Programme of cultural events marking the presentation of the 2023 Princess of Asturias Awards

7:00pm. Welcome activities (light-painting, etc.).

7:45pm. Donna and the Dynamos Live! Concert.

They are back. They are on tour. And that tour will pass through Asturias. A tribute band to the group that Donna –the role played in the film Mamma Mia! by Meryl Streep, 2023 Princess of Asturias Laureate for the Arts– and her friends had in their youth will perform some of the band’s hits. Under the musical direction of Mar Álvarez, the group will be made up of singers Mariajo Baudot, Paula Mata and Lucía Alonso; Cristina Montull and Ana Fernández (keyboards) and Kike Planelles (guitar).

• Free admission until all seats are taken.
• Village skittle alley. Porrúa.

8:30pm. Exemplary cinema. Mamma Mia!

The screening of the film Mamma Mia!, starring American actress Meryl Streep, in the village of Porrúa, bestowed with the 2005 Exemplary Town of Asturias Award, will mark the commencement of Awards Week.

• Free admission until all seats are taken.
• Main Hall, Llacín Cultural Centre. Porrúa.
• Duration: 108 minutes.

7:30pm. Opening of the Tabacalera Building.

To enter the building, you must register in advance on the Princess of Asturias Foundation’s website (www.fpa.es/en).

20:00pm. Opening event of the Murakami on the Shore programme.

Charlie Parker plays bossa nova. Murakami on the shore. Concert.

A concert dedicated to Haruki Murakami and his book First Person Singular. In this book, he fantasizes about the idea that Charlie “Bird” Parker, one of the most influential musicians in the history of jazz, could have recorded an album performing pieces in the style of this well-known genre of Brazilian origin.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• Tabacalera Building. Gijón
• Maximum audience: 150.

Murakami in Short Sleeves. Murakami on the shore. Installation.

Haruki Murakami, 2023 Princess of Asturias Laureate for Literature, has a striking collection of t-shirts that is reflected in the book Murakami T: The T-Shirts I Love. They are all simple garments with designs related to elements of pop culture. Designers Pablo Amargo, Manuel Fernández, Juan Jareño, Noelia Pañeda and Alicia Varela, and artist Edgar Plans have each created a t-shirt design inspired by Murakami’s texts for the occasion.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• Tabacalera Building. Ground Floor. Gijón.

The Dolphin Hotel. Murakami on the shore. Installation.

Some of the main characters in Haruki Murakami’s books frequent places that allow them to find themselves. Artist Sergio Fernández will invite the public to enter The Dolphin Hotel, a space that refers to the setting of the novel Dance Dance Dance, which at the same time is a landscape where visitors will have to discover hidden mysteries.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• Tabacalera Building. Ground Floor. Gijón.

Stone Moon, Salt Mirror. Murakami on the shore. Installation.

Some of Haruki Murakami’s characters live between different levels of reality. Photographer Javier Bejarano uses recurring motifs and images in the Japanese author’s work to invite visitors to peer into that other side of reality. 1Q84, Killing Commendatore and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle are the source of inspiration for this installation that pays tribute to Murakami’s phantasmagorical universe.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• Tabacalera Building. Ground Floor. Gijón.

Between Words. Murakami on the shore. Installation.

The everyday world of modern Japan and references to Western culture come together in Haruki Murakami’s literary work. The installation by Pablo Pandiella, the artist behind the name Materia Mínima, offers an ephemeral architectural intervention that invites visitors to contemplate a landscape to pay tribute to one of the writer’s best-known facets, combining the two cultures in one and the same universe.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• Tabacalera Building. Ground Floor. Gijón.

The Edge of the World. Murakami on the shore. Installation.

Via a play of light and shadows and animated images projected on the walls of the Tabacalera Building chapel, artist Cristina Busto invites the public to discover the dreamlike world of Haruki Murakami.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• Tabacalera Building. Ground Floor. Gijón.

Birthday Girl. Murakami on the shore. Exhibition.

An exhibition comprising a selection of illustrations by German artist Kat Menschik, taken from the illustrated book Birthday Girl by Haruki Murakami.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• Tabacalera Building. Ground Floor. Gijón.

Murakami Club Space. Murakami on the shore.

Recreation of a place inspired by the Japanese jazz kissas format, where jazz classics abound on the shelves. In his youth, Haruki Murakami ran a jazz bar of this kind, the ‘Peter Cat’. According to the author himself, “concerts were scheduled, drinks and simple meals were served.” What’s more, he wrote his first novels there.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• Tabacalera Building. Gijón

11:00pm. Opening of the permanent installations of the FPABRICA.

The La Vega Arms Factory in Oviedo will once again this year be one of the venues for the “Awards Week” activities. From 12th to 20th October, the programme of events that will take place in its streets and buildings includes concerts of various musical genres, science/art installations, film screenings, spoken storytelling and workshops related to the world of acting, among other proposals.

Visiting times to the permanent installations will be from 11:00am to 2:00pm and 4:00pm to 9:00pm on Thursday 12th, Saturday 14th, Sunday 15th and Friday 20th October. The remaining days, visiting times will be from 4:00pm to 9:00pm. To enter the factory, you must register in advance on the Princess of Asturias Foundation’s website (www.fpa.es/en). Admission to some of the activities may be restricted if there is a clash with other events.

QUORUM. Art installation.

