- Nearly a hundred people attend the two free concerts of the Alla Corda quartet presented by the Cáceres artist Chloé Bird
Nearly one hundred people participated this Sunday in the celebration of European Music Day, organized by Cáceres 2031 at the Ateneo de Cáceres. The event brought together people of all ages for a free cultural program that combined music, education, and community, aiming to bring the richness of European musical heritage closer to the public.
The day offered two showings of the show “Magical Journey through Music”, performed by the Alla Corda string quartet and presented by the singer and composer from Cáceres Chloé Bird, who, playing Greta Maleta – an expert in music rarology, has taken the public on a geographical and temporal journey through some of the most representative musical works and traditions in Europe.
A journey through the geography and history of the continent
Through a careful selection of pieces, attendees have traveled from the baroque of Johann Sebastian Bach to contemporary compositions by Max Richter, passing through essential authors such as Mozart, Brahms, Debussy, Bartók or Ennio Morricone. The program has also included traditional Irish music and works that reflect the cultural diversity of the continent.
During the presentation, Chloé Bird claimed music as a space for meeting and celebrating diversity. “Differences do not separate us; let’s celebrate the unique, let’s celebrate the different, let’s celebrate the strange. Music is a meeting place,” she highlighted.
For her part, the general coordinator of the Cáceres 2031 Consortium, Iris Jugo, has emphasized the symbolic value of this date for the candidacy: “European Music Day is an opportunity to celebrate the continent’s cultural heritage and to remember that culture is one of the great spaces of unity between people,” she noted.
Likewise, the Councilor for Culture of the Cáceres City Council, Jorge Suárez, highlighted that the celebration reflects one of the main objectives of the candidacy for European Capital of Culture 2031, which is to place citizens at the center of the project and make culture a tool for collective transformation, with citizens as “great protagonists of this process.”
The two concerts were accompanied by a small snack to encourage dialogue between the attendees, within the Dialogues for the Capital, in a close and participatory environment that reflects the values of inclusion, citizenship and access to culture promoted by Cáceres’ candidacy for European Capital of Culture 2031.
With this initiative, Cáceres 2031 continues to promote cultural activities open to all citizens that encourage participation and strengthen the connection between local culture and European values through shared experiences.
