Concert Day of the Mediterranean 2025

Mediterranean Day Concert in Barcelona 2025

Live concert:

28 November 2025, 8 p.m., Petit Palau, Barcelona. This year, Mediterranean Day takes on a special dimension as it coincides with the 30th anniversary of the Barcelona Process. Three decades later, Barcelona once again becomes a meeting point to reaffirm the Mediterranean as a shared space and a bridge of understanding between its shores. The commemoration highlights the power of music and poetry to weave bonds and open dialogues, always looking towards a fairer and more peaceful future for the whole region.

Framed within the 10th Regional Forum of the Union for the Mediterranean and its side events, the concert will feature the renowned Barcelona-born flamenco singer Mayte Martín, who will perform Manuel de Falla’s El amor brujo —considered the composer’s masterpiece— together with the Camerata Penedès under the direction of Elena Rey. They will be joined by musician Gani Mirzo and actress Manar Taljo.

ARTISTS

Mayte Martín Mayte Martín is a renowned flamenco singer, composer and guitarist from Barcelona. Considered one of the great voices of contemporary flamenco, her artistic career is characterised by sensitivity, expressive purity and creative freedom. With several albums released and a career spanning back to the late nineteen-eighties, she has explored various genres without ever abandoning her essence.

La Camerata Penedès
It is one of the leading orchestras in Catalonia, based at the Municipal Auditorium of Vilafranca del Penedès and with a reach that extends throughout the territory. It is made up of young musicians trained in prestigious European conservatoires.

Gani Mirzo
He is a renowned Kurdish musician from Qamishlo (north-eastern Syria). Trained at the Aleppo Conservatoire, where he taught oud and composition, he settled in Barcelona in 1993, where he delved into flamenco at the Liceu Conservatoire, where he is currently a professor and heads the Department of Oriental Music (Ziryab) of the Barcelona School of Music.

REPERTOIRE: 'EL AMOR BRUJO' Manuel de Falla

PROGRAME:

1 part

Poem Love Passed By (fragment). Paca Torres
Instrumental piece Biranin by Gani Mirzo (oud)
Poem If the Sea Had Handrails. Maria Mercè Marçal
Instrumental piece Buhar by Gani Mirzo (oud)
Poem Seasons That Have Nothing to Do with the Seasons (fragment). Ahlem Mosteghanemi
Instrumental piece Dilana Azadi by Gani Mirzo (oud)
Poem Plea. Noelia Cortés
Instrumental piece Ziyara by Gani Mirzo (oud)

2 part

Manuel de Falla (1876–1946) El amor brujo (1915)
Libretto by María Lejárraga

Introduction and Scene
Song of Sorrowful Love
The Apparition
Dance of Terror
The Magic Circle
Fisherman’s Romance
Song of the Will-o’-the-Wisp
Pantomime
Ritual Fire Dance
Final Scene

Artists

Mayte Martín, flamenco singer
Camerata Penedès, conductor: Elena Rey
Manar Taljo, actress
Gani Mirzo, Arab oud

Cesc Colomina, lighting design
Martí Sancliment, dramaturgy

Join this year’s Mediterranean Day online campaign

We need to talk, Mediterranean

To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Barcelona Process, the 2025 campaign invites us to move the conversation forward — and bring it closer to people. This campaign is about the power of dialogue: between cultures, generations, communities and even with ourselves. Here’s how you can take part:

Follow us on our social media platforms: @UfMSecretariat
Write a message to yourself, to a friend or to your neighbours — near or far — about your hopes for the future, your aspirations and your dreams for the Mediterranean.
Use #MediterraneanDay to join the conversation.
Follow the “Message in a Bottle” creator series on Instagram, featuring voices from both shores of the Mediterranean.

Un cupó per a un dia únic

Per tercer any consecutiu, el cupó de l’ONCE del dia 28 de novembre es dedica al Dia del Mediterrani i remarca el compromís del Grup Social ONCE per a fer de la nostra regió un lloc millor, un espai on es troben l’humanisme, el coneixement i el diàleg cultural. Aquest any el cupó anima a participar en la campanya i destacar reptes i solucions per al nostre espai compartit.