Bonnie L. Bassler and Peter Greenberg, joint 2023 Princess of Asturias Laureates for Technical and Scientific Research, have stood out for their work in the understanding and analysis of ‘quorum sensing’, a type of bacterial communication that allows some species of these microorganisms to come together to develop specific biological capabilities that they do not possess separately. One of these abilities is bioluminescence, observed in the natural world, which has been of great importance in the Laureates’ study of this language.

QUORUM s an artistic installation that, using the bacteria vibrio harveyi (the same one that Bonnie L. Bassler works with) as a kind of oil painting, offers a symbolic explanation of this bacterial communication system, creating links between science and art.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• Dates: 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 17th and 20th October.
• La Vega Arms Factory. Oviedo.

Meryl Streep Spaces.

Through various elements located in different spaces in the Arms Factory, the visitor will be able to review an outstanding part of Meryl Streep’s filmography: a light aircraft like the one with which Karen Blixen flies over the savannah in one of the most memorable scenes of the unforgettable film Out of Africa and a camp where you can tell stories around the fire; a Chevrolet Apache model truck, like the one in The Bridges of Madison County in which Francesca, her character, realizes that certain givens only come around once in a lifetime; and the iconic shoe from the movie poster for The Devil Wears Prada.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Various spaces. Oviedo.

Run like Kipchoge.

20.91 km/h was the average speed of Eliud Kipchoge, 2023 Princess of Asturias Laureate for Sports, at the 2022 Berlin Marathon, where he set the world record for this race at 2 hours, 1 minute and 9 seconds. Would you be able to sustain that running speed? For how long? A large treadmill will allow visitors to put their athletic abilities to the test and experience the sporting ability of the 2023 Princess of Asturias Laureate for Sports Award first-hand, in an activity aimed at family audiences.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Cannons building. Oviedo.

Jazz Kissa. Art installation and space for performances.

Recreation of a place inspired by the Japanese jazz kissas format, where jazz classics abound on the shelves. In his youth, Haruki Murakami ran a jazz bar of this kind, the ‘Peter Cat’. According to the author himself, “concerts were scheduled, drinks and simple meals were served.” What’s more, he wrote his first novels there.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Foundry building. Oviedo.

Mary’s Meals Shed. Exhibition space.

Mary’s Meals, the organization granted the 2023 Princess of Asturias Award for Concord, began its activity in a shed located in the village of Dalmally (Scotland), which continues to be its base of operations today. A recreation of that emblematic place can be visited at the Oviedo Arms Factory and will serve as an exhibition space to inform visitors of the organization’s history and achievements.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Oviedo.

School of Arts without Crafts. A “useless” space in tribute to Nuccio Ordine.

Both in his profession as a teacher and his writings and talks, 2023 Princess of Asturias Laureate for Communication and Humanities Nuccio Ordine defended the value of education as a necessary means to form free, ethical citizens with the capacity for critical thinking. Counter to the utilitarian conception of education, Ordine instead advocated curiositas as a principle that should guide the desire to know, as well as the need to abandon haste and dedicate unhurried time to reflection.

In this space, visitors will be invited to abandon hyperconnection for a while, forget their mobile phone and listen carefully and calmly to some of Nuccio Ordine’s own reflections on the topics to which he –as he himself put it–dedicated his life: “education, literature, art and love of the common good”.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• From 12th to 20th October.
• La Vega Arms Factory. Arts and Crafts Building. Oviedo.

Film cycles.

• Meryl Streep Film Cycle. A selection of some of Meryl Streep’s most notable films can be seen in the Oviedo Arms Factory cinema.
• Awards Cinema. Film cycle. The “Awards Cinema” cycle will address themes closely related to the work and ideals of our Laureates, especially Hélène Carrère d’Encausse and Nuccio Ordine. The films will invite the viewer to embark on an entertaining, culturally-nourishing trip around such interesting issues as language, the usefulness of the useless, education, and the state of "European values”. “Awards Cinema” is a stimulating experience that will invite viewers to reflect on these themes.

Exhibition: “Taking the Floor” cultural programme for schools.

An exhibition of projects by primary school children who have participated in “The Secret Life of Microbes”, an activity forming part of the “Taking the Floor” cultural programme for schools in the Principality of Asturias aimed at making better known to the public the contributions to the knowledge of the human microbiota (the set of microorganisms that live in our body) and their essential role in health, in whose study Jeffrey Gordon has been a pioneer, and the communication mechanisms between bacteria, revealed by Peter Greenberg and Bonnie L. Bassler. The pupils have interpreted the information on these topics, adapted for them in an educational support, through illustrative drawings.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Yard. Oviedo.

Various sessions. You are the Dancing Queen. Master class. Choreography. Workshop.

This master class will allow participants to immerse themselves in a choreography inspired by the song Dancing Queen, performed by Laureate for the Arts Meryl Streep in the film Mamma Mia! The class will be designed to be enjoyed by people of all ages and ability levels and will serve as a canvas for you to unleash your creativity and celebrate life through dance and movement.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Workshops building. Oviedo.
• Various sessions: 10:00am, 11:00am and noon.
• Maximum audience: 50. Duration: 45 minutes.

Various sessions. Stories Around the Fire. Storytelling of One Thousand and One Arabian Nights.

