The musical performance “Lorca, camino hacia el Diván” is inspired by the “Diván del Tamarit,” a collection of poems (divan) in which Federico García Lorca freely reinterprets the ghazals and casidas—two poetic forms from the classical Arabic tradition dedicated to love and death, the central themes of the collection. The work, published posthumously (1940), is said to have been written at Tamarit, an orchard belonging to the poet’s family whose name—also of Arabic origin—means “abundant in dates.”

Drawing on this work, we will immerse ourselves in that imaginative world where the poet’s personal experiences merge with some of the obsessions that accompanied Federico until the end of his life, through the text and narration of Matilde Cabello, the guitar of Francisco Javier Muñoz “El Tomate,” and the voice of Carmen Pérez “Niña de Espejo.”

The performance will be the culmination of a celebratory evening during which the awards for the 6th Planeta Gala International Book Trailer Contest, organized by the Antonio Gala Foundation, will be presented. This year’s winners are:

- First prize: “Reencarnados Anónimos,” by Fernando Cordara and Nicolás Ferrando.
- Second prize: “Polvo Sagrado,” by Sarah Doyle Corronsoros.
- Third prize: “Ojo Carmín,” by Sandra Endrino Luz.

The criteria taken into account in selecting the winners were visual and script coherence, the originality of the work, and the interest in reading the book that the book trailer sparks in the viewer.