Turisme de Barcelona - Agenda

Simfonic: Festival of 100 simultaneous concerts.

2013-05-24 14:43:33

100 free concerts performed simultaneously by over 5,000 students of music schools from the most emblematic parts of Catalonia.
In Barcelona, 50 performances will take place in unique venues such as the Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Pedralbes, Palau de la Música Catalana, Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, Tibidabo or the Barcelona Zoo.
All musical styles will be present.

VI Cursa Popular per la Integració La Maquinista

2013-05-24 13:54:18

Barcelona Desigual Night Run

2013-05-24 12:58:14

Barcelona hosts an extensive calendar of urban running competitions which attract large numbers of participants throughout the year. Few cities in the world have such a spectacular and attractive seafront as Barcelona which is the symbol of a city that is open to the sea.
The Barcelona Desigual Night Run will take place on 21st June at 10.30pm. The 8-kilometre route has its own unique personality and goes along the shoreline from the DESIGUAL headquarters to the Complex Esportiu Municipal de la Mar Bella, right on the seafront. As the name suggests, the BARCELONA DESIGUAL NIGHT RUN, takes place after dark and will be given added impact as all the participants will be wearing LED bracelets at the starting line which will lend the event a distinctive, spectacular look.
The fact that the race is being held at night makes it a special race on the Catalan capital’s running calendar.

III Barcelona Burlesque Festival

2013-05-15 17:19:36

From 22nd to 26th May, the Paral•lel once again will be filled with lace, boas and feathers. Seduction, glamour, humour and colour will all be present at El Molino, with performances by two of the leading stars of international burlesque: Miss Banbury Cross and Dirty Martini.

Special names of the Molino team will also be present (Lady Molino -Vanesa Garcia-, Aina Montmartre -Aina Torné-, Laia Mora, Marta Alert, Juli Bellot, Roger Salvany and Levgen Tykhonkov), Amador Rojas, the “flamenco dancer” who will express the essence of flamenco with sensuality, together with the always warm welcome by the incomparable Merche Mar.

The festival will have a traditional format of burlesque performances, consisting of different numbers lasting between 3 and 7 minutes, which will explain a story, a drama, a personal artistic performance with the backup of visual arts. It is impossible to define a burlesque performance, as each is unique, a mix of vaudeville music hall, with complicity, cabaret, sensuality.

Cursa DiR – Guàrdia Urbana

2013-05-14 17:44:23

On 26th May, come and run along the Avinguda Diagonal in Barcelona for the first Cursa DiR – Guàrdia Urbana. This very special race will go from one end of the Diagonal to the other, along the central section. The starting line for the10-kilometre race will be on the Diagonal at the junction with the Avinguda Doctor Marañón, and the finishing line will be right by the Forum. Come and join in a unique competition in Barcelona organised by the gym chain DiR in association with the municipal police, the Guàrdia Urbana, and Barcelona City Council. The race is officially recognised and will be timed by the company Championchip. Registration will be limited to 10,000 runners and will close on 20th May at 10am.
The race is open to all-comers.

Campionats de Catalunya d’Automobilisme | Copa de España de Resistencia

2013-05-14 16:23:24

Saturday will be an action-packed day of competitions which will include the Campionats de Catalunya d’Automobilisme (CCA) and the Copa de España de Resistencia (CER).
Since the Copa de España de Resistencia was launched six years ago, it has established itself as a top-class competition and one of the favourites among teams and drivers who want to enjoy top-category races. The championships attracthigh numbers of participants who take part in this 2-hour endurance race along with the Open de España de Prototipos. The competitions that are part of the Campionats de Catalunya d’Automobilisme, including the Campionat de Catalunya de Resistència and the Open Fórmula, will make up an attractive programme of races.
Admission is free for all motor fans.

Muse

2013-05-13 15:30:51

The progressive and epic rock of the British band, Muse, together with their fantastic live performances, have made them one of the most idolized bands of the current rock scene. They are in Barcelona on 7th June within their world tour “You don’t know me” to perform the tracks of their second studio album “The 2nd law” (2012), but they are certain to also perform their most well-known songs such as “Invincible”, “Apocalypse Please” or “Butterflies and hurricanes”.

