The Auditorio de Tenerife is hosting the Canaries Regional Phase of the 23rd Intercentros Melómano (Performance Prize for Soloists) under the Professional Degree category.

The auditions will involve pupils from the professional conservatoires of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in different instrumental specialities: percussion, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, guitar, piano and violin. With the collaboration of the Auditorio de Tenerife, the event will host performances of a maximum of 15 minutes with a freely chosen repertoire. After the performances, the jury deliberates and subsequently awards the diplomas.

The first person classified will represent the Canary Islands during the final phase of the competition, which will take place on December 7 in the Auditorium of the Council of Alicante (ADDA). The Final Phase will involve the seventeen regional representatives who will try to win the prize. It consists of a concert tour throughout Spain, including solo performances and concerts with symphony orchestras, such as the European Youth Orchestra of Madrid and the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Granada. Likewise, the regional winners may be selected by the orchestra and the chorus of Spain's state-owned broadcaster RTVE to participate in its III Classical Gala for Young Talents, to be held in 2025.

On this occasion, the jury will be made up of the composer Miguel Ángel Linares Pineda, the technical director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, Daniel Broncano, and the pianist Ana Lucía Domínguez González.

The Intercentros Melómano is an initiative by the Fundación Orfeo (https://www.fundacionorfeo.com/), created in 2002 to encourage pupils from music conservatoires to actively participate in professional competitions. The idea is to serve as a practical experience for musicians, facing an audience and jury that assesses their performance and not only their technical skills.  

*The image of this event belongs to Sara Esturillo, winner of Intercentros Melómano 2014.