New York, 13 -11 – 2012 // 18 – 11 - 2012

Montsalvatge Centennial

A documentary, a lecture, an exhibition, the presentation of a biography, and music -- lots of music. This is the proposal for Monsalvatge Days, organized by the Institut Ramon Llull and the Xavier Montsalvatge Composer Association, to commemorate the centennial of the birth of Catalan composer Xavier Montsalvatge (1912, Girona – 2002, Barcelona). The ceremony introducing the events is set to take place on November 13, and will include the screening of the documentary Xavier Montsalvatge – Half violin, a seat and a piano. Three days later, on November 15, the opening of an exhibit on the composer will be held at Instituto Cervantes.

New York, 1 – 10 – 2012 // 8 – 10 - 2012

MoMA Presents: Isaki Lacuesta's "The Double Steps"

The Catalan film director Isaki Lacuesta will present his film "The Double Steps" at the MoMA in New York from 1st to 8th October. In this visually striking fantasy, inspired by legendary French painter and writer François Augiéras, a soldier—who believes he is Augiéras—searches for a series of spiritual murals supposedly made by the painter in an abandoned bunker. The renowned painter and ceramicist Miquel Barceló (playing himself), whose recent work is inspired by Augiéras, soon joins in the search as well.

New York, 9 – 10 -2012 // 20 – 11 -2012

Literary activities related to Monika Zgustova and Mercè Rodoreda

In the following weeks there will be various literary activities taking place in the United States that focus on two Catalan writers: Monika Zgustova and Mercè Rodoreda. To celebrate the new English translation of Rodereda's novel La plaça del Diamant, the translator Peter Bush will give a talk entitled "Memory, war and translation: Mercè Rodoreda's La plaça del Diamant", at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

NEW YORK 09-10-2012 / 13 -10 2012

Symposium – "Catalonia and the Labor Movement"

The symposium "Catalonia and the Labor Movement" takes place from 10th to 12th October, organized jointly by Columbia University (New York), Harvard University and the Institut Ramon Llull. There will be two colloquiums, one at Columbia University (New York), and one at Harvard University (Boston) on the 10th and 12th October.

Yakima, 15 -10 -2012 // 21 – 10 - 2012

Alberto Garcia Demestres, Ferran Cruixent and Sergi Casanelles take part in the prestigious Seasons Fall Festival in Yakima

The Institut Ramon Llull is collaborating with the Seasons Fall Festival, which takes place in Yakima, Washington. This contemporary music festival runs from 15th to 21st October. The Catalan composers Alberto Garcia Demestres, Ferran Cruixent and Sergi Casanelles will take part in the festival, which includes workshops and master classes with world-class students and teachers.