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The Sea of ​​Music makes Cartagena in the cultural Mediterranean port (28/07/2015)

Cartagena has become a year in July in the cultural Mediterranean port.

Cinema, art, literature and especially music, lots of music have become the center of the city in a large auditorium that has welcomed Chile as guest country, but that has come the sounds of other cultures in these 9 days. With these words pride was expressed Tuesday the councilor of Culture, David Martinez, to take stock of the 21st edition of the Sea Music, the press conference has been accompanied by the director of the festival, Francisco Martin.

From Friday 17 July to Saturday 25, the event has gathered in its activities over 40 thousand people.

Activities that do not stop growing year after year, with new stages and new cycles.

The festival which has more than half of free activities, has sold 85 percent of concert tickets and pay 5 times hung the poster of all tickets sold.

44 concerts scheduled 10 films screened, 13 literary events, eight exhibitions, 3 children's workshops are full of activities this year have taken place in the Sea of Music giving, especially Chilean culture in our country , which was, and he said the Ambassador of Chile in our own country, Francisco Marambio, the largest cultural landing that Chile has never performed in a foreign country, reminded the mayor. 78 activities that can be described as successful, Given the wide acceptance of the public who participated in them.

Musically, the Sea of Music, sold 85 percent of concert tickets payment, hanging the sold out five times in concerts Zaz, Quilapayún and Manuel Garcia, Toumani Diabate, Owen Pallet and Pascuala Ilabaca.

In addition, the festival has touched full with concerts by Jimmy Cliff, Lila Downs, Melody Gardot and the sticker.

The city center has come alive during these days, getting to receive nearly 15 thousand people Wednesday 22, the day the city held, sponsored by Repsol, La Libre Bar La Mar seven free concerts on several stages such as the Paseo del Puerto, Plaza San Francisco, City Hall Square, and Old Cathedral.

This year a new stage was added to the festival, we are here, where four groups of Murcia presented their proposals.

Given the good acceptance that has had, the Sea of Music will continue to pursue this stage and enhance in new editions, as has happened to La Mar Chica, each edition is already adding new viewers and attracts three times more young audience it did in its first edition, claimed David Martinez.

The festival this year has had seven artists who began their tour of Spain in Cartagena as Zaz, Melody Gardot or Lila Downs and seven acting exclusively in the Sea of Music, as Q uilapayún, Manuel Garcia, Gino Paoli or one of the Voodoo festival surprises Game.

As for the media coverage, the company, Kantar Media, responsible for assessing and measuring audiences, and in the absence of the end of July, has assessed that the Sea of Music has had an economic impact on the media of 4,600,000 euros and an audience of 300 million people, with 8,470 found news related to the festival.

Festival remaining exposures, which remain open until August 30, except for José Pedro Godoy will close on August 27.

Francisco Martin, who has among his favorite performances that are held on the stage of the cathedral, much of the success of this edition is the great production work that has been carried out and that we must thank the sound engineers , lighting, coaches, etc., allowing all concerts were developed without failure and total punctuality. In addition, festival director highlighted the economic benefit that the event is for the city, primarily for the hospitality industry.

And for next year, it remains to determine the country to which the edition number 22 is dedicated, the idea is to change continent, and try to find sponsors, have more budget and make a little better festival, announced Martin.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena

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