Comunidad Amijai presents the great violinist Shlomo Mintz, who will offer this single presentation in Argentina, on Thursday, July 16, 2009, 8.30 PM.
The program includes "Las cuatro estaciones porteñas", by Astor Piazzolla, and Vivaldi's "Four Seasons". With the participation of chamber music group "Estacion Buenos Aires", directed by Rafael Gintoli.
Comunidad Amijai is located in Arribeños 2355, Belgrano. Tickets on sale at the venue, Monday to Thursday 11.30 am to 3 pm, and 4 pm to 7.30 pm.

The National Symphonic Orchestra, directed by master Pedro Ignacio Calderón, starts its 2009 season on Friday, March 13th, with a concert at Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires. The program includes works by Ludwig Van Beethoven, Camille Saint-Saëns and Felix Mendelssohn.
The concerts offered this year will feature several guest artists, like directors Enrique Barrios (Mexico), and David Handel (USA), and Italian pianist Alessandro Césaro
Some of the singers will be Susanna Moncayo, Víctor Torres, Susana Caligaris, Gabriela Cipriani Zec, among others. The instrumental soloists: Denisse Richard, Marcelo Balat, Fernando Pérez and Eduardo Hubert (piano); Lucrecia Jancsa (harp), Isabel Siewers (guitar), Roberto Rutkauskas and Luis Roggero (violin), and Sebastián Bru, a 17 year old Argentine chelist, with an outstanding European career.
The Argentine guest directors are Alejo Pérez, José María Sciutto, Adrián Avila, Daniel Mazza, Carlos Vieu, Luis Gorelik, Mario Perusso, Guillermo Scarabino, Pablo Boggiano and Guillermo Becerra.
This year the Orchestra will join the world celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Felix Mendelssohn. Other notable concerts will be the ones dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the death of Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, and the choral-symphonic concerts: Stabat Mater, by Karol Szimanovsky; the rare Réquiem Mass, by Gaetano Donizetti; and Solemn Mass, by Franz Liszt, with the participation of the National Poliphonic Choir and vocal soloists.

During the current year, the Orchestra will offer 21 concerts at the Auditorium of Bolsa de Comercio (Sarmiento 229), and 7 at the Aula Magna of Facultad de Derecho, UBA (Av. Figueroa Alcorta 2263), all of them with free entrance to the general public:

March
Friday 13, 7 PM: Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires
Friday 20, 7 PM: Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires

April
Friday 3, 7 PM: Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires
Friday 17, 8 PM: Facultad de Derecho
Friday 24, 7 PM: Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires

May
Friday 9, 7 PM: Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires
Friday 15, 8 PM: Facultad de Derecho
Friday 22, 7 PM: Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires

June
Friday 5, 7 PM: Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires
Friday 12, 7 PM: Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires
Friday 19, 7 PM: Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires
Friday 26, 8 PM: Facultad de Derecho

July
Friday 10, 8 PM: Facultad de Derecho
Friday 17, 7 PM: Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires
Friday 24, 7 PM: Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires

August
Friday 14, 8 PM: Facultad de Derecho de Buenos Aires
Friday 21, 7 PM: Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires
Friday 28, 7 PM: Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires

September
Friday 4, 7 PM: Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires
Friday 11, 7 PM: Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires
Friday 25, 8 PM: Facultad de Derecho

October
Friday 2, 7 PM: Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires
Friday 9, 9 PM:
Friday 16, 8 PM: Facultad de Derecho
Friday 23: Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires
Friday 30: Contemporary Music Festival. Teatro General San Martín, Buenos Aires

November
Friday 13, 7 PM: Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires
Friday 20, 7 PM: Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires
Friday 27, 7 PM: Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires

December
Friday 4, 7 PM: Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires

To see the complete program of concerts, click here.

The second edition of Ciudad Emergente, the Festival of the youth culture, will take place from Thursday 11 to Monday 15 June, 2009 at Centro Cultural Recoleta.

This Festival, organised by the Ministry of Culture of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, presents the new expressions of the youth culture: rock, pop, street art, animation, poetry, cinema and digital art.

The activities in the festival include: fashion shows by the winners of the contest "Moda Emergente" (Emerging Fashion); events that combine poetry and music; street art (two murals that will be painted during the festival); hip hop and other dance style shows; movie screenings with a program related to national and international rock and roll; fashion and digital art exhibitions; chill out lounges.

Admission is free of charge for all the activities.

Location: Centro Cultural Recoleta. Junin 1930
Dates and Hours: June 11-15, 2009. 3.00 pm to 9.00 pm.

