This Wednesday, November 27, the Kings presented the Gold Medals for Merit in Fine Arts 2023, in Seville. They have granted this recognition to 37 personalities and entities that have stood out in the field of artistic and cultural creation, or have provided notable services in the promotion, development or dissemination of art and culture, or in the conservation of artistic heritage. One of the personalities who has received this important distinction has been the late actressItziar Castro, posthumously, since the interpreter died on December 8 from last year.
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© GtresThe Royal Artillery Factory of Seville has dressed up to host the award ceremony of the Gold Medals for Merit in the Fine Arts of 2023. It has been a day in which the Kings have taken on a great role, interacting with both the artists as well as with their families. The latter has been the case of Itziar Castro’s mother, who has collected the medal in her daughter’s name for her work in the field of artistic and cultural creation. The interpreter, who was a member of the Film Academy, died on December 8, 2023.
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© GtresDressed in black, Lucía Rivadulla, went up to the stage very excited to collect this award. The actress’s mother, Broken with pain, she could not hold back her tears when receiving this medal in honor of her daughter. Right at this momentQueen Letizia has broken protocol and has not hesitated to hug and console her, uA beautiful gesture that has become one of the most emotional moments of the event.
© GtresBefore leaving the stage, he also greeted and thanked Felipe VI, and the three exchanged some pleasant words for a few minutes.
© GtresSubsequently, the mother of the one who was nominated for Best New Actress at the 2018 Goya Awards for Skins and who conquered the public with roles such as Gоya Fernández in Vis a vishas looked at the sky remembering his daughter, while teaching and posing with the medal at the same time as everyone present thereincluding the Kings, applauded.
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© GtresThis is not the first time that Don Felipe and Doña Letizia have had contact with Lucía Rivadulla.. After learning of the death of Itziar Castro, they sent him a telegram condolences to the family of the Catalan interpreter, died during the early hours of December 8 while preparing a show in a swimming pool in Lloret de Mar (Girona) at the age of 46. “She died happy preparing a show that she liked. She didn’t drink, she didn’t smoke, she was a fat girl, but healthy. We don’t need doctors, we talked to the coroner directly that night and it’s sudden death, there’s nothing more,” explained her mother. after his death.
© GtresThe Kings, who have always demonstrated their commitment to culture and art, valued the work of social awareness and the very important role that the protagonist of Vis a vis in the world of acting defining her as a charismatic actress and a social example: “We received the sad news of the death of Itziar Castro, a charismatic actress whose enormous talent earned her a Goya nomination as a revelation performer. She was a cinematographic discovery, but also a social example for her ability to reach the Spanish public through her performance and speech. With our recognition of his career, we want to extend to the entire family, in these difficult times, our sincere condolences, which we extend to all his friends and colleagues,” they said.
© GtresItziar Castro has not been the only one to have received this posthumous title. Terelu Campos and Carmen Borrego They have collected the prize awarded to their mother, Maria Teresa Campos. In fact, the television presenter has been very proud of her mother’s legacy and, upon going on stage, she has raised her hand and gaze to the sky as a sign of remembrance and dedication to the remembered journalist. The screenwriter and director Patricia Ferreira, the writer Miguel Ángel López González “El Hematocrito”, the comic artist Carlos Pacheco, and the actress Itziar Castro have also been awarded.