VERANOS DE LA VILLA
Music curator for the biggest Madrid City Council’s music festival
Veranos de la Villa is an open-air festival organized by the Madrid city council for more than 30 years. In the political and cultural context of the city, it is a relevant fact that a cultural project is maintained for so many years in a row. It is therefore a festival loved and respected by citizens, who come en masse to discover new and well-known artists.
I was commissioned in 2015 to rethink the form and content with which the festival was programmed, to update it in musical styles and open it to new audiences, always respecting the most loyal and traditional audiences. In this way, zarzuela met different forms of electronic music, classical music met with trap and Latin genres met with various forms of contemporary pop and rock. Everyone was invited to their city's festival, going to a selection of natural spaces in the city at the time when the summer sun begins to set.
For the 4 editions of the festival that I had the opportunity to program, artists such as:
I was commissioned in 2015 to rethink the form and content with which the festival was programmed, to update it in musical styles and open it to new audiences, always respecting the most loyal and traditional audiences. In this way, zarzuela met different forms of electronic music, classical music met with trap and Latin genres met with various forms of contemporary pop and rock. Everyone was invited to their city's festival, going to a selection of natural spaces in the city at the time when the summer sun begins to set.
For the 4 editions of the festival that I had the opportunity to program, artists such as:
Rosalía
Max Richter
Bonnie Prince Billy
Giant Sand
Matthew Herbert
Valgeir Sigurðsson
Suso Sáiz
Fennesz
Rocío Márquez
Arcángel
Low
Vessel
Tim Hecker
Damien Jurado
Low
Rocío Márquez
Max Richter
Bonnie Prince Billy
Giant Sand
Matthew Herbert
Valgeir Sigurðsson
Suso Sáiz
Fennesz
Rocío Márquez
Arcángel
Low
Vessel
Tim Hecker
Damien Jurado
Low
Rocío Márquez
Katia Guerreiro
Roberta Invernizzi
Chancha Via Circuito
Batuk
Deena Abdelwahed
Lotic
Dj Haram
Arcángel
Israel Fernández
Orquesta Akokán
Cimafunk
Kevin Johansen
Jeff Mills
Tony Allen
Cuarteto Quiroga
Pional
Roberta Invernizzi
Chancha Via Circuito
Batuk
Deena Abdelwahed
Lotic
Dj Haram
Arcángel
Israel Fernández
Orquesta Akokán
Cimafunk
Kevin Johansen
Jeff Mills
Tony Allen
Cuarteto Quiroga
Pional
Damian Schwartz
Les Filles de Illighadad
Al Ayre Español
Joan as police
woman
Kadhja Bonet
Olafur Arnalds
Sr. Coconut
Atom TM
Javier Perianes
GogoPenguin
Terry Riley
Maria Arnal
Cuarteto Casals
Kronos Quartet
Les Filles de Illighadad
Al Ayre Español
Joan as police
woman
Kadhja Bonet
Olafur Arnalds
Sr. Coconut
Atom TM
Javier Perianes
GogoPenguin
Terry Riley
Maria Arnal
Cuarteto Casals
Kronos Quartet