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Newsletter # 137 |
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New York,
29/05/2023
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Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage and the Institut Ramon Llull present Catalan Sounds on Tour, bringing to Central Park a showcase of music straight from Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencia: the singer Queralt Lahoz infuses soul, hip-hop, flamenco and dancehall crossed by Latin, roots, and urban sounds; formed by a Catalan, a Majorcan and a Valencian, the group Marala mixes tradition, poetry and fresh vocals with pop guitars and percussion; Barcelona’s Lia Kali makes moody, soulful rap music in conversation with jazz and reggae with a highly adaptive style, while DJ Trapella on the 1s and 2s will bring the tropical seaside vibes to Central Park with eclectic and inclusive sets.
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Performing.
Montreal,
30/05/2023
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Orfeó Català Girls Choir joins Gravity & Other Myths, one of the most internationally renowned companies in contemporary Australian circus in a monolithic work of scale that unites audience, acrobat and choir into a single mesmerising organism.
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Music.
New York,
01/05/2023
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La Sra. Tomasa made their U.S. premiere in 2022 at SXSW, but they'll celebrate their ten year anniversary in style with an NYC debut at The Dance Floor. Every concert with La Sra. Tomasa is a dance party, so come prepared to move!
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Music.
New York,
15/05/2023
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The composer and pianist Albert Guinovart presents "Poems Without Words", his fifth monographic work published by Sony Classical and his second highly anticipated monographic work for solo piano in which he performs his own compositions.
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Cinema.
01/06/2023
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Mexico City’s most influential cinéma d’auteur film festival will host a retrospective on the renowned Catalan filmmaker’s filmography titled Devoción Impía: el cine de Albert Serra (Impious Devotion: The Cinema of Albert Serra) from the 1st to the 11th of June. The programme, co-ordinated by the Institute Ramon Llull, also involves a presentation of the director’s first ever exposition, which will be on show at the Museo Tamayo.
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Cinema.
24/05/2023
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From the 25th of October to the 4th of November the UK’s largest independent film festival will offer a selection of the best independent film proposals from Catalonia presented by the Department of Culture though Catalan Films, the brand for internationalisation of the Catalan film industry of the Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals (ICEC) and the Institut Ramon Llull (IRL).
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Performing.
30/05/2023
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The Prague Quadrennial is the world’s most important international scenography exposition. The last reiteration in 2019 saw the participation of 79 countries and 800 participants. This year, the event will be held from the 8th to the 18th of June in the Czech capital.
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Archit. & design.
18/05/2023
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Catalonia in Venice_ Following the Fish (Seguint el peix), produced by the Institut Ramon Llull, can be visited in Venice from the 20th of May until the 26th of November 2023. The project proposes new residential models based on the community, such as communal kitchens, new spaces of welcoming and the re-use of empty properties. These models are all from the perspective of the African diaspora in Catalonia, with the objective of identifying alternative architecture to hegemonic forms.
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Archit. & design.
17/05/2023
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Flores & Prats were selected to participate in the official exhibition of the Venice Architecture Biennale, curated by Lesley Lokko. With the support of the Institut Ramon Llull, the studio, founded in Barcelona, is presenting the project Emotional Heritage.
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