El Seville Guitar Festival has closed its XNUMXth edition reaffirming its position as one of the most important international eventsrelevant articles dedicated to this instrument. The event has brought together 8.120 viewers among its programmingn -held from October 9 to November 7- and the previous concerts at the Teatro Maestranza, featuring the Guitar Quartet of Andalusia and the Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville (ROSS) in April, conceived as a prelude to this edition.
Under the artistic directionstica of Francisco BernierThe competition has paid tribute to the painter Julio Romero de Torres on the 95th anniversary of his death, proposing a daylogo between mmusic and painting throughéIt is part of a program that has combined recitals, lectures, book presentations and master classes.
The province, prelude to the festival
The prologue to this edition has brought music to the province of Seville, reaffirming the festival's commitment to cultural dissemination beyond the capital. Andalusian Guitar Quartet The cycle began with three consecutive concerts in Tomares, Carmona and Santiponce, filling the heritage spaces of the Patio de la Fuente, the Santa Ana Cultural Center and the Monastery of San Isidoro del Campo with audiences.
The tour continued on Friday, October 17th in Espartinas, with the Viseu Guitar Quartet in the El Vizir Estate, and culminated on Sunday the 19th in Villanueva del Ariscal, where Rafael Riqueni he presented Inheritance at the Palace of the music.
"Diecéis editions afteréYes, the Seville Guitar Festival maintains its original purpose intact.website: spread the guitar as ifuniversal cultural piston, a meeting point between tradition and modernity, between Andalusian roots and global creativity»
A journey through the soul of the guitar
El Turina Space It once again became the epicenter of the festival, hosting an intense final week with recitals by Masataka Suganuma, Zoran Dukić, Santiago Lara, Dejan Ivanovic and David de Arahal, in addition to the closing concert of XVI Seville International Guitar Competition, which I gatheredó to intéinterpreters of mMore than twenty nationalities. Its stages have also hosted...éin figures such as José Antonio Rodríguez, Maríto Esther Guzmán, Lorenzo Micheli, José Manuel León, Eduardo Trassierra, Pedro Sierra and La Tobala, among other great names in classical and flamenco guitar.
El Museum of Fine Arts of Seville and the Santa Clara Space They were the venues for the cycles Music and painting y The Treasures of the Spanish Guitar (the latter organized by ICAS – Seville City Council), with intéinterpreters like Javier Riba, Manuel Valencia, Antoine Guerrero, Andrzej Grygier, Francisco Luis y Shilong Fan, which established a dialogue between the art of Romero de Torres and Spanish sound.
El Real Alcazar, the CICUS, the Pinelo House, the antiquarium and other heritage sites completed the sound map of an edition characterized by its stylistic richness and its connection with history and contemporary life.
Young talents and new creations
El OFF FestivalDedicated to the new generations of guitarists, he brought together in the Santa Clara Space and the antiquarium to young people intéinterpreters like Riko Morita, Nene Yokomura and Kathoon Fallah, reaffirming the pedagogical vocation and artistic promotionstic of the contest.
Masterclasses taught by teachers such as Lorenzo Micheli, Zoran Dukić and Dejan Ivanovic, along with conferences and book presentations —among them the one about the book 'Romero de Torres and the guitar', coordinated by Javier Riba—They completed a program that combines training, research, and creation.
A project that unites tradition, art and commitment
The Seville Guitar Festivalorganized by Contrastes Records and supported by ICAS-Seville City Council, the Junta de Andalucía, the Ministry of Culture and INAEM, and the collaboration of institutions such as ROSS, AIE, Savarez, Real Alcázar, Julio Romero de Torres Museum and the town councils of Espartinas, Tomares, Carmona and Villanueva del Ariscal, continueIt continues to strengthen its network of national and international alliances.
Tenéis editions afteréYes, the Festival maintains its purpose intactwebsite: spread the guitar as ifuniversal cultural piston, a meeting point between tradition and modernity, between Andalusian roots and global creation.
