Overview

• Over 130 students from Conservatori del Liceu and Esmuc gathered on June 17 to call for immediate action against guitar professor S.V. and director Maria Serrat.
• The conservatory opened an internal investigation into S.V. after at least a dozen prior requests to reassign students and fresh accounts from three former pupils of inappropriate touching.
• Critics argue the institution’s Equality Commission did not notify public authorities despite its own protocol mandating formal reporting of harassment allegations.
• The Federación Nacional de Estudiantes de Música has urged students across Spain to demonstrate on June 18 to demand stronger prevention measures in music schools.
• In Granada, a music school director has been suspended after being detained and released with charges for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor at a graduation party.