Cultural Agenda Embassy of Spain to The Hague January, February, March 2020

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Concerts by the guitarist Paco Peña

Ceramic exhibition in Rotterdam

Cuarteto Leonor: masterclasses and concerts

ÑL: A conference by Spanish-speaking scientists

SQBA: String Quartet Biennale

Spanish performing arts in the Netherlands

Group exhibition in Delden: Helen Acosta

Intermezzo Flamenco 2020

Concert at Society de Witte: Dúo Bálder

Spanish-speaking cinema in Maastricht

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In collaboration with the Embassy of Spain to The Hague, the renowned flamenco guitar player Paco Peña will give a performance of his piece Requiem por la Tierra, or Requiem for the Earth, in different Dutch cities. Paco Peña wrote this extraordinary piece in 2004. In it, he appeals to humanity to handle our earth carefully.

Paco Peña’s flamenco ensemble, two chamber choirs (Oost Nederlands Kamerkoor from Doetinchem and Musica Vocale from Wageningen) and four children’s choirs from the province of Gelderland join forces under the direction of Rob Vermeulen. Also cooperating are the Wageningen University & Research project, the HAN University of Applied Sciences, and other speakers and dancers.

More information (also about ticket sales) can be found at the website Requiem for the Earth.

Spanish flamenco guitarist Paco Peña presents “Requiem for the Earth” 18 to 22 January 2020, in several cities in the Netherlands

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The Witte de With contemporary art center will organize from January 19th till July 19 a group exhibition on ceramics that explores the immigration of a form, and changing value systems that visualize national ideals and cultural identities. In collaboration with the Embassy of Spain to The Hague, Spanish artists Belén Zahera and Karlos Gil will participate, among others.

Belen Zahera (Madrid, 1985) is an artist and researcher. She holds a degree in Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), an MA in Fine Art from Slade School of Fine Art (University College London) and is currently a Phd candidate in Fine Arts at the UCM.

The multiple art practice by Karlos Gil (Toledo, 1984) thrives on paradox, memory and navigation between the past and the present to articulate or question the codes that construct meaning. Karlos Gil studied at the School of Visuals Arts in New York and at the faculties of Fine Arts in Madrid and Lisbon.

More information can be found at the website of contemporary art center Witte de With.

Spanish artists in a ceramic exhibition in Rotterdam 19 January to 19 July 2020, Witte de With, Rotterdam

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The Embassy of Spain to The Hague, in collaboration with the Utrecht Conservatory and the Instituto Cervantes, organizes a series of activities with the Spanish string quartet Cuarteto Leonor and the Utrecht String Quartet (USQ).

Cuarteto Leonor is a well-known Spanish string quartet. Its members have years of teaching experience and some of their disciples are now studying at the Utrecht Conservatory. Delphine Caserta (violin), Bruno Vidal (violin), Jaime Huertas (viola) and Álvaro Huertas (cello) are the members of the quartet.

The Utrecht String Quartet is formed by Eeva Koskinen (violin), Katherine Routley (violin), Mikhail Zemtsov (viola) and Sebastian Koloski (cello). They have been playing chamber music for over thirty years and have played all over the world, but mostly in the Netherlands, where they now live.

For information about tickets and reservations, please check the website of the Instituto Cervantes, Utrecht Conservatory and Ravenstein (Garnizoenskerk).

Cuarteto Leonor: masterclasses and concerts in the Netherlands 22 to 26 January 2020, the Netherlands

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An event for scientific dissemination and networking will take place on January the 24 at the Instituto Cervantes in Utrecht. This conference is organized by four Spanish speaking professional and scientific associations: Spanish Scientists in the Netherlands (CENL), the Network of Mexican Talents in the Netherlands, the Network of Argentinian Scientists and Researchers in the Netherlands and the Community of PUCP Alumni (Pontifical Catholic University of Peru) in the Netherlands. The act is organized in collaboration with the Instituto Cervantes in Utrecht and the Embassies of Spain, Mexico, Argentina and Peru in the Netherlands.

Seven well-known members of the mentioned associations will give a lecture in Spanish about their jobs within various scientific areas and in their respective fields, from digital entrepreneurship to biomedicine. The participants will have the opportunity to ask questions to the speakers and, afterwards, some refreshments will be served to open a space for interaction between the speakers and the public.

