The Palau de les Arts will hold its fourth Open Day on October 2nd.
24.09.2011
•The arts center offers free guided tours from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Valencia (September 24, 2011 ). – The Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía will hold its traditional Open House on Sunday, October 2. The Valencian arts center will open its doors to the public to showcase its programming and activities, as well as the various spaces that make up Santiago Calatrava's iconic building.
The cultural center has scheduled guided tours for today from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Each hour, four groups will depart and, accompanied by Palau de les Arts staff, will tour the different halls, terraces, lobbies, dressing rooms, and other areas of the theater. Admission to this activity is free until capacity is reached.
Enrique García Asensio, leading the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, will provide the musical highlight of the day. The Valencian maestro will take a break from his tour with the Palau de les Arts' resident orchestra through various Valencian towns to conduct a free concert at the Auditori at 7:00 p.m.
The evening will begin with Acuarelas valencianas (Valencian Watercolors ), the most widely performed work by Valencian composer López-Chavarri, a vibrant and joyful score in three movements that evokes the paintings of Sorolla. Following this, the OCV (Orquesta de la Música Catalana de Valencia) will perform the celebrated Concierto de Aranjuez by Valencian maestro Joaquín Rodrigo. Spanish guitarist José María Gallardo Rey, who has worked with artists of the caliber of Plácido Domingo, Paco de Lucía, Seiji Ozawa, and Teresa Berganza, will be the soloist for this work. Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 , completes the program.
Those interested in attending this concert must collect their tickets in advance from the Palau de les Arts Box Office. Tickets can be collected on Friday, September 30, starting at 10:30 a.m. A maximum of two tickets per person will be distributed, subject to availability. Season ticket holders can collect their allotted tickets the day before, Thursday, September 29, also starting at 10:30 a.m.
