IBERIAN SUITE: Global Arts Remix March 3–24, 2015 the Kennedy Center Washington, D.C
IBERIAN SUITE: global arts remix March 3–24, 2015 The Kennedy Center Washington, D.C. March 3–24, 2015 The Kennedy Center Washington, D.C. IBERIAN SUITE: global arts remix Presented in cooperation with the governments of Portugal and Spain Presenting Underwriter HRH Foundation Honorary Chairman His Majesty King Juan Carlos Festival Leadership Committee José Andrés, Natalia and Carlos Bulgheroni, Helen Lee Henderson, Amalia Perea Mahoney, Former President Felipe González Márquez, The Honorable Luis Alberto Moreno, and David M. Rubenstein Festival Benefactors Ambassador Elizabeth F. Bagley, Natalia and Carlos Bulgheroni, Amalia Perea Mahoney and William Mahoney, and David and Alice Rubenstein Major Sponsors Additional support is provided by The Honorable and Mrs. Thomas F. McLarty, III and Repsol. Picasso Ceramist and the Mediterranean Presenting Underwriter HRH Foundation International Programming at the Kennedy Center is made possible through the generosity of the Kennedy Center International Committee on the Arts. he title of this festival, IBERIAN SUITE, echoes the suite of exquisite piano compositions by acclaimed Spanish composer INDEX Isaac Albéniz, Iberia. Albéniz’s music richly reflects the colors Exhibition ...........................Page 6 Tand textures of the Iberian Peninsula, and the aesthetics and spirit of its people. The Peninsula was once a grand crossroads of Europe, Special Events . .Page 10 Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. For more than a millennium, it was Dance ..............................Page 14 a vibrant melting pot of people, culture, and religions. When Spanish and Portuguese explorers and conquistadors set sail in the 15th century, Theater .............................Page 20 the resulting encounters transformed the world. Global arts remix Music...............................Page 26 seeks to capture a sense of the reach of those historic voyages and the Free Concerts........................Page 34 extraordinary mingling of arts and cultures they engendered.
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