This will be the tenth summer when Daniel Barenboin joins young musicians from countries in conflict (Israel and Palestine, mainly) in the project known as “Divan’s Orchestra”. Today arrives in Seville the last part of the musicians, with candidates to musician between 9 and 17 years old, that will end their encounter in Maestranza’s Theatre’s concerts 2nd and 3rd August.

It was first the workshop than the orchestra, an unusual meeting of young people only joined by their musical learning. It was the idea of the Palestinian academic Edward Said and the pianist Daniel Barenboim, whose parents were russian jewish living in Argentina. The friendship between them was a symbol of human solidarity that crossed ethnical and religious frontiers.

It has been ten years ago since that first meeting in Chicago, coming after to Berlin (the cities where Barenboim conducted their sinfonic orchestras) and arriving to Seville, symbol of the three cultures, that has become , since 2001, in its definitive headquarter.

This year, the orchestra is composed by 103 musicians: 42 are from Arabic countries (Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey, Iran and Palestine); 37 are from Israel; 20 are from Spain and 4 are from other countries. Like every summer, a group of young palestinian musicians from 9 to 17 years old will attend to the workshop. They will live with the rest of the musicians sharing some days of working and musical and human coexistence.

According to their tour, they will begin in Seville next 2nd and 3rd August with a different repertory every day.

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It is just one week for Bruce Springsteen’s concert in Seville with The E-Street Band. But although it is only week for the concert there are still tickets for sale.

During this concert Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band will sing the new songs of his work, Working on A Dream. The american musician tour will begin in Spain this sunday in Bilbao, then Seville on Tuesday, then Benidorm on Thursday, Valladolid on Saturday and Santiago de Compostela on Sunday.

This concert will be the only big concert in Seville during this summer, because of Depeche Mode’s cancel for last 12th July. This concert was cancelled because of a muscular injury of the singer, Dave Graham.

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The architects of the works in New York’s Dock in Guadalquivir River are building an alameda with alamos and orange trees like it was in the first part of the twentieth century, with flowers, kiosks, viewpoints and comfortable access. It will have a cultural way even: different shows and expositions could be shown explaining the history of this side of the river.

These works will end at the end of this year and then the touristic adecuation will begin. The aim is that the pedestrian wins a central area that was lost. For this, the project has stairs and balconies inviting to walk by the side of the river, full of trees and flowers. This project will allow the riverside walk from Delicias’ Dock until Torneo street.

One of the positive sides of this project is the recovery of the wall and the brick seats of Delicias’ Walk, built for the Iberoamerican Exposition of 1929. For this, the bricks have been reproduced faithfully from the bricks of 1929, the original ones from Triana.

In the walk, there will be a permanent stage with seats for theatre, concerts and different public acts. With this adecuation, it will be connected New York’s Dock with Marques de Contadero’s Walk (where Torre del Oro is placed) and Maria Luisa’s Park.

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