The “Songs of the Mediterranean” festival will offer six concerts between July 12 and 19 on the stages of Ses Voltes and Bellver Castle, with a program that brings together traditional and Mediterranean folk music from artists from the Balearic Islands, the Valencian Community, and Italy.
According to a statement issued by the Palma City Council, the lineup includes performances by Música Nostra, Pau Debon with pianist Antoni Bujosa, Hato Gató, Francisco accompanied by the Palma Municipal Band, Maria Mazzotta, and the duo L’Arannà.
The festival will begin on July 12 at Ses Voltes with a free concert by Música Nostra, who will present their new album, ‘Camí florit,‘ featuring new compositions based on Catalan poems and collaborations with artists such as Eliseo Parra, Rodrigo Cuevas, Tiu, Es Revetllers, Pere Mas, and Na Stella.
The program will continue on July 14 at Bellver Castle with “Debon Sings Suau,” a project in which Antònia Font‘s lead singer, Pau Debon, will perform compositions by pianist Antoni Bujosa with texts by poet Pere Suau.
On July 16 it will be the turn of Hato Gató, a fifteen-member vocal and percussion ensemble directed by Jose Llorach; while on July 17 the Valencian singer Francisco will perform with the Palma Municipal Band, under the direction of José Enrique Martínez.
On July 18, Ses Voltes will host a concert by Italian singer Maria Mazzotta, winner of the National City of Loano Prize for Italian Traditional Music for her album ‘Onde’. The festival will conclude on July 19, also at Ses Voltes, with ‘Tumarí,‘ a show by the duo L’Arannà that reinterprets the popular music of the Pitiüses Islands by combining traditional instruments with contemporary sounds.
All concerts will begin at 9:30 PM, except for the performance by Francisco and the Palma Municipal Band, which is scheduled for 9:00 PM.
During the program’s presentation, the Director General of Music and Performing Arts, Rafel Brunet, highlighted the versatility of the programming and its international focus, while also noting that the festival has managed to “preserve the identity that has characterized it” throughout its 42-year history.