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La gala se celebrará el  1 de julio a las 19:00 horas en el  Auditorio de Tenerife

El Auditorio de Tenerife Adán Martín ha acogido hoy (jueves 27) la presentación de los XXVII Premios Max de las Artes Escénicas – Tenerife en una rueda de prensa en la que han participado el consejero de Cultura y Museos del Cabildo de Tenerife, José Carlos Acha, la directora institucional de las Artes Escénicas de Fundación SGAE, Ana Graciani, y el director artístico de la ceremonia, Jose Padilla. La ceremonia, que tendrá lugar el 1 de julio a las 19 horas (hora canaria), pivota sobre las ideas y los sueños que nacen durante el acto creativo y todas sus posibilidades artísticas.

El consejero de Cultura abrió el acto asegurando que “es una suerte y una oportunidad que estos premios se celebren en Tenerife”. “Es un honor para el Cabildo de Tenerife que hayan pensado en esta isla para albergar la gala y supone un espaldarazo y reconocimiento a las artes escénicas y la danza de las islas; además es un orgullo que el acto lo dirija un tinerfeño (Jose Padilla) y se dedique a una figura tinerfeña (Ángel Guimerá)”, destacó José Carlos Acha, quien aseguró que “esto realza nuestra posición en el sector nacional”.

Ana Graciani agradeció “a este grandioso Auditorio de Tenerife y al Cabildo por la dedicación y la profesionalidad del equipo técnico y el amor que están demostrando por las artes escénicas”. La directora institucional del sector en la Fundación SGAE explicó que “el carácter itinerario de estos premios no es solo porque nos encante viajar y la filosofía bidireccional que aplicamos en los espacios, sino para acercar esta gran fiesta de las artes escénicas al territorio español, siendo un altavoz de las realidades de estas disciplinas en cada lugar, resaltando sus señas de identidad”.

El dramaturgo tinerfeño Jose Padilla se basó en el lema de este año, La escena, travesías de ilusión, para el concepto de la gala, que enseguida enfocó en la figura de Ángel Guimerá. “Es profundamente emocionante esto que estoy viviendo y estoy muy agradecido por la confianza que han depositado en mí”, confesó Padilla. El director de la gala explicó que “durante la investigación sobre Ángel Guimerá, que además se están celebrando los 100 años de su fallecimiento, he descubierto que hay muchas formas de ser tinerfeño, que la identidad es diversa y que el arte también lo es”.

Será una gala de dos horas de duración que pondrá de manifiesto esa “travesía de ilusión” que es la creación en general, y en las artes escénicas en particular. A los mandos de este viaje se encuentra el dramaturgo y director escénico y un equipo artístico enraizado en el archipiélago canario conformado por la coreógrafa Paula Quintana; Yaiza Pinillos como directora de vestuario; Rayco, encargado de la caracterización; Príamo Estudio (de Eduardo Moreno y Pau Fullana) a cargo de la escenografía, y el reputado compositor Jose Pablo Polo en la dirección del espacio sonoro y musical.

Organizados por la Sociedad General de Autores y Editores a través de la Fundación SGAE, la 27ª edición de los Premios Max de las Artes Escénicas – Tenerife cuenta con el patrocinio del Auditorio de Tenerife, a través del Cabildo de Tenerife y AENA; la colaboración del Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes, a través del Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y la Música (INAEM), y el apoyo de Grupo Eulen, , Mahou, Fonteide, Vinos de Tenerife y Tenerife Rural.  La ceremonia se retransmitirá en diferido por La 2 de RTVE, el Canal Internacional y RTVE Play, a partir de las 21 horas (hora canaria).

Ángel Guimerá, un canario universal
La figura y obra del creador y dramaturgo canario Ángel Guimerá, del que se cumple el centenario de su desaparición este mes de julio, servirá de guía para esta travesía de ilusión. Algunos de sus poemas, sus anhelos, miedos y sueños estarán plasmados sobre el escenario del Auditorio de Tenerife, en un ejercicio de síntesis muy escrupuloso que firma un orgulloso Padilla.

