- The Honor Section puts the finishing touch to this 136th edition this Sunday
- The First Section of the “Ciudad de València” International Music Band Contest, held at the Palau de la Música, has ended with the triumph of the Banda Marcial do Vale (Portugal), which has won first prize by reaching 351 points. . The second prize went to the Getafe Music Band with 337 points and the third to the Moncada Artistic Musical Center, with 319 points.
The Portuguese band from Vale has performed the pasodoble Miguel Pérez Ricarte, by Manuel Morales Martínez and the free work Sinfonía de Zhou Tian directed by its owner Bruno Azevedo. The obligatory work of this first section has been Ceremonies by the composer Ellen Taafe-Zwillich. The invited group while the jury was deliberating was the Young Symphonic Band of the Federation of Musical Societies of the Valencian Community (FSMCV) directed by Enrique Montesinos Parra.
The award to the winning company of this First Section has been presented by the Councilor for Cultural Action, Heritage and Cultural Resources and president of the Organizing Committee, José Luis Moreno.
Artistic duel at the highest level in the Honor Section
This Sunday, the Palau hosts the Honor Section of the Contest. An artistic duel at the highest level in which five large Valencian groups participate, which has generated great expectation, which is why the Palau is expected to be full to witness this Section with which the 136th edition of the CIBM Ciudad de València will conclude.
In the morning session starting at 10 a.m. you can hear the Ateneu Musical Schola Cantorum of Vall d’Uixó (Castellón), the Unió Musical Symphonic Band of Llíria (València) and the La Armónica Musical Instruction Center of Buñol ( Valencia). The auditions will continue in the afternoon at 5:30 p.m. with performances by the Societat Instructiva Unión Musical de Tavernes de la Valldigna (València) and the Societat Musical La Artística de Buñol (València).
In addition to following it live on the Contest’s YouTube channel, this year, for the first time, À Punt television will broadcast the Honor Section in its entirety, in which the Valencia Municipal Symphonic Band, directed by Cristóbal Soler, will perform as a guest group. , and that will close the Contest.