this Itinera Valencia Community Festival He closed the first issue by thanking the wonderful welcome given by the city halls and the participating musicians who are the real heroes of the concert series. From its opening on October 28 to Sunday, December 12, traveled around our region. At the ceremony held at Salvador Seguí de Castelló High Conservatory of MusicFestival director, Marcel Marata, He wanted to express his gratitude to the participants, collaborators, media and institutions who were part of or in one way or another supported the first edition of a Festival held three times in Catalonia and embodied at the same time. in the Balearic Islands.
In this sense, Marata described the first edition as a “success”, which he described as a “success”. passed the test fantastically this meant laying the foundations for a later resettlement in the Valencian Community as in other regions ». Underlining the sensitivity of political institutions and different administrations to the project, the director of this meeting emphasized the importance of all actors in this pilot edition in their efforts to bring quality music to small towns and create equal opportunities. .
after passing L’Énova, Herbers, Benlloc, Senyera, La Puebla de Arenoso, Geldo, Algimia d’Alfara, Aras de los Olmos, Titaguas Y VallibonaFestival Itinerary already preparing the second edition Working towards the goals of democratizing the quality musical cultural offer by 2023 and als pobles xicotets of society. For this and as he did in his life the first version is completely free, the journey will continue jazz, blues, soul, gospel, bossa-nova or world music dozens of privileged environments, but unfortunately forgotten due to their geographic location or depopulation processes.
On the phenomenon of declining affected population jeanette segarraThe managing director of the Valencia Anti-population Agenda AVANT complained that losing population within the Community meant “constant bleeding”. “Our goal is to bring visibility to this phenomenon and unlock the full potential of the legacy of these populations.”
a joint project
Mayor of Algimia d’Alfara, Ernest Buralla As a representative of the municipalities participating in the festival, she underlined “the importance of connecting from the political, communicative and artistic levels, through initiatives such as Itinera, to combat population decline and improve the quality of life of the residents of our regions”. .
This first edition has the support of the Festival Itinera Comunidad Valenciana. Editorial Iberian PressPeriodically, he was responsible for disseminating it through his newspapers. INFORMATION in Alicante, Levante-EMV in Valencia and El Periódico Mediterráneo in Castelló and its television channels Levante TV and Mediterráneo TV. angel Baez, mediterranean director He was convinced that projects like Itinera were “necessary to succeed.” create a fairer zone, because, in the end, art and culture is what reigns over the centuries. They are the most useful tools for attacking depopulation and fighting regional injustice.
For his part, the director of the ISEACV Community Artistic Education Higher InstituteSpotless Sanchez, He underlined that the performing arts should be brought to places where it is not possible to access this cultural offer from a close distance.
A student of the Castelló conservatory gave a performance at the closing ceremony. Fernando Alarcon Barberan a few days ago he won the Maestro Serrano piano competition and the percussion group he created. Vicente Obiol, Jorge Elvis Vicente and Jaume NavaHe.