Karen Blixen, the character played so unforgettably by Meryl Streep in Out of Africa, was, as highlighted in the film, a great storyteller. This activity aspires to recover this simple human rite of telling stories out loud. Storyteller Héctor Urién will tell a family audience stories from One Thousand and One Arabian Nights, a reference book for the Danish author. The recommended age is 6 years onwards.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Hallway of the Warehouse building. Oviedo.
• Various sessions: 11:00am, noon and 1:00pm.
• Maximum audience: 100.

1:00pm. Piano, solo Piano. Murakami on the shore. Concert.

A die-hard music lover, Haruki Murakami has imbued many of his stories with musical references that span all genres, especially including classical music. In this concert, the pianist from Gijón Martín García García, a major figure on the international scene, will perform a selection of pieces related to the life and literary career of the 2023 Princess of Asturias Laureate for Literature.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• Tabacalera Building. Auditorium. Gijón.
• Maximum audience: 170.

1:30pm. Dance, dance, dance. Concert.

Jazz is one of Haruki Murakami’s favourite musical genres. The plots and scenes of many of his books are impregnated with references to artists, records and songs of this genre and form an inseparable part of the Japanese author’s literary world view. On this occasion, a jazz group led by pianist Jacobo de Miguel will perform some of the pieces mentioned in the book Dance Dance Dance.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Yard. Oviedo.

Various sessions. At the Foot of the Ngong Hills. Informative talk and tasting of Kenyan coffee.

Karen Blixen, the character played by Meryl Streep in Out of Africa, had, as everyone knows, “a farm in Africa at the foot of the Ngong Hills”. Upon settling there, she decided to embark on the business of producing coffee. One of the best coffees in the world is currently grown very close to that place. Through this emblematic role played by the Laureate, this activity proposes to deepen the participants’ knowledge of coffee production in which perhaps the aroma of that almost legendary land can be appreciated thanks to the American actress’ acting skills.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Hallway of the Warehouse building. Oviedo.
• Various sessions: 5:00pm and 5:30pm.
• Maximum audience: 100.

Various sessions. Jazz Kissa live. Concert.

In his youth, Haruki Murakami ran the ‘Peter Cat’, a jazz kissa, the name given to a type of hospitality establishment in Japan where shelves full of classics of this musical genre abound. According to the author himself, at the Peter Cat “concerts were scheduled, drinks and simple meals were served.” What’s more, he wrote his first novels there. Musicians Carlos Pizarro and Jorge Viejo will perform some jazz pieces closely related to the life and literary career of the Princess of Asturias Laureate for Literature.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Foundry building. Oviedo.
• Various sessions: 6:00pm, 7:00pm and 8:00.
• Maximum audience: 99.

Various sessions. Blessed Healthcare and Negatif. Micro-theatre.

Performance of two plays, Blessed Healthcare and Negatif, focused on publicizing the work of the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), 2023 Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation. The two plays will be staged by the Micro-theatre Madrid theatre company.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. M-1 building. Oviedo.
• Various sessions: 19:00, 20:00, 21:00 y 22:00.
• Maximum audience: 70. Duration: 40 minutes.

8:00pm. Piano, solo piano. Concert.

Haruki Murakami has imbued many of his stories with musical references that span all genres, including classical music. In this concert, the pianist from Gijón Martín García García, a major figure on the international scene, will perform a selection of pieces by Franz Liszt and Robert Schumann related to the life and literary career of the Laureate.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Workshops building. Oviedo.
• Maximum audience: 562.

8:00pm. Meryl Streep Film Cycle: Mamma mia! Film.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Workshops building. Oviedo.
• Maximum audience: 298. Duration: 108 minutes.

9:00pm. After Dark. Murakami on the shore. Concert

On this occasion, a jazz group led by pianist César Latorre will perform some of the pieces mentioned in the book After Dark. Jazz is one of Haruki Murakami’s favourite musical genres. The plots and scenes of many of his books are impregnated with references to artists, records and songs of this genre and form an inseparable part of the Japanese author’s literary world view.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• Tabacalera Building. Auditorium. Gijón.
• Maximum audience: 170.

9:30pm. Dance, dance, dance. Concert.

Jazz is one of Haruki Murakami’s favourite musical genres. The plots and scenes of many of his books are impregnated with references to artists, records and songs of this genre and form an inseparable part of the Japanese author’s literary world view.On this occasion, a jazz group led by pianist Jacobo de Miguel will perform some of the pieces mentioned in the book Dance Dance Dance.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Warehouse building. Oviedo.
• Maximum audience: 562.

5:00pm. What do we talk about when we talk about Murakami? Murakami on the shore. Round table.

Translator and expert in the work of Haruki Murakami Carlos Rubio will chair a discussion between writer Rodrigo Fresán, translator Lourdes Porta and editor Ana Estevan to talk about the work of the Laureate, the writers who have influenced him and the ins and outs of the profession as a translator in which he himself has excelled.

• With the collaboration of the Japan Foundation.
• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• Tabacalera Building. Auditorium. Gijón.
• Maximum audience: 170.

Various sessions. Blessed Healthcare and Negatif. Micro-theatre.

Performance of two plays, Blessed Healthcare and Negatif, focused on publicizing the work of the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), 2023 Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation. The two plays will be staged by the Microteatro Madrid theatre company.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. M-1 building. Oviedo.
• Various sessions: 7:00pm, 8:00pm, 9:00pm, and 10:00pm
• Maximum audience: 70. Duration: 40 minutes.

7:30pm. Stories Around the Fire. Spoken storytelling.

