Cartographies. Meeting Agustín González Acilu and Rafael Moneo.

An emotional encounter will take place on the stage of the Museum's theater. The composer Agustín González Acilu (Alsasua, 1929) and the architect Rafael Moneo (Tudela, 1937) met when both were practically at the beginning of their careers. Now they meet at the Museo Universidad de Navarra, where the performers of the Trio Arbós will play several pieces, including the premiere of the composition by Agustín González to Belén Feduchi Benlliure.

González Acilu and Moneo met after a period of shared training in Italy during the sixties and seventies of the last century, together with great thinkers - Umberto Eco, Giulio Carlo Argan, Diego Fabbri, Edoardo Sanguinetti - from whom they drew for their first projects, an unbreakable relationship of friendship has been forged in which intellectual exchange has been constant. The sound structures transferred to the ideation of large buildings, have their equivalent in the solidity of the materials that support the musical constructions of the most absolute rigor.
A review of the artistic manifestations with which both have marked their careers for more than half a century reveals the value of this exchange based, above all, on a deep mutual esteem and admiration.

Request your invitation to the event at the box office or by sending an e-mail to museo@unav.es.

PROGRAM

1) Sonata for violin and piano.

2) Limits 3 for violin solo.

3) Piano Trio (World Premiere)

AGUSTÍN GONZÁLEZ ACILU (Alsasua, Navarra, 1929).
He studied music in his native town and at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Madrid with E. Massó, F. Calés and J. Gómez. A scholarship from the Diputación Foral de Navarra allowed him to further his studies in Paris, Venice, Rome and Darmstadt. Author of an extensive catalog of works, he was awarded the National Music Prize in 1971 for his Pan-linguistic Oratorio.
Professor of Harmony and Techniques of the 20th Century at the Pablo Sarasate Professional Conservatory of Music in Pamplona, he was also a founding member of the Association of Spanish Symphonic Composers (ACSE) in 1976. In 1998 he was again awarded the National Music Prize for his musical production as a whole.
In 2009 he received the Premio Príncipe de Viana de Cultura from the Government of Navarra and the Gold Medal from the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid. In 2011 he was named Doctor Honoris Causa by the Public University of Navarra.

RAFAEL MONEO VALLÉS (Tudela, Navarra, 1937)
Architect of the Museo Universidad de Navarra, he studied at the Madrid School of Architecture, graduating in 1961. In 1970 he obtained the chair of Elements of Composition at the Barcelona School of Architecture and in 1980 he took charge of the Madrid School of Architecture until 1985, when he was appointed Chairman of the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, a position he held until 1990. Rafael Moneo is currently Josep Lluis Sert Professor of Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Rafael Moneo has received numerous awards, including the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1996 and the Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2003. Elected Academician of Fine Arts in 1997, he took up his post at the beginning of 2005. In 2006 the Higher Council of the Spanish Architects' Associations awarded him the Gold Medal of Spanish Architecture and in 2012 he received the Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts.
His most emblematic works include, in Spain, the Atocha Station (Madrid), the Kursaal Conference Center and Auditorium (San Sebastián), the Julián Chivite Winery (Estella, Navarra), and the Concert Auditorium (Barcelona), among others.

PERFORMERS ARBÓS TRIO

National Music Award 2013, the Arbós Trio is currently formed by Cecilia Bercovich, violin; José Miguel Gómez, cello and Juan Carlos Garvayo, piano. It was founded in Madrid in 1996, taking the name of the famous Spanish conductor, violinist and composer Enrique Fernández Arbós (1863-1939). It is currently one of the most prestigious chamber ensembles in the Spanish musical panorama.

The Arbós Trio performs regularly in the most important international halls and festivals in more than 30 countries: Vienna Konzerthaus, Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Kuhmo Festival, Venice Biennale, Spoleto Festival, MUSICA Festival in Strasbourg, Philarmonie in Berlin, etc.

MODERATED BY MARTA CURESES

She holds a PhD in Geography and History from the University of Oviedo and a degree in Anglo-Germanic Philology from the University of Salamanca.

He has spent time at several European universities and at The London School of Economics and Political Sciences.

Member of several editorial teams in magazines and Director of the Encuentros con la Creación Contemporánea (Vicerrectorado de Extensión y Relaciones Internacionales) for ten editions.

Curator of exhibitions in Spain and several European capitals, she has collaborated with the Joan Miró Foundation, Juan March Foundation, La Casa Encendida, Joan Brossa Foundation, CDMC of MNCARS, ACA Foundation of Mallorca, Espai d'Art Contemporàneo de Castellón, Cervantes Institute, Cente Arts Santa Mònica or CNDM, among others.

Some of his books: Tomás Marco. La música española desde la vanguardia, Historia del Piano Contemporáneo. Premio Internacional Jaén, González Acilu: la estética de la tensión, Camino a Kampa: Clara Janés y Vladimir Holan, LIM 85-95. A synthesis of contemporary music in Spain (II), among others. Member of research teams (R+D), he directs numerous Doctoral Theses dedicated to the artistic creation of our time.

She was deputy director of INAEM during 2008 and 2009.

COLLABORATE