Leonor delivers the Princess of Girona Awards for the first time on Girona soil: her very intense schedule

The princess Leonor This gala is prepared to the millimeter. His speech, the languages ​​she is going to pronounce, the tone of his words, the silences. Everything is measured. The Princess of Girona Awards are her big night, just like the one in Oviedo. For the heiress, it is the first year that she has presented these awards in Girona. In recent years, the ceremony had been moved to Barcelona, ​​due to political pressure for independence and a lack of collaboration (in 2020 they were canceled due to the pandemic). The gala of this 14th edition will take place on July 5 at the Hotel Camiral, in Caldes de Malavella, in Girona. Her parents will accompany the Princess, Felipe VI y Mrs. Letiziaand his sister Sofia.

First official act for Leonor since her graduation, on May 20 at the UWC Atlantic College in Wales. The program of events for the FPdGI Princess of Girona Foundation Awards begins with the attendance of the King and Queen’s daughters at the presentation of a study prepared by KPMG entitled Paths that converge: young people and companies facing the challenge of talent. Afterwards, they will participate in the workshop amplify you, on music and education, to give way to the traditional meeting with the winners. This meeting will be chaired by Don Felipe and Doña Letizia.

One of the most anticipated is the young violinist Maria Duenas, Arts Award; the engineer and founder of Open Cosmos, Rafael Jorda; doctor in biomedicine Marc Schneeberger; the founder of the Palliative Art Foundation, Silvia Fernandez; and the co-founder of the Kidogo childcare platform, Sabrina Habib.

Prior to the gala, they will hold a meeting with the members of the FPdGI Board of Trustees. It will be at 7:30 p.m. when the awards ceremony begins, which distinguish artistic creativity in all disciplines, research and innovation in science and technology, solidarity and entrepreneurial talent among young people under 35 years of age, who with their commitment, proactivity and effort act as a lever of change to improve a more inclusive and diverse world.