Karen Blixen, the leading character in Out of Africa played by Meryl Streep, was a great storyteller. This activity aspires to recover that simple human rite of telling stories out loud. Writers Jacobo Bergareche, Laura Fernández Domínguez, Juan Tallón and Silvia Hidalgo Callarga will tell fascinating stories around the fire, just like after a pleasant evening meal on an African farm.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Workshops building. Oviedo.
• Maximum audience: 562. Duration: 60 minutes.

8:00pm. Meryl Streep Film Cycle: The Bridges of Madison County. Film.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Workshops building. Oviedo.
• Duration: 135 minutes.

8:30pm. Naoko’s Funeral. Murakami on the shore. Concert.

In one of the last scenes of the novel Norwegian Wood, following the death of Naoko, one of the three characters around which the book’s plot revolves, her friends Reiko and Toru Watanabe decide to hold a funeral for her that is not sad while they drink wine. Reiko picks up a guitar and plays a list of songs, mainly those by The Beatles.

Led by guitarist Marco Martínez and singers Carmen Lancho, Lara Hoevenaar and Miryam Latrece, attendees will be able to delve into the work of the Laureate and, just like the characters in the novel, celebrate beauty and life.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• Tabacalera Building. Auditorium. Gijón.
• Maximum audience: 170. Duration: 60 minutes.

9:00pm. Stories, Stories, Stories. Murakami on the shore. Concert.

Jazz is one of Haruki Murakami’s favourite musical genres. The plots and scenes of many of his books are impregnated with references to artists, records and songs of this genre and form an inseparable part of the Japanese author’s literary world view. On this occasion, a jazz group led by pianist César Latorre will perform some of the pieces mentioned in different short stories by the Laureate. The event will be held at the Meidinerz venue, which regularly programmes concerts in this musical genre.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• Meidinerz Jazz Club. San Agustín Street, 12. Gijón.
• Maximum audience: 35.

9:30pm. DJazz Kissa. DJ session.

Jazz is one of the favourite musical genres of Haruki Murakami, 2023 Princess of Asturias Laureate for Literature. The plots and scenes of many of his books are impregnated with references to artists, records and songs belonging to this genre and form an inseparable part of the Japanese author’s literary world view. A disc-jockey will give a session mixing a sequence of songs included in the Japanese author’s books.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Foundry building. Oviedo.
• Maximum audience: 99.

10:00pm. Donna and the Dynamos Live! Concert.

They are back. They are on tour. And that tour will pass through Asturias. A tribute band to the group that Donna –the role played in the film Mamma Mia! by Meryl Streep– and her friends had in their youth will perform some of the band’s hits. Under the musical direction of Mar Álvarez, the group will be made up of singers Mariajo Baudot, Paula Mata and Lucía Alonso; Cristina Montull and Ana Fernández (keyboards), Kike Planelles (guitar), Eva D. Toca (drums) and Edgar Vero (bass).

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Warehouse building. Oviedo.
• Maximum audience: 562. Duration: 50 minutes.

10:30pm. Murakami Club live. Murakami on the shore. Concert.

Jazz is one of Haruki Murakami’s favourite musical genres. The plots and scenes of many of his books are impregnated with references to artists, records and songs of this genre and form an inseparable part of the Japanese author’s literary world view. Musicians Carlos Pizarro and Jorge Viejo will perform some jazz pieces closely related to the life and literary career of the Princess of Asturias Laureate for Literature.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• Tabacalera Building. Ground Floor. Gijón.
• Maximum audience: 120.

Various sessions. Outlining the Character. Master class. Characterization. Workshop.

Characterization is crucial when preparing a character. For this reason, makeup artist Aida Carballo will show the public the profession and relevance of makeup artists and character designers in the film world based on Meryl Streep’s most important roles.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Workshops building. Oviedo.
• Various sessions: 10:00am, 11:00am and noon.
• Maximum audience: 70. Duration: 45 minutes.

Various sessions. Stories Around the Fire. Storytelling of One Thousand and One Arabian Nights.

Karen Blixen, the role played so unforgettably by Meryl Streep in Out of Africa, was, as highlighted in the film, a great storyteller. This activity aspires to recover this simple human rite of telling stories out loud. Storyteller Héctor Urién will tell a family audience stories from One Thousand and One Arabian Nights, a reference book for the Danish author..

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Hallway of the Warehouse building. Oviedo.
• Various sessions: 11:00am, noon and 1:00pm.
• Maximum audience: 100. Duration: 30 minutes.

Dialogues on Uselessness.

Disciplines such as philosophy, literature and art, considered “useless” in the society of productivity, are, for Nuccio Ordine, Princess of Asturias Laureate for Communication and Humanities, fundamental “to make humanity more human”. In this ‘School of Non-Traditional Arts’, teachers who are experts in these subjects will discuss some of the topics so dear to the Laureate.

Noon.  Philosophical Dialogue on the Concept of Usefulness. Dialogues on Uselessness.

Eduardo Infante, lecturer in Philosophy and author of Filosofía en la calle (2019) and Achilles en Tik Tok: El camino a la virtud (2023) will lead a philosophical dialogue with a group of participants which will delve into the idea of usefulness, employing reasoning, critical thinking and arguments.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Arts and Crafts Building. Oviedo.
• Maximum audience: 100. Duration: 45 minutes.

13:00 pm. After Dark. Murakami on the shore. Concert.

