| February 24, 2009 |
- Famous Spanish chefs coming to Cap Cana
- Santo Domingo Music Festival
- Cultural Capital of the Americas
- Third Caribbean Andalucia Fair
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Famous Spanish chefs coming to Cap Cana
Some of the most famous Spanish chefs will be in the DR from 5-7 March for the celebration of the Club Gastronomico Espanol Millesime gastronomic event at Cap Cana on the East Coast. Millesime is a gastronomic club that organizes high level gastronomy events around the world.
Coming for Cap Cana Millesime are chefs Ferran Adria, Adolfo Munoz, Quique Dacosta, Jordi Roca, Enrique Martinez, Mario Sandoval, Jaoquin Felipe, Pedro Moran, Marcos Moran and Paco Roncero. They have prepared special menus for the event. Tickets to the event cost US$1,000 and cover multiple gastronomic tastings on 6 and 7 March. There will also be a golf tournament on Saturday, 7 March.
The event is promoted as an exceptional opportunity to discover new cooking techniques and the secrets of exquisite products prepared by the leading specialists. The cooks will be offering talks, tastings and encounters on Thursday, 5 and Friday 6 March at the Club Caleton.
For more information, contact Cap Cana at c.peralta@capcana.com
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Santo Domingo Music Festival
Santo Domingo Classical Music Festival is to be held this 4-14 March 2009. The sixth edition of the Santo Domingo Music Festival, already a tradition in the country, takes place in the main hall of the National Theater. On this occasion, the artistic director of the event, Maestro Philippe Entremont and Fundacion Sinfonia are again engaging excellent international artists. Musicians from the United States and Europe and the National Symphony Orchestra make up the Festival Orchestra. For the program of events, see
http://www.sinfonia.org.do/main_us.htm
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Cultural Capital of the Americas
Santo Domingo seeks to be named the American Cultural Capital of the World. The Center of European Studies of the PUCMM had the initiative and is working in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, the City of Santo Domingo, the Ministry of Tourism and the Santo Domingo Tourism Cluster, among other local institutions to apply for the designation as American Capital of Culture 2010.
Xavier Tudela, president of the International Bureau of Cultural Capitals, will be in Santo Domingo 24-25 February to receive the application. Applications for the designation are taken in the first quarter of the year. According to the organizers of the Cultural Capitals movement, there is no charge to apply.
The benefits are usually internal social cohesion and international projection. The CAC organization collaborates in the international projection, with no cost to the appointed city. If the country is chosen, the Ministry of Culture would be appointed coordinator of the event, explains CAC.
The appointment would be an opportunity to promote the cultural diversity and its most important attractions worldwide, while generating a collective sense of self-appreciation.
The Cultural Capitals of the Americas program evolved from the original initiative dating back to 1985 that designated European Culture Capitals and became the most popular and unifying initiative of the European Union. As of 2000, it moved on to the Americas.
The Amerian Capital of Culture (CAC) dates back to 1997. It fosters the cultural integration in the Americas, improving the awareness of the cultural heritage among the peoples of the Americas, while respecting the national and regional diversity, and focusing on the common cultural heritage.
The Cultural Capital of the Americas Organization is a member of the International Bureau of Cultural Capitals. The CAC is accredited by the OAS and has the recognition of the parliaments of Latin America and Europe.
To date, the cultural capitals of the Americas in Latin America have been:
Merida (Mexico) 2000, Iquique (Chile) 2001, Maceio (Brazil) 2002, Panama City (Panama), Curitiba (Brazil) 2003, Santiago (Chile) 2004, Guadalajara (Mexico) 2005, Cordoba (Argentina) 2006 and Cuzco (Peru) 2007.
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Third Caribbean Andalucia Fair
Casa de Campo will be again hosting the Caribbean Andalucia Fair. In its 3rd year, the fair will take place on the long weekend of 26, 27 and 28 February. The organizers of the fair work closely with the Fair of Seville and the Confederation of Entrepreneurs of Andalucia to present the colorful cultural extravaganza. As part of the exhibition and activities, tents, a stage, tapas bars, wooden paths, and main grounds for equestrian shows and carriages have been set up. A rodeo of the Casa de Campo Equestrian Center (with its 500 horses) and the Andalucia-Caribbean Golf Cup are on the program. Likewise there will be tennis, polo and shooting tournaments. And a Business Forum.
Beautiful ladies, in colorful Andalucian-style dresses, Andalucian gastronomy, horsemen, amazons, majestic horses, carriages and music provide the ambiance. Musically-speaking, bands coming directly from Andalucia, such as Malasangre 5, will be there to perform on the two great nights with amazing shows of world known Andalucian artists, Rosario Flores and Antonio Carmona.
A Business Forum is also scheduled, where local and international speakers will address “The World Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities. Dominican Republic, Spain, the Caribbean and the Americas. This is developed with Confederation of Entrepreneurs of Andalucia (CEA), the Export and Investment Center of the Dominican Republic (CEI-RD) and the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD/FUNGLODE).
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