The National Academy of Fine Arts and the National Museum of Decorative Arts present the exhibition "De Durero a Picasso. Cinco siglos de grabado" (From Dürer to Picasso. Five Centuries of engravings), composed of fifty engravings belonging to a private collection.

The exhibition is made of works from the XVth century, by Albrecht Dürer and Lucas Cranach, among others; from the XVIth century plates by Lucas Vorsterman, Teodoro Bry, etc; from the XVIIth century, Wenzel Hollar, Claude Gellée Le Lorrain; from the XVIIIth, works by German artist Georges Schmidt; Japanese Utamaro, and Spanish Francisco de Goya; and from the XIXth century, works by Honoré Daumier, Henri Toulouse- Lautrec, and Pablo Picasso.

Engraving is a handicraft process. This exhibition is an homage to these artists and their world, allowing the visitor to see the evolution of the images and techniques of engraving between the XVth and XXth centuries.

Location: National Museum of Decorative Arts. Av. Libertador 1902
Dates: May 6th - June 14ht, 2009.
Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 2 pm to 7 pm
Entry fees:
General AR $ 2.-
Students and pensioners: AR $ 1.-
Tuesdays free

The 2009 Season of the Opera Association Buenos Aires Lirica starts on March 27th with La Traviata, and continues throughout the year with great titles and outstanding productions:

MARCH 27, 29, 31
APRIL 2, 4
GIUSEPPE VERDI: LA TRAVIATA
Cast: Ivanna Speranza, Arnaldo Quiroga, Omar Carrión.
Buenos Aires Lírica Chorus and Orchestra
Musical direction: Carlos Vieu
Regie: Pablo Maritano
A different approach to the all time classical favorite.

MAY 8, 10, 12, 14, 16
IGOR STRAVINSKY: THE RAKE'S PROGRESS (El progreso del libertino)
Cast: Gustavo Gibert, Jeffrey Lentz, Ana Laura Menéndez, Evelyn Ramírez, Christian Peregrino.
Buenos Aires Lírica Chorus
Camerata Bariloche
Musical Direction: Alejo Pérez
Regie: Marcelo Lombardero
Inspired by a famous series of engravings by Hogarth, Stravinsky, one of the most brilliant musical genius of the XXth century, composed this opera in a neoclassical language, paying homage to figures like Pergolesi, Händel, Scarlatti, and over all Mozart.

JULY 17, 19, 21, 23, 25
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI: IL RITORNO D'ULISSE IN PATRIA
Cast: Víctor Torres, Evelyn Ramírez, Franco Fagioli, María Cristina Kiehr.
Ensamble I febiarmonici
Musical direction: Juan Manuel Quintana
Buenos Aires Lírica offers the South American debut of this Monteverde's title, great example of the XVIIth century Venetian opera.

SEPTEMBER 11, 13, 15, 17, 19
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI: THE CONSUL (El cónsul)
Cast: Carla Filipcic Holm, Hernán Iturralde, Elisabeth Canis, Virginia Correa Dupuy, Leonardo Estévez, Osvaldo Peroni.
Musical direction: Javier Logioia Orbe
Regie: Fabian von Matt

NOVEMBER 13, 15, 17, 19
VINCENZO BELLINI: I PURITANI
Cast: Laura Rizzo, Carlos Ullán, Omar Carrión, Christian Peregrino y elenco
Buenos Aires Lírica Chorus and Orchestra
Musical direction: Guillermo Brizzio
regie: Marcelo Perusso
Buenos Aires Lírica ends the 2009 season with its first Bellini.

All performances at Teatro Avenida, Av. de Mayo 1222

Two events featuring free open air tango and music shows will take place this Sunday, May 31, 2009 in Buenos Aires.

At 2.00 pm a charity event to support two NGOs will be held at Plaza de Mayo (Bolívar and Av. de Mayo), with a "milonga" around the May Pyramid until 5.00 pm, and then the musical show “El tango viste a la Moda”, with 140 artists on stage.
Entrance is free of charge, but donations of school materials are welcomed (pencils, copybooks, folders, etc).

At 3.00 pm, a show celebrating the 203rd anniversary of the neighborhood of San Telmo will take place at the amphitheater of Parque Lezama (Brasil between Defensa and Balcarce), featuring music, dance and tango.

