Tradicionàrius. Annual local folk festival. Well considered, with a strong emphasis on Catalan traditional music.

 

This is the tenth year of this festival focussing heavily on all things flamenco. De Cajón forms part of an association of flamenco festivals, along with the Festival of Jerez, the Malaga Festival and Flamenco Festival Caja Madrid.

 

A long-running festival which takes place in some of Barcelona's finest music venues, bringing some of the most famous exponents of guitar playing in the world to our doorstep. A welcome annual event. 2010 is the 21st edition.

 

 

 

The always welcome presence of the great Brazilian celloist Antonio Meneses in the soloist part of the always attractive, elegant concert of Saint-Saëns is a guarantee of a memorable performance. It will also be he who leads the version of the lyrical, poetical Tchaikovsky, all amidst a programme with works to awaken our imagination. The references to a hero of Byron in the overture by Berlioz, the exoticism of the music inspiring Kodaly in the Dances of Galanta, the place where he spent his infancy, and a magical tale on which Stravinsky based one of his most famous works.

 

Rehearsals of the OBC. Pupils can attend part of the rehearsals of the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. This is an activity in three parts: thirty minutes of initial explanation, approximately forty-five minutes of attendance at the rehearsal and fifteen minutes of final comments. The programme and the duration of the rehearsal may be modified depending on the conducting, and it is not possible to guarantee the presence of soloists and/or choirs on the day of the rehearsal.

 

 

 

Lyrical poetry is going through good times. After six years, Santiago Auserón has returned to the stage to become Juan Perro once again, the alter ego that saw him harvest successes with an aphrodisiacal cocktail of rock, Caribbean rhythms, blues and jazz. Although he has not stood still during this time – first he surprised us with the "Las Malas Lenguas" album, in collaboration with his brother Luís Auserón, and then with the tour with El Taller de Músics emphasising his jazz side – he missed his canine charisma, his lucid and intimate poeticism. Featuring a sound closer to New Orleans than to Cuba, unlike his early days, the Aragonese artist will redo a selection from four historic albums, "La huella sonora", "Mr. Hambre", "Cantares de vela" and "Raíces al viento", but he will also be presenting new songs that he has been weaving in recent years, such as "Malasaña" – with country tones – the hypnotic and Afro-sounding "Reina Zulú" and "José Rasca", the bossa-rock style song that he has dedicated to Joe Strummer, singer with The Clash. This crossover universe of sound will be recorded live to create what promises to be one of the artist’s best albums.