In Leon there are some cultural places that could interest you.
Auditorium of Leon
The building was designed by the architectural study of
Madrid “Mansilla y Tuñón Arquitectos” and it was inaugurated on 3th may 2002 by
the exprince and currently King of Spain.
The Auditorium has
9000 m2 and 3 floors. It has articulated in 2 parts or modules. The first
module is the concert room with capacity for 1133 persons of audience and 745
on the stage, dressing rooms and rehearsal rooms. The second module has the
exhibition rooms. Besides concerts and exhibitions of art, the auditorium can
accept and make video or audio recordings.
The Square of the grain ("Plaza del Grano")
This square is located in the old zone of Leon. His original
name is Square of Saint Mery of the Road “Santa María del Camino” because it is
placed behind the church with the same name. The ground is a flagstone pavement
of mediaeval era.
In this square there are some activities: folklorik dancing,
typical dishes, representationc and activities,…
There have been some demonstrations, the council has tried
to remove the historical flagstone.
Concerts in the Cathedral
There are so many concerts in the cathedral. Since september
there are concerts of Organ.
A big number of profesional musicians of Europe and America
come to león to offer a concert in our unique organ, which is one of the best
and more expensives organ in the world. Besides concerts of organ, there are
other choral and orchestral concerts.
Dinner with concert in Collegiate of San Isidoro
Sometimes this restaurant offers to dinner with concerts. If you have 35 euros and some freetime... You have a new plan!!
In the library of our city, sometimes there are releases of new artworks, books, talks by writers, concerts, readings,... The writers who give that releases will often be local writers or writers in the surroundings
The choirs of the schools and Choral Associations.
In our city, some schools have an out-of-school activity: The Choir. Children can have the opportunity to be initiated in choral world. The "profesionals" who sing better could enter in the municipal choir or in a better choral association, because the chorals of schools don´t ussually sings very well, but there are exceptions.
Out of schools there are some important choral associations: The municipal children`s Choir "City of Leon",The Angel Barja´s Choir, "Cantarte", The Classical Chapel,...
Cultural activities in our university
Dancing, representations, soncerts... Let's go!!
JJMM (Musical Youths)
This is a proyect started in 1945 in Brusels. UNESCO said
that it is the most important youth cultural mouvement in the world. It was
created in Spain in 1952 and it is a non-profit entity
of public utility. In Leon this proyect started in october
1998. This proyect colaborates with our university since 1998 because of an
agreement. This proyect has:
Music Band JJMM-ULE
This is the wind section of JJMM agrupations. Their repertory
is very unusual and includes various genres: jazz, marchs, valtz, pasodoble,…
Angel Barja Choir JJMM-ULE
It was started in february 1991 thanks of an initiative from
the Councillorship of Culture of the town council. The objective was to give
Young people a place in choral music. Their name is in honor to Angel Barja,
one of the best composers in XX century in Leon and Spain, died in 1987.
They are a youth part and a senior part. The repertory is
since XV century,…
Orchestra JJMM-ULE
Very experience in the transmission of the orchestral music.
Appointed and assigned to vice rectory of institutional relations and
university extensión of the ULE. The orchestra has offered a large amount of
concertos and recordings, and they have been in music festivals inside and
outside of that …
Teatro el Albéitar.
That is a theater situated in the Rectory. Our university
proyects films and organize conferences. There are some representations of
theater and dancing.
More information:
http://www.actividadesculturales.unileon.es/agenda/?q=
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