The lyrics of ‘Baladilla de los tres rios,’ from Lorca’s ‘Poema del Cante Jondo, filled Carmen del Aljibe del Rey’s gardens with water. They were accompanied by the powerful voice of Arturo Fernandez, and Angel’s weeping guitar Alonzo. The opening of the El Agua y la voz cycle, which was in its eleventh year, featured music and poetry. Francisco Acuyo, poet, was presented in the gardens at the Aljibe del Rey. This cultural evening at twilight featured the pictorial work by Laura Linares, a watercolourist who captured in the collection “Portraits on fire on water” the faces of those who participated in that Cante Jondo Contest. Acuyo also published poems and Entorno Grafico, which will preserve the image of pioneers in cante.
July is the month for poetry in the gardens Carmen del Aljibe del Rey. It also marks the beginning of the month for music related to the word, poets and rhapsodists. This month also includes songs, writers, guitarists, and singers. In 2022, the AguaGranada Foundation will be fifteen years old. It supports culture and its creators, history and heritage and dedicates the cycle El Agua y la voz to commemorate two significant centenaries in Granada’s cultural history. The Cante Jondo Contest, which was founded in 1922 by Federico Garcia Lorca & Manuel de Falla and which was the first major flamenco contest in its entirety.
The AguaGranada foundation is committed to the promotion of culture and the support of cultural resources in the city. Sebastian Perez, the Foundation’s managing director, says that there is no better way of celebrating the 15th anniversary than to host music and poetry cycles featuring artists from the city, in order to pay homage and honor our classics. Sebastian Perez believes it is right to recall such important events as the Lorca Cante Jondo Contest, which was a catalyst for cultural development, and to cherish the memory of our poets>>.
The month of July opens with many surprises for the worlds of culture in the Alhambra. These events will transform the Carmen del Aljibe del Rey headquarters of AguaGranada Foundation into the nerve center for the creation and dissemination culture in the Alhambra. The year will be marked by concerts, exhibitions, high-level artistic competitions, and publications on Granada, water, and the XVth anniversary.