On this occasion, a jazz group led by pianist César Latorre will perform some of the pieces mentioned in the book After Dark. Jazz is one of Haruki Murakami’s favourite musical genres. The plots and scenes of many of his books are impregnated with references to artists, records and songs of this genre and form an inseparable part of the Japanese author’s literary world view.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• Tabacalera Building. Auditorium. Gijón.
• Maximum audience: 170.

1:30pm. Donna and the Dynamos live! Concert.

They are back. They are on tour. And that tour will pass through Asturias. A tribute band to the group that Donna –the role played in the film Mamma Mia! by Meryl Streep– and her friends had in their youth will perform some of the band’s hits. Under the musical direction of Mar Álvarez, the group will be made up of singers Mariajo Baudot, Paula Mata and Lucía Alonso; Cristina Montull and Ana Fernández (keyboards), Kike Planelles (guitar), Eva D. Toca (drums) and Edgar Vero (bass).

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Yard. Oviedo.
• Duration: 50 minutes.

Various sessions. At the Foot of the Ngong Hills. Informative talk and tasting of Kenyan coffee.

Karen Blixen, the character played by Meryl Streep in Out of Africa, had, as everyone knows, “a farm in Africa at the foot of the Ngong Hills”. Upon settling there, she decided to embark on the business of producing coffee. One of the best coffees in the world is currently grown very close to that place. Through this emblematic role played by the Laureate, this activity proposes to deepen the participants’ knowledge of coffee production in which perhaps the aroma of that almost legendary land can be appreciated thanks to the American actress’ acting skills.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Hallway of the Warehouse building. Oviedo.
• Various sessions: 17:00 y 17:30.
• Maximum audience: 100.

Various sessions. Jazz Kissa en vivo. Concert.

In his youth, Haruki Murakami ran the ‘Peter Cat’, a jazz kissa, the name given to a type of hospitality establishment in Japan where shelves full of classics of this musical genre abound. According to the author himself, at the Peter Cat “concerts were scheduled, drinks and simple meals were served.” What’s more, he wrote his first novels there. Musicians Carlos Pizarro and Jorge Viejo will perform some jazz pieces closely related to the life and literary career of the Princess of Asturias Laureate for Literature.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Foundry building. Oviedo.
• Various sessions: 6:00pm, 7:00pm and 8:00pm.
• Maximum audience: 99. Duration: 30 minutes.

6:00pm. De Viva Voce. Murakami on the shore. Live sound fiction.

Via a show that combines narration, sound elements, dramatic developments and other theatrical elements, De Viva Voce will submerge the audience in stories related to some of Haruki Murakami’s key concepts, stories and narrative exercises. Hosted by Tono Permuy and commissioned by one of the reference venues on Gijón’s cultural scene, ‘Toma 3’, the activity will take place both at the Tabacalera building and at Toma 3 itself.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• Tabacalera Building. Auditorium. Gijón.
• Maximum audience: 170.

6:00pm. Meryl Streep Film Cycle: The Devil Wears Prada.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Workshops building. Oviedo.
• Maximum audience: 562. Duration: 111 minutes.

Various sessions.  Naoko’s Funeral. Concert.

In one of the last scenes of the novel Norwegian Wood, following the death of Naoko, one of the three characters around which the book’s plot revolves, her friends Reiko and Toru Watanabe decide to hold a funeral for her that is not sad while they drink wine. Reiko picks up a guitar and plays a list of songs, mainly those by The Beatles.

Led by guitarist Marco Martínez and singers Carmen Lancho, Lara Hoevenaar and Miryam Latrece, attendees will be able to delve into the work of the Laureate and, just like the characters in the novel, celebrate beauty and life.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Cannons building. Oviedo.
• Various sessions: 7:30pm and 9:30pm.
• Maximum audience: 500. Duration: 60 minutes.

8:30pm. Meryl Streep Film Cycle: Out of Africa.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Workshops building. Oviedo.
• Maximum audience: 298. Duration: 160 minutes.

9:00pm. Stories Around the Fire. Spoken storytelling.

Karen Blixen, the role played so unforgettably by Meryl Streep in Out of Africa, was, as highlighted in the film, a great storyteller. This activity aspires to recover that simple human rite of telling stories out loud. Writers Jacobo Bergareche, Laura Fernández Domínguez, Juan Tallón and Silvia Hidalgo Callarga will tell fascinating stories around the fire, just like after a pleasant evening meal on an African farm. No more, no less.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Workshops building. Oviedo.
• Maximum audience: 562. Duration: 60 minutes.

10:30pm. Charlie Parker plays bossa nova. Murakami on the shore. Concert.

A concert dedicated to Haruki Murakami and his book First Person Singular. In this book, he fantasizes about the idea that Charlie “Bird” Parker, one of the most influential musicians in the history of jazz, could have recorded an album performing pieces in the style of this well-known genre of Brazilian origin.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• Tabacalera Building. Auditorium. Gijón.
• Maximum audience: 170.

10:30pm. Murakami Club live. Murakami on the shore. Concert.

Jazz is one of Haruki Murakami’s favourite musical genres. The plots and scenes of many of his books are impregnated with references to artists, records and songs of this genre and form an inseparable part of the Japanese author’s literary world view. Musicians Carlos Pizarro and Jorge Viejo will perform some jazz pieces closely related to the life and literary career of the Princess of Asturias Laureate for Literature.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• Tabacalera Building. Ground Floor. Gijón.
• Maximum audience: 120.