More information about the program and reservations can be found at CENL’s website.

ÑL: A conference by Spanish-speaking scientists and professionals in the Netherlands 24 January 2020, Instituto Cervantes (Utrecht)

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The second edition of the String Quartet Biennale (SQBA) will take place from 25 January to 1 February at Muziekgebouw aan het IJ in Amsterdam. This is the first festival in the world that pays tribute to this genre of classical music: the string quartet. During the week, the capital of the Netherlands will foster over 50 concerts, masterclasses, conferences and lectures.

In collaboration with the Embassy of Spain to The Hague, Cuarteto Gerhard will participate in the festival. Judit Bardolet (violin), Lluis Castan (violin), Miquel Jorda (viola) and Jesús Miralles (cello) are the members of this quartet that was created in 2010. The Quartet is named after the musician Robert Gerhard. They have won multiple awards in Spain (Primer Palau 2012) and abroad (August Pickhard Stiftung in 2014). They have attended lectures with masters such as Eberhard Feltz or Heime Müller and their interpretations are often played at Catalunya Radio and the Spanish National Radio (RNE).

Quarteto Gerhard will perform on 28 January; the premier of their music video of Alban Berg’s piece Lyric Suite will be on 25 January.

For more information, please check SQBA’s website.

Cuarteto Gerhard participating at the String Quartet Biennale 25 January to 1 February 2020, Muziekgebouw aan het IJ (Amsterdam)

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Thanks to the Program for the Internationalization of Spanish Culture (PICE) of Acción Cultural Española (AC/E), several Spanish theatre companies will bring their shows to the Netherlands between January and March.

This year marks the ninth edition of Brandhaarden, a theatre festival organized by the Internationaal Theater Amsterdam (ITA). It will take place from 28 January to 8 February 2020. The festival opens with Gran Bolero (January 28 and 29), by the Spanish choreographer Jesús Rubio Gamo, who created this show when he was in a dead end, simply obeying the rhythm of the music. The piece La Plaza can be seen a few days later (4 and 5 February). This play is a detailed portrait of the current generation in their 30s. It was created by the company El Conde de Torrefiel, founded in Barcelona by the Swiss-Spanish duo Tanya Beyeler and Pablo Gisbert. Their work focusses on the intersection between theatre, acting, choreography and visual arts. For more information on dates and schedules, please check ITA’s website.

Between March 23 and 29, the Grand Theater of Groningen will host a residency of the theater company La Tristura, that will rehearse those days in the theater and show part of its work to the public on March 29, when there will also be talks with the directors. La Tristura has been working in performing arts for more than 10 years. Now they are finalizing the details of Renacimiento, a piece built on the imaginary of the last 40 years in Spain: a brief history of our democracy. For more information, please check see the website of the Grand Theater of Groningen.

Acción Cultural Española supports Spanish performing arts in the Netherlands January until March 2020

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Gran Bolero, photograph by Claudia Córdova Zignago

Renacimiento, photograph by Mario Zamora

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A group exhibition will be organized between January 31 and March 8 at Het Kunststation (Delden), a platform for social art located in the building that fostered the old Delden train station. The Spanish artist Helen Acosta will participate in this exhibition showing her last work Via Lactea (Milky Way). This piece was embroidered by Helen and it was done in collaboration with the Astrophysics Institute of the Canary Islands.

Helen Acosta (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1975) lives and works in Munich. She studied translation and interpretation and then settled in Germany to study art. She has three masters: visual arts, religion and culture and transdisciplinarity. She has shown her work mainly in Germany, but also in Spain and Cuba.

For more information on the exhibition, please check the website of the platform for social art Het Kunststation.

Vía Láctea, a piece by Helen Acosta 31 January to 8 March 2020, Het Kunststation (Delden)

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While the eighth edition of the Dutch Flamenco Biennial is being planned, a series of concerts called “Intermezzo Flamenco” will be organized. The sixth edition of this Intermezzo started in November, featuring Spanish singer Estrella Morente.

The next Intermezzo Flamenco will continue in February with shows of the Spanish guitarist Rafael Riqueni. His new and praised album “Herencia” honors his hometown Sevilla. Two top notch guitar players are travelling with him: Salvador Gutiérrez and Manuel de la Luz. Especially for this occasion, they are accompanied by dancer María Moreno.

