Festivales Musicales de Buenos Aires, the 30-year old non-profit organization with the aim of spreading music in its highest artistic expressions, presents the Festival 2009 "4 anniversaries": the birth of Henry Purcell (1659) and Felix Mendelssohn (1809), and death of George Frederic Haendel (1759), and Franz Joseph Haydn (1809), with a series of concerts that will be held at Teatro Coliseo, Teatro Avenida, Auditorio de Belgrano, and Covento de Santo Domingo throughout 2009.
Guests this year are Helmuth Rilling (Stuttgart), to conduct "The Creation" by Haydn, and Michael Seal (Birmingham), to offer the Symphony N° 4 and Mendelssohn's Concert for violin with Xavier Inchausti as a soloist. Also, pianist Carmen Piazzini, expert in Haydn, Berlin's Chamber Orchestra, and French ensembles Les Sacqueboutiers and Stanislas Quartet.
Among the local artists, Camerata Bariloche and Orfeón de Buenos Aires will offer Haendel's oratory "The Mesiah", conducted by Master Mario Videla (who will also offer an organ recital), and two groups specialized in baroque music: Les Goûts-Réunis (dir. Juan Manuel Quintana) with soprano María Cristina Kiehr, and La Barroca del Suquía (dir. Manfredo Kraemer), with trumpet player Serge Tizac.

Festival "4 Anniversaries" 2009 Program:

MAY 27
MENDELSSOHN
Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Michael Seal (Birmingham)
Soloist: Xavier Inchausti, violin
Co-production with Teatro Colón
TEATRO COLISEO. Marcelo T. de Alvear 1125. 8.30 pm

JUNE 23
HÄNDEL - HAYDN - PURCELL - MOZART
Berlin's Chamber Orchestra
Conductor and soloist: Katrin Scholz, violin
AUDITORIO DE BELGRANO. Virrey Loreto 2348 & Av. Cabildo. 8.30 pm

JULY 7
HÄNDEL
Camerata Bariloche
Orfeon de Buenos Aires
Conductors: Néstor Andrenacci and Pablo Piccinni
Director: Mario Videla
Soloists: Laura Rizzo, Martín Oro, Carlos Ullán, Víctor Torres.
AUDITORIO DE BELGRANO. Virrey Loreto 2348 & Av. Cabildo. 8.30 pm

JULY 29
CANTATE E SONATE DA CAMERA
HÄNDEL
Les Gouts-Reunis with instruments from that period
Conductor: Juan Manuel Quintana
Soloist: María Cristina Kiehr, soprano (Basel)
TEATRO AVENIDA. Av. De Mayo 1212. 8.30 pm.

AUGUST 20
HAYDN - MENDELSSOHN
Stanislas Quartet (Nancy, France)
Laurent Causse, Bertrand Menut, violins
Paul Fenton, viola - Jean de Spengler, violoncello
AUDITORIO DE BELGRANO. Virrey Loreto 2348 & Av. Cabildo. 8.30 pm

SEPTEMBER 8
HAYDN - MENDELSSOHN
Soloist: Carmen Piazzini, piano (Darmstadt)
AUDITORIO DE BELGRANO. Virrey Loreto 2348 & Av. Cabildo. 8.30 pm

SEPTEMBER 16
Concert by the winners of the X Biennial Juvenile Contest 2009/2010
TEATRO AVENIDA. Av. De Mayo 1212. 8.30 pm.

OCTOBER 2
HAYDN
Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Helmuth Rilling (Stuttgart)
Soloists:
Soledad de la Rosa, soprano
Carlos Ullán, tenor
Hernán Iturralde, baritone
In co-production with Teatro Colón
TEATRO COLISEO. Marcelo T. de Alvear 1125. 8.30 pm

OCTOBER 14
Organ Recital (with video projection)
PURCELL - BACH - HÄNDEL - MENDELSSOHN
Soloist: Mario Videla
CONVENTO SANTO DOMINGO. Av. Belgrano and Defensa. 8.30 pm

OCTOBER 20
Closing of the Festival
Music in Caravaggio's Italy. Works by Monteverdi, Frescobaldi, A. Gabrieli, T. Merula
Music at the Kromeriz Court. Works by Fux, Biber, Vejvanovsky, Schmelzer, Theile
Les Sacqueboutiers (Toulouse, France), with instruments from that period.
Adriana Fernández, soprano - Manfredo Kraemer, violin
Jean-Pierre Canihac, cornetto - Jean Imbert, trompet and cornetto
Daniel Lassalle, sacabuche - Fabien Dornic, sacabuche bass
TEATRO AVENIDA. Av. De Mayo 1212. 8.30 pm.

