The Night of the ARA in pictures
The best photographs of how the ARA's 15th anniversary celebration was experienced at the Palau de la Música Catalana
BarcelonaThe ARA celebrated its fifteenth anniversary this Thursday, November 27th, at the Palau de la Música, with an event presented by journalists Carla Turró and Antoni Bassas. The Tatiana Sisquella Award was presented to the Girem Full initiative, the Ignasi Pujol Award to the Openchip technology initiative, and the Carles Capde Kallifatidas Award. The celebration culminated in an operatic performance of Verdi's works, featuring soprano Berna Perles, tenor Antoni Lliteres, baritone Àngel Òdena, the Madrigal Choir, and the Vallès Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Beatriz Fernández Aucejo.
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The president of the Parliament, Josep Rull, between the president of ARA, Ferran Rodés, and the director of the newspaper, Esther Vera.
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From left to right, the Minister of Linguistic Policy, Francesc Xavier Vila; the Minister of the Presidency, Albert Dalmau; Ferran Rodés, and Esther Vera.
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Former Catalan president Artur Mas and his wife, Helena Rakòsnik, with the director and president of ARA, Esther Vera and Ferran Rodés.
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Esther Vera talking with former President of the Generalitat Pere Aragonès before the start of the ARA Night.
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Sergi Germán, commercial manager of ARA, together with Eva Valenzuela, director of Barcelona airport, and its head of communication, Manel Fran.
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Núria Burguera, communications director of the Port of Barcelona, with the director of the ARA, Esther Vera.
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The ARA Night was held at the Petit Palau, although the subsequent reception took place in the hall of the historic Palau de la Música building, an exterior view of which can be seen here during the entrance of the guests.
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Xavier Gispert, corporate communications director of the La Caixa Foundation, together with the director of the ARA newspaper, Esther Vera.
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Agustí Sala, deputy director of the ARA, and the general director of Fira de Barcelona, Constantí Serrallonga.
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Sergi Germán with Francesc Ribera, general director of the CEEC; Enric Brazís, director of Endesa Catalunya, and Joaquim Daura, vice president of the CEEC.
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Xavier Queralt, from Cecot; Xavier Grau, head of Economics at ARA; Agustí Sala; Oriol Alba, general secretary of the employers' association, and Marta Raventós, also from Cecot.
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Joan Rodés, Maria Macaya and Ferran Rodés with the writer Theodor Kallifatides, winner of the first Diari ARA International Prize.
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Bernat Puigdollers, artistic director of the Vila Casas Foundation; Montserrat Viladomiu, vice president, and Cristina Ribes, general director.
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The journalist Albert Om; the director of ACN, Eva Arderius; the journalist Mònica Planas; and the writer Xavier Bosch, all of whom have been contributors to ARA since its inception. Om and Bosch are part of the founding team of the ARA newspaper.
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Marta Labata, general manager of BSM, and Albert Ortas, communications director, with the director of ARA.
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Bet Valls, Director General of Dissemination of the Generalitat, and Carles Escolà, Secretary of Media of the Government, with Pablo Casals and Esther Vera.
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Writer and ARA collaborator Empar Moliner with the newspaper's director taking a photo in front of the 15th anniversary poster.
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The director of Betevé and former managing director of ARA, Georgina Ferri, together with the newspaper's financial director, Xavier Linares.
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Elena Fort, vice president of FC Barcelona, together with the director of the newspaper ARA, Esther Vera.