Llíria is commemorating European Music Day 2021 with an intense cultural programme that will take place throughout the week; an event that has been celebrated every June 21 since 1982. The Edetan town places thus value on its label of UNESCO Creative City, with numerous events among which the 3rd edition of the Festival of Historical Heritage and Ancient Music “eMe. Early Music of Edeta” stands out. And this time it coincides with the year of Alfonso X the Wise.
This festival will be held on June 19 and 21 in one of the town’s most important patrimonial treasures dating back to the 13th century: the Church of La Sang. The music poster is made up of the groups A l’Antiga, with their performance ‘Orbis Feminae, Orbis Hominem’, and l’Ensemble Alfonsí, with ‘Instruments per a lloar a Santa Maria’. However, beyond these live performances, the attendees will also be able to attend the presentation of the CD ‘eMe 2019/2020’ and the lecture ‘Instrumentarium Musical Alfonsí’.
The weekend will also be full of activities with music as the main channel. On Friday, June 18, the showman and runner up of the television programme ‘Got Talent’, Alberto de Paz, will review some of the most emblematic soundtracks and tunes in the history of cinema and television. This event will have a solidarity background as well, since all those attending will be able to collaborate with the Vicente Ferrer Foundation in a project of decent housing for disadvantaged families in rural India.
For her part, the prestigious violinist Leticia Moreno, accompanied on the piano by Wu Qian, will offer a recital on Sunday, June 20, at the theatre Banda Primitiva.
Online concert with Kansas City
On June 21, European Music Day, Llíria will participate in an online macro-concert with more than a dozen Creative Cities. This time the subject matter is ‘The journey of percussion’ and it is dedicated to this music style. The concert is driven by Kansas City and seeks to express the African roots that have spread all over the world through the sound of percussion. Llíria will be represented by the group Kontakte Grup de Percussió and its work will be inspired by ‘The 12 Labours of Hercules’.
Likewise, during the week of music, the students and teachers from the schools Sant Miquel and Unió Musical have wished to send a message to the world: music as an element of union and hope between peoples and cultures. After going through some difficult and weird months, the little ones have sent their drawings to the web www.lliriacityofmusic.es expressing their feelings and values. The drawings can be seen on social networks and in a special gallery created on the official Llíria City of Music website.
