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Literature.
Barcelona,
30/06/2017
Applications are now being accepted for the 2017 Ramon Llull Prize for Literary Translation
The Fundació Ramon Llull has announced the sixth edition of the Ramon Llull Prize for Literary Translation, to acknowledge the work of literary translators. The prize is €4,000 for the best literary translation of Catalan published in 2016. The deadline for submitting applications is 30th June.
Music.
UNITED STATES,
28/06/2017
Escolania de Montserrat, upcoming USA tour, June 2017
The Escolania de Montserrat is one of the oldest music schools in Europe and is arguably the premiere boys’ choir in Spain. By the 13th century, a small group of boys were already serving in the Benedictine abbey and Sanctuary of Our Lady of Montserrat through the singing and playing of different musical instruments. Throughout the centuries, many remarkable composers and performers were spawned ...
Performing.
24/06/2017
Kamtchátka, Max Calaf and Itinerària at Imagine Watford Festival
Catalan companies, Kamchátka, Max Calaf and Itinerària perform at Imagine Watford, an exciting outdoor arts Festival that brings the streets of Watford to life with amazing theatre, circus and dance performance, over two glorious weekends.
Visual Arts.
NEW YORK,
18/06/2017
Laia Solé takes part in the Writing On It All project
Through drawing materials and video-related technology participants are invited to draw and write the inadvertent everyday life of a house on its walls. The session makes part of the larger project Writing On It All, a public participatory writing project. It will run from 1 to 4pm and it's open to all ages and free.
Music.
Regne Unit,
17/06/2017
La Dinamo UK tour
The funny bike band, La Dinamo is Funk on the Move - Music on Cycles. A Catalan unique band on wheels, breaking the mould. La Dinamo performs a high-voltage moving concert and a frenetic street party to the rhythm of Kool and the Gang and James Brown, with many other great covers of Funk and Dance music.
Cinema.
Washington DC,
15/06/2017
LA CHANA, directed by Lucija Stojevic, and CUCLI, by Xavier Marrades, featured at AFI DOCS in Washington, DC
Winner of the Audience Award at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, LA CHANA celebrates the incomparable talent and spirit of Spain's greatest gypsy flamenco dancer as she reflects on her storied past while preparing for a return to the stage in her 70s. CUCLI, a documentary short film directed by Catalan filmmaker Xavier Marrades, features a widowed truck ...
Literature.
Florida,
14/06/2017
"Typescript of the Second Origin" by Manuel de Pedrolo, a monographic study published by Alambique
After four years of existence, Alambique has released its first monographic study, focused on a fundamental work in Spain´s science fiction production. The "Typescript of the Second Origin" was originally published in Catalan by writer Manuel de Pedrolo ("Mecanoscrit del segon origen"). The volume has been directed by Sara Martín Alegre, a professor at Universitat ...
Cinema.
PARIS,
14/06/2017
Five Catalan films at the tenth anniversary of the Dífferent festival in Paris
Catalan production is much in evidence at the 'Dífferent, l’autre cinéma espagnol' festival, to be held in Paris from 14th to 21st June. The programme includes the first film by Carla Simón, 'Estiu 1993' (Summer 1993); the world premiere of 'Lesa Humanitat' (Lese Humanity), the documentary about the victims of the Franco regime directed by Héctor ...
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youtubeThe Institut Ramon Llull is a consortium that comprises the Generalitat (Government of Catalonia), Balearic Islands Government and the Barcelona City Council, and its mission is the promotion of Catalan language and culture abroad.
The IRL forms
part of the Fundació Ramon Llull, which
was established by the Government
of Andorra, the Ramon Llull Institute, General
Council of the Eastern Pyrenees, the city of Alghero,
Balearic Islands Towns and Entities Network and the group of Valencian Cities, and has its central offices in Andorra.
