Juan Luis Guerra isa Dominican singer, songwriter, and self-producer who has sold over fourteen million records worldwide and has won numerous awards, including ten Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards, and two Latin Billboard Music Awards. He won five Latin Grammy awards in 2007 in the same night which ties him with Juanes to hold the record for most Latin Grammys won in one night.
He is one of the most internationally recognized Dominican artists in decades past. His pop style of Merengue and Bolero and Afro-pop/Latin fusion have garnered him considerable success outside the Dominican Republic.
(Taken from www.juanluisguerra.net and www.wikipedia.org)
9:30 pm at Palau Sant Jordi (Pg. Olímpic, 5-7) 45-50€ -SOLD OUT- Buy tickets
Coldplay are a rock band formed in London, England in 1997. The group comprises vocalist/pianist/guitarist Chris Martin, lead guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, and drummer/multi-instrumentalist Will Champion. Coldplay have sold 33.9 million albums, and are also known for their hit singles, such as “Yellow”, “The Scientist”, “Speed of Sound”, “Fix You”, “Viva la Vida” and the Grammy Award-winning “Clocks”.
Coldplay achieved worldwide fame with the release of their single “Yellow”, followed by their debut album, Parachutes (2000), which was nominated for the Mercury Prize. Its follow-up, A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002) won multiple awards such as NME’s Album of the Year and was later included on Rolling Stone magazine’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list, ranking at #473.
Their next release, X&Y (2005), received a slightly less enthusiastic yet still generally positive reception. The band’s fourth studio album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008), was produced by Brian Eno and released again to largely favourable reviews. All of Coldplay’s albums have enjoyed great commercial success. (Taken from www.wikipedia.org).
10:30pm at Parc del Forum- Auditori Gran (Llevant, 2-4) Buy tickets
Manolo García is a Spanish singer and painter. His first LPs were recorded with rock bands like “Los Rápidos”, “Los Burros” and “El Último de la Fila”. His singing style is a mix of pop rock, flamenco and arabic music. Today, García continues to have a successful solo career.
His third album was “Para que no se duerman mis sentidos”. Now he is releasing his new album “Saldremos a la lluvia”. (Taken from www.wikipedia.org & www.servicaixa.com).
Wed 3, Thu 4, Fri 5 Sep at 8pm
Sat 6 Sep 5pm & 9:30pm
At Gran Teatre del Liceu (La Rambla, 51-59) 14,25 – 95,75€ Buy tickets
The Balé da Cidade de São Paulo was founded in 1968. The contemporary idiom of its dancers has been further enriched by the company’s Brazilian flavour. With Mônica Mion as its artistic director, it has consolidated its position among the most innovative and original ballet troupes and has accepted the collaboration of top-ranking choreographers. For its debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu it offers a programme representative of its wide and varied repertory.
The piece by Gagik Ismailian (created specially for it in 2001) mingles fados sung by Amália Rodrigues with music by Wim Mertens and seeks, in the words of the choreographer, «to use the disquiet and melancholy of the fado to choreograph a love that is constant, violent, and almost tribal».
Perpetuum, on the other hand, is one of Ohad Naharin’s most surprising, variegated and popular choreographies. This veritable classic of contemporary dance, performed to waltz rhythms by Johann Strauss II, parodies drama, opera and dance itself in a whirlwind of humour, irony and colour.
The programme also features a new work by Cayetano Soto, a choreographer born in Sabadell who is a member of IT Dansa and the Ballett Theater München. Soto’s new ballet will be included in the repertory of the Balé da Cidade de São Paulo in its forthcoming international tours. (Taken from www.liceubarcelona.com)