Sobre las tablas, un equipo de intérpretes canarios que se atreverán también con el catalán para dar vida a Guimerá (Kevin de la Rosa) y su entorno: Carmen Cabeza (como María Guerrero y madre de Guimerá), Christian Cánovas y Almudena Puyo. La atmósfera se completa con el cuerpo de baile enraizado en Tenerife, liderado por Quintana, y conformado por los bailarines Ico Botanz, Alicia Hernández Butragueño y Daniel Morales.

Un recorrido que pondrá de manifiesto las tradiciones culturales del archipiélago, sus siete islas, sin olvidarse de la magia del Teide, su rica gastronomía o sus costumbres, pero que también permitirá reconocer la pluralidad lingüística de nuestro Estado: “Aquellas, nuestras lenguas” que decía Guimerá, un canario universal. No en vano es padre reconocido de la Renaixença catalana y un prolífico escritor que abrazó el catalán para convertirlo en su propio idioma. Dos veces candidato al Premio Nobel y traducido a más de una decena de idiomas, suyas son obras como Terra Baixa (cuya última adaptación es finalista en esta edición de los Premios Max – Tenerife) o Las islas Fortunadas, textos que han sido interpretados en coliseos de todo el mundo.

Junto a Guimerá, también cabrá un espacio para rendir tributo a nuestras Margarita Xirgú y María Guerrero, pioneras de nuestro teatro. Todo un periplo de punta a punta del país que contará con la mirada cómplice del espectador, aquel que ante un escenario renuncia a la realidad y se somete, gustosamente, al ejercicio de imaginar. Porque la travesía… no es el final.

Blanca Paloma y st. Pedro, actuaciones estelares
La templanza de Blanca Paloma y los boleros renovados de st. Pedro, tan canarios en su naturaleza latina, pondrán el acento musical a estos 27º Premios Max – Tenerife. Un cuarteto de saxos originarios del archipiélago (Norberto Arteaga, Diego Jiménez, Marcos Pérez y Elena Seoane) acompañará a estos artistas y a Jose Pablo Polo en sus actuaciones en directo.

Por último, dos decenas de personalidades relevantes de las Artes Escénicas ejercerán de entregadores: Pedro Guerra, Chanel, Toni Acosta, Daniel Abreu, Jesús Carmona, Salva Reina, Natalia Álvarez Simó, Marta Fuenar, Juanjo Llorens, Marta González Vega, Paco Déniz, Roberto Torres, Natalia Menéndez, Fernando Navas, Carmelo Alcántara, Soraya González del Rosario, Severiano García, Mónica López, Carlota Gaviño, Aranza Coello, Irma Correa y Toni Tabares.

‘Señora de rojo sobre fondo gris’, Premio Max Aplauso del público
Además, Ana Graciani también ha anunciado el Premio Max Aplauso del público 2024, un galardón especial que se entrega por segundo año consecutivo y que reconoce aquellos espectáculos cuyo éxito les ha permitido permanecer en cartelera durante varias temporadas, gracias al sustento del espectador. El Comité de los Premios Max reconoce “por su incontestable éxito entre el público y la crítica especializada durante las cinco temporadas que se ha mantenido en cartel” a Señora de rojo sobre fondo gris, una producción de Sabre Producciones, Pentación Espectáculos, TalyCual e Islamusa.

El incombustible José Sacristán protagoniza este monólogo sobre el duelo y el amor perdido, dirigido por el fallecido José Sámano, adaptación de la novela homónima de su colega Miguel Delibes. Sacristán interpreta a Nicolás, un pintor en crisis que, desde el fallecimiento de su mujer, no ha sido capaz de volver a utilizar el pincel. La acción se desarrolla en un escenario gris y austero que contrasta con la formidable interpretación de Sacristán, maestro de los silencios y matices, protagonista absoluta del montaje. Se trata de la tercera novela de Delibes que Sámano ha llevado a escena, esta vez con la colaboración del propio José Sacristán y la dramaturga Inés Camiña, quien no solo adaptó el texto original al extraordinario momento interpretativo del experimentado actor, sino que también le profirió una visión más fresca y joven.

