The Japanese Garden of Buenos Aires presents "Taiko Matsuri", a colorful traditional event, with the presence of Taiko (japanese drums) groups, and the international guest Marco Lienhard (former member of the group Za Ondekoza), on Sunday, July 12, 2009.

Schedule:

1:30 to 5:30 pm IV Taiko Matsuri
1:30 to 2.00 pm Medetaiko
2:10 to 2.:50 pm EISA: Ryukyu Koku Matsuri Daiko, Córdoba Taiko, Ryushin Rosario Taiko
3:00 to 3:30 pm Recital by Shakuhachi and Shinobue by Marco Lienhard
3:45 to 4:15 pm Mukaito Taiko
4:30 to 5.00 pm Buenos Aires Taiko Dojo with the participation of Marco Lienhard
5:10 to 5:30 pm Closing with all groupd playing together

Entrance: AR$ 10.-

The Government of the City of Buenos Aires has inaugurated the walkways that allow visitors to admire the 18th century Spanish galleon unearthed in Puerto Madero on December 28, 2008. The old ship will be exhibited until July 5, 2009, when it will be buried again to prevent it from being destroyed.

Argentine builders stumbled across the wreck of this 18th century Spanish galleon while digging the foundations for a riverside high-rise building in Buenos Aires.They have discovered several canons and well-preserved earthenware jars that were probably used to store olive oil.

The remains of the galleon were found on a building site and archeologists from Buenos Aires city government think the boat was probably shipwrecked some 300 years ago. This 18th-century Spanish galleon was one of thousands that carried goods across the Atlantic when Argentina was a Spanish colony.

The 35 meters long walkway in a horseshoe shape allows the public to appreciate the vessel from every angle.

Entrance is free, but visitors must register to make the visit. Click here to complete the reservation form.

Location: Rosario Vera Penaloza and Juana Manso, Puerto Madero
Hours:
Monday to Friday, 12.00 noon to 6.00 pm
Saturdays and Sundays, 10.00 am to 6.00 pm
Guided visits:
In Spanish: every day
In English: Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm
In Portuguese: Monday to Friday 11.00 am to 1.00 pm, and Saturdays 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm.

The visits are canceled in case of rain. People will have to register again in this case.
For security reasons, children under 5 are not allowed to visit.
An ID of the main applicant and his/her companion must be presented on the day of the visit, plus the confirmation email.

More information: National Geographic website (in Spanish only)

An interesting exhibition about the daily life in Buenos Aires during the past centuries is taking place at UCA's Pabellon de Bellas Artes. The exhibit is made of iconography and portraits of the Buenos Aires society, maps, textiles, antique photographs, post cards, coins, bottles, medicine packs, labels, products marketed during the celebration of the Centenary in 1910, advertising billboards, etc., as well as drawings and paintings by important artists, like Prilidiano Pueyrredón, Juan León Pallière, Carlos Morel, Bernabé De María, Adolf D`Hastrel and Ramón Columba, among others.
The exhibition also features the reconstruction of an old "pulperia", a kind of convenience store from that time.

Location: Pabellón de las Bellas Artes UCA. Alicia M. de Justo 1300, Puerto Madero
Dates and Hours: Through July 25th, 2009, Monday to Saturday, 11.00 am to 7.00 pm
Free entrance

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.