Social project · Music and inclusion
Music can transform what we have lived through. Making Windmills · Creando Molinos
An initiative led by Vasco Hernández and Vanesa Lledó, turning music into support for spinal cord injury research, inclusion and the creation of new opportunities.
01 · The origin
A human response transformed into action.
Making Windmills began after a severe spinal cord injury and a long period of hospital care experienced by Vanesa Lledó. Vasco Hernández placed his work as a guitarist and composer at the service of a cultural initiative with a clear purpose: to help.
Its first public presentations described the project as a music campaign supporting research connected with Spain’s National Hospital for Paraplegics in Toledo. Half of the proceeds from the concert held at the Círculo de Arte on 8 June 2019 were allocated to that purpose.
Known in Spanish as Creando Molinos, the project was conceived with an international outlook: to travel, open cultural spaces and turn artistic creation into a practical social tool.
This page does not turn a private experience into a promotional device. It preserves the positive meaning of the initiative, brings together its public record and acknowledges the people who helped shape it.
Growth does not always mean leaving experience behind. Sometimes it means giving it a new direction.
02 · The actions
Concerts, workshops and places to meet.
Public records show a project broader than a concert series: live music, awareness and adapted instruments designed to make percussion accessible to people with different abilities.
Benefit concerts
Vasco Hernández’s guitar and compositions formed the artistic core of a campaign aimed at raising funds and awareness.
Cajón for everyone
Inclusive workshops developed and taught by Vanesa Lledó using her own cajones and a teaching method she created, presented at different events and covered by regional television in Castilla-La Mancha.
Art and growth
Artistic practice understood as a space for autonomy, emotional expression and personal development.
03 · Timeline
Confirmed public milestones.
This chronology includes only dates supported by accessible institutional, journalistic or audiovisual sources.
Presentation at the National Hospital for Paraplegics
A public agenda announced the Making Windmills presentation in Toledo; subsequent coverage recorded an introduction to the project and an adapted cajón workshop.
Concert at Toledo’s Círculo de Arte
The performance was presented as the campaign’s public launch. Half of its proceeds went towards spinal cord injury research.
Interview on Spain’s public radio network
El amplificador devoted a 33-minute conversation to Vanesa Lledó, her journey and the creation of the project with Vasco Hernández.
Pitingo lends his support from the Lo Ferro Festival
The artist recorded a message supporting the campaign before appearing at the 40th anniversary of the Murcia flamenco festival.
Teatro de Rojas · scheduled and cancelled
The concert appeared in the institutional programme and press agendas, but the theatre’s official listing confirms that it was cancelled. The date coincided with the arrival of COVID-19 and Spain’s first state of emergency, declared on 14 March 2020, which suspended the opening of theatres to the public.
04 · A voice of support
A gesture from Lo Ferro.
The audiovisual archive preserves Pitingo’s public message of support for the initiative in July 2019.
A short message published by Vasco Hernández Music Media before Pitingo’s performance at the 40th anniversary of the Lo Ferro Festival.
05 · Living archive
A story still being reconstructed.
A significant part of the documentation remains dispersed across hard drives, posters, photographs and recordings. It will be added gradually as each detail can be properly substantiated.
Separating public sources from the personal archive prevents unverified material from being presented as established fact.
06 · Documentation
Open, verifiable sources.
Each reference links directly to an external source used to reconstruct the purpose, activities and public record of Making Windmills / Creando Molinos.
El amplificador — Vanesa Lledó
An audio interview about her personal journey and the birth of the initiative with Vasco Hernández.
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Toledo Diario
Making Windmills arrives in Toledo
A preview of the Círculo de Arte concert and its support for spinal cord injury research.
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ENCLM
Art as a driver of personal growth
Coverage of the international presentation and the inclusive adapted-cajón workshop.
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Redescena
Professional performance listing
A record held by Spain’s Network of Theatres, Auditoriums, Circuits and Festivals.
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Teatro de Rojas
Creando Molinos
The institutional listing for the April 2020 performance, cancelled during Spain’s first COVID-19 state of emergency.
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La Vanguardia
Cultural agenda
A complementary press record of the planned Teatro de Rojas concert.
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