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Princess of Asturias Awards 04/17/2019

The jury meeting for the 2019 Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts

40 nominations from 17 different nationalities 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 XXXIX edition 

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The meetings of the jury responsible for awarding the 2019 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 April 23rd and 24th. The awards will be bestowed this year for the XXXIX edition in their history. Fourty candidatures, from 17 different nationalities, have been nominated for this award. The meetings will be held at the Reconquista Hotel in Oviedo.

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 aimed at recognizing “the work of fostering and advancing the art of film-making, theatre, dance, music, photography, painting, sculpture, architecture or any other form of artistic expression.”.

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

The members of the Jury will hold a first meeting with the media at 11:00am on Tuesday 23rd in the hotel’s “Salón de Consejos” (first floor) immediately prior to its formal constitution and the start of its deliberations, which will commence at 11:30am. 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 24th 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 will be made up of the following members:

  • José María Cano de Andrés
  • María de Corral López-Dóriga
  • Sergio Gutiérrez Sánchez
  • José Lladó Fernández-Urrutia
  • Ara Malikian
  • Ricardo Martí Fluxá
  • José María Pou Serra
  • Sandra Rotondo Urcola
  • Benedetta Tagliabue
  • Aarón Zapico Braña
  • Miguel Zugaza Miranda
  • Catalina Luca de Tena y García-Conde, Marquise of Valle de Tena (acting secretary)

technical data

Europa
  • Satellite: Hispasat 1D
  • Orbital position: 30º West
  • Transponder: 143
  • Channel: Feed 4 TSA
  • RX Frequency: 10890 MHz
  • Band: Ku
  • Polarization: Vertical
  • Symbol Rate: 27.500 MSymbols/second
  • F.E.C.: 3/4
  • Coding: QPSK MPEG 2 DVBS
  • Norma: PAL
  • Format: 16:9

America
  • Satellite: Hispasat 1E
  • Orbital position: 30º West
  • Transponder: 133
  • Channerl: Feed TSA
  • RX Frequency: 12052 MHz
  • Band: Ku
  • Polarization: Vertical
  • Symbol Rate: 27.500 MSymbosl/second
  • F.E.C.: 3/4
  • Codec: QPSK MPEG 2 DVBS
  • Norma: PAL
  • Format: 16:9

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