- Starmus, already recognised as the most ambitious science
and music festival in the world returns to the Canary Islands in
April 2025 as one of the big bets for
the recovery of the island of La Palma.
- Starmus has just celebrated its seventh edition in
Slovakia, where more than 100,000
people attended the different events of the festival that paid
tribute to Planet Earth
TENERIFE and LA PALMA,
Spain, June 18,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- STARMUS, the most ambitious
science and music festival - founded by Garik Israelian, PhD in astrophysics, and the
Queen guitarist Brian May, also a
PhD in astrophysics, have announced today its next edition to be
held on the island of La Palma next April
2025.
At a press conference together with the President of the
Government of the Canary Islands - Fernando
Clavijo, the Special Commissioner for the Reconstruction of
the Island of La Palma - Héctor F. Izquierdo, the President of the
Island Council of La Palma - Sergio Rodríguez Fernández, the
Director of the Insituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)-
Rafael Rebolo, and the most popular
Spanish science communicator Javier
Santaolalla, "Starmus La Palma" is presented as an
historic edition, both for the festival and for the island.
Starmus returns to the Canary Islands – in partnership with the
Starlight Foundation - as part of the recovery programme for the
island of La Palma after the disaster caused by the eruption of the
Cumbre Vieja Volcano in 2021. Thus, the festival will serve as a
platform for the international promotion of the island known as the
"isla bonita" and its positioning as one of the most privileged
territories in the world for stargazing.
After the success of its last editions abroad - in Norway, Switzerland, Armenia and Slovakia - Starmus 'returns home' to
contribute to the recovery of La Palma. Within the framework
of the 'Starlight Declaration or Declaration of La
Palma' in Defence of the night sky and the right to
starlight - promoted by the IAC and drafted and signed by
international institutions such as UNESCO, UNWTO and IAU among
others, whose responsible body is the Starlight Foundation.
This special edition will be a tribute to the island and it will
focus on the great challenges of light and space pollution.
Bringing back to the Canary Islands the great heroes and
visionaries of the space race, together with a great cast of
scientific and artistic personalities.
The festival will offer a 4-day programme of first-class
lectures, an unparalleled musical agenda that will bring
world-renowned speakers and artists to La Palma and its popular
STARMUS Camp, with which science will take centre stage all over
the island.
The organisers are already working on the programme and further
details of the event are expected to be announced in September.
Undoubtedly, a unique event that will put the 'Isla Bonita' in
the international spotlight for a whole week and consolidate it as
an international point of reference for the scientific community
and for astro-tourism as "the island of the stars".
Media Contact: Brezo Rodríguez, +34 678255196,
brezo@starmus.com; press@starmus.com
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