“Que te den un premio del público es de las mejores cosas que te pueden pasar, porque cuando uno plantea un espectáculo, lo que quiere es que el público vaya a verlo… y si encima le gusta y lo recomienda, no hay nada mejor” ha aseverado Jesús Cimarro, director de Pentación Espectáculos, productora responsable del éxito de otras obras de Delibes y Sámano como Cinco horas con Mario (más de cuatro décadas en escena), que también en esta ocasión ha jugado un papel fundamental en la continuidad y el éxito de este montaje. Señora de rojo sobre fondo gris se ha mantenido en cartelera durante cinco temporadas en escenarios de toda España, e incluso de Latinoamérica, en una gira que le ha llevado a algunas de las mejores plazas argentinas, como el Teatro San Martín de Buenos Aires, el Teatro del Bicentenario de San Juan y el Cine Teatro Plaza de Mendoza, y a Uruguay, concretamente a El Galpón de Montevideo.

Para Cimarro, la clave del éxito ha estado en la cuidada puesta en escena, pero, sobre todo, en la “soberbia interpretación” de José Sacristán y en una historia “que realmente enganchaba al público”. Así, la obra ha logrado resonar profundamente entre público y crítica, reflejando un magnífico testimonio emocional y biográfico de Delibes y su esposa, que ha encandilado a miles de espectadores de uno y otro lado del charco. Un texto que funciona de autobiografía y libro de memorias del genio vallisoletano al mismo tiempo que sirve de homenaje y biografía de Ángeles de Castro, su esposa. Un testimonio que retrata los últimos meses de la dictadura franquista y que parece un intento desesperado del multipremiado literato para estar, de nuevo, lo más cerca posible de su mujer.  

Tres premios especiales
Los galardones de Artes Escénicas más prestigiosos del ámbito nacional celebran 27 años manteniendo 20 categorías a concurso y tres premios especiales: Premio Max de honor, que ha distinguido la trayectoria profesional de la actriz Nuria Espert, el Premio Max aficionado o de carácter social, que ha reconocido la labor de la LaTrup Asociación Teatral Universitaria Troysteatro de La Laguna (Tenerife) en su modalidad aficionado, y el Premio Max aplauso del público, que ha recaído en Señora de rojo sobre fondo gris de Sabre Producciones, Pentación Espectáculos, TalyCual e Islamusa.

Acerca de los Premios Max
La Fundación SGAE organiza los Premios Max de las Artes Escénicas desde 1998. El galardón es un diseño del poeta y artista plástico catalán Joan Brossa (Barcelona, 1919 – 1998), impulsor de uno de los colectivos renovadores del arte español de posguerra. Los Max se han consolidado a lo largo de estos años como el reconocimiento más amplio en el ámbito de las artes escénicas en el Estado español. Los Premios Max han alcanzado un mayor número de seguidores y despertado el interés de compañías de todo tipo y de todo el país. En esta edición concurrieron 522 espectáculos.

ˋTriptychˊ, which was recognised at the Spanish Critics Awards as best international theatre production, will be staged in September.

The Auditorio de Tenerife is launching its new season with two performances of the Belgian theatre and dance company Peeping Tom. The company will stage in Tenerife Triptych: The Missing Door, The Lost Room, and The Hidden Floor, recognised at the Spanish Critics’ Awards as the best international theatre production of 2023. The performances are scheduled for 6 and 7 September, starting at 7:30 p.m., and tickets are already on sale.

Triptych is a reworked version of three short pieces Peeping Tom created for the Nederlands Dans Theater. Gabriela Carrizo directed the first part, The Missing Door, while Franck Chartier provided the two following instalments: The Lost Room, and The Hidden Floor. Carrizo and Chartier wanted to bring these pieces into the Peeping Tom repertory to be able to continue performing them. Together, the choreographers reimagined the pieces for the dancers of their company. In that sense, Triptych shows how different bodies, idioms, and working methods can overlap and mutually nourish one another.

Each part of the trilogy has its own stage and evokes a film set. The setting of The Missing Door is a room or hallway full of doors that cannot be opened. The action of The Lost Room takes place in a ship's cabin and focuses on the protagonists' inner worlds. The Hidden Floor takes place on the ship's abandoned restaurant stage, where the forces of nature have taken over. The sets are changed between each part before the audience as part of the show as if it were the live staging of a film.

