The Camino de Santiago International Festival celebrates its XXIX edition in August | Radio Zaragoza

The Provincial Council of Huesca keep this cultural appointment in 2020 since it traditionally has a reduced audience volume, given the limitations of the temples and churches that host the concerts, and allows strict control of the preventive measures to be adopted due to the recent coronavirus health crisis. The poster for this edition is composed of concerts of big names like Carlos Núñez or Jordi Savall, exhibitions, Theater displays, conferences, projection of audiovisual and the Street Theater Festival in Santa Cruz de la Serós.

The Covid-19 health crisis forces extreme precautions because the Maximum priority This institution is the safety of the public. The seat assignment for reduce capacity and respect the minimum safety distances advised by the health authorities will be some of the actions that the provincial institution plans to apply in the proposals contained in the program, in addition to the disinfection of all spaces.

For the Provincial Council of Huesca, carrying out this festival despite the exceptional circumstances experienced by the population is a duty with the cultural sector and especially with the workers linked to live music and a responsibility to citizens who deserve to make public spaces their own again.

The program of activities is mostly dedicated to the old music, which is the area of ​​specialization of the festival, but also includes a extensive and varied set of proposals for all audiences, with the aim of raising the interest of the family public.

Concerts

In this way, one of the musicians considered among the most virtuous in the world, the Galician flutist and piper Carlos Núñez will interpret the August 11 at 10:30 p.m. at Congress Palace of Jaca the Celtic songs of Beethoven, a series of arrangements of very unknown compositions that come to the fore to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of the Bonn composer as a fundamental figure to understand contemporary music.

On the same stage, the day August 15 at 10:30 p.m. it will be the turn of Sambach, who will perform a concert of fusion of Brazilian music with compositions of Johan Sebastian Bach. These two performances will have a paid entry. They can be purchased on the festival website or at the Jacetano Conference Center box office.

Similarly, the Claroscuro play on August 19 at 7:30 p.m. In the Palacio de Congresos de Jaca you will have a paid ticket that can also be purchased.

Another of the highlights will take place on August 7. The Canfranc Station church It will be the stage for the concert of the great master of medieval music Jordi Savall with Hespérion XXI.

To this must be added actions of Axivil Trio, on August 1 in the church of Tamarite de Litera; he Golden lion, on August 2 at the Colegiata de Bolea; Paradissi Portae and Jesús Gonzalo on August 4 at the Cathedral of Jaca; Angelicata Consort, on August 8 at 10:30 p.m. in the parish church of Villanúa; heart offense;, on August 10 in the church of San Pedro de Siresa; Isabel Villanueva, on August 13 in Santa Cilia and To the Spanish Ayre, on August 21 at the church of San Martín de Hecho.

They are just some of the most prominent names of a broad cast of top-tier groups who will perform during the month of August in high Aragonese heritage sites.

Other proposals

Within the framework of parallel activities, it is worth highlighting the exposition to be installed in the Diocesan Museum of Jaca from July 30 to August 30 under the heading ‘Snoisy neighbors, a look at the instruments of Portugal ‘, which has pieces from the Luis Delgado Collection, Urueña Music Museum.

The Parallel activities that are programmed in the festival promise to delight a varied audience. In addition to knowing closely the heritage and historical points that the Aragonese section of the Camino de Santiago, you can enjoy plays how ‘My first Quixote’, at the hands of Arbolé Theater he August 5 at the Escuelas Pías de Jaca school, and, of course, with the now traditional Street Theater Festival that takes place in Santa Cruz de la Serós on August 22 and 23.

To this must be added the audiovisual projections in Fact and in Jaca in various days, specialized conferences and one excursion on August 24 to tour the stage from Arrés to Tuesday of the Aragonese Way. The Most of the activities of the International Festival on the Camino de Santiago son free.