The other side of the typical Spanish music

Typical Spanish music has a lot of faces. It could be much more than stomping and guitars. And if by a chance you are in Barcelona next weekend, you’ll be able to check it yourself, in the concert that 3 young talented musicians will offer at the Reial Cercle Artistic (Arcs street 5).
With Anna Ibáñez’s piano, César Arístides’ violin and Susanna Mendoza’s soprano voice, they make a very particular combination of Classic Spanish music and Zarzuela.
You just can’t miss the opportunity to attend this special musical event, on June 11th at 21:00 hrs. The entry costs 15 Euros and includes a glass of cava (Spanish champagne).
You can book your tickets at Hotel Principal reception desk.

Barcelona rocks with Primavera Sound

Barcelona stays number one on the world pop scene with this year's addition of Primavera Sound (25-28 May).

The music will run the gamut from pop and rock to electronic to dance, always with a focus on the independent, the new, the underground, and the diverse. Bands will be local and from all over the world: from Austria, Chile, Poland, everywhere.

If you are looking for an escape from the usual and the commercial, this four-day music razzle is just right for you, and at the right price. And speaking of underground this year there will be free concerts at various Metro stops around Barcelona, close to the hotel. These concerts have become so popular they have outgrown their original home in the Park Forum and will spill into the Poble Espanyol this year.

Have kids? There is a minimusic space for children with workshops of music, collages, and biscuits.
The festive pop-music will permeate the city from 25-28 May and we at Hotel Principal will be happy to be your guides.

Sonar Festival: the kids go first

The SonarKids 2010 festival will take place in Barcelona on 12th and 13th June. The second festival comes after the success of the first, which was attended by 5,300 spectators, including parents and children, and contained more than 40 activities. SonarKids 2010 doubles up over two days of activities, workshops, shows and surprises for the whole family, in the CCCB and MACBA venues.

The music line-up of the SonarKids festival will include top drawer artists who will be adapting their styles or even creating new ones especially for an event as unusual as this one.

SonarKids features numerous creative activities and workshops. Some of them are specifically designed for parents and children to be able to enjoy the experience together, while in others the boys and girls at SonarKids will be doing it for themselves.

This all happens in a space that is especially adapted for family audiences, with all types of facilities for parents and a new infrastructure which will be adapted to the world of children in terms of size and sound. SonarKids continues to be a new concept in family leisure, conceived by Sónar so that both parents and children enjoy music, workshops, art and technology together, over two days that are ideal for learning while playing, and having a good time.

Dancing, learning and having a good time is what it's all about!

Source: Sonar official website.

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Music & fun for children: Sonar Kids 2009

Barcelona´s International Festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art (The Festival Sónar de Música Avanzada y Arte Multimedia de Barcelona) is already a theiving institution. But the17th annual addition (18-20 June) will have a new twist. On the 21st the first ever Sonar Kids will be celebrated on.

According to the official web of Sonar Kids “Children will learn by enjoying music and art in a way they have never done up til now”, their creativities will be stimulated. Children will be able to interact in new forms of instrumentation and composition using robotics and technology.
Well-known kids illustrator Jordi Labanda will make portaits of children and teach illustrating techniques. Some of the festival´s singers themselves will tweek their music for the new audience. Laurent Garnier, the well-known DJ and techno-music producer, was present at the first Sonar and wanted to be in the first Kids Sonar.
A striking idea comes from France in the form of the hiphop puppets of Puppetmastaz which already have extensive experience with the young public. Another zone will be dedicated to skate and especially to fingerskate a very particular mini-variation of this sport which consists of learning to skate using your fingers. There will also be workshops in beatboxing, dj, and hip-hop.
All in all, it should be a very original and enjoyable experience.