The first Buenos Aires International Circus Festival, organized by the Ministry of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires, Culturesfrance, and the French Embassy in Argentina, will take place between June 29 and July 5, 2009. Several big tops will be put up in Combate de los Pozos 1700, in the neighborhood of Parque Patricios.

The Festival will offer the public unique experiences such as outstanding artists, creative and fun national and international shows, including eleven companies from France, Spain, Israel and Brazil, focusing in contemporary circus. The festival is dived into different areas:

Open Scene: Every day between 4.30 pm and 7.30 pm, in the central big top, circus routines, musical bands and clowns, the process of preparation of every show, with free entrance.

Galas: Shows by different artists or companies divided in Galas by amateur schools, amateur artists, and professional artists.

Short Forms: short duration shows that will allow to see two companies in the same day.

Some of the shows on June 29 and 30 are free of charge. Advanced free tickets must be picked up at Casa de la Cultura, Av. de Mayo 575, 11 am to 7 pm.

Tickets for the rest of the shows range from AR $ 10 to AR $ 25, and can be purchased at:

During the Festival tickets can be purchased at the venue: Combate de los Pozos 1700 (between Garay and Brasil), 2 pm to 9 pm.

On Tuesday, June 30, 2009, Ciudad Cultural Konex presents the thirteenth edition of Pecha Kucha Night, a “showcasing + networking” event created in Japan in 2003 by architects Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham, in which 12-15 creators from different disciplines have 6 minutes and 40 seconds each to show an idea or project, through 20 images screened for 20 seconds. Once the presentations are finished, the guest artists get together to exchange their opinions, and the public is invited to enjoy some music and conversation.

The participating artists confirmed for this edition are:

Nate Williams (illustration)
D.a 1 (Fabregas, Scott, Cabito & cia)
Matias Dutto (comminication)
Paco Savio (movilizer)
Federico Platener (art+design)
Juan Vellavsky (jewel maker)
Facundo Huidobro (sculpture)
Pablo Matteoda (industrial design)
Atypica (editorial)
Manifesto (design furniture)
yo leí este libro (NGO)
Leopoldo Estol (art)

Intermission and music: Army of Dub showcase.

“Pecha kucha” (which means chit-chat in Japanese), is presented in several cities around the world, including: Amsterdam, Atlanta, Auckland, Austin, Bangladore, Bangkok , Beijing, Belfast, Berlin, Bern, Bogotá , Budapest, Buenos Aires, Buffalo, Chicago, Cologne, Copenhagen, Costa Rica, Delhi, Dublin , Frankfurt, Glasgow, Gothenberg, Groningen, Hamburg, Harvard, Helsinki, Hobart, Lagos, Linz, Lisbon, Ljubljana, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Manchester, Melbourne, Mexico city, Miami, New York, Newcastle, Oslo, Perth, Portland, Porto Alegre, Prague, Riga, Rotterdam, San Francisco, Santiago, Seattle, Seoul, Seville, Shanghai, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo, Toronto, Udine, Vienna, Washington DC.

Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2009. 8 PM
Location: Ciudad Cultural Konex. Sarmiento 3131. Buenos Aires.
Tickets: AR$ 20. Ticketek Argentina or Ciudad Cultural Konex ticket office: Monday to Thursday 5 PM to 10 PM, Friday and Saturday 5 PM to 11.30 PM, Sunday 5 Pm to 9:30 PM.
More information: www.pechakucha.com.ar

The Argentine national Rugby team, Los Pumas, will meet the French team Barbarians on a friendly match on June 20, 2009, 4.00 pm, at Velez Sarsfield Stadium (Av. Juan B. Justo & ALvarez Jonte, Buenos Aires).

This match has been organized by the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR) as a tribute to the Argentine team for obtaining the bronze medal at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, as well as a farewell match for some of the players who participated in the past world cup, like Agustín Pichot, Mario Ledesma, Gonzalo Longo, Martín Scelzo, Rodrigo Roncero y Manuel Contepomi, among others.
The French team will be comprised of some of the best players in the French rugby league.
Tickets are on sale through www.tuentrada.com