The City Council programs a series of cultural activities on the occasion of the exhibition ‘Women in the Zuloaga Collection. Seven centuries of art’.

The Mirador del Carmen Cultural Center will host the musician Emil Saiz, the dancer Leonor Leal and the singer Martirio.

The exhibition ‘Women in the Zuloaga Collection. Seven centuries of art’, will remain open to the public until September 29.

The Estepona Town Hall has programmed a cultural cycle of concerts, conferences and free shows, on the occasion of the exhibition ‘Women in the Zuloaga Collection. Seven centuries of art’, whose inauguration took place on July 19 at the Mirador del Carmen Exhibition Center.

The cycle will begin this coming Sunday, August 4, with a concert by Emil Saiz, who has prepared an ambient, cathartic and electronic piece based on the exhibition. The performance will begin at 21.00 hours. The next event will take place on Thursday, August 22, at 21:00 hours, with the dance show ‘De voz, un cuerpo’, by Leonor Leal, and will end on Friday, September 7, at 21:00 hours, with the sung conference ‘La mujer y la copla’ by Martirio.

Invitations for the performances will be available at the box office of the exhibition hall from four days before each performance.

On the other hand, it should be noted that the exhibition ‘Women in the Zuloaga Collection. Seven centuries of art’, organized by the City Council and the Zuloaga Foundation, will remain open to the public at the Mirador del Carmen, until September 29, from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10.00 to 14.00 hours and from 16.00 to 20.00 hours. Those registered in Estepona can visit it free of charge.

The exhibition, made up of 120 works from the collection of the Spanish painter’s family, offers for the first time a social and iconographic history of European women from the Middle Ages to the present day. Seven centuries of a surprising story of progress and setbacks that will contribute to understanding the reality of women today.

Information about the participants in the cycle of performances

Emil Saíz is a composer, guitarist and producer from Madrid, known for his multifaceted work in the Spanish music scene. With a career marked by collaborations and diverse projects, Saiz has released music under the pseudonym Nothing Places and has been part of bands such as Oso Leone and Mucho. His versatility is evident in collaborations with prominent artists such as Iván Ferreiro, Suso Saiz, Christina Rosenvinge, Zahara and Niño de Elche, contributing to a wide range of styles and sonorities.

He has recently released “Affect/Reflect”, a sound piece created for The Listening Affect festival of sound ecologies, curated by the Institute for Postnatural Studies. This sound meditation reflects his ongoing exploration of music as a tool for altering consciousness and transforming perceptions.

He is now presenting his new sonorities live, paving the way for the release of his first solo album, which will transit the space between experimental ambient and the most radical noise. Cascades of guitar-generated textures that explode and implode on themselves, unfolding into iridescent swirls and underwater dreamscapes. A sonic ritual designed to induce altered states of consciousness and explore the transformative dimension of music.

Leonor Leal (Jerez de la Frontera, 1980). A unique dancer with a solid background in Classical and Spanish Dance, she found in Flamenco the right vehicle to develop her talent. Her versatility allows her to adapt to very diverse contexts and face challenges that open doors for her to continue growing as an artist.

He began his career as a member of important flamenco companies such as those of Antonio “El Pipa”, Andrés Marín, Javier Barón and the Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía directed at the time by Cristina Hoyos. In 2008, he presented his first show “Leoleolé” which was followed by others of different formats, “eLe eLe” (2011), “Mosaicos” (2012), “La mujer habitada” (2012), “El Verbo en tu boca” (2014), “Naranja amarga” (2013), “Frágil” (2015), “J.R.T. painter and flamenco” (2016), “Nocturno” (2018), or “En talleres” (2019), productions that he combines with very varied projects or initiatives whether for theater, didactic pieces, video-dances or compositions with diverse musical frameworks, from baroque, to contemporary music.

“J.R.T.” was a fundamental piece in Leonor’s career. There she began, under the artistic direction of the versatile Pedro G. Romero, the path with Alfredo Lagos and Antonio Moreno and met Monica Valenciano and Maria Muñoz, the founder of Mal Pelo, she (says Leonor) “helped us to understand the concept of space and how it begins where you want it to open”.

Since then, two fruitful years were spent working on concepts with residencies in Linz (Austria), at the Centre de Creació “L’Animal a l’Esquena” in Celrá (Girona), in Toulouse (France), in Dusseldorf (Germany)… an accumulation of experiences that led them to “Nocturno”, which beyond a show is above all a work of scenic research.

