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Walking around the first floor of the Cultural Center Ramón Alonso Luzzy where left open the exhibition The Sea festival, a sample of twenty of the Sea of Music under the gaze of two official photographers, the late Carlos and Pablo Sánchez Gallego Valley, will thrill many of its viewers, who feel like himself growing a festival, which began its journey in 1995 with a concert by the Brazilian Olodum, with no more than seventy people.
Today however the Sea of Music is considered one of the three most important world music festivals in Europe, exhausted gig tickets and this exhibition attests all.
The exhibition, which will be visited until 31 August, opened today Monday, before the eyes of one of its protagonists, Pablo Sanchez, who was accompanied by the Councillor for Culture, Rosario Montero, and festival director Paco Martin.
Ali Farka Touré came first to Spain on the occasion of the Sea of Music.
It was 1995, and today the great reference of African music, sadly passed away, is now a memory for all music lovers. Festival La Mar opens with a picture of this great musician's music history, like many of the artists whose pictures hang on the walls of the House of Culture of Cartagena.
The exhibition, divided into years, consists of the pictures Carlos Gallego made ​​since the beginning of the festival until 2002 and Paul Sanchez del Valle held from 2003 to 2013 edition. All photographs have been selected and produced by the latter that, with this sign, you also want to pay tribute to who preceded him.
A very young and beautiful Oumou Sangare visiting Spain for the first time in 1996.
I was in Cartagena, in the Auditorio Parque Torres, at that time, only scenario the Sea of Music, today has seven.
Oumou, Queen of Africa, The Prize of Music in 2012, came to present the fourth of his Woratan discs.
In 1997, also stepped our country for the first time, the young Carlinhos Brown.
At that time a stranger came to present his incredible Alfagamabetizado. Ran 1998 when the festival was pleased to hire Compay Segundo, had not yet given the bombshell
Buena Vista Social Club. Always great Compay was accompanied among others by the great Martyrdom and sang on stage and kissed.
The face without markings over the years that in 1999 had Youssou N'Dour, the current Minister of Culture and Tourism of Senegal, the most important voice of Africa, the few spectators still viewed, for he had filled in their visits after Cartagena, when with Neneh Cherry had launched the world famous 7 Seconds.
The year was 2000 and the Sea of Music was a Special Brazil.
Were already many festival-goers and there are still many who remember the great spectacle of Daniela Mercury.
That impressive samba rhythm that hit Torres Park, when Mercury came to present his party Sol da Liberdade.
In 2001, Mali was the leading country and Salif Keita and Amadou et Marian, of its representatives.
In 2002 appeared the first time in Spain Gotan Project to present his first successful album Revenge of the tango.
A delicacy at the time.
A worldwide phenomenon that clustered at the junction of tango and electronic music.
A year later appeared in a very young Torres Park Ojos de Brujo, Barcelona band, had a year before lacing Bari album that launched them to fame, and with which toured half the world.
Fito Páez inaugurated the Sea of Music in 2004 and his singing Wet The Rain changed in Cartagena Joaquín Sabina, singer by the Canarian Pedro Guerra.
In 2005 on the same stage the audience fell silent to listen live to Anthony and The Johnsons that same year had published his successful I'ma bird now.
Mama Africa left us a few years ago, but in 2006 was responsible for opening the edition of La Mar de Músicas that had South Africa as a guest. Miriam Makeba Pata Pata sang her an audience given to one of the most important personalities in musical history of Africa.
A year later, another great, Gilberto Gil, was responsible for the closing of the 2007 edition.
Enrique Morente in 2008 came to Torres Park Lizard accompanied by Nick in which was the successful recall of the Omega disc.
A magical night where Morente shone like the star he was.
In 2009, Calle 13 came first to the Sea of Music and after singing his No Nobody like you were invited to La Mala Rodriguez who came up with them on stage, producing one in those special conjunctions that have made ​​The Sea of ​​Music, a unique encounter for many.
In 2010, Spain won the World Cup, and Melody Gardot concert had to delay one hour, withstand vocinas cars, stopping several times their songs by the cries of some Spaniards who first enjoyed the triumph of a world, but she always was the diva magic remains today.
Peret reappeared in 2011 in the Sea of Music six years after his retirement from the stage and sang her Cindy Lauper Girls just want to have a fun with the public.
Emir Kusturica Wine Brand in Europe his opera The time of the Gypsies in 2012 and a year later Gregory Porter raised the public of La Mar de Músicas of their seats as long ago, another artist did.
This is history of the festival, is a small part of what the viewer will visit the exhibition The Sea Festival.
A tour of a hundred photographs are now history.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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