Overview

• At the Teatro Auditorio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, the regional president presided over the Medalla Internacional de las Artes and the XXIII Premios de Cultura.
• She framed Madrid as a cultural power promoting work “sin censuras,” and the region kept its Tauromaquia award, which went to writer and academic Andrés Amorós.
• Dúo Dinámico won Popular Music, with Ramón Arcusa accepting the honor and recalling his late partner Manolo de la Calva.
• Performing arts recognitions included Belén López (Dance), Enrique García Asensio (Classical Music), Esperanza Roy (Theatre) and a posthumous film award for Marisa Paredes.
• Salvador Amaya (Visual Arts) and underwater specialist Álvaro Herrero (Photography) were honored, while Inditex, Hotel Palace, Lhardy, Teatro Circo Price, Fundación Mapfre, the Asociación de Belenistas and Alfonso Ussía also received awards.