Yet another layer is to be found in the new team of performers that Peeping Tom selected primarily for the characters of Triptych. Carrizo and Chartier focused on the new group's distinctive combination of technical qualities, straddling dance and theatre. With their own physical vocabulary, the new dancers will trace new lines of memory, not only across Triptych but also across the company.

The Peeping Tom company was founded in 2000 by the Argentinian Gabriela Carrizo and the Frenchman Franck Cartier and has presented its creations around the world. Carrizo and Cartier have been honoured with several important awards, including the FEDORA Van Cleef & Arpels Prize for Ballet for La Visita, an Olivier Award in the United Kingdom for 32 rue Vandenbranden, and a Patrons Circle Award at the International Arts Festival in Melbourne as well as several selections for the Belgian and Dutch Theatre Festivals.

Triptych is recommended for audiences of 16 or older, as it includes scenes that some may find offensive. It makes use of nudity, graphic violence, disturbing content, adult themes and sex scenes, a smoke machine, startling sound effects and strobe lighting.

The tickets can be purchased at a single price of 15 euros and 5 euros for the audience under 30 years of age on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium's box office, or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., except for August, when the box office will be closed. There are discounts for students, unemployed and large families.

The multi-award-winning tenor from San Sebastian will be accompanied by the Sinfónica de Tenerife and the choir Coro Ópera de Tenerife-Intermezzo.

Opera of Tenerife concludes its season this Saturday (22 June) with an Italian opera show and zarzuela starring the multi-award-winning tenor Xabier Anduaga from San Sebastian. This opera gala, which will feature the Sinfónica de Tenerife orchestra and the main choir Ópera de Tenerife-Intermezzo, will take place in the Symphony Hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife at 7.30 p.m.

Pablo Mielgo from Madrid will conduct and direct the programme, which will include well-known arias by Gaetano Donizetti and Giuseppe Verdi and romances from Spanish opera by composers such as Ruperto Chapí and Pablo Sorozábal. According to the maestro, 'an opera gala is an extraordinary journey with an open dialogue between the worlds of singing and symphonic music'.

For Pablo Mielgo, the Opera of Tenerife's last event of the season 'will exude expressiveness and offer a unique way of transporting the listener through different emotions between opera and zarzuela, from comedy to drama, from passion to regret, and three stars: the choir, orchestra, and the extraordinary voice of Xabier Anduaga. We thus have a winning formula to celebrate that opera remains the most significant expression of all stage arts today, according to the orchestra conductor.

The programme will get underway with several compositions by Gaetano Donizetti from operas such as Lucia de Lammermoor, Don Pasquale and the aria Una furtiva lagrima from L’elisir d’amore. Then, it will be the turn of Giuseppe Verdi and two creations from Nabucco and Rigoletto. After the interlude, the zarzuela will take control of the programme with eight performances from El tambor de granaderos by Ruperto Chapí, Doña Francisquita by Amadeo Vives, Los gavilanes by Jacinto Guerrero, Los emigrantes by Tomás Barrera, La boda de Luis Alonso by Gerónimo Giménez, La tabernera del puerto by Pablo Sorozábal and Luisa Fernanda by Moreno Torroba, featuring the soprano Natividad Oval as soloist alongside Anduaga.

Born in San Sebastian, Xavier Anduaga is a former member of the Accademia Rossiniana with M° Zedda, where he made his international opera debut in 2016 as Belfiore in Il Viaggio a Reims. Since then, he has appeared with the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Opéra de Paris, Teatro Real, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Hamburg State Opera, Rossini Opera Festival, Wiener Musikverein, Donizetti Opera Festival and Teatro Regio Parma, among others. Named First Prize winner of the Operalia Singing Competition in 2019, in 2021, he received an International Opera Award as Best New Singer, an Ópera Actual Award and an Opera XXI Award.

