Museum of Ethnology. Corona, 36
Despite the adversities, the Valencian Museum of Ethnology has decided to go ahead with its traditional folk and world music festival. In the current times, the practical sense has led the programmers to weave a poster centered on Iberian music but, ojo, without Portuguese presence, which is the one that makes sense of the concept "Iberian". They tried but this year we won't be able to hear fados in the festival. What we will have is a handful of artists from the Spanish state who make traditional music incorporating contemporary concerns, like the flamenco of Mayte Martin [8/7] in its most naked version, just guitar and vocals. The singer barcelona, pure emotion on stage, has been nominated for the Latin Grammy Awards combining flamenco art with bolero, poetry and love songs. The Valencian Mara Aranda [2/7], essential voice of Mediterranean folk specializing in the Sephardic tradition (that of the Jews who lived in the Crown of Castile and the Crown of Aragon until their expulsion in 1492), celebrates thirty years on the stage reviving the role of medieval troubadours and poetesses; and the Valencian too Xavi de Bétera [16/7], renovating voice of traditional Valencian music, will defend style singing at the festival. The other three artists on the poster come from Catalonia, Basque Country and Murcia. The Iberian percussion orchestra The group [16/7] will play little-known percussion instruments such as tambourines, the reeds and simbombes that have accompanied songs throughout history, romances, parties, dances and processions in the towns of our geography; the Basque folk band stream [2/7] modernizes the music of his land using more modern styles without neglecting the trikitixa and other traditional instruments such as the txalaparta or the alboka; i Juan José Robles [23/7] he is an expert on stringed instruments such as the mandolin, the laut, the leaflet, the busuqui and the guitarros that recovers the tradition of the south-east of the peninsula. To minimize the risks of contagion, the organization has reduced the capacity of the museum patio that will host the concerts, has expanded the stage and will force the public to wear a mask and respect the safety distance. AU
