Gathering of Musicians for the Catalan Language

The fourth edition of the Trobada Músics per la Llengua, organised by the Associació Cultural Músics per la Llengua, will be held in Santa Eugènia on May 10 and 11. With the protest slogan "Encara som, encara hi cantam" (We are still here, we are still singing), the Gathering with have the participation of over 60 groups and soloists from the Balearics who are committed to their language and culture.

The performances for Saturday 10 will start at 8 p.m. with mainly pop rock and on Sunday back again at 3 p.m. mainly with composer-singers, folk and traditional music, although there will be exceptions such as the group Antònia Font that will perform on Sunday, as on Saturday they will be giving a concert away from the island.

This new edition coincides with the IX Diada Popular per la Llengua i l'Autogovern, organised by the Obra Cultural Balear (OCB) that will be held in Palma next Saturday 10, as from 6 p.m., and with the end of the Correllengua 2003 organised by Joves de Mallorca per la Llengua. For this reason, next Saturday a delegation of Músics per la Llengua will participate in the Diada to make the Flame of the Correllengua reach Santa Eugènia, where it will be taken on to the stage, giving way to the performances. On Sunday 11, in the morning there will be a street parade by the Grallers de Sa Factoria, who will pass the flame round the streets of Santa Eugènia.

The entrance is free and the precinct will have a camping area and will also hold the Record in Catalan Fair.

The Trobada Músics per la Llengua was held for the first time in Santa Eugènia in November 2000. The second edition also took place in Santa Eugènia in March of 2002, after having been suspended twice due to bad weather. And the last Trobada, the third one, was held in October 2002 in Eivissa town.

Photo © BalearWeb: Second Trobada de Músics per la Llengua, March 2002 2002

Datum: 06/05/2003

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