Pablo Mielgo stands out for his enterprising spirit and mission to make music accessible to everyone. He is the conductor of the Orquestra Simfònica de les Illes Balears (OSIB) and the Symphony of the Americas (SOTA). He regularly conducts on the great stages of Europe, such as the Wiener Musikverein, in the United States at the Carnegie Hall in New York, Latin America and the Middle East. The Madrid composer, who has founded three youth orchestras, works in close artistic collaboration with orchestras such as the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Arena di Verona and the Qatar Philharmonic. Also, he has served as the musical and artistic director of the SaludArte Foundation since 2005 and as the artistic co-director of the Academia Filarmónica de Medellín since 2011.

The tickets for the Gala lírica, as well as the full programme, are available on the website http://www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium's box office, or by calling the phone number 902 317 327, from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Check the special discounts for the audience under 30 years of age, students, unemployed, and large families.

The Donostia-born musician and the Catalan ensemble bring works by Schumann, Schubert, Liszt, Granados and Dvořák to the Auditorio on Thursday.

The Auditorio de Tenerife is proud to announce the concert Romancero Bohemio, which will take place next Thursday [20th] at 7.30 p.m. This homage to love will be interpreted by the pianist Judith Jáuregui, born in San Sebastián, and the Catalonian ensemble Quartet Gerhard, with works by Robert Schumann, Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt, Granados, and Antonin Dvořák. The tickets can be purchased at a single price of 15 euros and 5 euros for audiences under 30 years.

The programme combines interpretations for concert piano, string quartet, and quintet, all paying tribute to love and its many moods, yearnings, and dreams.

Robert Schumann composed Myrthen in 1840, a collection of songs with texts written by Goethe, Rückert, Byron, Th. Moore, Heine, Burns and J. Mosen, which he dedicated and presented to his future wife Clara Wieck (subsequently Clara Schumann, according to German tradition) on the eve of their wedding. Among the pieces of this collection, Widmungconstitutes a direct declaration of love and intentions after a protracted legal dispute with the bride's father. Years later, the bride herself would arrange this piece to transform it into the solo piano version we shall hear in this recital.

Ständchen is the most popular of the songs from the Schwanengesang collection, composed by Schubert towards the end of his life. Nostalgia and sadness impregnate the piece, which on this occasion shall be the solo piano arrangement of Liszt, another great composer who dedicated some of his works to love. Among them, LiebestraumNo. 3 represents passion and unconditional love. Initially intended for soprano and piano, O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst was adapted for solo piano by Liszt himself.

Granados’ Piano Quintet in G minor represents delicacy and fragility, as well as the composer’s freshness and experimentation in his youth. It contrasts with the maturity of Dvořák in both Cypresses for String Quartet and his piano quintet, both composed in 1887. Cypresses is the composer’s arrangement of his collection of songs for soprano and piano, written when he was a young man. Retitled by Dvořák as Echo of Songs, the work exudes intimacy and serenity as it pays tribute to love from the perspective of maturity and the passing of time.

The recital will conclude with his Piano Quintet No. 2, one of the masterpieces of chamber music. Featuring a highly expressive piano, its four movements are imbued with the bohemian folklore that had a tremendous bearing on Dvořák’s artistic career throughout his life.

Born in San Sebastián in northern Spain, Judith Jáuregui has a multicultural background derived from her Basque mother and her Mexican father, who grew up in France. After initial studies in San Sebastián, she moved to Munich, Germany, to study with the Russian maestro Vadim Suchanov. An artist involved with chamber music, her most recent projects were in collaboration with the Mandelring Quartett, the Signum Quartett, the Gerhard Quartet, the violinist Soyoung Yoon and the cellist Nadège Rochat.

Quartet Gerhard has received several awards and is comprised of the violinists Lluis Castán and Judit Bardolet, the violist Miquel Jordà and the cellist Jesús Miralles. As a quartet, they were mainly influenced by Basel (Rainer Schmidt) and Berlin (Eberhard Feltz). In 2018, they graduated from a master’s programme at Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media with first-class honours.

The tickets are available on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium's box office or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m., Saturdays from 10.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. There are discounts for students, unemployed and large families.

The period for new subscription holders is now open, maintaining the offer of €20 for audiences under 30.