Rihanna

2013-05-13 15:23:35

This artist from Barbados, at just 25 years old has become a musical phenomenon and occupies an outstanding position among today’s pop divas. She is now back in the city within her Diamonds World Tour to perform live her songs that are already number one, such as ‘Only Girl (In The World)’ or ‘What’s My Name’, without forgetting her fetish songs such as “Umbrella” or “Disturbia”. This June, her fans will have the opportunity of seeing her in a live, electric and spectacular concert.

Ecos del Rocío and Manolo Paradas

2013-05-13 13:20:41

Radio RM and Radio TeleTaxi are once again organizing one of those long-awaited concerts by their followers, enthusiasts of good flamenco, and with such authentic variations as sevillanas, bulerías, fandangos or malagueñas. On this occasion, they will be performed by Manolo Paradas from Seville, and the group Ecos del Rocío. A combination full of art.

Quatuor Diotima

2013-05-13 13:16:04

This string quartet has received renowned awards such as the first prize of the FNAPEC Event of Paris, and first prize in Contemporary Music of the London String Quartet Competition. Diotima has been performing at the best festivals and auditoriums in the world for a number of years. It is now at the Auditori of Barcelona, to enchant us with a selection of pieces by Schubert and Bartok.

The Flytones “SuperflyParty”

2013-05-13 09:44:39

A new Black Music Festival is starting which brings the vitality and effervescence of soul & funk bands to Barcelona city. It is the Blackcelona Explosión! 2nd Festival of Black Music in Barcelona. One of the outstanding performances of this festival is The Flytones, a musical band which in just three years has become a revolution on the funk scene thanks to Superfly Party, performances that are held every week in the Gràcia venue “El Coleccionista”. On this occasion, the last Superfly Party is moving to take part in the Blackcelona Explosión! in the Sala Apolo; and all the musicians and singers that have made this event unique, will be present.

Händel’s Bad Boys

2013-05-08 17:15:14

In close collaboration with excellent directors such as W. Christie, R. Jacobs, A. Curtis, F. Biondi and A. Marcon, Xavier Sabata is offering a programme based on the bad roles in Händel’s operas. His voice of gold, which is already established on the international scene, will take us back to the great castrati.

A century of catalan sculpture

2013-04-15 17:56:53

Exhibition of almost 300 works by over 80 artists on the sculpture of Catalonia from the mid 19th century until today, under the prism of figures.

For the first time, we have the opportunity of viewing all together, the most outstanding artists of Catalan sculpture from the mid 19th century until today. A unique experience of continuous discoveries, with the added value that the majority of pieces belong to private collections, not accessible to the general public.

Pasolini Roma

2013-04-13 01:36:38

With this exhibition, visitors can submerge themselves in the importance which the capital of Italy felt for Pasolini. Beyond the backdrop of his novels and films, Rome was a permanent field of study and reflection for this great author. Pasolini experienced a great love story with the city, with everything this brings. This is why we can talk of a Rome before and after Pasolini, as his works created a new imaginary of the city. This exhibition analyzes all these aspects and has been co-produced by four cultural European institutions.

El Cuaderno Animado

2013-04-13 01:32:12

Can you imagine having your own “finger-book”? (you know those little books with images and small variations that give the illusion of movement when you flip through them with your finger). This activity for all the family invites you to make your own. Designed for children over 4 years and accompanied by adults, this workshop is held every Sunday in May at the Fundació Joan Miró.

L’elisir d’amore – Donizetti

2013-04-13 01:13:05

With this 1832 opera by Gaetano Donizetti, opera buffa not only developed comical characters but who were also capable of expressing emotions and feelings. This work tells of an innocent and pure love between a young peasant and a rich and capricious landowner. Its most well-known piece is the romanza “Una furtiva Lágrima”.

Il turco in Italia - Rossini

2013-04-13 01:08:14

For the first time in El Liceu, “Dramma Buffo” is performed in two acts. It is a frivolous, agile comedy of intrigue; a spirit that is covered perfectly in Rossini’s score. Il turco narrates the adventures of the Turkish prince Selim and his favourite concubine, the gypsy Zaida, along with the interference of the frivolous Fiorilla. It all turns out well in the end and the lovers make it up.

Ciutat Flamenco 2013 Beyond tradition

2013-04-13 00:34:39

“Ciutat Flamenco 2013” comes into being from an interesting collaboration between the Mercat de les Flors and the Taller de Músics. It is a meeting platform to stir up, revise and experiment flamenco. Through such diverse activities as openings of commissioned productions, concerts workshops, artist residencies, audiovisual projections, exhibitions, competitions, video installations or DJ dance sessions, this festival presents a renewed look of flamenco for a whole week. This year, it will be inspired by the legacy of Carmen Amaya.

Born to Múúúú. Doctor Music, 30 Years. The exhibition.

2013-04-13 00:23:23

©Xavier Marcadé
Tina Turner, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Prince, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Keith Richards, Paul McCartney, Leonard Cohen… are all artists with something in common: they all performed in our country thanks to Doctor Music concert promoters. We now have the opportunity to relive them and to run through the iconography of Doctor Music, in an exhibition covering 30 years of live music. The exhibition entitled “Born to Múúúú. Doctor Music, 30 years” presents a collection of images, historic posters, tickets, screenings of legendary concerts and illustrations. The section that goes over the best moments of the three years of the Doctor Music Festival in Escalarre, is also outstanding. A tribute to the company founded by Neo Sala and which undoubtedly marked a historical turning point in the history of music in Spain.

Yo Picasso. Autorretratos

2013-04-13 00:18:03

Yo, Picasso. 1901
Picasso painted self-portraits practically all his life. Now, at last we have the opportunity to contemplate the first monographic exhibition of his self-portraits. For this genius of art, the portrait has two tasks: firstly to leave a testimonial of biographic facts; and secondly, to project thoughts, reflections or amusement. This means that his own image has become a laboratory of various formal tests and through this we can contemplate and understand these different phases and concepts. The exhibition is sponsored by ENDESA.

Primavera Sound 2013

2013-04-12 23:50:19

A total of more than seventy bands over three days, and the opportunity of enjoying the best of the international music scene at the same event. The event, already a classic of the city and which each year beats participation records, this year features the legendary British band, Blur. There are also performances by The Breeders, Camera Obscura, Dinosaur Jr., Four Tet, Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective, Hot Chip, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Los Planetas, Local Natives, Postal Service or Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds plus others.

En Letra Menuda –Teia Moner

2013-04-12 23:43:45

Inspired by the tales written by the author and maestro, Jaume Cela, the show “En Letra Menuda” mixes puppets and magic. It is staged by the company “Teia Moner”, creator of over 25 shows and with tours and performances in several European countries, with great critic and public success.

Workshop: close your eyes and open your ears

2013-04-12 23:28:49

Art can also be based on sound. This is exactly what artists such as Pere Portabella, Hélio Oiticia or Miralda do. In fact, their works are the stars of this group participation workshop, which is accompanied by instructions given with sound. A different way of feeling and experimenting with art.

Alejandro Sanz

2013-04-12 23:23:38

After his successful tour “Tour Paraíso” started in 2010, and a preview in an “intimate version” of his concert in the Palau de la Música in November last year, Alejandro Sanz presents his latest album “La música no se toca” at two consecutive performances which will fill the Palau Sant Jordi. The album was launched in September 2012 and went straight to number 1 in iTunes in 17 countries.

Melendi

2013-04-12 23:18:16

Ramón Melendi Espina’s career started in 2003, with the album “Sin Noticias de Holanda”, with 12 tracks written integrally by him. His musical style rapidly gained followers and one year later won a gold disk. Since then, all his achievements have multiplied: he become number one in sales in Spain, a platinum disk and extensive tours throughout Spain, with all tickets sold out. After selling over 1,200,000 copies of his five works, the artist from Asturias presents a new album “Lágrimas Desordenadas”, which outlines a new path in his career.

Macaco

2013-04-12 21:34:02

The strength of Macaco is once again evident in his new album “El murmullo del fuego”. It went straight to number 1 in iTunes the same day it was released. Perhaps it has something to do with the good measure of joy and light in the songs of his new album, which is so necessary in times of darkness. The new tracks go for a natural, simple, almost hypnotic sound, without losing his ethno-cultural roots of reggae, his main source of inspiration. After an extensive tour, he is now in Barcelona within the Festival del Mil·lenni.

Chema Madoz. Ars combinatoria

2013-04-10 17:30:46

Chema Madoz (Madrid, 1958) is one of the most personal and innovative names of Spanish contemporary photography. His work, influenced by Surrealism and visual poetry, composes a magical and complex universe, where objects are never what they seem (or they seem not to be). Madoz, who always works in black and white, plays with perceptions of who observes his images, that go beyond reality. In spite of the fact that in some of his initial works, a human figure appears, since the nineties, Madoz has focused his work on the photography of objects, in which he modifies or stresses some of their qualities converting the works into true, visual poems.
The exhibition, with over seventy pieces, chronologically goes over his career, with the first photographs of the 80s until his latest works, including his collaboration with the poet Joan Brossa and his work regarding the poetry of Salvador Espriu.

