| The artist or group winning the contest, convened by the Department of Youth, may record a single | The Department of Youth of the City of Cartagena celebrates one more year a new edition of the Music Festival next Sunday, June 21.
This year the musical event changes its format adapting to the new times and regulations by convening its first Young Musical Contest, with the aim of promoting, promoting and publicizing local talent. This festival, which has its origin in France, was created as a humble explosion of musical idealism that, in just two decades, has become a worldwide popular event.
The contest that arises this year, in which you can participate either as a member of a musical group or as a soloist, is aimed at young people between 16 and 35 years old who were born in Cartagena or who are residing in the city on its publication date.“The Music Festival returns one more year as an initiative to show all the musical talent that exists among our young people.
This year, in addition, we are convinced that it will be a very important boost for Culture, which has suffered so much during the health crisis caused by the Coronavirus, ”said the Councilor for Youth, David Martínez.CONTEST AWARDSA first prize that will enable the recording, mixing and mastering of a single, in addition to its musical production, in the facilities that the Department of Youth has at the Youth Center of Quarries.A second prize will be made available to the classifieds and for one year in one of the rehearsal rooms located, also, in the Youth Center of Canteras.
In addition, both winners will be invited to participate in the 2021 Music Festival.TO PARTICIPATE The application submission period will start on June 22, 2020 and end on August 23, 2020.
To participate, the projects will be presented, together with the corresponding documentation, in person at the Department of Youth of Cartagena (Paseo de Alfonso XIII, nº 51), by appointment by calling 968128862, or telematically, through the electronic headquarters of the Cartagena City Council.In addition, those interested in participating will find all the information on the event website or by contacting the organization via email.Thus, "the possibility of recording a single or having access to the facilities of the Youth Center of Canteras to carry out rehearsals seems to us the best way to enhance the talent of our young people so that they continue to amaze us with new works in the future," he pointed out.
.During this week, other programs of the Department of Youth such as the Classical Music Competition 'Between Strings and Metals' and the Urban Culture and Sport UrbanCt program, will also develop a musical movement on social networks.For its part, 'Entre Cuerdas y Metales' joins the digital celebration of this Music Festival 2020 making a well-deserved tribute to teachers and students from all the conservatories in the Region (Cartagena, Murcia, Lorca, Jumilla, Caravaca, Cieza , Molina de Segura and San Javier) showing the videos provided by them.
Thus, you can enjoy their performances on the Instagram account @cuerdasymetales throughout this week.In turn, Urban Ct, already present in the previous editions of the Music Festival, proposes that we accompany them this Sunday, June 21, in their live shows shared from the Instagram account @ urban.ct with the following program:16:00 @danicrobles & @ franciscogin1980 (Huelva)16:30 @mariolazocuesto (Fist and Letter) (Huelva)17:00 @ roke.on3fucktrap (Los Alcazares)17:30 @antoniovicentep (Cartagena)18:00 @jeromolto (Madrid)18:30 @kikaymusic (Cartagena)19:00 @crispy_ctt (Cartagena)19:30 @djpyru (Jaen)20:00 @sthal_inc (Murcia)20:30 @hiphopmighty (Madrid)21:00 @dammymc (Molina de Segura)21:30 @eme_o_karamel (Alicante)22:00 @zetaka_zk (Cartagena)22:30 @bushido_records (Cartagena)23:00 @djfreazer (Alicante)Finally, David Martínez has remarked, “to the already established collaboration between the Music Festival and the Urban Ct program, this year the participation of the contest of young performers Entre Cuerdas y Metales is added, which will bring more variety to the call for 2020 and will fill the social networks of artists, not only from Cartagena but from the entire Region and other parts of Spain ”.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena