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Institut Ramon Llull/ Newsletter # 86 |
JULY 2018 / NY, USA |
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Culture.
Washington DC,
08/07/2018
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Catalonia is a distinctive society in northeastern Spain, bound by the Pyrenees to the north and the Ebro River Delta to the south. Long known as a “welcoming country” (país d’acollida), Catalonia has been defined by its location and thousand-year history of social and cultural mixing.
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Music.
Washington DC,
08/07/2018
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The 2018 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will take place Wednesday, June 27 through Sunday, July 1 and July 4 through 8. Daytime performances, demonstrations, and other activities take place between 11:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. On June 27, the Festival will close early at 4 p.m. Evening concerts begin most nights at 6:30 p.m.
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Music.
Washington DC,
02/07/2018
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The Cobla Catalana del Sons Essencials (CCSE) is the latest project of Catalan musician, composer, and educator Marcel Casellas. In Catalonia, a cobla is an 11-piece ensemble of both classical and traditional horns with a string bass that is known for accompanying the emblematic sardana dance. CCSE offers a new twist on this iconic ensemble form, adding hints of jazz and percussion instruments from around the world.
Presented in collaboration with the 2018 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
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07/07/2018
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Popular tradition, a subtle embrace of electronics and the universal language of emotion for a live show that can only be measured by the number of times Maria Arnal i Marcel Bagés steal and elevate your spirit. Maria’ s soulful voice combined with the sober dexterity of Marcel’s guitar, make Iberian folk songs a revelatory life event. Not an impression but a fact available on their debut, 45 cerebros y 1 corazon widely recognized through glorious podiums at Best Albums Of 2017 Charts (Spanish Press), 4 Premios MIN (the Grammys of the Spanish Indie Music) and astonished audiences in Spain, Portugal, France, UK, Morocco or Russia.
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Music.
New York,
19/07/2018
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The New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF) is the largest showcase of electroacoustic music in New York City, and one of the largest festivals of its kind in the world. For this intervention, on July 19th from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., the Placa Base composers Ángel Faraldo, Octavi Rumbau, and Mateu Malondra will play a piece by Andrés Lewin-Richter, with site-specific interventions creating independent subpieces to complement Lewin Richter's.
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Performing.
New York,
20/07/2018
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Avant-garde Catalan theater collective La Fura dels Baus brings its “freewheeling blend of audiovisual wizardry, acrobatics, and puppetry” (Guardian, U.K) to Haydn’s famous oratorio.
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Music.
New York,
07/07/2018
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New York City “(Le) Poisson Rouge – The Gallery”- BCN Future Club Party – 30th Anniversary Tour
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Music.
Quebec,
09/07/2018
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As custodian of the wild energy of former Spanish band Ojos de Brujo, singer Marinah returns to Club Soda with her unstoppable musical fiesta: an irresistible fusion of flamenco, rumba and hip-hop, not to mention joie de vivre. She will also perform at the Festival d'été de Quebec!
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Music.
Waterloo and London, Canada,
15/07/2018
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Aurora assembles a talented circle of artists schooled under Spain’s Taller de Músics for an innovative aesthetic adventure: transposing into the associated fields of jazz and flamenco some of the most popular works by iconic twentieth century Spanish composer Manuel de Falla and his contemporaries Lorca, Albéniz and Pedrell.
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Music.
United States,
29/07/2018
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Alma Afrobeat Ensemble, A hard hitting Afrobeat band based in Barcelona, respecting the roots of Afrobeat while helping the evolution of Fela's legacy, is touring Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Minnesota!
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