Cuentos cruentos

2013-04-10 14:08:07

"Cuentos cruentos" is a musical performance with an irreverent and contemporary view of old stories. The members of the performance embark on an urban world, which is terribly routine, where characters do not have a fairytale life: the seven dwarfs are unemployed, the three pigs cannot find a decent place to live, Cinderella is obese and can't afford glass shoes, Alice is lost because of the pills from Wonderland; a dog with a vocation as artist signing as Van Dog, etc. These stories are skilfully told by singers and musicians, causing hilarity among the audience. Cuentos cruentos is a fresh, new performance with magnetic energy.

Jazz concerts at Milano Cocktail Bar

2013-03-22 13:23:23

Live jazz, blues and swing with local and national artists at this cocktails bar in Barcelona.

Milano-Cocktail-Bar is an elegant bar located in the centre of Barcelona where superb cocktails are served and you can enjoy the best live jazz every day of the year. All in a wonderful atmosphere that calms daily stress and invites you to relax thanks to jazz, blues and swing to delight the audience until 3 in the morning.
Great local and national artists unite to share their talent live every evening from 8.30 pm. After the concert, the resident DJ and the cocktails continue to entertain you until three o'clock.

Pablo Picasso: Bullfighting

2013-03-21 23:22:37

©ManRay. Pablo Picasso, 1924
In 1959, the fascination of Picasso for the world of bullfighting led him to paint 26 aquatints full of subtleness and expressivity. These works from the bottom of the Josep Suñol Collection include texts by José Delgado (alias Pepe Illo) and are now exhibited in a predominant way to be able to admire them directly and on their own.

"The battle of Tetuán by Fortuny" From the trenches to the museum.

2013-03-21 22:29:27

"The Battle of Tetuán" is one of the most emblematic paintings of Marià Fortuny. On the occasion of the 175th anniversary of his birth, MNAC is organizing an exhibition around this work that is so admired, entitled "The battle of Tetuán by Fortuny. From the trenches to the museum”. This exhibition does a complete run through different aspects of this work which Fortuny painted in Rome between 1862 and 1864 and which he left unfinished, including its creation process, the historic context and the history of the painting itself as an element of heritage. The exhibition is completed with an area devoted to Salvador Dalí,, who painted a version of The battle of Tetuán in large dimensions.

Jaume de Laiguana. 1997-2012 in retrospect

2013-03-21 22:24:40

This photographer and art director, Jaume de Laiguana believes in the beauty of the imperfect. For him, each photograph is a project that starts from zero, and with which he starts a new way of learning. The exhibition "Jaime de Laiguana. 1997-2002 in retrospect" has been organized by the Catalan Government and shows 159 photographs in large format of the artist with this special aesthetic view and clear social commitment. Many of his works show a special ability to convert commissioned works into author works. Other projects are also included which reflect social problems, the main purpose of which is to make us reflect.

Georges Méliès

2013-03-21 13:22:48

Georges Méliès Dibujo para Viaje a la Luna, 1902. Colección CinémathèqueFrançaise Foto: StéphaneDabrowski
In the history of cinema, a key name is undoubtedly Georges Méliès, the first magician of films. The Caixaforum is offering an exhibition-tribute to the figure of the film-maker which goes through the diversity of his work and the value he has had in the history and evolution of cinema. We shall submerge ourselves in the cultural, aesthetic and technical roots of Méliès and discover his fascination for what are considered the origins of cinema: animated shadows, magic lantern, phantasmagoria, chronophotography, conjuring, magic and fantasy. Through projections, working film apparatus, the first camera of Méliès, or the first costumes of "A Trip to the Moon", we shall discover the unique, personal and fascinating universe of an essential author.

Parallel Universes. Waltraud Maczassek”

2013-03-15 13:31:46

Waltraud Maczassek is inspired in this exhibition by nature to reflect interior landscapes.

