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The registration deadlines for contests of song, guitar and dance Flamenco instrumentalist are already open for the next event to be held between 6 and 16 August

The Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Region of Murcia, Pedro Alberto Cruz, and our Mayor and Executive Chairman of the Cante, Francisco Bernabé, Minas Foundation have announced this morning the first details of the fifty-fourth edition of the International Festival Cante de las Minas, to be held in La Union between 6 and 16 August 2014.

And no doubt this will be a year remembered for the fact that one of the most important communicators who has given our country throughout its history, journalist Luis Del Olmo, creator and host for several decades the legendary radio show "Players", is going to be asked to deliver the opening speech of the event, in an evening that promises to be definitely unforgettable and in which the brilliance of Del Olmo will point and followed an illustrious list of predecessors in office in highlighting names in recent years such as Antonio Lucas, Maria Duenas, Carlos Herrera, Fernando Sanchez Drago or Juan Ramón Lucas.

And by the great journalist, a great sculptor Cristina Iglesias recorder and undoubtedly one of the most important figures in Spanish contemporary art, at the same time one of our most recognized artists abroad, put the magic in a poster of event that promises to become one of the most impressive flagship references and flamenco art gallery features works by artists such as Tapies, Chillida, Valdés, Barceló, Canogar, Chirino, Gordillo, Arroyo, Lucas or Gaya, among others.

On the other hand, Cruz and Barnabas have also reported that from now until the 30th of April, the time left open for them to formalize their registration artists wishing to participate in the four prestigious competitions held at the event : the cante (Mining Lamp trophy), the guitar (Trophy The Bordon), the dance (trophy Desplante) and flamenco instrumentalist (Trophy The Reef).

The contests of the Festival de las Minas have an overall prize of 81,000 euros, which makes them the best equipped monetarily those held today, highlighting the Mining Lamp, with a prize of 15,000 euros, while the remaining three trophies have a budget of 9,000 euros each, with the remainder of the amounts intended for second prizes and other awards.

In this regard, it should be noted that artistic competitions of La Union are considered among critics and the public as the most important in the world of Flamenco given the seriousness and reputation earned over its already long history, as evidenced that by have passed them to compete this music greats such as Enrique Morente, Miguel Poveda, Diego el Cigala, Vicente Amigo, Maite Martín, Israel Galván, Pitingo, Carmen Linares, Luis de Córdoba, Rafael Amargo, or Carlos Javier Latorre Piñana, among many others.

Francisco Bernabé concluded shortly indicating that new information about the Cante de las Minas to go back to our place as the undisputed reference Festival of flamenco music both nationally and internationally will occur.

LUIS ELM

Born in Ponferrada 31 January l937.

RadiofónicoPROTAGONISTASdesde directs and presents the 1973 program, the veteran Spanish radio in July 1998 met the silver anniversary on the air.

His radio call starts at the early age of 14, on Radio Ponferrada, while still a high school student.

Was his radio vocation which has dominated, making it worthy of more than one hundred awards, the result of that race in the waves.

Among other awards destacanlos Eight Waves of Communication Award, National Award for Radio and Antennas Five Golden Golden Microphone, Directors Club Award, Award of the Spanish Professional Association of Radio, International Master (Granted by the European Association Communication and Image), National Radio Award and Prize Directores.También Club has been voted "Peace Feather", "National Prize for Graphic Reporters" 1994 "Cross of the National Plan on Drugs" awarded by the Ministry Interior by dedication to the fight against drugs in l996, in l997 "Gold Medal Mahatma Ghandi" UNESCO, "Creu Sant Jordi" in l998 and 1999 International Journalism Award España.Premio King Association Madrid Press and the Queen Sofiaen 2.000.El Prensale Club International Prize awarded its prize in the 2001 edition and will soon receive laMEDALLA MERIT TO WORK, approved by the Cabinet last May.

For several editions he has been among the most influential Spaniards in the annual survey conducted TECOP and places head of the most famous journalists, according to the report of the "Spanish Society 93-94" from the Complutense University of Madrid.

Through ACTORS, has pioneered many of the areas most successful of the current radio, as the TALKS and HUMOR, with spaces like The Debate on the State of the Union, awarded the Premio Ondas, and their interviews people in the news, the Bonsai Garden, etc..

CRISTINA IGLESIAS

Cristina Iglesias was born in San Sebastian in 1956.

This sculptor and engraver, was National Plastic Arts Award and one of the most international Spanish artists of recent decades.

Cristina Iglesias was released in the first half of the 1980s and his international recognition came in the 90s where they could already see his works in prestigious museums such as the Kunsthalle Bern (Switzerland) (1991), in the gallery York University in Toronto (Canada), the Universal Exposition of Seville (1992), in the Spanish pavilion at the Venice Biennale, or the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh (USA) (1995).

The Guggenheim Museum in New York, meanwhile, gave him a sample (1997), which subsequently lead to the Guggenheim Bilbao (1998), the Palacio de Velázquez in Madrid (1999) and Chicago (2000).

Cristina Iglesias reappeared in 2007 with his door sculpture for enlargement of the Prado Museum, the first public work in Spain.

The San Sebastian sculptor has works in museums and collections around the world, including the National Center of Art and Culture Georges Pompidou in Paris, the Fundação Serralves Porto, the Solomon R.

Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Museum and Garden sculture of Washington, DC, the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) Dublin, Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona (MACBA), the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS) of Madrid and the Tate Gallery in London.

Source: Ayuntamiento de La Unión