The festival Iberian Suite: global arts remix will take place at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC in March 2015 and is devoted to Portugal and Spain. This event highlights Spanish and Portuguese culture and its influence around the world. Its curator Alicia Adams has scheduled a three-week programme of performances by some of the best music, dance and theatre artists.
AC/E is supporting the participation of the Spanish group PostClassical Ensemble, whose programme entitled Iberian Mystics: The Confluence of Faiths showcasing Spain’s rich culture through music, literature and the visual arts during the centuries that Christianity, Judaism and Islam coexisted on the peninsula, marks the celebration of the Fifth Centenary of Teresa of Ávila. It features traditional flamenco and music by Tomás Luis de Victoria, Manuel de Falla and Joaquín Nin Culmell, as well as Sephardic melodies and music of al-Andalus, Muslim Spain. The multimedia theatre production includes a visual presentation created by Peter Bogdanov.
PERFORMERS
PostClassical Ensemble,
Angel Gil-Ordóñez- Director
Pedro Carboné (Piano)
Antonio Muñoz Molina - Script
Sonia Olla/Ismael de la Rosa (Flamenco artists)
Ricardo Marlow (Flamenco guitar)
Trio Sefardi
Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture
Mariana Mihai-Zoeter (Soprano)
Luz Nicolas and Hashim El-Tinay (Readers)
AC/E is supporting the participation of the Spanish group PostClassical Ensemble, whose programme entitled Iberian Mystics: The Confluence of Faiths showcasing Spain’s rich culture through music, literature and the visual arts during the centuries that Christianity, Judaism and Islam coexisted on the peninsula, marks the celebration of the Fifth Centenary of Teresa of Ávila. It features traditional flamenco and music by Tomás Luis de Victoria, Manuel de Falla and Joaquín Nin Culmell, as well as Sephardic melodies and music of al-Andalus, Muslim Spain. The multimedia theatre production includes a visual presentation created by Peter Bogdanov.
PERFORMERS
PostClassical Ensemble,
Angel Gil-Ordóñez- Director
Pedro Carboné (Piano)
Antonio Muñoz Molina - Script
Sonia Olla/Ismael de la Rosa (Flamenco artists)
Ricardo Marlow (Flamenco guitar)
Trio Sefardi
Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture
Mariana Mihai-Zoeter (Soprano)
Luz Nicolas and Hashim El-Tinay (Readers)