Seville closes the month of July with cultural activities that invite you to enjoy music, cinema and humor in the open air. This is how the performances of the ‘Summer Nights in the Palace of the Marqueses de la Algaba’, the recitals of the ‘Nights in the Gardens of the Real Alcázar’, the Gypsy Summer Cinema programmed by Factoría Cultural, equipment of the Institute of the Culture and Arts of Seville (ICAS), or the cinema sessions in the neighbourhoods. In addition, you can continue visiting the exhibition dedicated to the work of Luis Gordillo, take dramatized walks through the Real Alcázar and have fun with other musical proposals that arrive in the city on weekends.
The little ones will surely do so with the programming of the Palacio de los Marqueses de la Algaba, since these days the performances in this heritage space are aimed at children and families. Along these lines, everyone will be able to enjoy the humor and good music of the Cuarteto Maravilla (Thursday 28), a contemporary clown trio that will invade the Palace with their instruments, a megaphone and a lot of ingenuity. This Sevillian group will be followed by the jazz band Natalia Ruciero Quintet (Friday 29), with singer Natalia Ruciero at the helm and accompanied by Álvaro Vieito on guitar, Mercedes Bernal on sax, Juan Miguel Martín on electric bass and Nacho Megina. in the battery. On Saturday the 30th it will be the deep and dark voice of Abbi Fernández that will captivate the public with the Abbi Fernández Conkids project.
All the recitals will be at 10:00 p.m. and those who wish to attend can reserve their free ticket (220 seats each day of performance) through the municipal website from Monday of each week. They can pick it up from Monday to Saturday, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; and on Saturdays also from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Ancient, Andalusian and Celtic music in the Alcázar Gardens
Ancient Music will continue to have weight in the ‘Nights in the Gardens of the Real Alcázar’, this week with the performance of the Swiss soprano Sophie Negoïta and the baroque guitar of Miguel Rincón (Thursday 28), who will pay tribute with ‘Ecos de España’ Francisco Guerau interpreting some of his pieces together with those of other Spanish composers such as Juan Hidalgo, José Marín, Sebastián Durón or Mateo Romero. On Friday, July 29, it will be the turn of the Sevilla Guitar Duo, a group made up of guitarists Antonio Duro and Francisco Bernier, winners of numerous European competitions, who will delight spectators with works by Manuel de Falla, Joaquín Turina, Isaac Albéniz and Rafael Andía. . This concert pays homage to the Centenary of the Granada Cante Jondo Contest. Lastly, the Celtic music group Stolen Notes (Saturday 30) will take a tour of sounds and melodies that are part of the musical tradition of Celtic countries in ‘Fifteen years following the path of Irish tradition’.
Tickets for these concerts can be purchased at the single price of 7 euros, online on the official website of the exercise.
The Real Alcázar also hosts the theatrical visits which, around the figure of Alfonso X El Sabio, develops Classic Theater of Seville every Thursday, Friday and Saturday (during the months of July and August). Here the company, with texts and artistic direction by Alfonso Zurro, takes visitors to learn about the life, times and contribution to our culture, history and city of Alfonso X.
Gypsy Summer Cinema and free sessions in the neighborhoods
On Sunday 31 (10:15 p.m.) a new title from the Factoría Cultural Summer Gypsy Cinema cycle will be screened in the Provincial Council courtyard: ‘Papusza’, by Joanna Kos-Krauze and Krzysztof Krauze. The 2013 film recounts the life of Bronislawa Wajs, alias Papusza, the first Roma poet to publish her work in Poland. For this reason, she was disowned by her own community, which accused her of having betrayed the secrets of her people, and Papusza lived immersed in poverty and abnegation, tortured by her guilt until her death in 1987. .
In addition, until the month of September you can enjoy in the Municipal Districts of the city different titles for all audiences that represent one of the most popular family leisure offers and that promotes culture and coexistence of neighbors in the summer season. . Thus, from July 28 to 31, the East-Alcosa-Torreblanca District, the Cerro Amate District and the South District have scheduled several film sessions in various areas of the neighborhood. These are free and the starting time varies depending on the venue between 10:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. You can check the exact time and space of the projection here.
As for the plastic arts, the Espacio Santa Clara invites you to contemplate the painting by Sevillian Luis Gordillo in the room dedicated to his work with Manichromatic. Color transformations in the work of Luis Gordillo, which will be on display until March 2023.
Finally, these days the Pop CAAC cycle kicks off, which has the collaboration of ICAS, with concerts by Maria Arnal I Marcel Bagés (July 28) and, with a marked LGTBIQ+ character, performances by Samantha Hudson and Putochinomaricón (July 29). July), at the Andalusian Center for Contemporary Art.
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