The Education of the Virgin. Attributed to Diego Velázquez, ca. 1617–18
Yale University Art Gallery
· The canvas, found at Yale University and attributed to Velázquez by John Marciari, Curator of European Art at the San Diego Museum of Art, will be restored by Banco Santander for a later exhibition in Spain.
·El lienzo, hallado en la Universidad de Yale y atribuido a Velázquez por John Marciari, Conservador Jefe de Arte Europeo en el Museo de Arte de San Diego, será restaurado por el Banco Santander para su posterior exposición en España.
· Riccardo Muti receives the Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts 2011. The renowned director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is grateful for this recognition by insisting on the profound historical and cultural relationship between Italy and Spain.
“In Chicago, where I am working with my orchestra, I have received the news that I have been bestowed with the 2011 Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts. I feel particularly honoured to receive this prestigious award related to the world of the Arts and even happier because Spain, its public and its culture have been very important in my artistic life. I thank His Royal Highness Prince Felipe and the Jury for this great honour.”
· Riccardo Muti recibe el Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Artes 2011. El prestigioso director de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Chicago agradece este reconocimiento insistiendo en la profunda relación histórico-cultural entre Italia y España.
· 150th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy, within a context of budget cuts: “Yes, I agree with that God save Italy… I have already lived my life, I am not 30. As an Italian who travels around the world, I am very saddened by what it is happening. I will repeat this Hasten, thoughts -by popular request- not only because of patriotic reasons, but because while the choir was singing O, my homeland, so beautiful and lost!, I have thought that if we kill the culture on which the history of Italy is based, our homeland will truly be beautiful and lost. Since we are in a very Italian atmosphere and since I have broken a silence maintained for years, let us do an exception. We are at home (at the Theatre of Rome) and the choir has masterfully performed, accompanied by this great orchestra. Let us take a broader sense to the music and let us sing all together. But, pay attention!”
· 150º Aniversario de la Unificación Italiana, en un contexto de grandes recortes presupuestarios: “Sí, estoy de acuerdo con ese Viva Italia… Yo ya he hecho mi vida, no tengo 30 años. Como italiano que recorre el mundo, estoy muy afligido por cuanto está acaeciendo. Si accedo al bis del Va, pensiero, por petición vuestra, no lo hago tanto -o sólo- por razones patrióticas, sino porque esta noche mientras el coro cantaba Oh mi patria, tan bella y tan perdida, pensaba que si matamos la cultura sobre la que se fundamenta la historia de Italia, verdaderamente nuestra patria será bella y perdida. Dado que nos encontramos en un clima muy itálico y puesto que he roto un silencio guardado durante años, hagamos una excepción. Estamos en casa (en el Teatro de Roma) y el coro ha cantado magistralmente, acompañado por esta gran orquesta. Démosle un sentido más amplio a la música y cantemos todos juntos. Pero, ¡prestad atención!”
