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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Lluís Gavaldà
| image           = Gavalda acustica.jpg
| caption         = Gavaldà playing guitar (2009)
| birth_name      = Lluís Gavaldà
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1963|04|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place     = [[Constantí]], [[Spain]]
| genre           = [[Rock and roll]]<br />[[Pop rock]]<br />Rock agrícola
| years_active    = 1985–present
| instrument      = Guitar, vocals
| occupation      = Musician, songwriter, media collaborator
| associated_acts = [[Els Pets]]
}}
'''Lluís Gavaldà i Roig''' ([[Constantí]], [[Tarragonès]], [[Spain]], 15 April 1963)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cat.elpais.com/cat/2018/11/01/cultura/1541076527_486671.html|title=Saber-te precari a la vida ajuda a valorar el que tens|last=Hidalgo|first=Luis|date=1 November 2018|website=El País|language=ca|access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref> is the singer and main composer of the group "[[Els Pets]]". With a degree in Anglo-Germanic [[philology]], Gavaldà is mainly known for being the singer, guitarist and composer of Els Pets, together with Falin Cáceres (bass) and Joan Reig (drums).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Muñoz|first=Imma|date=2015-12-17|title=Lluís Gavaldà: el pop catalán se hace mayor|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/dominical/20151217/lluis-gavalda-pop-catalan-hace-mayor-4754097|access-date=2020-06-18|website=elperiodico|language=es}}</ref>
After a period living in the United States, he returned to [[Catalonia]], Spain, where he worked as an English teacher.<ref name=":1" /> It was at this time that the group ''Els Pets'' began a career that would make them one of the leading groups in [[Rock català|Catalan rock]].{{efn|At their time ''Els Pets'' were one of the ‘four most popular rock bands singing in Catalan’.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=van Liew|first=Maria|date=1993|title=The Scent of Catalan Rock: Els Pets' Ideology and the Rock and Roll Industry|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/931234|journal=Popular Music|volume=12|issue=3|page=251|jstor=931234|issn=0261-1430}}</ref>}} Constantí's group has achieved countless awards, as for example Enderrock, the most represented and important of the Catalan music.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.enderrock.cat/noticia/18512/lluis/gavalda/music/tambe/te/dret/guanyar-se/vida/amb/seva/professio|title=Lluís Gavaldà: "Un músic també té dret a guanyar-se la vida amb la seva professió"|last=Enderrock|website=enderrock.cat|language=ca|access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref> Their recordings include such popular titles as ''Calla i Balla'', ''Agost'' and ''Bon Dia'', which continues to be the most successful record in the history of Catalan rock music with 100,000 copies.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biografia|url=http://www.elspets.cat/index.php/biografia-elspets|access-date=2020-06-18|website=www.elspets.cat|language=ca}}</ref>
In addition ti his musical career, Gavaldà collaborates regularly with press, radio and television. He writes a weekly column for the newspaper [[Ara (newspaper)|Ara]] in the supplement ''Criatures''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ara.cat/|title=Articles by Lluís Gavaldà|website=Ara|language=ca-ES|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812100209/http://www.ara.cat/|archive-date=12 August 2011|access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref> On the radio he participated in the program ''Eduqueu les Criatures'' (2006–2010, [[Catalunya Ràdio]]) with [[Carles Capdevila]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ccma.cat/catradio/eduqueu-les-criatures/fitxa-programa/938/|title=Eduqueu les criatures|last=Ràdio|first=Catalunya|website=CCMA|language=ca|access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref> and presented the daily program ''El celobert'' an iCat.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cat.elpais.com/cat/2019/04/03/cultura/1554316845_041677.html|title=Lluís Gavaldà estima la música|last=Delclós|first=Tomàs|date=3 April 2019|website=El País|language=ca|access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref> On television, he presented the contest ''Picalletres''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ccma.cat/tv3/El-concurs-Picalletres-passa-a-ser-diari-a-partir-de-dilluns/noticia-arxiu/207706506/|title=El concurs "Picalletres" passa a ser diari a partir de dilluns|date=10 July 2006|website=Televisió de Catalunya|language=ca|access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref> (2006, [[Televisió de Catalunya]]) and on 2019, he host a show dedicated to pop music: ''El celobert''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/el-celobert/|title=Els vídeos del programa El celobert|website=Televisió de Catalunya|language=ca|access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref>
He has also published books such as "Estic prenyat", "El pare que et va matricular",<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gastem cèntims en alimentació, però preferim estar-nos d'altres coses|url=https://etselquemenges.cat/convidat/lluis-gavalda-music|access-date=2020-06-18|website=Ets el que menges|language=ca}}</ref> "Valset"<ref name=":0" /> and "Lletres", the later being a commented collection of his songs.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-03-28|title=Lluís Gavaldà: "A vegades penso massa el text de les cançons, com la vida en general"|url=https://surtdecasa.cat/camp/llibres/lluis-gavalda-presenta-el-seu-llibre-lletres|access-date=2020-06-18|website=Surtdecasa.cat|language=ca}}</ref>
==Discography==
{{Main|Els Pets#Discography}}
== Bibliography ==
*{{Cite book|last=Gavaldà|first=Lluís|title=Estic prenyat|publisher=Edicions La Campana|year=2008|isbn=978-8496735170|language=ca}}
* ''Valset'' (2010) La Galera, with illustrations by Xavier Salomó, included a CD with an unpublished recording of the song ''Valset''. {{ISBN|978-84-246-3573-2}}.<ref name=":0">[http://www.grec.cat/agora/out_fonsl.pgm?model=galera/ressenya.htm&ean=9788424635732 La Galera, Valset]</ref>
*{{Cite book|last=Gavaldà|first=Lluís|title=El pare que et va matricular|publisher=Editorial Columna|year=2013|isbn=9788466416207|language=ca}} Anecdotes about living with his son.
* {{Cite book|first=Lluís|last=Gavaldà|title=Lletres|pages=152|publisher=Bridge|isbn=9788416670093|url=http://www.ireadbridge.com/ca/lletres-978-84-16670-09-3|language=ca|year=2017}}
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