In total, 34 activities are planned; 4 in situ: (spontaneous classical music interventions) with the InConcerto group in rehabilitation and health centers.
Playing classical music at the Isidro Ayora hospital in this city, as in other spaces, is part of the Salud y Arte project, this time with the In Concerto group from the Living Arts Festival.
“It is a group of musicians from different parts of the world who have their headquarters here in Ecuador, and what they do is bring music to unconventional spaces, from vulnerable situations; for example, today we are here, yesterday we were in Solca, later we will be in the detention center, we will also be in the home for the elderly Daniel Álvarez Sánchez ”, announced María José Enríquez, director of the Festival.
They arrived with their violins, cellos, sheet music and with all the desire to play and make the inmates of this health home have a pleasant time
The audience was made up of mothers who have given birth in the last hours and even patients from the clinical and surgical areas.
“The Isidro Ayora hospital and health zone 7 are very pleased that they have taken us into account as one of the sites that are destined to be able to make the cultural presentation and the beginning of this new structure,” said Oswaldo Aguirre , manager of the health house.
In recent days, at the Day of Good Living Center in Vilcabamba, older adults welcomed the FIAVL team with affection and enthusiasm. Choreographer Thierry Thieû Niang, along with Lilly and Josefin Pöhlman, indicated that this space is to enjoy and learn from each other: “Dance will be the channel to do it and live with joy. The festival is a tool that strengthens public cultural policy and democratizes access to art and culture for all citizens ”.
In total, 34 activities are included in this component, four of them in situ (spontaneous classical music interventions) with the InConcerto group in social rehabilitation centers and health centers for the affective and human encounter with audiences affected by the current situation of the pandemic. They also include in the programming talks to deepen and generate tools to improve mental health and quality of life, proposed by the Faculty of Psychology of the Private Technological University of Loja; On November 23 there will be a discussion with Rosana Corbacho, a Spanish psychologist who works on mental health in the artistic sector. (I)

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