Ópera de Tenerife opens the period for new subscription holders. The Club Ópera offers five 2024-2025 season titles for €100 (Tuesday and Thursday performances) and €150 (Saturday performances). The offer of 20 euros for the audience under 30 years of age is maintained. As a novelty, the Symphony Hall now has a single price zone for all seats, and subscribers now have an Iberia discount of 5% on Spanish and European flights and 7% on intercontinental flights.

The five titles included in the subscription are the in-house opera production Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss (15, 17 and 19 October), Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini (19, 21 and 23 November), a production of the Teatro Comunale di Modena, La bella Susona, by Alberto Carretero (7 December), a contemporary proposal co-produced by Auditorio de Tenerife and the Teatro de la Maestranza of Seville, Giovanna d'Arco, by Giuseppe Verdi (25, 27 and 29 March), a co-production by the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma and the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, and Parsifal, síntesis sinfónico-coral en tres actos (Parsifal, a symphonic-choral synthesis in three acts) by Pedro Halffter (28 June), an adaptation of Wagner's work for choir and orchestra.

All of these titles involve the participation of the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra. The Ópera de Tenerife-Intermezzo choir will participate in all the productions except the season's opening show. The performances begin at 7.30 p.m. in the Symphony Hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife.

The subscription holders of the Club Ópera enjoy a series of benefits: They guarantee their seat from before the start of the season, they are invited to exclusive events for each title, and they will get a free drink in the interlude of each subscription title. On the other hand, they are sent the handheld programme via email in advance, have flexibility when making specific changes to their pass, and have a discount and preferential sale for the rest of the season's programme. They can also benefit from discounts in the store, on guided visits and in the café. The Club offers discounts for large families, wheelchair users, and the person accompanying them.

The Club Ópera Joven subscription holders enjoy some of these benefits, including the discount at Iberia. Before the start of the season, they can choose their seats for each subscription title. They are invited to exclusive events, they receive their handheld programme in advance, and they can request specific date changes for their subscription. They also receive personalised assistance via phone and email and can enjoy a discount in the café at the Auditorio.

Detailed information is available at the Subscriptions section of www. operadetenerife.com, where you can also purchase the subscription online. The opening hours of the box office and telephone sales (902 317 327) are Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., except for public holidays. The information telephone number of the Auditorio de Tenerife, 922 568 625, is open from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., except for public holidays.

The Ópera de Tenerife is an initiative organised by the Island Council through the Auditorio de Tenerife with the collaboration of the ICDC (Regional Institute of Cultural Development) and the INAEM (National Institute of Performing Arts and Music).

The season begins on 15, 17, and 19 October with our in-house opera production in a prologue and one act, Ariadne auf Naxos, by Richard Strauss. This meta-theatre is based on the mythological story of Ariadne, who was abandoned by her lover Theseus on the Greek island Naxos shortly after helping him to defeat the minotaur. Commedia dell'arte characters led by Zerbinette, played by the soprano Serena Sáenz, will encourage the princess, the leading role played here by the soprano Irina Churilova, who ends up meeting the god Bacchus, who will be brought to life here by the tenor Michal König. The mezzo-soprano Na'ama Goldman will play the role of composer. The musical direction is by Diego Martín-Etxebarría, and Nicola Berloffa provides the stage direction.

One of the world's most widely performed operas, Madama Butterfly by Puccini, is coming to the Auditorio de Tenerife on 19, 21 and 23 November to move people with the tragic story of Cio-Cio-San. This geisha, played by the soprano Kristine Opolais, puts her all into her marriage with Pinkerton, an American soldier played by tenor Giorgi Sturua, who views her more as a pastime during his time in Japan than as a real partner. The maid Suzuki and the consul Sharpless will be performed by the mezzo-soprano Alisa Kolosova and the baritone Fernando Campero, respectively. Puccini's three acts of this story, celebrating its 120th anniversary, mix love, betrayal and sacrifice. The musical direction is by Ramón Tebar, while Stefano Monti provides stage direction.

La bella Susona, which takes place on 7 December, tells the story of a young Jewish woman from Seville in the 15th century. Susona, played by the soprano Daisy Press, betrayed her father, played by the baritone Luis Cansino. She reveals to her lover, a Christian knight played by the tenor José Luis Sola, the existence of a plot, in which her father was the ringleader. The members of the group of conspirators are arrested and executed. La Susona, ostracised and dejected, retires to a convent and orders to place her head above the door of her home upon her death. Nacho de Paz will be the musical director, while Carlos Wagner will provide the stage design and playwriting.