The Festival "Viñetas Sueltas", the first of its kind in the South American and European comic world, will take place for the second year in Buenos Aires. Throughout the festival, authors, editors and the general public will share a space to exchange experiences from all the latitudes about the "ninth art".
"Viñetas Sueltas" will open on Monday, May 25, 2009, with a street intervention, when 16 authors will draw 16 billboards in downtown Buenos Aires (microcenter), in the open view of people passing by.
The festival will feature exhibitions by national and international authors, coming from France, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Brazil, Colombia. There will also be workshops for professionals and the general public, talks and artistic activities for adults and children.
Guest artists are: Carlos Trillo, Etienne Davodeau, Xavier Lowenthal, Leif Tande, Andrea Bruno, Paolo Parisi, Ibn al rabin, Alex Baladi, Mauro Entrialgo, Fabio Zimbres, Alvaro Velez, Frank Arbelo, Rodolfo Santullo, Matias Bergara, Gabriel Ciccariello, Max Aguirre, Liliana Cupido, Edo Chieregato, Thomas Luis Cote, among others.
"Viñetas Sueltas" is organized by the Embassy of Canada, CCEBA- AECID, the Embassy of France and the Alliance Francaise, the Embassy of Switzerland, the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, Malba, and Centro Cultural Recoleta, with the support of the Embassy of Belgium, and Wallonie Bruxelles International, the city of Geneva, and SEACEX, Spain.

Dates: May 25th to May 31st, 2009
Locations:
Alianza Francesa: Av. Cordoba 946
Centro Cultural Recoleta: Junin 1930
Malba: Av. Figueroa Alcorta 3415

On Sunday, May 24, 2009, 8.00 PM, city residents and visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy a great show at the Obelisk that will mark the start of the celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the May Revolution, an important step in history that lead to the Argentine independence.
With drums and a musical explosion, La Bomba de Tiempo will open the event.
Renowned artists will present new versions of the National songs: Kevin Johansen will sing with Pablo Lescano the Hymn to Sarmiento; Juan Carlos Baglietto with No lo Soporto will sing Mi Bandera (My Flag). EMME with Mike Amigorena will present the Hymn to San Martín; Hilda Lizarazu with Diego Frenkel will sing together Saludo a la Bandera (Salute to the Flag), and Alejandro Lerner along with Los Tipitos and Andrea Álvarez will interpret La Marcha de San Lorenzo. Patricia Sosa and Palo Pandolfo will present a new version of Aurora.
Within the recital, the theme and video of the Bicentenary will be presented.
Bajofondo and Gustavo Santaolalla will close the show presenting their latest production, Mar Dulce.

The national songs that will be presented at the festival can be downloaded from the Bicentenary website.

On the occasion of WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY on June 5th 2009, HOME (The earth from above) will be the first movie ever to be released simultaneously on all media (Theatre, TV, DVD, and internet) across the 5 Continents.
World Environment Day aims to promote worldwide environmental awareness. It was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand is a passionate artist and photographer, and an advocate of nature protection and sustainable development. His “Earth Seen from Above” series, an exhibit of large-scale aerial photography, went on to travel to cities around the world, including Buenos Aires; Presently, he has completed the full-length feature film, HOME, produced by Luc Besson. The global premier will be on World Environment Day, 5 June.
HOME was shot entirely from the sky in high definition, showing landscapes captured from a bird’s eye view above. This film calls for a new awareness, inviting the viewer to stop for a moment in order to look at our planet and realize how we treat her treasures and her beauty.
The Global Premiere on 5 June 2009 for World Environment Day features major screenings in exceptional metropolitan sites.
The free of charge outdoor screening in Buenos Aires will take place at 9.00 PM on a large screen set in Plaza Naciones Unidas, Figueroa Alcorta & Austria.

The tournament will include the traditional categories of “Tango Salón” and “Milonga”, with the new addition of the “Vals” (waltz) category.

The city's neighborhoods will offer their traditional "milongas", providing the tango dancers of Buenos Aires with their natural and daily dancing scenario.

Anyone can participate in this event. Couples can enroll, free of charge, between 30 April and 24 May 2009 up until one hour before the beginning of the competitions, at the venues (milongas) established by the Organizers. The enrolling couple must be made up of amateur dancers of both sexes, 18 years of age or older, and at least one of them must be a native or a resident of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. Both participants must show their ID (DNI, CI, LE or Passport) at the time of enrollment.

For visitors, tickets can be purchased on the same day of each performance at the established venues and their prices will range between $10 and $ 20 Argentine pesos, except for those milongas with free admission.

For further information check the schedule of the 7th Buenos Aires Tango Dance Championship.

