Former Temporada de Música director sues Andorra la Vella council for €6,270

Josep Maria Escribano, former director of the Temporada de Música d’Andorra la Vella, has filed an administrative claim against the capital’s municipal council seeking payment of two monthly salaries, a total of €6,270. He argues that during January and February 2024, while negotiations over his continued role as a special‑relation adviser were ongoing, he continued making arrangements for the festival’s programme and therefore is entitled to those payments.

Escribano’s formal role as a trusted official of the corporation ended on 31 December 2023, after the previous administration led first by Conxita Marsol and then by David Astrié left office. The newly elected council, headed by consuls Sergi González and Olalla Losada, redefined the season with a request for a more popular, less elitist programme and offered Escribano an advisory contract with a substantial reduction in his previous remuneration.

The pianist and long‑time programmer declined the offer, citing disagreement with the new artistic direction and refusal to accept a cut to a salary that had exceeded €3,000. His definitive departure was formalised in March 2024, but he says the negotiation period lasted just over two months and that, until his disengagement was fully resolved, he continued to hold meetings and make contacts to secure potential performers—work he believes should be remunerated.

Escribano issued invoices for those services, which the council did not pay. The municipality maintains it never commissioned him for work during that period and therefore has no obligation to pay; it also argues that, as a special‑relation post, his functions ceased automatically at the end of the previous mandate.

Escribano subsequently initiated an administrative lawsuit—sources note he might alternatively have pursued a civil or labour claim—seeking the two months’ pay. The municipal procedure is at an early stage, currently in the evidentiary period, and sources familiar with the case say there are some elements that could support his claim.