Conference "Pacific Day 2026: The Music That Unites Us"

04/03/2026 | Madrid | Activities > History and thought

During the same period that music theorists were able to close the circle that orders the twelve semitones of the octave—as shown in the work Lux bella de Marcos Durán (Seville, 1492)—, the Spanish ships discovered America; and in 1521 they reached the MarThe Americas and the Philippines, to complete the first circumnavigation of a globe that was the scene of constant cultural exchanges. Juan Sebastián Elcano died in the waters of the Pacific in 1526, 500 years ago.

In these contacts, music played a prominent role as a universal expression linked to both personal life and the social dimension of all cultures.

To mark the annual commemoration of the first transpacific contact, Pedro Bonet will present and exemplify the research that has led him to perform, on five continents, repertoires that testify to the origins and the validity of a musical globalization that is still present.

Welcome words:
José Pintor, Director General of Casa Asia

Presented by:
Rafael Rodríguez-Ponga, president of the Spanish Association for Pacific Studies (AEEP)

Performative lecture by:
Peter BonetConcert performer and professor of recorder. Director of the Baroque music group La Folía

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