Antonio Banderas, 2025 Talía Award for Lifetime Achievement

The Board of Directors of the Academy of Performing Arts of Spain has decided to award the Talía de Honor prize for professional career to Antonio Banderas from Malaga. As announced in a statement, this award recognizes "his absolute dedication and infinite generosity in supporting the performing arts throughout his career."

They explain that "in particular, his work with the Soho CaixaBank Theater project is highlighted, where he has committed to excellence and the values that the Artistic Fact contributes on stage. Antonio Banderas has established himself as an unquestionable reference, dignifying with his work and personal brand all the artistic disciplines that make up our Performing Arts. With his Soho Theater, he has placed his hometown, Malaga, at the epicenter of our country's cultural scene, thus demonstrating his love and respect for the tools that the Performing Arts offer to human beings. This recognition culminates with the creation of the ESAEM, the Higher School of Performing Arts of Malaga, a project that reinforces his commitment to the training and development of new generations of artists."

In a note signed by the president of the Academy of Performing Arts of Spain, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, the Talía de Honor to Antonio Banderas in its third edition "aims to recognize his career and his unquestionable figure, which undoubtedly represents the best values that the world of culture brings to us."