"Life without music is simply a mistake, a fatigue, an exile", said the philosopher and composer Friedrich Nietzsche. This month, on the occasion of European Music Day, we spoke to three ”la Caixa” Foundation fellows for whom music is more than just an entertainment.

Diabetic retinopathy is the most common cause of blindness in people aged 20 to 65 in industrialised countries. Until now, there was no sure-fire treatment to cure this pathology. However, some weeks ago, this fellow’s recent discoveries provided some optimism in terms of a possible treatment.