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Culture flourishes in Oviedo this July. For this next week, residents and visitors will be able to enjoy a wide cultural offer, reinforced by the start of the “New Times” concert cycle. A nutritious menu that includes music, cinema, dance and a wide range of exhibitions, suitable for all palates.
In the field of exhibitions, Trascorrales continues the exhibition “Santullano, journey to the 9th century”, an exhibition of THE NEW SPAIN organized by the City of Oviedo within the program of cultural activities promoted by Oviedo as Origin of the Camino de Santiago, which subsidizes the Government of the Principality of Asturias. The exhibition, with free admission and which already easily exceeds a thousand visitors with just four days of opening, can be visited every day, from 11.00 to 14.00 and from 17.00 to 21.00. In addition, the tour can be completed with an independent visit to the church of San Julián de los Prados, located just a 15-minute walk from Trascorrales.
The city’s exhibition offer also includes the three major museum centers in the old town, the so-called “museum block”: the Oviedo Cathedral, open to tourist visits from Monday to Saturday; the Archaeological Museum, which has reinforced its guided tours and is open from Wednesday; and the Museum of Fine Arts, which is open from Tuesday to Sunday. In the case of the large regional art gallery, during this week you can visit three first-class exhibitions: “Taste and tradition”, with 23 works from the collection of the IX Count of Villagonzalo and Mrs. María Luisa Corrada that have just been deposited in the Fine arts; the monographic photography “Nicolás Muller. North Wind ”; and the exhibition of the “Portrait of Mr. Ramón Pérez de Ayala” painted by Ignacio Zuloaga, and which arrives in Oviedo as part of the “Invited Work” program.
On the cinematographic level, the cycle “Cinema in the light of the moon”, with open-air screenings, includes four films this week, always in night sessions that begin at 10.15 pm. In Olivares, the Argentine film “The Giles’ Odyssey”, starring Ricardo Darín, will be shown on Tuesday. On Wednesday, in the Cathedral Square, an adventure film classic of all time: “The Man Who Could Reign”, by John Huston and with Sean Connery and Michael Caine following in Alexander’s footsteps. On Thursday, at Ventanielles, the suspense film “Daggers from the back”, by Rian Johnson and with Daniel Craig and the Spanish-Cuban Ana de Armas. And on Friday, in Pumarín, another appointment with Sean Connery, in this case as the monk Guillermo de Baskerville, trapped in the abbey of crime where “The name of the rose” takes place.
On the musical level, the week is marked by the beginning of the popular contemporary music cycle “Tiempos Nuevos”, in the Historic Building of the Cathedral. Fee Reega and Mr. Chinarro perform on Tuesday, and on Friday it will be the turn of “Gusano” and “Bala”. Both concerts begin at 8:00 p.m. and admission is free until full capacity is reached, distributing the seats in strict order of arrival.
On Thursday, starting at 8:00 p.m., another two concerts will coincide in the city. In La Corredoria, in the Plaza del Conceyín, “Vuelta bajo” will perform, a group from Oviedo focused on popular and folk music from Latin America.. In the church of Santa María la Real de La Corte, for her part, Susana García Lastra will offer an organ concert.
Music will also have a major role during the weekend. On Saturday, at the Príncipe Felipe Auditorium, the Galician artist Uxía will offer the concert “Los nuevo camino”, part of the program “Oviedo, Origen del Camino”. The recital, free, begins at 8:00 p.m. Within the same program, the Plaza del Ayuntamiento will host the concert of the Viveiro Music Band on Sunday, starting at 12 noon. And both Saturday and Sunday there will be folkloric performances on the Paseo del Bombé: on Saturday, at 12 noon, the Banda Gaites Naranco and the Grupu of traditional dance from Fitoria will perform, and in the afternoon, starting at 6:00 p.m., the El Carbayón Bagpipe Band and the “Xuno” Folkloric Group of San Claudio; While on Sunday the Band of Bagpipes La Corredoria and the Folk Association “La Hedra” of San Esteban de las Cruces will perform at 12.00, and at 18.00 the Band of Bagpipes of the Asturian Center of Oviedo and the Association of dance and traditional music “La Xordia”.
Finally, on Saturday dance will also return to Oviedo. It will be from the hand of Denis Santacana’s company, which will present its show “Encuentros”, at the Philharmonic Theater, starting at 8 pm. Tickets are free, but it is necessary to reserve them in advance on the website tickets.oviedo.es.
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