The modern flamenco dancer Eva Yerbabuena (and company) will visit the Netherlands in March 2020 presenting her new show Cuentos de Azúcar (Sugar Tales). Flamenco and music of the Japanese island Amami, will melt into a surprising new fusion, showing the universality of traditions. During the show in Amsterdam, singer Alfredo Tejada and guitar player Patrocinio Hijo, give an exclusive performance.

More information, dates and schedules can be found at the website of the Dutch Flamenco Biennial.

Intermezzo Flamenco: Rafael Riqueni and Eva Yerbabuena February and March 2020

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On February 21st, Literary Society De Witte, in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain and the Instituto Cervantes, will organize a concert performed by Dúo Bálder.

Self Hermans and Beatriz Pomés are the founders of Dúo Bálder, a musical project associated to the Museum of the University of Navarra and built around chamber music. The ensemble has its usual musicians but also collaborates with other national and international professionals.

The programme for this concert is called Spanish dances from yesterday and today. Traditional dances have always been a source of inspiration to compose: their rhythms, their melodies, the instruments or the structures of each dance have been very attractive elements for composers of classical music. This has been reflected at all times throughout history. The main characters of this program will be renowned composers of the Baroque period (Johann Sebastian Bach, Michel Blavet and Marin Marais) and two well-known composers from Navarra (Martín Zalba and Pablo Sarasate).

More information about the concert can be found at the website of the Instituto Cervantes (reservation must be made).

A concert by Dúo Bálder at Literary Society De Witte 21 February 2020, The Hague

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From 18 March to 1 April, the Spanish association Círculo Cervantes and the movie house Lumière will organize a festival of Spanish-speaking cinema. This festival aims to connect the Dutch audience in Maastricht and surroundings to Spanish cinema, screening recent films in original version subtitled in Dutch and English.

In this year’s edition of the festival, the movies Champions, While at war, The Cordillera of Dreams, Fire will come will be shown, amongst other titles. During the two weeks of the festival other activities will be organized, such as lectures by specialists in Spanish culture.

More information can be found at the website of Lumière cinema and Círculo Cervantes.

Spanish-speaking cinema in Maastricht 18 March to 1 April 2020

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Spanish cinema at the IFFR 22 January to 2 February 2020, Rotterdam

The 49th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) will be held from 22 January to 2 February. The IFFR will present feature films, documentaries, shorts and productions made for digital media completed in 2019.

Among the films selected, several Spanish co-productions will be screened, such as: El año del descubrimiento, The End Will Be Spectacular, Longa Noite, El sueño de Malinche.

More information is available at the website of IFFR.

Recommendations

Aragón, an exhibition with Spanish landscapes 8 January to 2 February 2020, Haagse Kunstkring (The Hague)

From 8 January 2020 until 2 February 2020, the cultural centre “Haagse Kunstkring” presents the exhibition Aragón, showing the work made this past year by 5 Dutch artists during an artist in residence project in the province of Teruel (Spain).

More information on this exhibition can be found at the website of Haagse Kunstkring.

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Go Short Film Festival – 12th edition 1 to 5 April 2020, Nijmegen

From 1 to 5 April will take place the 12th edition of the “Go Short Film Festival” in the city of Nijmegen. “Go Short” has become a reference in the international shorts festival circuit in Europe.

In collaboration with the Embassy of Spain, Spanish shorts were able to participate in past editions. The final program of this edition will be published at the end of January, including the more than likely presence, once again, of Spanish shorts.

More information can be found on the website of the Go Short Film Festival.

2nd European Guitar Concerto Competition & Festival 10 to 16 February 2020, Groningen

From 10 to 16 February 2020 the Dutch Guitar Foundation (DGF) will organize the 2nd European Guitar Concerto Competition & Festival.

All participants must perform either Concerto del Sur by Manuel Maria Ponce or Concerto pour guitar et petit orchestra by Heitor Villa-Lobos. The finalist will play accompanied by the DGF Orchestra, directed by Dimitris Spouras. In collaboration with the Embassy of Spain two Spanish guitarists will be participating: Rafael Aguirre and Susana Prieto.

More information can be found at the website of the Dutch Guitar Foundation and the websites of Rafael Aguirre and Susana Prieto.

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