XXXII Festival los Grandes del Góspel Madrid

A Christmas festival at the Teatro Fernán Gómez that brings together several international gospel groups in its 32nd edition, alongside a choir from Madrid, with programmes in South African, American and jazz styles.

The 32nd edition of this gospel festival takes place at the Teatro Fernán Gómez. Centro Cultural de la Villa, on Calle Colón, and brings together international gospel groups within the Christmas programme, continuing the approach of previous years.

The South African choir Soweto Gospel Choir, a three-time Grammy Award winner, premieres in Europe JOY, a concert that explores the spirit of South Africa through music and pays tribute to the legacy of Nelson Mandela, with spiritual songs and hits by Miriam. The Black Heritage Choir, directed by Mr. Jerry Calvin Smith, returns to Europe with The soul of Gospel, a journey through African American religious music, an update of The Sound Of Gospel on its twentieth anniversary, from its origins to its urban variants.

The New Orleans Gospel Choir presents Mardi Jazz Party, a new production for the festival that combines a gospel block with brass band music and a section devoted to carnivals. From Madrid, the choir Góspel Living Water, part of the Oh Madrid Happy Day programme, has received the Best International Group award at the Gospel Music Awards in Italy, and was the first Spanish group invited to the Music+Arts Global seminar in London, created by Edwin Hawkins, author of Oh Happy Day.