Public Programs

Live Arts


Implied in the very name Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía is the Museum’s dedication to offering programs that enrich its exhibitions through Live Arts performances (Theater, Music, Dance and Performance Art.)

The Museum aims to offer these kinds of performances, which for their very nature are not welcomed in more conventional spaces. Keeping in mind the overlapping borders among different artistic disciplines today, the Museum’s objective is not to become just another performing arts space in the city, but to provide a platform for creating, experimenting and innovating in the Live Arts milieu, a mission directly related to the Museum’s theoretical discourse.

Likewise, the Museum collaborates with leading festivals for contemporary theater and creative dance in Spain in order to welcome representations from these festivals into its space, foster continuous dialogue with all of them and participate in forming their own discourses.


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Eurojazz Festival 2010

Date: April 6 - 29, 2010


The 2010 Eurojazz Festival is being held as part of the cultural program during the Spanish presidency of the European Union, a project shared with the two countries that will follow Spain's presidency, Belgium and Holland, and seeks to relate the language of jazz to European cultural identity. + info




























Past Programs

15 febrero, 2010. Concert. CDMC. Ensemble Klang

January 27 – February 13, 2010. Performance. Festival Escena Contemporánea

February 8, 2010. Concert. CDMC. Grup Instrumental de València

February 4 - 7, 2010. Theatre. Tudo Gira. Margarida Mestre

February 1, 2010. Concert. CDMC. Plural Ensemble

January 27, 2010. Performance / Presentation. Lydia Lunch, Ghosts of Spain. Presentación del libro Amnesia

January 25, 2010. Concert. CDMC. Ensemble Residencias I (Trío Arbós+Neopercusión)

January 18 - 23, 2010. Workshop. Tu cuerpo / el mío

January 18, 2010. Concert. Octeto Ibérico de Violonchelos.

January 10, 2010. Concert. Transcription Ensemble.

December 14, 2009. Concert. Solistas de la ORCAM.

December 2 - 3, 2009. Performance / Encounter/ Presentation. Rasa, de Malqueridas. Creaciones al límite.

November 30, 2009. Concert. CDMC: Grupo Sax-Ensemble.

November 23, 2009. Homage: Marlos Nobre. 70 aniversario y 50 años en la Música

November 16, 2009.The Pamplona Encounters III: Luis de Pablo, de ALEA a los Encuentros de Pamplona

November 10, 2009. The Pamplona Encounters II: Eduardo Polonio / eléctronica

November 3, 2009. The Pamplona Encounters I: Steve Reich / Bang on Can

November 13 - 14, 2009. Concerts / Performances / Projections: HyperSounds

May 7 - 9, 2009. Dance / Workshop / Encounters / Projections: Merce Cunningham Dance Company - Events

April 17 - 25, 2009. Installation / Performance / Workshop / Encounter: Compañía Societat Doctor Alonso - Retratos o si yo fuera

March 27, 2009. Dance / Performance: Selma Banich - Chew

February 18 - 19, 2009. Multimedia Presentation: Escena Contemporánea Festival: Walid Raad - The loudest Muttering is over: Documents from The Atlas Group Archive

January 27 - 28, 2009. Dance: Escena Contemporánea Festival: Paz Rojo - It´s my Ass You´ve Been Thinking about