The next derivative of this creative process is “En talleres” (initially called “Se Prohibe el Cante”), a project premiered at the beginning of 2019, a duet with Antonio Moreno, percussionist and performer in which one can clearly appreciate what they call “compás interno”.

And the most recent, and more ambitious at the scenographic and musical level, is “LOXA, estampas y bailes a partir de los experimentos radiofónicos de Juan de Loxa”, presented at the XXI Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla 2020.

Her career as a soloist is supported by several awards such as ‘Outstanding Dancer’ of the Choreographic contest of Spanish Dance and Flamenco of Madrid 2008, and the award for ‘Best New Artist’ of the Festival de Jerez 2011, or, specifically for “Nocturno”, the ‘Special Mention of the Jury’ at the Festival de Teatro en el Sur 2019, the ‘Best Dance Show Award’ at the Escenarios de Sevilla Awards 2019 or the Nominations for Best Female Dance Performer and Best Dance Show at the XXIII Max Awards of the Performing Arts 2020.

She shows her pieces in many of the main European and American flamenco shows such as the Biennials of Seville and Holland or the festivals of Jerez, Dusseldorf, Esch-Luxembourg, Nîmes, Mont de Marsan, Toulouse, London and New York.

She complements her artistic career with her university studies on ‘Scenic practice and visual culture’, within the Master’s degree offered by the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid in the 2015/16 academic year, with her work as a researcher (presented in the danced conferences “Ahora Bailo yo”(2016), “El lenguaje de las líneas” (2019) and “Divertimento” (2021), and with her incursions as a writer for the books illustrated by the cartoonist Raul Guridi “Catalina sin pamplinas” (Ediciones La fragatina, 2017) and “Bailar” (Editorial Avenauta, 2019).

She attended university studies in Musical Teaching and combines since its inception the artistic career with teaching, being continuously required as a teacher in schools and international flamenco festivals around the world.

Martirio. After being part of the group Jarcha in the 80’s, and later of Veneno, together with Pata Negra and Kiko Veneno, in 1986, she released her first album, produced by the latter: “Estoy mala” and from there began the career of an artist in constant evolution, a pioneer in the recovery and updating of jewels of Spanish and South American popular music.

Martirio defines herself as “a kind of musical archeologist”. Her enigmatic and sophisticated image is the calling card of a living artist, always curious, at ground level, modern and avant-garde.

Martirio’s musical language begins to develop and create itself through each of her various recordings, in a wide spectrum of different music and genres that she has fused with naturalness. Collaborating with musicians of the most diverse tendencies and styles, key musicians in her career: Kiko Veneno, Chano Domínguez, Raúl Rodríguez, Kenny Drew Jr…. Sharing her music with artists as diverse in their art as Chavela Vargas, Soledad Bravo, Javier Ruibal, María del Mar Bonet, Susana Rinaldi, Omara Portuondo, Compay Segundo, Marta Valdés, Lila Downs, Son de la Frontera, Alberto Cortez, Ojos de Brujo, Jerry González, Amancio Prada…. developing a career rich in experiences and experiences…. developing a career rich in musical experiences and becoming a reference in Spanish music. Multifaceted artist, she has done theater, cinema, television, radio and literature.

Throughout her career she has received numerous national and international awards. Nominated for a Grammy in 2002 with her album “Mucho corazón”. She has two SGAE National Music Awards: Best Jazz Album for “Acoplados” with Chano Domínguez (2005, RTVE. Music) and Best Fusion Album for “Primavera en Nueva York” (Calle 54 Records, 2007). She has been awarded the Medal of Andalusia in 2004. She was awarded “La Llave de Medellín”, (Colombia, 2000), has been named “Illustrious Citizen of Puerto Rico” (2002) and “Honorary Citizen of Buenos Aires” (2010). In 2010 she received the “Cubadisco” International Award. “El Público” Award from Canal Sur Radio to the trajectory (2009), “La Antena de oro” (Spanish radiotelevision media award (2008), The “Trayectoria de ARTE” award, from the Spanish Managers Association, in 2014 and the Medal of Huelva, her hometown. In 2015 the “Liberpress” Award in Girona to the trajectory and contribution to Spanish music and in Seville, (2016), the “Flamencas con Arte” award, given by the designers of flamenco dresses for bringing the Andalusian image internationally. In this same year she has been awarded the “Provincial Gold Medal” of Huelva. In November 2016 she was awarded the “Premio Nacional de las Músicas Actuales” by the Ministry of Culture. She was also awarded in 2017, the “Antinoo” Prize of the LGTB Association in Seville. The “Ambassador in her homeland” Award from Canal Sur. In December 2019 she has been