11:00pm. De Viva Voce. Murakami on the shore. Live sound fiction.

Via a show that combines narration, sound elements, dramatic developments and other theatrical elements, De Viva Voce will submerge the audience in stories related to some of Haruki Murakami’s key concepts, stories and narrative exercises. Hosted by Tono Permuy and commissioned by one of the reference venues on Gijón’s cultural scene, ‘Toma 3’, the activity will take place both at the Tabacalera building and at Toma 3 itself.

• Free admission until all seats are taken.

• Toma 3. Marqués de Casa Valdés Street, 27. Gijón.

• Maximum audience: 55.

Various sessions. Lights, Camera, Action! Master class. Acting. Workshop.

Carmen Sandoval Rodríguez, actress and teacher of acting at the Asturias School of Dramatic Arts (ESAD), will give a master class that aims to delve into what it means to work as an actor in the audiovisual medium, both for the public with experience and for beginners, in the context of the work of Princess of Asturias Laureate for the Arts Meryl Streep.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Workshops building. Oviedo.
• Various sessions: 10:00am, 11:00am and noon.
• Maximum audience: 70. Duration: 45 minutes.

Various sessions. Stories Around the Fire. African storytelling.

Karen Blixen, the role played so unforgettably by Meryl Streep in Out of Africa, was, as highlighted in the film, a great storyteller. This activity aspires to recover this simple human rite of telling stories out loud. Storyteller Ana Griott will tell popular stories from the African tradition to a family audience.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Hallway of the Warehouse building. Oviedo.
• Various sessions: 11:00am, noon and 1:00pm.
• Maximum audience: 100. Duration: 30 minutes.

Various sessions. Kramer in the park Concert.

The first movement of Vivaldi’s Concerto in C Major for Mandolin, Strings and Harpsichord is the main piece of the soundtrack of the film Kramer vs. Kramer, for which Meryl Streep won the Academy Award for Best Actress. The appearance of this composition on the soundtrack meant that it began to be included more frequently in the programmes of Baroque music concerts. Furthermore, the film had an important social impact by placing on the table of public debate the new perception of new times about the concept and idea of family. In this activity, the Asturian group Forma Antiqva, conducted by Aarón Zapico, will perform this and other pieces by Vivaldi, Telemann and other composers of the time, in a fun gathering aimed at all sorts of families.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Yard. Oviedo.
• Various sessions: noon and 1:30pm.
• Duration: 40 minutes.

12:00 noon. What's the Usefulness of Art? Dialogues on Uselessness.

Natalia Tielve and Renata Ribeiro, lecturers in Art History at the University of Oviedo, will talk about the value of art and advocate an approach to it independent of economic interests and immediate practicality. They will defend the usefulness of stopping to look, listen, enjoy and reflect.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Arts and Crafts Building. Oviedo.
• Maximum audience: 100. Duration: 45 minutes.

1:00pm. The Need for Poetry. Dialogues on Uselessness.

Aurelio González Ovies, poet and lecturer in Latin Philology at the University of Oviedo, and María Esther García López, President of the Asturian Association of Writers, will reflect on the importance of poetry throughout life and as part of education from childhood onwards. Pupils from the CP La Luna state primary school and the “TraVersuras Poéticas” workshop imparted within the University of Oviedo Mature Students Programme (PUMUO) will participate in the event with the reading of some poems.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• María Bandujo Street (Periodista Arturo Arias Square). Gijón.

1:00pm. Concert Musikamis. Murakami on the shore. Concert.

A selection of groups made up of 10- to 16-year-old students from the Sonidópolis music academy in Gijón will perform a repertoire of pop and rock songs included in some of Haruki Murakami’s books.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• Tabacalera Building. Ground Floor. Gijón.
• Maximum audience: 120.

5:00pm. Awards Cinema: Una razón brillante.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Warehouse building. Oviedo.
• Maximum audience: 562.

7:30 pm. Meryl Streep Film Cycle: Kramer contra Kramer.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Workshops building. Oviedo.
• Maximum audience: 298. Duration: 104 minutes.

8:00 pm. 1Q84. Concert.

Jazz is one of Haruki Murakami’s favourite musical genres. The plots and scenes of many of his books are impregnated with references to artists, records and songs of this genre and form an inseparable part of the Japanese author’s literary world view. On this occasion, a jazz group led by pianist Jacobo de Miguel will perform some of the pieces mentioned in the book 1Q84.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Foundry building. Oviedo.
• Maximum audience: 99.

6:00pm. Awards Cinema: Once in a Lifetime.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Workshops building. Oviedo.
• Maximum audience: 562. Duration: 100 minutes.

8:00pm. Meryl Streep Film Cycle: Sophie’s Choice.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Workshops building. Oviedo.
• Maximum audience: 298. Duration: 157 minutes.

11:30am. Opening of the “The secret life of microbes” exhibition. “Taking the Floor” Cultural programme for schools.

A meeting with the primary school children who have participated in “The Secret Life of Microbes”, an activity forming part of the “Taking the Floor” cultural programme for schools in the Principality of Asturias aimed at making better known to the public the contributions to the knowledge of the human microbiota (the set of microorganisms that live in our body) and their essential role in health, in whose study Jeffrey Gordon has been a pioneer, and the communication mechanisms between bacteria, revealed by Peter Greenberg and Bonnie L. Bassler. The pupils have interpreted the information on these topics, adapted for them in an educational support, through illustrative drawings.

