The Princess of Asturias Foundation

33 nominations from 20 different countries are in the running for this award, the first of eight international awards that are bestowed each year by the Prince of Asturias Foundation, and which are now in their thirty-third year.

Jury meeting for the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts. ©FPA

The meetings of the jury responsible for awarding the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts, the first of eight international awards that will be bestowed by the Prince of Asturias Foundation, will be held on May 8^th and 9^th. The awards will be bestowed this year for the XXXIII edition in their history.

As stated in the Statutes of the Foundation, the Prince 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". Within this spirit, the Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts will be bestowed on those "whose work in Film, Theatre, Dance, Music, Photography, Painting, Sculpture, Architecture or any other form of artistic expression constitutes a significant contribution to the cultural heritage of mankind".

Thirty-three candidatures, from Argentina, Austria, Colombia, Cuba, the United States, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Peru, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine, Zimbabwe and Spain, have been nominated for this award.

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

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

José Luis Cienfuegos Marcello
Marzio Conti
Carlos Fitz-James Stuart Martínez de Irujo
José Maria Flotats i Picas
Guillermo García-Alcalde Fernández
Carmen Giménez Martín
Catalina Luca de Tena y García Conde
José Lladó Fernández-Urrutia
Hans Meinke Paege
Elena Ochoa Foster
Benedetta Tagliabue
Vicente Todolí Cervera
Carlos Urroz
Amelia Valcárcel Bernaldo de Quirós
Benjamin Weil
Miguel Zugaza Miranda
José Antonio Caicoya Cores (acting secretary)

Members of the juries will hold an initial meeting with the media at 12 noon on Wednesday 8^th 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 on Thursday 9^th 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 broadcast live for more than 150 countries via the main national and international radio and television channels. The signal will be openly transmitted via Hispasat satellite (America and Europe). In addition, there will be a live Internet broadcast at the Foundation's website: http://www.fpa.es/

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 DVB
Norma: PAL
Format: 16:9

AMERICA

Satellite: Hispasat 1E
Orbital Position: 30º West
Transponder: 133
Channel: Feeds TSA
RX Frequency: 12052 MHz
Band: Ku
Polarization: Vertical
Symbol Rate: 27500 MSymbols
F.E.C.: 3/4
Codec: QPSK MPEG 2 DVB
Norma: PAL
Format: 16:9

Phone: + 34 91 512 9450/ 9498

INFORMATION OF INTEREST:

TWITTER:

The Foundation's official account: @fpa_es
Prince of Asturias Awards official hashtag: #PrinceAsturiasAwards

FACEBOOK:

www.facebook.com/fpa

STREAMING:

Links for live streaming of the announcement of the jury's decision.

Flash (for Windows and Android devices): rtmp://B25705.cdn.telefonica.com/live/ep?b=25705&s=livestream/25705/livestream
HLS (for Apple devices): http://b24026.cdn.telefonica.com/24026/playlist.m3u8

Further information

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