Today the Hay Festival, Fundación AXA, Goethe-Institut Madrid, IE University and Segovia’s Esteban Vicente Museum presented the agreement they have signed for the joint organization of activities for the sixth edition of Hay Festival Segovia. Said activities include the Dos Voces Libres (Two free voices) session, a conversation between Rüdiger Safranski and Juan Luis Cebrián, and the inauguration of an exhibit by artist Anselm Kiefer from the María José Jove Foundation collection.
“Following the success of the Dos Voces Libres cycle last year with Bernard Henri Levy and Juan Luis Cebrián, we are once again undertaking the same style of philosophical, artistic and literary journay, co-organized by Fundación AXA in collaboration with partner institutions,” explains Maria Sheila Cremaschi, Director of Hay Festival Segovia.
María Teresa Ortiz-Bau, Director of Fundación AXA, which will be sponsoring festival activities for the second consecutive year, underscored the firm commitment shared by Fundación AXA and Hay Festival to the dissemination of both Spanish and international culture.
“Rüdiger Safranski brings philosophy to the public, making the ideas and styles of thought of key Germans, particularly from this new millennium, easier to understand,” says Margareta Hauschild, Director of the Goethe-Institut Madrid. “While Safranski transmits philosophical issues in his books, German artist Anselm Kiefer expresses his vision of the world through his art. His works of art are centered around German mythology, history, religion and symbology. In the 90s Kiefer began exploring more universal themes, focusing on the global destination of art and culture.”
The Dos Voces Libres session will be held in the Aula Magna of IE University’s campus, housed by in the fifteenth-century Santa Cruz la Real convent in Segovia.
“The Hay Festival has come to form part of our University’s DNA. As academic partner we share the same aim of transmitting our core values and multicultural ideas”, says Miguel Larrañaga, Vice Rector of IE University. Read more…






