Culture

05.04.2013 - 10.53 pm Elton John, Mark Knopfler, Keane and Diana Krall to play in the next Cap Roig Festival on the Costa Brava The 13th edition of the Festival de Cap Roig will run from the 20th of July until the 16th of August, and it is one of the main milestones of...	05.04.2013 - 05.09 pm The Liceu Barcelona Opera House begins seeking international sponsorship Barcelona’s Liceu Opera Theatre aims to attract philanthropic funds from the United States and establish cultural, social and economic links between...	04.04.2013 - 10.23 pm Paris’ Pompidou Centre to host an exhibition on contemporary Catalan film-maker Albert Serra The President of the Parisian centre, Alain Seban, compared Albert Serra’s work to that of Salvador Dalí, who he said was “another brilliant Catalan...	25.03.2013 - 06.45 pm Nazanin Armanian: “The mass media have created a distorted and demonised image of Iran” Barcelona-based Iranian writer, journalist and teacher, Nazanin Armanian, presents the second edition of her animal story book compilation. This book...
22.03.2013 - 10.03 pm Catalan literature on show at the 2013 Paris Book Fair since Barcelona is this year’s guest city Classic and contemporary authors from Catalonia, writing in Catalan or in Spanish, are one of the main attractions of this year’s Salon du Livre in...	18.03.2013 - 09.25 pm The David Campos Ballet says farewell due to the economic crisis after a 25 year-trajectory The David Campos Ballet company, famous for combining classical ballet with contemporary dance, is the latest victim of the crisis that is...	11.03.2013 - 07.18 pm 10 grand pianos installed in Barcelona’s Passeig de Gràcia to promote the 2013 Maria Canals Competition 15 days of top-level piano competition are coming up in March in Barcelona. To promote one of the world’s most prestigious international piano...	08.03.2013 - 09.44 pm Catalan Joan Fontcuberta wins the Hasselblad Award, considered to be the Photography Nobel The Hasselblad Foundation has awarded its 2013 prize to the Catalan photographer Joan Fontcuberta. The jury highlighted the fact that Fontcuberta “is...
08.03.2013 - 07.02 pm Catalan-pop band Antònia Font: “I believe our music will be well received in the Mediterranean market” Pau Debon, the singer of the band, tells CNA the evolution of the group and how they got here. From Majorca to Catalonia, and later to Galicia and...	06.03.2013 - 07.58 pm Isabel Coixet, the most international Catalan film-maker, criticises the economic crisis in her new movie ‘Yesterday never ends’ Isabel Coixet, who has worked with top stars such as Tim Robbins, Ben Kingsley or Penelope Cruz, has released her new movie, ‘Yersterday never ends...	05.03.2013 - 07.21 pm Catalan film director J.A. Bayona to make science fiction movie with Warner Eric Roth, writer of “Forrest Gump” or “Munich”, will be joining him in the making of this new movie. Juan Antonio Bayona, after conquering the world...	27.02.2013 - 05.31 pm Figueres, International Circus Capital The magic of circus descended on Figueres last week. Over a long weekend, this town in northern Catalonia, close to the French border and the Costa...
26.02.2013 - 06.20 pm Animac, the International Animated Movie Exhibition of Catalonia, is ready to roll The 17th edition of the International Animated Movie Exhibition of Catalonia, Animac, will take place once again in the Catalan city of Lleida, in...	14.02.2013 - 06.07 pm Ildefonso Falcones: “If ‘Cathedral of the Sea’ had not been published, I could not have done the same effort again” A week before Ildefonso Falcones’ third novel ‘The Barefoot Queen’ goes on sale, CNA interviews the Barcelona lawyer that became internationally...	13.02.2013 - 06.25 pm Catalan film director Neus Ballús presents ‘La Plaga’ at the Berlin International Film Festival The 63rd International Film Festival in Berlin is taking place at the moment through to the 17th of February. This year a film made by Catalan...	12.02.2013 - 10.24 pm Barcelona’s Sónar music festival goes to Montjuic and abandons the city centre The 20th event of the most important electronic music festival in Southern Europe has been announced, unveiling new names in its line-up and...