• Admission strictly by invitation only.
• La Vega Arms Factory. Yard. Oviedo.
• Duration: 30 minutes.

12:15pm. A meeting with students. Bonnie L. Bassler.

A group of students will receive a hands-on master class from the Laureate on the concept of ‘quorum sensing’ in the bacteria Vibrio harveyi and its luminescent capacity.

• Admission strictly by invitation only.
• La Vega Arms Factory. Commercial warehouse. Oviedo.
• Duration: 30 minutes.

12:30 pm. A meeting with students. Peter Greenberg.

Peter Greenberg will visit a school to meet with students in which he will explain some keys to his career and research and answer questions posed by the student.

• Admission strictly by invitation only.
• IES Pando. Pando Avenue, 40. Oviedo.
• Duration: 45 minutes.

7:30 pm. Microbes: The Invisible Power. Bonnie L. Bassler and Peter Greenberg meet with the public.

The joint Princess of Asturias Laureates for Technical and Scientific Research, Bonnie L. Bassler and Peter Greenberg, will hold a meeting with the public chaired by University of Oviedo lecturer Felipe Lombó. Both scientists will give a brief presentation of their work before answering questions from the public.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• Accessible event: Spanish sign language.
• La Vega Arms Factory. Workshops building. Oviedo.
• Maximum audience: 562. Duration: 60 minutes.

8:00 pm. Meryl Streep Film Cycle. The Iron Lady.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Workshops building. Oviedo.
• Maximum audience: 298. Duration: 105 minutes.

11:00am. Meeting with experts. Bonnie L. Bassler and Peter Greenberg.

Bonnie L. Bassler and Peter Greenberg, joint 2023 Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, will meet with experts in the field of Biology.

• Admission strictly by invitation only.
• Faculty of Biology, University of Oviedo. Catedrático Valentín Andrés Álvarez Street, s/n. Oviedo.
• Duration: 60 minutes.

11:30am. Visit by Martin Cooper to a school.

• Admission strictly by invitation only.
• ES La Fresneda State Secondary School. La Fresneda building State. Siero.
• Duration: 60 minutes.

12:00 noon. DNDi. Visit to the Regional Parliament of the Principality of Asturias.

Luis Pizarro, Executive Director of the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) will visit the Principality of Asturias Regional Parliament to meet with the authorities and members of the Asturian healthcare ecosystem.

• Admission strictly by invitation only.
• Principality of Asturias Regional Parliament. Oviedo.
• Duration: 90 minutes.

12:30pm. Meryl’s Choices. “Taking the Floor” cultural programme for schools.

Meryl Streep meets with a delegation of the teachers and 3rd and 4th year secondary, baccalaureate and vocational training students who have participated in the “Taking the Floor” cultural programmes for schools activity inspired by her career.

In the proposal entitled “Meryl’s Choices”, students were encouraged to awaken their filmmaking spirit by choosing one of the characters that the actress has played to create a scene for the activity. Whether as a reinterpretation of one of the film’s scenes or as a new interpretation, students had to express their idea by developing a script in Spanish or English that includes descriptive details of sets, lighting and characterization of the characters, among others.

• Admission strictly by invitation only.
• La Vega Arms Factory. Warehouse building. Oviedo.
• Duration: 60 minutes.

7:30pm. Unscripted. A Meeting with Meryl Streep.

Meryl Streep will meet with the public to talk about acting, her professional career and her future aspirations. The event will end with questions from the public.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• Accessible event: Spanish sign language and audio induction loop system.

• City of Oviedo Exhibition and Conference Centre (PEC). Oviedo.

• Duration: 75 minutes.

7:30 pm. Murakami blues. Haruki Murakami meets with members of book clubs linked to public libraries.

A meeting between Haruki Murakami and members of book clubs linked to public libraries in Asturias and other parts of Spain.

Following the Jury’s decision, these clubs began reading the author’s books and held sessions during September and October to talk and raise questions about his work. These will be put to the Laureate during the meeting that will be hosted by journalist and writer Berna González Harbour.

• Admission by invitation only for members of book clubs linked to public libraries.
• Accessible event: Spanish sign language.
• Jovellanos Theatre. Gijón.
• Duration: 60 minutes.

8:00pm. Awards Cinema: Arrival.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Warehouse building. Oviedo.
• Duration: 116 minutes.

8:30pm. Final rehearsal for the 31st Princess of Asturias Awards Concert: "With a Certain Taste of Peace".

Final rehearsal for the 31st Princess of Asturias Awards Concert: "With a Certain Taste of Peace".

• Tickets will be available from the Prince Felipe Auditorium box office from Saturday 14th October onwards, between 10:00am and 2:00pm and between 4:00pm and 7:00pm, or until there are no tickets left. A maximum of two tickets will be made available per person.

• Prince Felipe Auditorium, (del Fresno Square, Oviedo).

11:30am. Mura—Kamis. "Taking the Floor" Cultural programme for schools.

Haruki Murakami meets with a delegation of the teachers and 3rd and 4th year secondary and baccalaureate students who have participated in the “Taking the Floor” cultural programmes for schools activity inspired by his work.

