Cugat [ca], the Teatre Victòria, l'Alcúdia de Palma[23] and l'Auditori Nacional d'Ordino.[24] In 2018, she won the Arc Award in the category of “Best Artist Tour Adapted to Family Audiences”.[25]

Within her YouTube channel, several popular video videos include Els mosquits, with more than 300 million views,[26] Els dies de la setmana, which has over 200 million,[27] and Les vocals, Bon dia and Qui sóc jo?.[28][29]

In 2023, Gelabert announced that she would end her live performances with La gira dels 25,[30] along with the band "Grow Up Singing" and pianist Àlex Martínez.[31] Her last concert was in January 2024 in Menorca.[32]

Discography

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Damaris Gelabert has the following discography:[9]

  • Tot sona! (1998)
  • Cançons per aprendre: 0-3 anys vol. I (2001)
  • Cançons per aprendre: 3-7 anys vol. I (2001)
  • Cançons per aprendre: 7-9 anys vol. I (2001)
  • Emocions i sentiments: contes i cançons (2003)
  • Cançons populars & noves (2004)
  • Cançons de bressol (2004)
  • Cançons per aprendre: 0-3 anys vol. II (2006)
  • Cançons per aprendre: 3-7 anys vol. II (2006)
  • Cançons per aprendre: personatges singulars (2007)
  • M'agrada el Nadal (2008)[33]
  • Massatge amb cançons (2011)
  • Jocs de falda – d'ara i de sempre (2014), nominated for the Enderrock Awards in the category of best album for family and children's audiences of 2014[34]
  • Comença l'estiu (2017)
  • Naturalment (2018), nominated for the Enderrock Awards in the category of best album for family and children's audiences of 2018.[29]
  • És l'hora del jazz (2018)[35]
  • La festa de la pau (2019)[36]
  • És l'hora de l'orquestra (2019), finalist in the Enderrock Awards in the category of best album for family audiences of 2020.[37]
  • Mou el cos (2020)
  • Soc feliç (2021)
  • Bye Bye Monstre! (2021)
  • Aplaudiments! (2024)

Custom songs

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  • Bona nit: les meves cançons de bressol
  • Les meves cançons
  • Feliç aniversari

DVDs

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  • Canta! (2013)[38]
  • Canta! Vol. II (2016)[39]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Una educació que sona bé". Ara.cat. 5 November 2016.
  2. ^ Amat, Xavier (28 December 2019). "Dàmaris Gelabert: "Moltes coses les anem oblidant, però les cançons de la infància queden per sempre". ElNacional.cat. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  3. ^ "La catalana que ha guanyat el Botó de Plata de YouTube". Rac1.cat. 2019-04-06. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  4. ^ "Dàmaris Gelabert guanya el Botó de Plata de Youtube". El9nou.cat. June 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
  5. ^ "Dàmaris Gelabert és la primera catalana que aconsegueix el Botó de Plata de Youtube". Enderrock.cat. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
  6. ^ "Dàmaris Gelabert trenca les barreres del YouTube en català". Vilaweb.cat. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  7. ^ a b "Dàmaris Gelabert". Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya. Archived from the original on 2019-12-22. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  8. ^ "Qui som". Totsona.com.
  9. ^ a b "Discografia — Dàmaris Gelabert". Damarisgelabert.com. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  10. ^ "Les protagonistes de l'exposició D'ONES: Dàmaris Gelabert". Enderrock.cat.
  11. ^ "Què és Taral·la". Taral·la (in Catalan). Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  12. ^ "Totsona". Totsona.com. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  13. ^ "Propostes de formació" (PDF). Totsona.com.
  14. ^ "Dàmaris Gelabert impulsa la Fira Taral·la a Granollers". Punt Vallès. Oct 15, 2025. Retrieved Oct 15, 2025.
  15. ^ "Agenda". Damarisgelabert.com. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  16. ^ "Jornada de formació DÀMARIS GELABERT. Estimulació musical TOTSONA 0-6 anys | Institut de la Infància". institutdelainfancia.org. Retrieved 2025-10-16.
  17. ^ "Dàmaris Gelabert". Eventsarea.net (in Catalan). Retrieved 2025-10-15.
  18. ^ "Dàmaris Gelabert". Festival Porta Ferrada 2017. Archived from the original on 2020-10-20. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  19. ^ "Dàmaris Gelabert, l'estrella de l'Acustiqueta". Ara.cat. 29 August 2017.
  20. ^ "Dàmaris Gelabert". Elbornculturaimemoria.barcelona.cat. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  21. ^ "Dàmaris Gelabert, Gossos, Els Amics de les Arts i Beth actuaran al Festivalot". Diari de Girona. 3 March 2017.
  22. ^ Castillón, Xavier. "El 'fenomen Dàmaris' - 08 ago 2018". Elpuntavui.cat. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  23. ^ "Dàmaris Gelabert presenta en Palma el cuento 'Si tingués la màgia d'un mag'". Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). 23 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
  24. ^ "Ple absolut per gaudir de les cançons infantils de Dàmaris Gelabert". Ara. 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
  25. ^ "Guanyadors Premis ARC 2018". Arcatalunya.cat. 2018-12-14. Archived from the original on 2019-08-07. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  26. ^ Dàmaris Gelabert (2014-01-31). Dàmaris Gelabert - ELS MOSQUITS (Videoclip Oficial) #cançonsinfantils #família #cançonsperaprendre. Retrieved 2025-10-16 – via YouTube.
  27. ^ Dàmaris Gelabert (2014-01-15). Dàmaris Gelabert - ELS DIES DE LA SETMANA (Videoclip Oficial) #cançonsinfantils #cançonsperaprendre. Retrieved 2025-10-16 – via YouTube.
  28. ^ "Dàmaris Gelabert". Youtube. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  29. ^ a b "damaris gelabert". Enderrock.cat. Retrieved Oct 15, 2025.
  30. ^ "Dàmaris Gelabert empieza la gira de despido en el Teatre Fortuny de Reus". Diarimes.com (in Spanish). 2023-03-11. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  31. ^ "La gira dels 25". Damarisgelabert.com. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  32. ^ "Dàmaris Gelabert s'acomiada dels escenaris al Principal de Maó davant prop de 900 persones". Ib3.org (in Catalan). 1 March 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  33. ^ "Letra de la canción M'agrada el Nadal - Dàmaris Gelabert". Cancioneros.com/letras (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  34. ^ "The Crab Apples aconsegueix sis nominacions als Premis Enderrock". El Punt Avui. 3 February 2015.
  35. ^ Enderrock.cat. "Dàmaris Gelabert - És l'hora del jazz". Enderrock.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  36. ^ "Dàmaris Gelabert: "A través de les arts i la música podem treballar millor la pau amb els nens"". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2019-01-29. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  37. ^ "Oques Grasses, Miki Núñez, Ginestà i Rosalia principals finalistes dels Premis Enderrock 2020". Enderrock.cat. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  38. ^ "Nou vídeo promocional! — CANTA! El primer DVD de la Dàmaris Gelabert". Verkami.com. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  39. ^ "Canta! (Dàmaris Gelabert) Volumen 2 (DVD 8424295359568". Educamultimedia (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-14.
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