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16001 Cuenca
Spain
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Fax: +34 969 23 27 98
informacion@smrcuenca.es
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Semana de Música Religiosa
A music festival based upon the treasure of liturgical music. The concert programmes are dominated by the religious music belonging to the historical and contemporary repertoire of Christianity.
Ce festival est un membre de L'EFA depuis 1986.
Programme de Festival
Each EFA member manages its own Calendar. In case there is no programme availabable for this year, please visit the festival's own website.
L'Histoire du festival
The Cuenca 'Semana de Musica Religiosa' Festival is one of the oldest festivals on the Iberian Peninsula. The first festival, in 1954, marked the foundation of one of the most successful cultural events ever produced.
Perched on its cliff, this old, medieval city offers a spectacular backdrop that has aroused awe and admiration for centuries. The concerts and performances are presented in disused churches that date back to the Middle Ages.
Programs have remained faithful to the theme of the Festival since its inception and are based on three main lines: 1. Performance of Religious Heritage. These works may be ecclesiastical or not, vocal, instrumental or theatrical. 2. Recovery of Heritage. There is still an enormous amount of music lying dormant in libraries, archives, monasteries, cathedrals, etc. 3. Creation of Heritage.
Since its beginning, works have been commissioned from the main, representative composers of contemporary Spanish music, including as Ernesto and Rodolfo Halffter, Joaqufn Rodrigo, Frederico Mompou, Oscar Esplá, Cristobal Halffter, Carmelo Bernaola, Tomás Marco, José Ramón Encinar, Mauricio Sotelo, and many more.
The Festival is writing a new chapter in the annals of religious music. It has set the standard in Spain against which the rest of Europe, with its long tradition of similar productions, can be compared. Moreover, the Festival has the support of the city council, the regional government and the national government through the ministry of culture, and receives support from the Savings Bank of Madrid through its cultural foundation.
