Madrid | January 16, 2017
The Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid hosted, with a full house, the XVII Gran Gala de Zarzuela de Año Nuevo, an important event that unites music and solidarity, organized every year by Radio Sol XXI and the Fundación Sinfolírica and that in this edition was held for the benefit of Envera and its projects aimed at improving the quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities, assisting and accompanying them throughout their lives.
Recalling that concert held in May with the universal tenor, Plácido Domingo, artists such as Antonio Vázquez, president of IAG, Ruth Iniesta, Israel Lozano, Juanma Cifuentes, Simón Orfila and Lola Casariego delighted the audience with a repertoire that covered the great themes of Zarzuela under the attentive baton of maestro Rubén Fernández, conductor of the Iuventas Symphony Orchestra, and accompanied by a group of choirs coordinated by Pedro Nebreda.
Students from Envera's Professional Programs and Secondary Education were able to share the experience with the artists backstage before performing the last song of the concert with the singers, culminating in warm applause from a standing audience.
Musicians, singers, singers, rondallas, dancers and even a chotis ensemble, gathered under the umbrella of inclusion in this evening that was supported by Iberia, Arturo Soria Plaza, El Pimiento Verde, Cafés la Mexicana and KIA, committed entities that wanted to join this gala to continue supporting equal opportunities and social justice.
The President of Envera, José Antonio Quintero, expressed his "sincere gratitude" to all the participants and organizers of the Gala for supporting Envera's mission in such a special year as the 40th anniversary of its foundation, and assured that "the doors of this house are always open to anyone who wants to meet us".
Envera is a non-profit organization founded 40 years ago, whose transparency is accredited by the Fundación Lealtad, and which serves 2,500 people with intellectual disabilities every year in its early care services, child and youth neurodevelopment, training, occupational and day center, and residences and guardianship; it employs more than 500 people with functional diversity and trains more than 300 athletes; it has the support of 250 volunteers and has a hundred collaborating entities. It has centers in Madrid, Colmenar Viejo (Madrid), Barcelona, Malaga, Tenerife and Las Palmas.