The Subsecretary of Sports of the City of Buenos Aires organizes the the event “Buenos Aires Ciudad Deportiva y Aeróbica” (Buenos Aires, Sports and Aerobics City) that will take place on Sunday, June 14, 2009, from 10.00 am to 2.00 pm, on Av. 9 de Julio, between Lavalle and Viamonte.

The public will have the opportunity to enjoy many free activities, like aerobox, fitness, aerobics, Latin dance and reggaeton, as well as sports and aerobic exhibitions and activities for disabled people.

On May 25th, an historical and significant national holiday in Argentina (the celebration of May Revolution), the Federation of Nikkei Associations in Argentina (FANA), together with the Argentine-Japanese Cultural Foundation (FCAJ), want to pay tribute to Argentina organizing an event featuring the most important Japanese disciplines to promote the Japanese Culture, the Toru Mizutani Cultural Day.
The event will take place at the Japanese Garden of Buenos Aires, where the audience will enjoy demonstrations of Japanese cooking; stands with typical plants and vegetables, and traditional food as Sushi and Ramen; games for children; exhibition of books; and a series of outstanding shows for the whole family in a beautiful environment.

Program of Activities:
12:30 pm: Demonstration of Japonese cooking by Nikkai Restaurant
2.00 pm: Recreative Japanese Gym by Hatanaka Takane- Junior volunteer from JICA
2.00 pm to 5.00 pm: Participative Workshop of GO by Argentine GO Association.
3.00 pm: Japanese songs by Miss Yumi Miyai
4.00 pm: Demonstration of Kyu Do (Japanese Archery) by Japonese Kyu Do Association.
5.00 pm: Japonese Drums by Mukaito Taiko Group
5:30 pm: Raffle

Date: May 25, 2009
Location: Japanese Garden. Av. Casares & Av.Figueroa Alcorta
Entry fee: Adults AR $ 10. Children 6 to 10 years of age: AR $ 3.

Organized by the European Comission Delegation and Alliance Francaise, with the collaboration of the embassies of the member states of the European Union, the 6th European Cinema Film Series (6a Muestra de Cine Europeo) will feature 16 movies from 17 countries: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Slovenia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Lituania, Italy, Nederland, Poland, Rumania, Czech Republic, Sweden, from May, Monday 18th to Friday 22nd, 2009.

Program:

Monday, May 18
4.00 pm: Risto Rapero (Risto Räppääjä) - Finland
5.00 pm: Working man´s death - Austria
9.00 pm: Lednice - Czech Republic
Štestí - Czech Republic

Tuesday, May 19
4.00 pm: Ekko - Denmark
5.30 pm: Caravaggio - Italy
9.00 pm:Wer früher stirbt ist länger tot - Germany

Wednesday, May 20
3.00 pm: Kolekcioniere - Lithuania
4.30 pm: Binecuvântată fii, închisoare! - Rumania
6.30 pm: All is love - Nederland
9.00 pm: La France - France

Thursday, May 21
4.30 pm: S.O.S. Szerelem! - Hungary
6.30 pm:Νύφες, Nyfes - Greece
9.00 pm: 7 Mesas (De billar francès) - Spain

Friday, May 22
3.00 pm: Petelinji zajtrk - Slovenia
5.15 pm: Ogród Luizy - Poland
7.15 pm: Si le vent soulève les sables - Belgium
9.15 pm: Darling - Sweden

All films will be presented in their original version with Spanish subtitles, except S.O.S. Szerelem! from Hungary which will be dubbed to Spanish.

Location: Alliance Francaise Buenos Aires. Av. Cordoba 946
Free entrance: free tickets must be picked up 30 minutes before the performance. Limited to the auditorium's capacity.

For the celebration of the International Museum Day, the Sub Secretary of Culture invites the public to visit the Museums of Buenos Aires, that will open their doors with free entrance on Monday, May 18, 2009, to enjoy the activities programmed to celebrate that day.

Museums and special activities:

MUSEO DE ARTE ESPAÑOL ENRIQUE LARRETA
Av. Juramento 2291 - 2.00 pm - 8.00 pm
Projection of the documentary “Las cajas españolas” by Alberto Porlan, on Sunday 17, 3.00 pm and 5.00 pm, and Monday 18 at 4.00 pm. About the committee created during the Spanish Civil War to rescue the works from Museo del Prado, libraries and churches, to avoid them from being destroyed.
The Museum also presents the temporary exhibition “Carlos Alonso. Ilustrador de novelas y romances”, a selection of illustrations by the Argentine artist, and the museum's permanent collection. The public will be also able to visit the Andalusian garden.

