RTVE is to provide the official host signal for the solemn Princess of Asturias Awards ceremony

As on previous occasions, the Spanish public service television and radio companies Televisión Española (TVE) and Radio Nacional de España (RNE) will be responsible for providing the official host signals for the Princess of Asturias Awards Ceremony, which is to be held next Friday, 23rd October, starting at 6:30pm, at the Campoamor Theatre in Oviedo. TVE will also be providing the television signal for the audience of the Laureates with Her Royal Highness The Princess of Asturias, which will commence at 12:30pm on Friday in the “Salón Covadonga” reception room at the Reconquista Hotel.

RNE will provide the audio signal from the dressing rooms in the Campoamor Theatre to all the radio networks, while TVE will distribute the television signal. Media interested in using the official signal should get in touch beforehand with:

• National signal: 
  Telephone: 91 346 84 12
  intercambios.informativos@rtve.es
  Person to contact: Carmen Ruiz Ventura
• International signal: https://www.fpa.es/resources/doc/portal/2026/10/15/worldfeed-information-2026.pdf
• International control at TVE:
  Telephone: 91 346 80 87

The areas specially designated for news writers at the Campoamor Theatre will be Main Boxes 5, 7, 9 and 11 in the Dress Circle (“Principal”). Both during the audience and at the ceremony, a maximum of one news writer per media will be admitted until there is no more room available. The doors to the Campoamor Theatre will close at 6:00pm. Due to the limited space available, you are advised to follow the ceremony from the screens situated in the Foundation press room at the Hotel Barceló Oviedo Cervantes (calle Cervantes, 13, Oviedo).

PLEASE NOTE SPECIAL COVERAGE

• Maximum one news writer per media at all events until there is no more room available strictly for the press.
• Due to space limitations at the Patti Smith concerts and the meeting with Leo Messi, confirmation of attendance by email to the address comunicacion@fpa.es will be mandatory and only one photo journalist per medium will be allowed. Said communication does not imply a seat reservation.

TUESDAY 20th OCTOBER

• Breakfast meeting with joint 2026 Princess of Asturias Laureate for Technical and Scientific Research Pascal Mayer and visit to ISPA-FINBA.
  
  SPA-FINBA, 9:30am.
  Photo/video coverage only during the first 5 minutes.
   
• Meeting between SERIDA and representatives of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation.
  
  Regional Service for Agri-food Research and Development (SERIDA), 10.30am.
  Photo/video coverage only.
  This restriction will not apply to the subsequent event at SERIDA, which commences at 11:30am.
   
• Joint 2026 Princess of Asturias Laureates for Technical and Scientific Research David Klenerman and Shankar Balasubramanian meet with University of Oviedo students.
  
  Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Oviedo, 12 noon.
  The event will be conducted entirely in English without translation services.
   
• 50 Years On concert with 2026 Princess of Asturias Laureate for the Arts Patti Smith.
  
  Jovellanos Theatre, Gijón, 8:00pm.
  Television cameras will not be allowed entry to the event. A broadcast signal (HD-SDI connection with embedded audio) will be provided during the first two songs. An XLR connection for audio will be made available to the media.
  Photos may only be taken, without flash and using a sound suppressor, during the first 5 minutes from the indicated spots.
  PRESS ACCESS: up to 15 minutes before the concert starts.

WEDNESDAY 21st OCTOBER

• The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, meets with students at the University of Oviedo.
  
  Faculty of Biology, University of Oviedo, 12 noon.
  The event will be conducted entirely in English without translation services.
   
• Visit to a school. Joint 2026 Princess of Asturias Laureate for Technical and Scientific Research David Klenerman.
  
  Laude Palacio de Granda School, 12 noon.
  The event will be conducted entirely in English without translation services.
   
• Observing the Night Sky. 2026 Princess of Asturias Laureate for Concord Christina Koch.
  
  Monte Naranco, Oviedo, 8:30pm.
  Activity subject to weather conditions.
  Photos and video may be taken during the presentation of the event and at the beginning of the observation.
   
• 50 Years On concert with 2026 Princess of Asturias Laureate for the Arts Patti Smith. 
  
  “President Adolfo Suárez” Sports Centre, La Guía (Gijón), 8:30pm.
  Television cameras will not be allowed entry to the event. A video recap of the first two songs will be made available via the Princess of Asturias Foundation’s Online Press Room: (www.fpa.es/en).
  
  Photos may only be taken, without flash and using a sound suppressor, during the first 5 minutes from the designated location. Due to the distance from the photo position to the stage, the use of a telephoto lens is recommended.
  PRESS ACCESS: up to 15 minutes before the concert starts.

THURSDAY 22nd OCTOBER

• Clarín’s Parrot. Visit by 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for Literature Julian Barnes to the legacy of Leopoldo Alas, “Clarín”.
  
  Ramón Pérez de Ayala Public Library, 12 noon.
  Photo/video coverage only.
   
• Young Europe. Visit to the Principality of Asturias Regional Parliament by 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences Timothy Garton Ash.
  
  Principality of Asturias Regional Parliament (Chamber), at 12:30pm.
  The Regional Parliament will provide a signal for the meeting to the media that so wish via their institutional host signal and an audio distributor (XLR output). 
   
• 2026 Princess of Asturias Laureate for Sports Leo Messi meets with the educational community.
  
  “Palacio de Deportes” Sports Centre, Oviedo, 5:30pm.
  Television cameras will not be allowed entry to the event. A 10-minute video recap of the event will be made available around 7:30pm via the Princess of Asturias Foundation’s Online Press Room: (www.fpa.es/en).

34th PRINCESS OF ASTURIAS AWARDS CONCERT

VISUAL MEDIA

Recordings inside the auditorium may only be made before the concert starts. Video footage will be made available through the Princess of Asturias Foundation’s Online Press Room (www.fpa.es/en) to those media interested in obtaining images of the performance, which will take place at the Prince Felipe Auditorium in Oviedo on Thursday 22nd October, starting at 7:00pm.

PRESS CONFERENCES 

All the press conferences given by the Laureates will be broadcast live over the Foundation’s website: (www.fpa.es).

Photo/video material on the events featuring the Laureates will be available in the Online Press Room (OPR) at: www.fpa.es/en.