‘On 28 September the response to Alzheimer’s comes through music’. The Pasqual Maragall Foundation is staging a major concert to help in the fight against Alzheimer’s at the Palau Sant Jordi
Performers of the standing of Joan Manuel Serrat, Noa, Barbara Hendriks, Sílvia Pérez Cruz and Miguel Poveda will be putting on a unique show with a symphonic backdrop courtesy of the El Vallès Symphony Orchestra conducted by Joan Albert Amargós, under the artistic direction of Manuel Huerga, with the essence of the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games playing a key role in commemorating some very special moments.
Exhibition: IV Barcelona Olympic Foundation International Award · Paper on art
The firm commitment made by the Fundació Barcelona Olímpica to illustrate the link between art and sport is more tangible that ever. It is demonstrated, once again, by the broadening of this fourth call for proposals, in both quantitative and qualitative terms.
The synchronised swimming team have presented their
The synchronised swimming team, accompanied by the coaching staff and the President of the Spanish Federation, Fernando Carpena, presented Maite Fandos, President of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation, with the “Samsara” swimsuit used in the team’s free routine with which they claimed the silver medal at the 2013 Barcelona World Championships.
Maite Fandos together with the members of the synchronised swimming team – Ona Carbonell, Marga Crespí, Thais Enrique, Alba Cabello, Clara Basiana, Clara Camacho, Paula Klamburg, Sara Levi, Meritxell Mas, Irene Montrucchio, Laia Pons and Cristina Salvador accompanied by the coaching staff Esther Jaumá, Anna Vives, Mayuko Fujiki and Anna Montero, the President of the Spanish Federation, Fernando Carpena, and the President of the Catalan Federation, Enric Bertran, added this final piece to the exhibition which will be open free of charge at the Olympic and Sport Museum up until 9 September.
The Results of the International Barcelona Olympic Foundation Prize – Art on Paper. Granada native Leonor Solans won with her work entitled “Amazona”.
‘Boxeo’ by Ana Belén Hernández came in second and ‘La triatlò” by Barcelona native Daniel Fuster came in third place.
The three winning pieces in addition to the finalist entries will be on display as of 13 September in the temporary exhibit room of the Joan Antoni Samarach Museu Olímpic i de l’Esport (Olympics and Sports Museum). Access to the room will be free. If you’d like more information on our finalists, you can find it all on the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/museuolimpicbcn
Just like every year, summer camp has arrived in Barcelona
One of the preferred activities at Montjuïc is to visit the Museu Olímpic i de l’Esport (Olympics and Sports Museum). Visits from summer camps have significantly increased in recent years.
The 18th edition of the ‘Congress of the European College of Sport Science’ featured the collaboration of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation.
Approximately 400 guests turned up at the Joan Antoni Samarach Museu Olímpic i de l’Esport (Olympics and Sports Museum).
Paolo Badano presented his chair which features an innovative movement system for the physically handicapped
With help from the Badano Adapted Area, he presented his GENNY chair at the Olympic Museum of Barcelona. A revolutionary chair that allows users (people with physical disabilities), access and mobility to remote areas such as beaches or mountain paths.
The International Meeting of World Olympic Museums is organized annually by the Olympic Museum of Lausanne, in an effort to generate synergies among the various Olympic Museums throughout the world that are members of the Olympic Museum Network, under the sponsorship of the IOC
The IOC grants a credential to those museums that comply with the established organizational norms, as indicated from Lausanne. The Olympic Museum located in Barcelona, known as Museu Olímpic i de l’Esport Joan Antoni Samaranch, is one of the 21 official museums in the world.
The first Cardio-Sports Conference
The Spanish Association against Sudden Death, with the support of the City of Barcelona, held the first Cardio-Sports Conference at the Joan Antoni Samaranch Olympics and Sports Museum in Barcelona.
“El Olimpo del Motor”, the new area at the Joan Antoni Samaranch Museu Olímpic i de l’Esport (Olympics and Sports Museum) pays homage to the MotoGP family.
Under the watchful eyes of Paolo and Rossella Simoncelli, the parents of the late driver Marco Simoncelli; Carmelo Ezpeleta, Managing Director of Dorna; Marc Martín, the sports journalist who came up with the idea for the initiative; Juli Pernas, Director of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation and riders Marc Marquez, Alex Marquez, Toni Elías, Pol Espargaró, Julián Simón, Nico Terol, Emilio Alzamora, Albert Llovera, Alex Rins, Salvador Cañelles, Jordi Torres, Jacub Kornfeil and Joan Lascorz – teams, the press and other people linked to the MotoGP family inaugurated the “El Olimpo del Motor” space with a special tribute to Marco Simoncelli.
