Modern art / Opinion

Since the beginning, Andorra SaxFest has been one of the most prestigious music festivals in Europe, said the organizer of the festival, a professional saxophonist Efrem Roca Gayete

The 5th annual international festival “Andorra SaxFest” will be held in Andorra from 14th to 22nd April 2017. The organizer of the festival, a professional saxophonist Efrem Roca Gayete told all-andorra.com about his vision of a musical culture in Andorra:

“I came to Andorra to work as a music teacher and to teach the saxophone. I …

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All Andorra news / Modern art

Sculpture and paintings by Angel Calvente

Angel Calvente

Biography

Angel Calvente was born in Spain, but considers himself to be an Andorran sculptor and painter, as he has been living in this country for a long time. He studied painting and modelling at the School of Art in Grenada, and then continued his studies at the art studio of the sculptor Joaquín Camps …

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Modern art / Sponsored

Business conditions in Andorra for private art galleries, including taxation, are more favorable than in other EU countries, says the owner of the new Andorran art gallery Francisco Herreros

A new private art gallery showcasing the exhibition “Over-Night Sensation” opened yesterday in Andorra la Vella. The owner of the gallery Francisco Herreros told all-andorra.com why he decided to open it in Andorra:

“I began some years ago by establishing shops for artists here in Andorra, where I sold canvases, paints, brushes, stretchers, easels – it was the first and …

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Interview / Modern art

Modern art can only be reached through the classics, said the prima ballerina of the Mariinsky theater Julia Mahalina

The St. Petersburg Ballet, with the participation of the prima ballerina of the Mariinsky theater, Julia Mahalina, winner of the “Golden soffit” prize (1995) and the “Benois de la Danse” prize (1998) performed yesterday in Andorra. On the eve of the gala concert the prima ballerina told all-andorra.com about her career and the current trends …

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Modern art / Opinion

We were able to implement almost everything that was invented using the most advanced technologies, says scriptwriter of Scalada Vision 2016, the former artist of Cirque du Soleil, Mukhtar Omar Sharif Mukhtar

Creative director at “45 Degrees”, which is the exclusive provider of Cirque du Soleil, scriptwriter of Scalada Vision 2016, the former artist of Cirque du Soleil, Mukhtar Omar Sharif Mukhtar shared with all-andorra.com his impressions of the premiere performance:

“Scalada Vision 2016 is the 4th complimentary show in Andorra la Vella. Each time it is an …

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Modern art

Andorran mountains on paintings of Scottish artist John Slavin. 05.05.2016

Biography

John Slavin was born in an industrial region of Scotland in 1956 and received a very academic training at Edinburgh college of Art 1975-1980.

His teacher was Dame Elizabeth Blackadder (Her Majesty’s Painter and Limner in Scotland).  For twenty years he lived and painted landscape on the Isle of Skye in the extreme north-west of Scotland, …

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Modern art

Photography by Domènec Fernàndez Bachs

Biography

Domènec Fernández Bachs (Barcelona, Spain, 1965 ). The catalan photographer. Lives in Andorra since 2010.

Having studied journalism in the UAB (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), he mainly developed his career in the most important media in Spain (El Periódico de Catalunya, AS, Tiempo, Tribuna, etc…). Nevertheless, during these last years, his photographic vision has changed towards a …

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B&W photography by Miquel Merce

Biography

MIQUEL MERCE ARQUITECTE (Escaldes-Engordany, 1982), architect, designer and photographer, graduated in IUT Civil Engineering and Master in architecture registered in the Architects Registration Board of Andorra in 2007, works several years with RCR Architects Olot on various international projects. In 2010, he opened his studio in Andorra and participates in various important projects of architecture, urbanism and landscape across the …

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Modern art

Mònica Armengol: influenced by “action” paintings, I define my practice as research about color and its expressive potentiality

Biography

Mònica Armengol is a high school art teacher. She received her Masters of Fine Arts Degree from the Jean Jaurès University, France. She was granted with a Fulbright Study of the United States Institutes (SUSI). She completed her academic studies in scenography at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona, Spain, before moving back to Andorra …

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