Music & Fashion: International Keyboard Festival & Masterclass (IKFEM)
The International Keyboard Festival & Masterclass (IKFEM) celebrates its seventh edition this year from July 14 to 21 under the slogan «Music & Fashion».
| 18.07.2019 | The objective of IKFEM, created in 2013, is to promote a professional space for cultural enrichment and the promotion of new talents. This edition has opted to highlight the relationship between music and Spanish and Portuguese fashion; two artistic expressions that feedback to show us a perfect symbiosis of historical identity.
Fashion Bridge
On Friday July 19 at 20:15, with limited capacity and under the name «Fashion Bridge«, will be celebrated for the first time in history, a fashion show at the International Bridge that unites Tui and Valença. The designs of the Spanish Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada and the Portuguese Katty Xiomara will be on the catwalk.
Fashion Bridge is an event that seeks to bring the music and fashion of both cultures together in the same space, making the International Bridge the bridge of fashion. IKFEM also proposes a wide range of cultural proposals that allow the public to enjoy the heritage of this cross-border territory in a different way.
The connections between music, fashion and tradition are also reflected in the show of O Fiadeiro and ESADg, which will take place on Wednesday, July 17 at 10 pm at the Teatro de Tui. It is a staging that mixes dances and Galician and Portuguese traditions, music and interpretation, where the costumes have a fundamental role.
Organization
Andrea González, director and founder of IKFEM, accompanied by Jorge Mendes, president of the Municipal Chamber of Valença; Sonsoles Vicente, Councilor for Tui Culture; Uxío Benítez, director of the EGTC Rio Miño; Xosé Lago, director of the GNP-EGTC; and María José Echevarría, Territorial Head of Culture in Pontevedra, presented the complete program of the Festival on Tuesday at the Parador de Tui.
Training
As in past editions, the festival wants to highlight its formative profile. This year, a total of 50 students, Galician and Portuguese, between 16 and 30 years, will participate in a series of master classes of classical piano and jazz, organ, key, hurdy-gurdy, accordion and singing. A program subsidized by the General Directorate of Xuventude, Participation and Volunteering, of the Department of Social Policy of the Xunta de Galicia. These students will also participate in three concerts at the Cathedral of Tui on Friday 19 and Plaça da República de Valença, on Friday 19 and Saturday 20. (The deadline to register for the masterclasses is open until July 10).
About IKFEM
IKFEM was created by the pianist Andrea González in 2013 and is promoted through the associations Xuventudes Musicais of Eixo Atlántico and Juventude Musical Eixo Atlântico, with the aim of creating a professional space of cultural enrichment and promotion of new talents.
More info on www.ikfem.com
