Poetry and music have always gone hand in hand. We all know songs that were first poems and even a Nobel Prize for Literature has been given to Bob Dylan, a singer. In Valencia we have Estellés, a poet whose lyrics have become songs on dozens of occasions, and is that a beautiful verse, with music, sounds better.
Vicent Andrés Estellés was a Valencian poet who was born in 1924 in Burjassot. This year, which marks the centenary of his birth, the University of Valencia has organized a series of talks, concerts and a theatrical performance to commemorate the poet’s verses.
The cycle is called “Estellés a La Nau. Centenari del naixement (1924-2024)”, will begin on September 19 and the event will last until mid-December.
These are the activities that are programmed to commemorate the centenary of Vicent Andrés Estellés:
September 19
Round table “Vicent Andrés Estellés: l’home i escriptor”.
📍 Location:
⏰ Time: 19h.
September 23
Concert “A més d’Estellés” performed by the Orfeón Universitario de Valencia.
📍 Location: Cloister of La Nau
⏰Time: 20h
28 September.
Concert “Estellés als Cors” with the participation of 12 choirs and 11 original compositions based on 11 poems by the author.
📍Location: University of Valencia Cloister.
⏰Time: 12h
October 18
Concert “Una entre tantes” by Mar Morález, based on poems by Estellés.
📍Location: Capella de la Sapiència, Centre Cultural La Nau
⏰Time: 10h
15 October.
Talk “La projecció internacional d’Estellés: el poeta a l’aula” by Veronica Orazi, professor at the Università degli Studi di Torino.
📍Location: Centre Cultural La Nau, Universitat de València
⏰Time: 19h
30 and 31 October.
Theatrical performance “Llibre de les Meravelles” by Claudia Serra, based on the most emblematic works of the poet published in 1971.
📍Location: Sala Matilde Salvador, University of Valencia.
⏰Time: 19h
November 15
Concert by Bèrnia, will set Estellés’ verses to music.
📍Location: Capella de la Sapiència, Universitat de València
⏰Time: 19h
November 18
Talk “El feixisme com a trauma col-lectiu: V. Andrés Estellés i la tradició europea” by Cèlia Nadal Pascual of the Università per a Stranieri Siena.
📍Location: Centre Cultural La Nau, University of Valencia.
⏰Time: 19h
10 December.
Conference “La posteritat de V. Andrés Estellés en el context europeu” by Simona Skrabec, from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
📍Location: Centre Cultural La Nau, University of Valencia.
⏰Time: 19h
Admission is free until full capacity is reached.
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