Culture

22.05.2013 - 08.46 pm Barcelona's Primavera Sound Festival keeps growing in size, budget and visitors The independent music event held in Barcelona occupies 20,000 square metres, has a budget increase of 7% (reaching 7.5 million euros) and an...	09.05.2013 - 05.05 pm The XX light up Barcelona’s Poble Espanyol as a preview of the Primavera Sound festival The XX performed last week at the Poble Espanyol in Barcelona. The band from London played songs from their hit albums ‘xx’ and ‘Coexist’. Besides...	29.04.2013 - 07.56 pm The most 'animated' edition of the International Short Film Festival Mecal Pro comes to an end The 15th edition of the International Short Film and Animation Festival of Barcelona, known as Mecal Pro, has ended after 350 short films were...	25.04.2013 - 06.46 pm A free warm-up of the Primavera Sound Festival with 22 concerts in Barcelona bars ‘Primavera als Bars’ is a pre-festival date of the city with one of its main music events, the Primavera Sound. This free show will bring 22...
24.04.2013 - 04.37 pm The best day of the year for writers, readers and booksellers alike: Sant Jordi Victus, the historical novel by Albert Sánchez Piñol, has triumphed on the Catalan National Day of roses and books both in the Spanish and Catalan...	22.04.2013 - 02.32 pm The 19th Latin American Film Festival in Lleida showed 117 films from 14 different countries The 19th edition of the Latin American Film Festival in Lleida ended last weekend after showing 117 films from 14 different countries. Argentine film...	15.04.2013 - 10.28 pm New music festival in Barcelona during the summer with Josep Carreras and Julio Iglesias topping the programme The Festival ‘Jardins del Palau de Pedralbes’ will take place between the 20th of June and the 8th of July in the Catalan capital. Josep Carreras,...	09.04.2013 - 03.07 pm Dubbing, a practice in the spotlight Dubbing is deeply rooted in Spanish and Catalan television and cinema but it is now dealing with a crisis of demand. At the same time, voices have...
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...