“Permanent exhibition”
The Museu de Montserrat is formed by six very different collections. The more than 1,300 pieces exhibited cover a very wide chronologic period. The most ancient piece is an Egyptian sarcophagus from the 23rd century BC, and the most recent is a painting by Sean Scully from 2010. The museum also has an important section of ancient art from the 13th to 18th century, with works by Berruguete, El Greco, Caravaggio, Luca Giordano and Tiepolo. However, the largest and most representative collection is Catalan painting from the 19th and 20th centuries, one of the best in the country, with such well-known names as Fortuny, Rusiñol, Casas, Nonell, Mir, Gimeno, Anglada Camarasa, Picasso and Dalí, plus others. We also find a section on French impressionist paintings with works by Monet, Sisley, Degas, Pissarro and others, and an exhibition of graphic art by well-known, contemporary artists: Chagall, Braque, Le Corbusier, Rouault, Miró, Dalí, Picasso, Clavé, Tàpies and others.

50 years of the Museu Picasso in Barcelona: Origins

2013-02-27 16:55:47

On the 9th March 2013 the Museu Picasso celebrates its 50th anniversary. For this reason the team of the museum is working on various projects that allow us to share the trajectory of the museum with the citizens, and in this way, to commemorate the event and to have a solid foundation on which the museum of the 21st century will be constructed, keeping the legacy of the artist alive.
The different projects that are being developed are based around three main concepts that help us understand the museum: its genesis, its collection and the major exhibitions held during its half century of life.
Taking these notions as the main vertebral axes, three documental exhibitions have been programmed, that will be held one after the other, in such a way that they become a unique narration.

The first exhibition, about its origins, will open to the public on March 9th and will close on June 9th; the second, related to the 50 years of the Collection, will go from July 4th to the October 20th; and the last one, which will make a reflection about the 50 years of exhibitions, will be on view from the November 14th, closing on February 16th 2014. Each of them, despite being pieces of a unique hisstory, will have the necessary differentiating characteristics so as to explain each theme.

Antoni Clavé – 100 years of Clavé

2013-02-19 12:49:11

This year we are celebrating the centenary of the birth of the artist Antoni Clavé, and the Fundació Vila Casas is organizing a commemorative exhibition in the Museu Can Framis, with the support of the Barcelona City Council. The exhibition presents 60 works by Clavé including works of art from the war, his Parisian period, some inspired in Medieval and Baroque characters, his approach to abstraction, together with collages and experimental graphic work. In short, a look over various stages of his work and career which shows the relevance of this author in the renovation of plastic language in the 20th century.

Insomnia

2013-02-19 12:26:01

Based on a series of works from the sixties to the present day, the exhibition "Insomnia" shows some aspects of cinema from an artistic discipline view. It is a series of filming in video and cinema in which artists detach themselves from the cabin and invade the audience's area, inviting them to intervene.

Archivo Bolaño. 1977-2003

2013-02-19 12:11:56

On the tenth anniversary of his death and coinciding with the sixth edition of the biennial festival of Kosmopolis, La fiesta de la Literatura Amplificada, the CCCB is organizing the exhibition "Archivo Bolaño. 1973-2003! Through a tour based on three themes, the exhibition on the life and work of the writer Roberto Bolaño has been conceived as a detective investigation in which the visitor will discover some of the everlasting keys of the creative universe of this author from Chile. The exhibition will exclusively present unedited material from the Archive of the Heirs of Roberto Bolaño, including novels, stories, poems and miscellaneous writings apart from personal objects.

Contra Tàpies

2013-02-19 11:58:31

© 2002, Martí Gasull
"Contra Tàpies" is a way of approaching Antoni Tàpies work escaping the myths generated by him or even his words. To do this, the exhibition is put together in three different spheres: firstly a chronological run through his work inserted in different and unusual genealogies; secondly, through five specific projects created by five artists who question Tàpies from his biography and public dimension, and finally, a compilation of Tàpies works which do not look like his and which are shown transfigured in many other artists. The exhibition is completed with unpublished documentary material.

Written in the wind

2013-02-19 11:15:31

© Lawrence Weiner. “Sin título” s/f
Lawrence Weiner (New York, 1942) is one of the most influential contemporary artists and with his own very extensive production, which includes a wide range of material, from tangible objects to sound works and projections. The exhibition "Written in the wind" offered by MACBA focuses on his drawings to give an intimate perspective of the interests and obsessions of the artist. Based on over 300 drawings which include graphics, notebooks and sketches made over 50 years, the visitor will be able to enter the intellect of Weiner's work.