Everything is ready for this Sunday, at 10.30 pm, start The International Coral Contest of Habaneras and Polyphonyas reported Friday the Mayor of Torrevieja and President of the Municipal Board of Trustees, Eduardo Dolón.
The appointment, in its 71th edition, will be held in the Municipal Theatercomplementing the capacity with A large screen and seats on the Vista Alegre Paseonext to the coralist monument, to also continue live each of the evenings of this event that is declared of international tourist interest and is a medal to the cultural merit of the Generalitat Valenciana.
Throughout the contest they will be almost 700 people who pass through the stage, between instrumentalists and singers. Thus stand out Nine groups in contest from three continents (Europe, America and Asia). All choirs in competition will interpret as Havanera obliged the entitled Torrevieja It is sowith letter from Marí Paz Andréu and Music by Mario Bustillo, along with two more free habaneras and two polyphonies. The jury of this edition will be formed by Bernadette Kühne, David Colado, Julia Foruria, Josep Vila and Javier Corcuera.
The choirs in contest 49,500 euros will be distributed in the palmarés of the eleven awards that are deliveredbeing the most prestigious of all of them the first of Havaneras “Ricardo Lafuente”, which is equipped with 12,000 euros and a trophy.
The exhibition opening gala, this Sunday, will be opened by the hymns to Torrevieja, Valencia and Spain by the Torrevejense Musical Union and the soloists Alberto Ballesta and Conchita Pérez Boj. Besides, The singer Sole Giménez will act, known for being part of the alleged group involvedwhere she has developed much of her artistic career as a singer, author and composer.
The next day will be the evening Dedicated to the Torrevieja choirs: The Choir and Orchestra “Maestro Ricardo Lafuente”, the coral mass “José Hódar”, the Choral Group “Manuel Barberá”, the Orfeón de Torrevieja, the choir “Maestro Casanovas” and the Coral Torreveje “Francisco Vallejos”.
By Tuesday, day 22, an extraordinary gala has been prepared where The Municipal Choir School Choirrecent winner of the award for the best interpretation of a work of European composer alive at the Coral of Cork Festival (Ireland), will present a selection of the best works of his repertoire. In addition, it will be The choir of serious voices of Madridwhich celebrates its 30th anniversary, who is invited by the Board of Trustees to offer his music out of competition.
The competition is reserved from Wednesday 23 to Friday 25while on Saturday 26 the awards ceremony and the closing will take place after an extraordinary coral gala.
Diffusión
As for diffusion, seven evenings will be recorded in order to elaborate A special program that will be broadcast on TVE. For Spain, it will be offered through LA2 and the International Channel will make three broadcasts for America, Asia and Europe in different time slots.
Daily Torrevieja television can be followed live on televisionwhile the closing evening will also be offered live on regional public television à Punt. The Board of Trustees will offer institutional signal to other televisions that are being interested in the broadcast of the contest, in addition to broadcasting it live online from The Board of Trustees.
The presenter of this edition will be, for the first time, Ana Belén Roy, TVE journalistwho has stated that, “in addition to the professional challenge, Personal Torrevieja has always been present at important moments of my childhood and adolescence. Who was going to tell me that 30 years later I would be presenting them! They are gifts that give you life and of course I will enjoy a lot like a tower more these days, and remember and show off it all my life.”
Parallel to the contest, the Board of Trustees has organized a complete program that will expand this great week of culture and idiosyncrasy torrevejense outside the municipal theater itself and that includes different recitals in the confluence of The pedestrian streets Concepción with photographers Darblade, as well as in the Mata and the parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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