21 Dec 2020
The Cathedral VIII Centenary Foundation. Burgos 2021 organized at the San José seminar a meeting with the media to advance some of the activities planned for 2021, the year in which eight centuries will be commemorated since the first stone was laid in the Burgos Cathedral. Of particular note are the actions around the Jacobean…
11 Dec 2020
In 2021 culture will also make its way through an extensive exhibition programme that will show what Burgos was like in 1921, bring Las Edades del Hombre to Burgos Cathedral under the name ‘Lux’ or take the greatest heritage treasures of the Castilian province to the Museum of Santa Cruz in Toledo in ‘Burgos-Toledo. Origins…
18 Nov 2020
The 6th of August 2021 will be the 800th anniversary of the death of the patron saint of the province of Burgos and founder of the Order of Preachers, St. Dominic of Guzman. And to commemorate this event, yesterday a commission was set up in his home town, Caleruega, to organise the events that will…
06 Nov 2020
Burgos Cathedral experienced its first organ duel and twice. Four organists, two each day, played at the same time and challenged each other from the organs of the central nave in the temple choir. “These two concerts are an unprecedented musical event, as it is the first time in the history of the Cathedral that…
30 Oct 2020
The Freixenet Symphony Orchestra of the Reina Sofía School of Music paid homage to Ludwig Van Beethoven, on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of his birth, with a concert as part of the events to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the Burgos temple in 2021. The conductor Pablo Heras-Casado from Granada led the recital…
29 Oct 2020
La Vuelta 2021 partirá desde un lugar insólito: la Catedral de Burgos. “Nunca antes una prueba ciclista ha salido de una catedral”, recordó el director general de La Vuelta, Javier Guillén, durante el acto de presentación del inicio de la ronda ciclista del próximo año. Se convertirá así en uno de los eventos principales dentro…
26 Oct 2020
On Saturday, the Burgos Baroque Ensemble gave a concert on the Golden Staircase of Burgos Cathedral, as part of the celebrations for the 800th anniversary of the Seo in 2021. Under the title ‘De Profundis’, the Cathedral VIII Centenary Foundation. Burgos 2021 presented a musical programme of atonement and penitence based on works by Bach,…
26 Oct 2020
Teatro Real returned to Burgos Cathedral after the concert it gave in July last year. On this occasion it was the titular Orchestra of the Teatro Real that traveled to the Castilian capital with Teatro Real’s musical director, Ivor Bolton, at the baton. The Cathedral VIII Centenary Foundation. Burgos 2021 organized this recital within the…
26 Oct 2020
The Ukrainian pianist Dmytro Choni gave a recital at the high altar of Burgos Cathedral last Tuesday 13th October. This young musician is one of the most relevant promises of his generation and in 2018 he won the first prize of the Santander International Piano Competition Paloma O’Shea The Cathedral VIII Centenary Foundation. Burgos 2021…
23 Sep 2020
The exhibition ‘Ferdinand III Rex Hispaniae in Burgos. History, memory and image’ (‘Fernando III Rex Hispaniae en Burgos. Historia, memoria e imagen’) recalls the role played by the monarch in Burgos. The exhibition, which can be visited in the exhibition hall of the Forum Evolución until March 7th 2021, is organized by the Cathedral VIII…