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FORMENTOR: PREMIUM CULTURAL DESTINATION IN MAJORCA
In his article “Letter to Tomeu Buadas, in the other world”, published in La Vanguardia on the 9th of March 1973, the author Camilo José Cela praised the meetings of international poets from Carles Riba to Robert Graves, as well as Vicente Aleixandre, in the Formentor Hotel, and he remembers the creative, intellectual atmosphere that this unique place offered.
“Tuyas fueron las Jornadas Poéticas de Formentor que nimbraron con un halo de paz la voz de poetas en siete lenguas, desde Carles Riba hasta Robert Graves, pasando por Vicente Aleixandre (…) Tuyo fue el aliento que prestaste a las más descabelladas y hermosas empresas intelectuales…” CAMILO JOSÉ CELA (Epístola dolorosa. “Carta a Tomeu Buadas, en el otro mundo”, La Vanguardia, 9 de marzo de 1973)
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The objective of the Barcel贸 Group, since the incorporation of the hotel into the company, is to recuperate the essence of Formentor; the dream of its creator, Adan Diehl, an Argentinean millionaire enamoured of the place, who converted it into a refuge for artists from all over the world. A dream taken up by the Buadas family, creators of the Formentor Prize, a literary award that became one of the most important in Europe. Bathers at Formentor beach
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Tomeu Buadas
Club de Poetas de Formentor
Ever since, Formentor has been a place of inspiration for poets, painters, writers and artists from all around the world. Anglada-Camarasa, Joaquim Mir, Santiago Russiñol, Antoni Fuster, Juan Goytisolo, Anthony Kerrigan, Carlos Barral, Gabriel Celaya, Vicente Aleixandre, Dámaso Alonso, Gerardo Diego, José Hierro, Blas de Otero, Gil de Biedma, Robert Graves, Keith Baines, Kaeth Moslé, Albert Theile, Luis García Berlanga, Joan Miró… Goytisolo de Otero, Celaya, Gastón, Diego, Bousoño and Cela
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Alberto Moravia
Charles Chaplin
It has been the setting for top level international events such as the European Heads of State Summit (1995), the Formentor Forum (organised by Repsol, between 1999 and 2004) and the destination of choice for many honoured guests: Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco spent part of their honeymoon in Formentor, Winston Churchill, Gorbachev, Peter Ustinov, the Dalai Lama, Joan Fontaine and Charles Chaplin. Prince Albert and Paola of Liège. Current Monarchs of Belgium.
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Joan Fontaine
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2 UNIQUE CONCERTS
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22ND OF JUNE 2013 | A RUSSIAN EPIC IN MAJORCA
Maestro Mikhail Tatarnikov, director of the most prestigious theatre in St. Petersburg, will conduct the Balearic Symphonic Orchestra in a spectacular concert overlooking the sea. A magnificent montage with choir and orchestra and the projection of a film by Alexander Nevsky.
MIKHAIL TATARNIKOV Larissa Gergieva
Mikhail Tatarnikov is the Principal Conductor of the prestigious Mikhailovsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. He is considered to be one of the foremost figures in classical music in Russia today. Larissa Gergieva is the Artistic Director of the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers, General Director of the International Rimsky-Korsakov Competition for Young Opera Singers and Artistic Director of the Vladikavkaz Theatre of Opera and Ballet.
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A RUSSIAN EPIC ALEXANDER NEVSKY Cantata opus 78, for mezzosoprano, Choir and orchestra by SERGEI PROKOFIEV. With two renowned figures in Russia: Mikhail Tatarnikov, Orchestra Conductor. Larissa Gergieva, Choir Director.
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13TH OF SEPTEMBER 2013 | ZUBIN MEHTA IN MAJORCA
Maestro Zubin Mehta, will conduct the Maggio Musicale Fiorentina Orchestra (Florence) in a spectacular concert overlooking the sea.
ZUBIN MEHTA in Majorca (Bombay, now Mumbai, 1936). Chief Conductor of the Indian Orchestra. Son of Mehli Mehta, founder of the Bombay (Mumbai) Symphonic Orchestra. His career as conductor took off quickly, succeeding others in the most prestigious orchestras throughout the world. His spectacular manner of conducting and his versatility, suitable for any repertoire, from classical to the most intricate contemporary scores have made him one of the favourite conductors of music lovers.
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Zubin Mehta in Mallorca A concert of Beethoven: Beethoven: Egmont Overture Beethoven: Symphony nº 8 Beethoven: Symphony nº 3 “Eroica”
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