Sport Andrea Fuentes Swimming in medals This Spanish athlete with the most Olympic medals in history—four, an honour she shares with Mireia Belmonte and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario—wants to keep adding to her medal display case, now as a coach.
R&D Patricia Santos Seeds for the future Educator Patricia Santos, winner of the 2025 Mujeres a Seguir Award in the Education category, found her place in the classroom and, from there, she helps her pupils find their own place in the world.
Art Ira Lombardía A life among images In the era of hyper-visuality—the saturation of images typical of contemporary society—, Ira Lombardía delves into photographs from a critical perspective and deals with themes like feminism, environmental issues or memory.
Music Zapata Tenor Battle of the giants Zapata Tenor’s goal is to bring classical music to new audiences. To achieve this, he relies on humour. The audience at his concert presenting his latest album, ‘Gigantes,’ will be able to experience this first hand.
Fashion The New Pertegaz Rekindling the Legend The fashion house is embarking on a new cycle led by designer Jorge Vázquez, who shares with Pertegaz a taste for bourgeoise fashion and an almost obsessive attention to detail. These are the guidelines of the new Pertegaz, which will make its debut at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid.
Design Marisa Gallén Design for life In late 2019, Marisa Gallén received the National Design Award, a recognition for a long career dedicated to an artistic discipline that is much talked about but about which little is known.
Music Eduardo de la Iglesia Soundtracks for Binary Realities He’s as likely to make music for a fight between virtual warriors as a futurist adventure or a battle set during World War II. A forerunner on the other side of the pond, Eduardo de la Iglesia, from Madrid, talks to Talento a bordo about one of the most creative and unknown jobs of our time: making soundtracks for video games.
Cinema and theatre Begoña Vargas The Big Leap After working in theatre and series such as ‘La otra mirada’ or ‘High Seas’, Begoña Vargas makes the leap to the big screen and plays the leading role in the horror film ‘Malasaña 32’, directed by Albert Pintó. We’ll be on her tail...
Art Jaime Mato Taxidermy for vegans Jaime Mato turns entomology into fine art. But the artist doesn’t do it the old-fashioned way; he creates beetle collections with recycled coffee capsules. Welcome to the era of sustainable art!
Cinema and theatre Belén Sánchez-Arévalo Stories in Tiny Flasks The short is doing wonderfully. Ask Belén Sánchez-Arévalo, short writer with over two hundred awards in her cabinet. The latest being Best Spanish Fiction Short / Iberia Talent on Board Award for Best Spanish Script at the 9th edition of the ABC Spanish American Short Festival.
