Press conference and arrival schedule of the Laureates in Asturias

The Laureates will begin to arrive on 18th October

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The 2026 Princess of Asturias Laureates will begin to arrive in the Principality of Asturias this coming Sunday 18th October, prior to the Awards Ceremony, which will be held at the Campoamor Theatre in Oviedo on Friday 23rd October.

Patti Smith, Princess of Asturias Laureate for the Arts, and Stefan Schmitz, Executive Director, Crop Trust, and member of the delegation representing the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, will be the first to arrive in Asturias on Sunday 18th October.

Besides featuring in different cultural events throughout the week, this year’s Laureates will hold several meetings with the press in Reconquista Hotel’s screening room (“Salón de Proyecciones”), as detailed below.

APPENDICES:

Programme subject to change. Updated information at: www.fpa.es/en.

All press conferences will be held in the Reconquista Hotel’s screening room (“Salón de Proyecciones”), the entrance to which is in Calle Arquitecto Reguera.
Graphic material on the arrival of the Laureates will be available in the Online Press Room (OPR) on the Foundation’s website: www.fpa.es/en.

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