The artist from Lanzarote, Ildefonso Aguilar de la Rúa, is now a Full Academician at the Royal Canarian Academy of Fine Arts of San Miguel Arcángel. Aguilar is the first person from Lanzarote to acquire the status of full academician of this institution, since its constitution 163 years ago.
At the appointment ceremony, which took place on Monday afternoon at the headquarters of the institution in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the president of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, Pedro San Ginés, was present; the island councilor of Culture, Emma Cabrera; as well as other personalities from the island, such as Senator Óscar Luzardo and the former president of the Cabildo and former mayor of Arrecife, Enrique Pérez Parrilla.
"As a citizen of Lanzarote," said the president of the Lanzarote Corporation in his speech, "it represents an enormous satisfaction for me that Ildefonso Aguilar de la Rúa is joining the Royal Canarian Academy of Fine Arts as a full academician. In my role as president of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, it is an honor to convey the satisfaction of an entire island, which today breathes pride in the important recognition that is given today to one of its most illustrious sons."
"A reason for pride and great joy"
For her part, the Minister of Culture stressed her congratulations to the artist from Lanzarote. "It is a reason for pride and great joy that someone from the world of Culture is rewarded and recognized, and on this occasion it is doubly so because of the artistic value of Ildefonso Aguilar and the relevance of the institution that welcomes him," said Emma Cabrera, who also highlighted "Aguilar's work and style, for his particular way of portraying Lanzarote."
During the appointment ceremony of the artist from Lanzarote, the Royal Canarian Academy of Fine Arts received the work 'Ephemeral Structures', which Aguilar has donated for his admission. Then, after the 'laudatio', the new academician said a few words about 'soundscapes'. The ceremony concluded with the musical audition, in absolute premiere, of the work for piano and electronics by Samuel Aguilar Pereyra, 'Ephemeral Structures'.