MUSEO DE ARTE HISPANOAMERICANO ISAAC FERNÁNDEZ BLANCO
Suipacha 1422 - 2.00 pm - 7.00 pm
The museum presents “El Cuarto Mundo”, the complete renovation of its permanent collection, that includes three new rooms with a collection of silverware, imagery and Ibero American furniture from the XVIth to XIXth centuries; documents, books, religious ornaments, engravings, ceramics, clothing and women's accessories. The exhibit “Donaciones 2008” will also be presented, where pieces donated during 2008 will be showed.

MUSEO DE ARTE POPULAR JOSÉ HERNÁNDEZ
Av. del Libertador 2373 - 1.00 pm - 7.00 pm
The museum exhibits works from the Collection Suescun-Benard: “Mates de porcelana. Recuerdos del Centenario”, and the collective exhibition by Tierra Purpúrea, with works by craftsman Flavio Grinblat, winner of the I Biennial of Urban Crafts. The permanent collection includes colorful costumes from the Corrientes carnival, wood carves, tapestries, ceramics, musical instruments, religious images, daily use objects, made by renowned Argentine artisans, as well as traditional silver and textiles from the Mapuche women.

MUSEO DE ARTES PLÁSTICAS EDUARDO SÍVORI
Av. Infanta Isabel 555 - (Rosedal - Parque Tres de Febrero) 12.00 - 8.00 pm
Works by: Sívori; Malharro; Fader; Quinquela Martín; Facio Hecbequer; Bellocq; Pettoruti; Guttero; Gramajo Gutiérrez; Melé, Kosice y Lozza; Ary Brizzi; Manuel Álvarez; Testa; Martorell, Brizzi, Vidal; Píccoli, Quiroga, Sbernini, Bertani, among others. Also, the exhibition “Anhelo Hernández - Pinturas y grabados”, by the great Uruguayan painter, and the Sculpture Garden with fifteen works specially selected for blind or visually impaired people.

MUSEO DE ESCULTURAS LUIS PERLOTTI
Pujol 644 - 11.00 am - 7.00 pm
The Museum presents “Nuestros Ancestros” (Our ancestors), by artists Alba Campo, Norma D´Ippolito, Oscar De Bueno, Claudia Fernández, Alejandro Eduardo Fiadone, María Laura Galeotti, Pablo Madrid, Adriana Vanesa Mazzotta, Mabel Remeseiro, Pedro Tricarico and Daniel B. Verniers, about the aboriginal people. Guest artist: Alfredo Yacussi.

MUSEO DE LA CIUDAD
Defensa 219 / 223. Alsina 412 - 11.00 am - 7.00 pm
The Museum presents the exhibit “Cuando los porteños se daban aire”, that showcases hand held fans, with which the museum reopened its doors on March. The museum also presents the photographic exhibition “Ventanas de Buenos Aires” (Windows of Buenos Aires), by Lucía Pacenza and Luis Girotti, and the permanent collection of antique toys, furniture, musical instruments and victrolas.

MUSEO HISTÓRICO DE BUENOS AIRES CORNELIO DE SAAVEDRA
Crisólogo Larralde 6309 - 9.00 am - 6.00 pm
The Museum offers the opportunity to see objects from the daily life in Buenos Aires during the XIXth century, through documents, jewelry, clothes, furniture, decorative arts, etc.

MUSEO CASA CARLOS GARDEL
Jean Jaurés 735 - 11.00 am - 6.00 pm
At the house where Carlos Gardel lived with his mother, an exhibition about musician and composer Pedro Laurenz. At 1.00 pm the public can participate of a guided visit.

DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE MUSEOS
Av. de los Italianos 851, Puerto Madero - 10.00 am - 7.00 pm
The public can visit this building, built by Hungarian architect Andrés Kálnay and inaugurated in 1927 as Cervecería Munich. Guided visits from 10 am to 6 pm.

The city of Buenos Aires will join the celebrations for the 61st Anniversary of the creation of the State of Israel with an artistic and cultural event that will take place on Sunday, May 17, 2009, at the corner of Avenida de Mayo and Bolivar, facing the Buenos Aires City Governement Building.
This event is part of a program of festivities destined to pay homage to the different communities present in the city, that will be carried out throughout the year.
The event will start at 3.00 pm and last until 6.00 pm, on an open air stage where musical shows and Israeli dance groups will be presented, and visitors will also be able to enjoy exhibitions of Jewish gastronomy and crafts, among other activities.