The Princess of Asturias Foundation

40 nominations from 21 different countries are in the running for this Award, the first of eight international awards that are bestowed each year by the Princess of Asturias Foundation, and which are now in their XXXVI edition

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The meetings of the jury responsible for awarding the 2016 Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, the first of eight international awards that will be bestowed by the Princess of Asturias Foundation, will be held on May 10th and 11th. The awards will be bestowed this year for the XXXVI edition in their history.

As stated in the Statutes of the Foundation, the Princess of Asturias Awards are aimed at rewarding “the scientific, technical, cultural, social and humanitarian work carried out at an international level by individuals, institutions or groups of individuals or institutions”. In keeping with these principles, the Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts shall be conferred on those “whose work in cinematography, theatre, dance, music, photography, painting, sculpture, architecture or any other form of artistic expression constitutes an outstanding contribution to the universal heritage of humanity.”.

Forty candidatures, from Argentina, Austria, Brasil, China, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Macedonia, Mauritania, Morocco, Norway, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, the United States and Spain, have been nominated for this award.

The Award comprises a Joan Miró sculpture –representing and symbolizing the Awards–, a cash prize of €50,000, a diploma and an insignia.

Members of the juries will hold an initial meeting with the media at 11 A.M. (GMT+02:00) on Tuesday 10th in the "Salón de Consejos" of the hotel (on the first floor), immediately prior to being formally convened and starting their deliberations. The jury will then elect a president from amongst them. The jury secretary will be appointed by the Foundation.

Their decision will be made public at 12 noon (GMT+02:00) on Wednesday 11th in the Salón Covadonga of the hotel (on the ground floor), and jury members will then be available for interviews.

The reading of the jury’s decision will be transmitted via Hispasat satellite (America and Europe). In addition, there will be a live Internet broadcast at the Foundation's website: www.fpa.es

Jury composition

The jury, which is to meet at the Reconquista Hotel, will be made up of the following members:

Bárbara Allende Gil de Biedma, Ouka Leele
José Luis Cienfuegos Marcello
Marzio Conti
Carlos Fitz-James Stuart Martínez de Irujo, duque de Alba
Josep María Flotats i Picas
Carmen Giménez Martín
Catalina Luca de Tena y García-Conde
José Lladó Fernández-Urrutia
Hans Meinke Paege
Elena Ochoa Foster
Alfredo Pérez de Armiñán y de la Serna
Sandra Rotondo Urcola
Benedetta Tagliabue
Patricia Urquiola Hidalgo
Carlos Urroz Arancibia
Miguel Zugaza Miranda
José Antonio Caicoya Cores (acting secretary)

Technical data

Europe

Satellite: Hispasat 1D
Orbital position: 30º West
Transponder: 87
Carrier: 7
RX Frequency: 11594.0 MHz
Band: Ku
Polarization: Horizontal
Symbol Rate: 4.444 MSymbols/second
F.E.C.: 3/4
Coding: QPSK MPEG 2 DVBS
Norma: PAL
Format: 16:9

America

Satellite: Hispasat 1E
Orbital position: 30º Oeste
Transponder: 133
Channel: Feed TSA
RX Frequency: 12052 MHz
Band: Ku
Polarization: Vertical
Symbol Rate: 27.500 MSymbols/second
F.E.C.: 3/4
Codec: QPSK MPEG 2 DVBS
Norma: PAL
Format: 16:9
Audio PID: 0x21
Video PID: 0x30
PMT PID: 0x34

Phone: + 34 91 512 9450/ 9498

E-mail: booking.tbs@telefonica.com

INFORMATION OF INTEREST:

TWITTER

The Foundation’s official account: @fpa

Princess of Asturias Awards official hashtag: #PrincessAsturiasAwards

FACEBOOK

www.facebook.com/fpa

STREAMING

Iframe code for live streaming of the announcement of the jury’s decision:

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appendix.- PREVIOUS laureates

2015 - Francis Ford Coppola
2014 - Frank Owen Gehry
2013 - Michael Haneke
2012 - Rafael Moneo
2011 - Riccardo Muti
2010 - Richard Serra
2009 - Norman Foster
2008 - Sistema Nacional de Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles de Venezuela
2007 - Bob Dylan
2006 - Pedro Almodóvar
2005 - Maya Plisetskaya y Tamara Rojo
2004 - Paco de Lucía
2003 - Miquel Barceló
2002 - Woody Allen
2001 - Krzysztof Penderecki
2000 - Barbara Hendricks
1999 - Santiago Calatrava
1998 - Sebastião Salgado
1997 - Vittorio Gassman
1996 - Joaquín Rodrigo Vidrié
1995 - Fernando Fernán-Gómez
1994 - Alicia de Larrocha
1993 - Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza
1992 - Roberto Matta Echaurren
1991 - Victoria de los Ángeles, Teresa Berganza, Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Pilar Lorengar, Alfredo Kraus
1990 - Antonio Tápies
1989 - Oscar Niemeyer
1988 - Jorge Oteiza
1987 - Eduardo Chillida
1986 - Luis García Berlanga
1985 - Antonio López García
1984 - Orfeón Donostiarra
1983 - Eusebio Sempere
1982 - Pablo Serrano
1981 - Jesús López Cobos

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