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Catalan singer (born 1965)

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

In June 1992, she graduated in Philosophy and Educational Sciences from the University of Barcelona and later specialized in music therapy. In 1995, she graduated from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.^[7]

Upon her return from the US, she created the record label Totsona Records with musician Àlex Martínez to produce songs with a high pedagogical content and with special attention to the musical aspect.^[8] She has published 200 songs and released 16 albums.^[9] These songs have been used as a learning tool in schools and families due to their useful content in the formation of habits, basic teachings and educational values.^[10]

She created a musical stimulation method for the 0 to 6 year old stage called Totsona.^[11] This method is based on understanding music as the child’s first language.^[1] She is a trainer and advisor for this program in different Early Childhood Education and Special Education Schools in Catalonia.^[12] 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.^[13][14][15]

She is a professor in the master’s degree in Music Therapy at ESMUC at the Escola Universitària Gimbernat.^[7] She gives talks, courses and seminars at different universities, schools and training centres. She combines teaching with concerts, auditions and shows for children, families and schools.^{[16][better source needed]}

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 clips include Els mosquits, with more than 300 million views, Els dies de la setmana, which exceeds 200 million, and Les vocals, Bon dia and Qui sóc jo?.^[26][27]

In 2023, she announced that she would end her live performances with La gira dels 25,^[28] along with the band Grow Up Singing and pianist Àlex Martínez.^[29] Her last concert was in January 2024 in Menorca.^[30]

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• 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)^[31]
• 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^[32]
• 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.^[27]
• És l’hora del jazz (2018)^[33]
• La festa de la pau (2019)^[34]
• És l’hora de l’orquestra (2019), finalist in the Enderrock Awards in the category of best album for family audiences of 2020.^[35]
• Mou el cos (2020)
• Soc feliç (2021)
• Bye Bye Monstre! (2021)
• Aplaudiments! (2024)

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

• Canta! (2013)^[36]
• Canta! Vol. II (2016)^[37]