Events
International Book Day
Target Audience
Students in Primary, Secondary, and High Schools.
Cultural Rationale
Public readings of classic works provide a way for generations to connect and celebrate the universal value of literature. In the context of International Book Day, this activity invites participants to rediscover Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes' masterpiece, considered one of the cornerstones of world literature.
As one of its most emblematic quotes reminds us:
"He who reads much and travels much, sees much and knows much."
The shared reading of this work aims to convey to students the value of imagination, critical thinking, and the capacity to dream that literature offers to all generations.
Objective
To foster a love of reading and introduce literary classics to new generations.
To offer students the opportunity to actively participate by reading excerpts from Don Quixote. To reinforce the understanding of the human, cultural, and universal values present in the work.
To highlight the importance of returning to the classics as touchstones of humanity, critical thinking, and literary imagination.
Program of the event (from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.)
Institutional Opening
Luis Serra Majem, Rector of the ULPGC
Dolores Fernández, Dean of the Faculty of Philology
Continuous Reading of Don Quixote
Each educational center may designate a group of participating students.
Each student will read a page of Don Quixote as an act of homage and an expression of reading and knowledge.
The reading will be continuous, generating a flow of participation that symbolizes the cultural and literary transmission between generations.
Closing of the event
Final remarks on the importance of classical literature and its relevance in education and in today's society.
Participation of Educational Centers
Costume-Based Activities as Literary Characters
To celebrate Book Day, participating educational centers are invited to have their students attend dressed as important characters from Don Quixote.
This initiative aims to:
Encourage creativity and imagination.
Strengthen the connection between students and literary characters.
Transform the day into a vibrant literary event, where books "come to life" through their protagonists.
Costume-based activities are not mandatory, but are proposed as a fun and educational supplementary activity that will visually enrich the event and encourage student participation.
Note for Schools:
Schools are kindly requested to confirm their attendance as soon as possible, as well as the number of participating students, in order to organize chapters and pages for reading and send them to each school in a timely manner. Once the number of participants is confirmed, we will send the relevant information to ensure a smooth and effective event. In any case, further information will be sent.
Dia internacional de la musica
La música es cultura, nuestro legado.
Cada nota, cada voz y cada acorde nos conecta con lo más profundo de nuestra esencia.
En honor a Santa Cecilia, patrona de los músicos, celebramos el Día Internacional de la Música con un programa lleno de armonía, talento y unión entre culturas.
Gran Canaria
Del 20 al 22 de noviembre
Real Club Náutico, Catedral de Santa Ana y Gabinete Literario
Desde el piano de Samira Tabraue, junto a estudiantes de Gran Canaria y de Ramala (Palestina), y el cierre con el Louis Moreno Trío, cada evento es una invitación a sentir, vibrar y celebrar la música como lenguaje universal. 🎵
Entrada libre para todos los actos.
Organiza: CanarianClassics en colaboración con UNESCO, RNE y Gran Canaria Jazz Day.
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Sixth Choral Meeting,
On the occasion of International Music Day, November 22, we will once again celebrate this choral meeting at the Cathedral of Santa Ana in Las Palmas.
Different choirs from the island will meet to commemorate this International Music Day, as well as to remember the 200th Anniversary of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (1824-2024).
String Quartet Pablo Henriques
Tribute to Francisco Brito
Trilogy for String Quartet
Ruth Müller (violin I)
Katarina Todorovic (violin II)
Ashot Manukian (viola)
Pablo Henriquez (cello)
Concert by four young performers from Europe, who currently reside in Germany and collaborate with the Cologne and Bonn orchestras, as well as on other projects.
Led by Canarian Pablo Henríquez, trained in Germany, they have formed this quartet with which they will give a tribute concert to the Canarian composer, Francisco Brito (Arucas, 1943-Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 2008).
International Book Day
We celebrate Book Day at the Biblioteca Insular de Las Palmas de GC.
With a pioneering program, we invite young students to participate in this essential day of reading. For this, we have the scenario of this Biblioteca Insular, in which students from five educational centers on the island will meet for a three-hour day, to carry out a magnificent reading experience, "The Chronology of Scripture" .
Participating educational centers:
Our Lady of the Snows School
Heidelberg College
Our Lady of the Rosary School
IES Poeta Tomás Morales
IES Isabel of Spain
The staging of these projects has the collaboration and support of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria
IMD 2022
“Music Transcends Time and Space”
This reflection of a famous musician is very accurate, for the title of this new meeting that proposes to celebrate Musicians' Day and its patron Saint Cecilia, consecrated and recognized in Rome for her exaltation of music at crucial moments. Music goes beyond regardless of time or places. Cecilia sang to maintain her dignity and pass it on for generations to anyone who also felt the need to express emotions through the vibrant notes of the melodies of the Universe.
Those who have been able to turn the sounds of Nature into dreamy tones. Those who have been gifted to create symphonies, imagined and dreamed or reproduce them from the heavenly song of the birds or the majestic mountain breezes, or those who were born with their own instrument and make their vocal cords the most supernatural of sounds , being able to mimic violins and flutes, harps and trumpets.
Yes, music transcends the most hidden places of the soul and body, making even the rudest of the cold icebergs of silence vibrate with emotion.
The young people who perform and sing at this International Music Day meeting (Santa Cecilia), are musicians who are already part of that wonderful world of sounds, notes, melodies,..that enchant souls.
LUGAR: CATEDRAL-BASÍLICA DE SANTA ANA
FECHA 20 DE NOVIEMBRE 2022
HORA: 13.30 (DESPUÉS DE LA MISA DE LAS 13.00H)
The Programme:
Coro infantil de la Fundación Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria
Directora: Marcela Garrón
• La Luna, de S. Burke
• Psalm 23,Srul Irving Glic
• I want Jesus to walk with Me, Espiritual ( arr. Aarón David Miller)
Coro Nuestra Señora de las Nieves
Directora: Elisabet González Pérez
• Banaha, Popular Congoleña
• Noche de Paz, de F. Grubber
Arietta SK:
• Eu Canto….F.Fonseca
• Domine Deus...J.S.Bach
• Prelude to Bethlehem…Arr.R.M.Gray
Súbito Koral:
• Arrorró….J.J.Falcón Sanabria
• Schlof Mayn Fegele….R.Nowlin
• Himno de Coronación 1 “Zadok the Priest”…..G.Fr.Haendel
IMD 2021
The Santa Iglesia Catedral-Basílica de Canarias or Catedral-Basílica de Santa Ana is a cathedral, Holy See of the Diocese of the Canary Islands of the Catholic Church, which is located in the historic center of the city of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in Vegueta neighborhood, next to Plaza Mayor de Santa Ana. Every November 26th takes place the celebration of the dedication of this cathedral. It is considered the most important monument of Canarian religious architecture
This was the first church built in all the Canary Islands. It was raised by order of the Catholic Monarchs after the conquest of the island of Gran Canaria. Its construction began in the 16th century, but it was not finished until almost 4 centuries later, so several different architects and artists contributed, leaving as a result up to three different architectural styles: Gothic, Renaissance and Neoclassical.