On 25, 27 and 29 March 2025, Giovanna d'Arco, Verdi's seventh opera will come to the Auditorio de Tenerife. This work tells the story of Joan of Arc, a young French peasant girl in the 15th century who contributed to the coronation of Charles VII as king in his battle against the English invasion during the Hundred Years' War. The archangel Michael and two martyrs spoke to the young girl through visions, which provided the keys to leading battles. The cast of this production is led by two Canarian singers with internationally renowned careers: Yolanda Auyanet as Joan of Arc and Airam Hernández as Monarch, and the baritone Juan Jesús Rodríguez as Pastor Giacomo. The stage direction of Davide Livermore will complement the musical direction by Lukasz Borowicz.

The last of the subscription titles of the season is Parsifal, síntesis sinfónico-coral en tres actos (Parsifal, a symphonic-choral synthesis in three acts) by Pedro Halfter, which will take place on 28 June. After the symphonic poem Tannhäuser in 2023, the Madrid orchestra conductor is returning to Ópera de Tenerife to present a reduced version, with choir and orchestra, of a work by Richard Wagner, whom he admires. On this occasion, it is Parsifal, the magnum opus by the German composer about the life of the Arthurian knight and his quest for the Holy Grail.

Other Proposals, not included in the subscription, will complete the 2024-2025 season: the programme Ópera en minúscula (small-format opera) in September at the Espacio La Granja; Die Fledermaus (The Bat) by Johann Strauss (December), in collaboration with the Canary Islands music festival 'Festival de Música de Canarias' and the Teatro Pérez Galdós, Leonard Bernstein's chamber opera Trouble in Tahiti in January, a revival of the Auditorio de Tenerife's production, a baroque opera in collaboration with the Teatro Guimerá in January and February, which will be accompanied by baroque recitals, the family opera El retablo de maese Pedro, by Manuel de Falla in April, and several opera recitals by the soprano Raquel Lojendio.

Likewise, the partnership with Ramón Gener as ambassador of the Ópera de Tenerife is being renewed for another season through educational talks that will take place before each title to provide context and discover the musical curiosities of the piece. Ramón, who is also a writer who just published his first novel, Historia de un piano (The Tale of a Piano), is returning, accompanied by his characteristic presentations, piano, and voice. The first date with the Catalan populariser will be 10 July at 7:30 p.m. in the Chamber Hall.

The FMUC programme features premieres of Canarian composers, the Donostia trio Zukan and Tak Nara

This week the Auditorio de Tenerife is hosting three concerts and a composers' gathering. All these events are part of the Tenerife Contemporary Music Festival (FMUC). The Chamber Hall and the Sala Puerto will host the activities between tomorrow (Wednesday, the 12th) and Friday (the 14th). Tickets can be purchased at a single price of €10 and €5 for the audience under 30 years of age.

The first event of the week is double and takes place tomorrow. The Sala Puerto will host, from 5:30 p.m., the traditional FMUC composers gathering, which, in this edition, has as protagonists the Canarian composers Francis Hernández, Celia Rivero, Rubens Askenar and Nino Díaz. Following this meeting, at 7:30 p.m., the Chamber Hall will witness the premiere of the new compositions of these creators, which Auditorio de Tenerife has commissioned.

The programme will be performed by the accordionist María Zubimendi, the percussionists Verónica Cagigao and Daniel Marín, and also the elementary percussion students of the Professional Music Conservatoire of the Canary Islands (Tenerife). The concert starts with Estaciones del alma, by Celia Rivero, written for marimba and electronics, to continue with the five pieces for marimba Fractura. Refracture by Rubens Askenar, which will be played for the first time. Next, the Six Children's Songs for marimba and vibraphone by Nino Díaz will take over from the concert, which ends with a Cinematic Suite for accordion and marimba/vibraphone by Francis Hernández.

