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Presentation of the first volume of Memòria personal by Antoni Tàpies
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The Fundació Antoni Tàpies presents the publication of Memòria personal. Fragment per a una autobiografia (Obra escrita completa. Volum I) (Personal Memoir. Fragments for an Autobiography (Complete Writings. Volume I)) in Catalan, Spanish and English on Wednesday, 10th March at 7 p.m. The book is a collection of Tàpies’ memories and reflections from the 1940s to the present day.
The Government and the Institut Ramon Llull present Be Balears in Berlin
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On 10, 11 and 12 March the Islands' artistic output will be present in the heart of Berlin. The aim of these activities, which are part of the Be Balears project, is to raise awareness of Catalan culture abroad.
A full house at the first international concert by the Orchestra of Young Musicians from the Catalan Countries
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The Palácio Foz was too small to host the large numbers of people who wanted to attend the concert
The IRL and Gandia City Council sign a collaboration agreement on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the birth of Francesc Borja
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On Friday, 5th March, the Institut Ramon Llull and Gandia City Council signed a collaboration agreement for the organization of a series of cultural and literary events to mark the 500th anniversary of the birth of Francesc Borja. To commemorate the occasion, Gandia City Council has planned a series of cultural events to celebrate the work of the Borja family, and which will feature an important number of Catalan, Valencian and Majorcan artists and intellectuals.
Hèctor Parra’s opera Hypermusic Prologue and BCN 216 at the Ars Musica festival in Belgium
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This year’s edition of the Ars Musica festival offers two programmes of contemporary Catalan music. On one hand, the opera by Hèctor Parra, Hypermusic Prologue, premiered at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, performed by the Ensemble Contemporain, which opens the festival on 4th March at 8.30 p.m.; on the other, a concert by the group BCN 216 the following day, the 5th, at 8.15 p.m.
A day of Catalan poetry in Lisbon
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One work meeting between Catalan and Portuguese writers, one seminary about translation of poetry and a recital of poetry have been the most important events of the day
Lisbon celebrates Balearic Islands Day
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A photographic exhibition of the work of Baltasar Porcel and Carme Riera and a lecture by the latter began the week of activities to raise awareness of Catalan culture in Portugal
Publication of Y que el silencio queme por los muertos, an anthology of Joan Vinyoli's poems in Spanish
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The Valencian publishing house Pre-textos has recently published Y que el silencio [S1]queme por los muertos, [And the Silence Shall Burn for the Dead], an anthology of the poetic work of Joan Vinyoli translated into Spanish. This work, which forms part of the catalogue of a prestigious publisher of Spanish poetry, is the first monographic anthology of this poet from Barcelona translated into Spanish in the last decade,
Concert by Benet Casablancas at the Miller Theatre in New York
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On 25th February at 8 p.m., the New York group Perspectives Ensemble will perform the world premiere of Four Darks in Red, a piece by Benet Casablancas composed especially for the Miller Theatre at Columbia University in New York. The title of the work is taken from a painting by Marc Rothko, the composer’s homage to the artist.
Jaume Cabré presents the English version of Viatge d’hivern in Chicago and New York
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The American publishing house Swan Isle Press has published the English translation of Jaume Cabré’s novel Viatge d’hivern, the first of the author’s work available in English. On the occasion of the novel’s publication, which has received the support of the IRL, the author is carrying out a promotional tour, taking him to Chicago on 17th February and New York on 23rd February.
[The
Institut Ramon Llull is a consortium made up by the Government
of Catalonia and the Government
of the Balearic Islands dedicated to the international promotion of the Catalan
language and the culture of the areas in which Catalan is spoken. The IRL forms
part of the Fundació Ramon Llull, which
was established by the governments
of Andorra, the Ramon Llull Institute, General
Council of the Eastern Pyrenees, the city of Alghero,
and the Network of Valencian Cities, and has its central offices in Andorra]