The “Mura–Kamis” activity dedicated to the 2023 Princess of Asturias Laureate for Literature is based on the proposal that the author received to write for a magazine about a selection of the more than two hundred t-shirts that form part of his collection. From this initiative was born his book Murakami T: The T-Shirts I Love (2021) in which he reviews topics such as sources of inspiration. Based on his story Tony Takitani and the idea that originated it, the students were asked to be inspired by their own collection of t-shirts to write a story and, in addition to that story, share with the public the element of the garment of the t-shirt that emerged and the image of it.

• Admission strictly by invitation only.
• Carreño Miranda State Secondary School. Cervantes Avenue, 26. Avilés.
• Duration: 60 minutes.

11:30am. InVisible, InVincible. "Taking the Floor" Cultural programme for schools.

Representatives of the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) meet with a delegation of the teachers and secondary and baccalaureate students who have participated in the “Taking the Floor” cultural programme for schools in the Principality of Asturias activity inspired by the organization’s work. Entitled "InVisible, InVincible", the proposal was for students to give visibility to the reality of more than one billion people affected by neglected diseases and to design a monographic publication aimed at the general public that serves as a channel to publicize the global situation of these diseases and publicize DNDi’s achievements and its upcoming challenges.

• Admission strictly by invitation only para los centros educativos que han participado en la actividad correspondiente.
• Batán State Secondary School (Mieres). El Batán street, Mieres.
• Duration: 75 minutes.

11:30am. Zero to Hunger. "Taking the Floor" cultural programme for schools.

A representative or representatives of Mary’s Meals will meet with some of the teachers and students of 5th and 6th year primary and secondary pupils who have participated in the “Taking the Floor” cultural programme for schools activity inspired by the organization’s work.

Entitled "Zero to Hunger”, the idea of the activity for primary students consisted in making a graphic interpretation of the organization’s achievements under the title “This is Mary’s Meals” and the making of a blue cup (characteristic of the organization) out of cardboard that includes a message inspired by the organization’s work. The secondary students were invited to graphically interpret –in cartoon vignettes, scenes or comics– the magnitude and impact of the work carried out by Mary’s Meals and their reflections on the dimension, importance and differentiating features of the organization’s work.

• Admission strictly by invitation only.
• Patronato San José school. Los Ángeles street, 2. Gijón.
• Duration: 75 minutes.

11:30am. Tribute to Nuccio Ordine.

A round table reviewing Nuccio Ordine’s main lines of thinking which will also constitute a tribute to teachers, deriving from the “A Loving Hand” activity within the “Taking the Floor” cultural programme for schools.

Chaired by lecturer in Philosophy Salvador Centeno, the round table will feature philologist and writer Irene Vallejo and physicist and researcher Pedro Miguel Echenique (1998 Prince of Asturias Laureate for Technical and Scientific Research). The activity will also count on the presence of writer and poet Aurelio González Ovies.

• Admission strictly by invitation only
• Aramo Secondary School. Trece Rosas street, 5. Oviedo.
• Duration: 60 minutes.

12:00 noon. Martin Cooper meets with Engineering students.

Martin Cooper, joint 2009 Prince of Asturias Laureate for Technical and Scientific Research, returns to Asturias to meet with Engineering students.

• Admission strictly by invitation only.

• Gijón Polytechnic School of Engineering.

• Duration: 60 minutes.

12:00 noon. Into the ESAD. A meeting with students of Dramatic Arts.

Princess of Asturias Laureate for the Arts Meryl Streep will meet with students from the School of Dramatic Arts of the Principality of Asturias (ESAD), who will interpret scenes from Spanish plays as a tribute to her.

• Admission strictly by invitation only.
• School of Dramatic Arts of the Principality of Asturias. ESAD. Gijón.
• Duration: 35 minutes.

5:00pm. Mary’s Meals. A meeting with organizations.

Marta Manen, CEO of Mary’s Meals Spain; Amina Swedi, Kenia's office director, and Panji Kajani, Zambia and Zimbabwe's (Malaui) office director,  will meet with Asturian social volunteer organizations and members, as well as the general public, in which they will review the history of their organization, its success model and some of the main achievements achieved throughout its history.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en

• Accessible event: Spanish sign language.

• La Vega Arms Factory. Warehouse building. Oviedo.
• Duration: 60 minutes.

8:00pm. Meryl Streep Film Cycle: The Post.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Workshops building. Oviedo.
• Duration: 116 minutes.

21:00 pm. Charlie Parker plays bossa nova. Concert.

A concert dedicated to Haruki Murakami and his book First Person Singular. In this book, he fantasizes about the idea that Charlie “Bird” Parker, one of the most influential musicians in the history of jazz, could have recorded an album performing pieces in the style of this well-known genre of Brazilian origin.

• Prior registration at www.fpa.es/en
• La Vega Arms Factory. Workshops building. Oviedo.
• Maximum audience: 562.

10:00am. Eliud Kiphoge will lead a symbolic run with students and teachers.

Eliud Kipchoge, the 2023 recipient of the Princess of Asturias Award for Sports, will lead a symbolic 15 minutes race on Friday, October 20 at 10:00 a.m. in the San Francisco Park in Oviedo.

The Kenyan athlete will be joined by a group of students and teachers taking part in the "When Do I Start? Today" initiative, which forms part of the “Taking the Floor” cultural programme for Asturian educational institutions. In addition, there will be an exhibition of some of the work carried out in the park itself. The start will take place at the Paseo del Bombé.

• Admission strictly by invitation only
• Oviedo’s San Francisco Park.