Juan Manuel Díaz Burgos, Jaime Cros, Silvia Conesa and María Teresa Cervantes, among those honored with the City Council Culture Awards
The second edition of the Cartagena Culture Awards already has winners. The aim is to recognize and distinguish the work of the people or entities that contribute in an outstanding way to the enrichment of the cultural life of the municipality, according to the principles of the call. To this end, the proposals of the Committees of the Council of Culture have been assessed. The jury, which meets this week, has selected the following winners.
Honor Award: Conservatory of Cartagena. It was founded in April 1925 and inaugurated in 1928. Since then, the Conservatory has actively participated in the musical and cultural life of Cartagena and the region.
Prize for Visual Arts: Juan Manuel Díaz Burgos. Passionate about photography since childhood. In 2001, he founded the Historical Photographic Center of the Region of Murcia (Cehiform), which he coordinated until 2007. He produces personal photographic work without any commitment. Collect over 600 national awards.
Visual Arts Prize: Silvia Conesa. Cartagenera, actress, director and screenwriter. He has worked in theater and television. In 2017, he founded the production company Gerion Films, especially dedicated to the fantastic genre. He has made eight short films.
Literature Prize: María Teresa Cervantes. Fighting woman in the face of countless misfortunes. She has lived between Germany and France for over 40 years and is the author of 33 volumes of poetry, essays and prose. In 1961, some of his works were already translated into Arabic by the Moroccan poet Mohammad Sabbag. It is included in the ‘Anthology of Spanish Female Poetry’ (Editorial Bruguera, Barcelona, 1975), produced by Carmen Conde. Among his numerous awards, the Bronze Medal of Arts, Sciences and Letters stands out.
Music Prize: Choir Tomás Luis de Victoria. Consolidated as a choir in the spring of 1946. It has taken its repertoire all over Spain and also Italy, Belgium, Germany, France and Andorra. Among the various awards he has received, the Cartagena Gold Medal (1997) stands out.
Heritage Promotion Award: Virgin of Charity Citizen Platform. It was built in the year 2000 on a non-profit basis. In 2002 they organized the ‘II Conference on Heritage: the Cathedral of the Diocese of Cartagena’, and in 2003 they published the book ‘Santa María la Mayor, Catedral de Cartagena’.
Prize for Research and Scientific Culture: Carmen Conde Collective Adult Education. An association of public social initiative, dedicated to the training of adults in the field of scientific dissemination and cultural dissemination since 1973.
Traditional and Community Culture Award: Folkloric Group of the City of Cartagena. In their performances, the group wears the clothes that existed in the Spanish southeast in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. His awards include the Palme d’Or and in 2009 he was voted one of the ten ‘Best of Cartagena in the last 50 years’ by the readers of LA VERDAD.
Performing Arts Award: Jaime Cros. His life is professionally and professionally dominated by radio and theater. He was director of Radio Mar Menor, Onda Cero Cartagena and Onda Cero Castellón. He founded two publishing companies.
Prize for Diversity and Interculturality: Community of Little Sisters of the Assumption. Founded in 1865 in France by Esteban Pernet, an assumptionist, and Antoinette FAGE. They are present in more than 20 countries. They are working for a more fraternal and just world.
The jury consisted of Councilor for Culture, Youth and Equality, David Martínez Noguera; the Mayor’s Delegate for Culture, Carlos Piñana; the Director of Culture, Fulgencia Plazas; the coordinator of Culture, Patricio Hernández; the representatives of the Council of Culture, Belén Valera and Myriam Ortas; and the journalist Manuel Madrid. Official Paloma Fernández served as secretary.
Source: La Verdad
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