Cartographies. Meeting between Agustín González Acilu and Rafael Moneo

An emotional encounter will take place on the stage of the museum theater. Composer Agustín González Acilu ( Alsasua, 1929) and architect Rafael Moneo (Tudela, 1937) met when both were practically at the beginning of their careers. Now they are reuniting at the University of Navarra Museum, where the performers of the Arbós Trio will play several pieces, including the premiere of Agustín González's composition dedicated to Belén Feduchi Benlliure.

González Acilu and Moneo met after a period of shared training in Italy during the 1960s and 1970s, alongside great thinkers—Umberto Eco, Giulio Carlo Argan, Diego Fabbri, Edoardo Sanguinetti—from whom they drew inspiration for their early projects. An unbreakable friendship has been forged between them, characterized by constant intellectual exchange. The sound structures transferred to the design of large buildings have their equivalent in the solidity of the materials that support musical constructions of the utmost rigor.
A review of the artistic expressions with which both have marked their careers over more than half a century reveals the value of this exchange, based above all on deep mutual esteem and admiration.

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PROGRAM

1) Sonata for violin and piano.

2) Limits 3 for solo violin.

3) Piano Trio (World premiere)

AGUSTÍN GONZÁLEZ ACILU (Alsasua, Navarre, 1929).
He studied music in his hometown and at the Royal Conservatory of Madrid with E. Massó, F. Calés, and J. Gómez. A scholarship from the Provincial Council of Navarre allowed him to further his studies in Paris, Venice, Rome, and Darmstadt. The author of an extensive catalog of works, he won the National Music Prize in 1971 for his Pan-linguistic Oratorio.
Professor of Harmony and 20th-Century Techniques at the Pablo Sarasate Professional Conservatory of Music in Pamplona, he was also a founding member of the Association of Spanish Symphonic Composers (ACSE) in 1976. In 1998, he once again won the National Music Prize for his entire musical production.
In 2009, he received the Prince of Viana Culture Prize from the Government of Navarre and the Gold Medal from the Madrid Conservatory of Music. In 2011, he was named Doctor Honoris Causa by the Public University of Navarre.

RAFAEL MONEO VALLÉS (Tudela, Navarre, 1937)
Architect of the University of Navarre Museum, he studied at the Madrid School of Architecture, graduating in 1961. In 1970, he was appointed professor of Elements of Composition at the Barcelona School of Architecture, and in 1980 he took over the same position in Madrid until 1985, when he was named Chairman of the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, a position he held until 1990. Rafael Moneo is currently the Josep Lluis Sert Professor of Architecture at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design.
Rafael Moneo has received numerous awards, including the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1996 and the Royal Institute of British Architects Gold Medal in 2003. Elected Academician of Fine Arts in 1997, he took up his post at the beginning of 2005. In 2006, the Higher Council of Architects of Spain awarded him the Gold Medal for Spanish Architecture and in 2012 he received the Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts.
His most emblematic works in Spain include Atocha Station (Madrid), the Kursaal Conference Center and Auditorium (San Sebastián), the Julián Chivite Winery (Estella, Navarra), and the Concert Auditorium (Barcelona), among others.

PERFORMERS TRÍO ARBÓS

Winner of the 2013 National Music Award, the Arbós Trio currently consists of Cecilia Bercovich on violin, José Miguel Gómez on cello, and Juan Carlos Garvayo on piano. It was founded in Madrid in 1996, taking its name from the famous Spanish conductor, violinist, and composer Enrique Fernández Arbós (1863-1939). It is currently one of the most prestigious chamber music groups on the Spanish music scene.

The Arbós Trio performs regularly at major international venues and festivals in more than 30 countries: Vienna Konzerthaus, Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Helsinki Sibelius Academy, Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Kuhmo Festival, Venice Biennale, Spoleto Festival, MUSICA Festival in Strasbourg, Berlin Philharmonie, etc.

MODERATED BY MARTA CURESES

She is a tenured professor at the University of Oviedo, holds a PhD in Geography and History from the same university, and has a degree in English and German Philology from the University of Salamanca.

He has spent time at several European universities and at The London School of Economics and Political Sciences.

Member of various editorial teams for magazines and Director of Encuentros con la Creación Contemporánea (Vice-Rectorate for Outreach and International Relations) for ten editions.

Curator of exhibitions in Spain and various European capitals, she has collaborated with the Joan Miró Foundation, Juan March Foundation, La Casa Encendida, Joan Brossa Foundation, CDMC of the MNCARS, ACA Foundation of Mallorca, Espai d'Art Contemporàneo de Castellón, Instituto Cervantes, Cente Arts Santa Mònica, and CNDM, among others.

Some of his books: Tomás Marco. Spanish Music from the Avant-Garde, History of the Contemporary Piano. Jaén International Prize, González Acilu: The Aesthetics of Tension, Road to Kampa: Clara Janés and Vladimir Holan, LIM 85-95. A Synthesis of Contemporary Music in Spain (II), among others. Member of research teams (R&D), he supervises numerous doctoral theses dedicated to the artistic creation of our time.

She was deputy director of INAEM during 2008 and 2009.

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