On Thursday (13th), the San Sebastian trio Zukan will offer their special blend of percussion, accordion and txistu, a type of Basque flute. The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. at the Chamber Hall. An hour before, at 6:30 p.m., there will be a pre-concert talk in Sala Avenida with the three members of the group – Maria Zubimendi on accordion, Gorka Catediano and Jon Ansorena on percussion – and the composer Alberto Bernal, whose work LOOPis part of the programme. Since its formation in 2014, the Zukan Trio has been committed to creating a repertoire for this unique instrumental ensemble.

Lastly, FMUC closes this edition on Friday, at 7:30 p.m. in the Chamber Hall, with the percussion concert Tak Nara, comprised of Verónica Cagigao and Carlos Castañeda. The concert programme includes pieces by the Dutch composer Theo Loevendie, the Spanish composers Francisco Tárrega and Manuel de Falla, the Serbian Nebojša Zivkovic and the Japanese Keiko Abe.

The tickets are available on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium's box office or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. There are discounts for students, unemployed and large families.

The Valencian artist takes up three of the choreographies he created during the 20 years he directed the National Dance Company

This weekend, the Auditorio de Tenerife offers two performances by the Nacho Duato Company. The Valencian director's new ensemble will offer a programme with three works - Jardí tancat, Duende and Na floresta - on Saturday (15th) and Sunday (16th) at 7:30 p.m. in the Symphony Hall. The tickets are on sale for a single price of €15 and €5 for audiences under 30.

Over ten years since Nacho Duato left as director of the National Dance Company, he has been returning to the Spanish stage through his new company. This novelty results from training young international dancers at the Nacho Duato Trainee Program in Madrid alongside the director himself.

The Compañía Nacho Duato is reviving some of the most important choreographies by the artist, which garnered so many successes over the 20 years during which the choreographer led the National Dance Company and which at present can only be watched in a scattered fashion through different international companies.  

Jardí tancat is the debut work of Nacho Duato and one of the most significant works in his extensive oeuvre. The piece is inspired by centuries-old texts in Catalan, which the singer María del Mar Bonet has set to singing and music. The songs refer to the labour of the land and sea, where the singing voice proclaims both the toughness of their work and their troubles with love. The cast of three couples gives the choreographer enough options to express moods, whether through all of the dancers, in couples or individually. The ballet takes on an atavistic character as if it were the rain and wind that determined the movement.

Duato fell in love with the music of Debussy a long time ago, especially how the composer transforms the sound of nature into music. Duato visualises forms, not people, relationships or events, when he listens to his music. Therefore, he considers Duende an almost sculptural work: a body, a movement in harmony with the melody. In a fun way, the ballet also delves into the ways of expressing the different meanings of the word it takes its title from having duende, which could be considered to mean having personal charm or magic in the art of flamenco; and duendes (goblins), as mythological beings, would have a pretty different character.

Na floresta is a musical triptych that recreates the beauty of the Amazon rainforest, directly taking from the folklore the very essence of its splendour. Passionate energy runs through this work, created through sequences packed with content and fluidity. It does not transmit a specific message but serves as a pretext to create movement based on the music. However, Na floresta conveys a feeling of an intimate relationship with nature.

The tickets are available on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium's box office or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 02:00 p.m. There are discounts for students, unemployed and large families.

Shiyeon Sung will conduct a programme in which the orchestra also performs compositions by Chapí and Tchaikovsky

The Sinfónica de Tenerife concludes the subscription season with a performance of Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov. Beforehand, the orchestra will perform the prelude to La Revoltosa by Chapí and the Concerto for violin by Tchaikovsky, featuring the Chinese musician Ning Feng as guest soloist. Shiyeon Sung from South Korea will conduct the orchestra at the event this Friday (14th) at 7.30 p.m. in the Auditorio de Tenerife.

Sung has stated that “she is really excited” to return to the island to conduct the Sinfónica de Tenerife again after doing so in November 2022. The South Korean conductor believes that “the orchestra is very flexible and versatile in terms of sound”, and she is very curious to see “how we will build a rapport together in this romantic and varied programme.”

Friday’s programme begins with the prelude to La Revoltosa, one of the most successful zarzuela scores internationally.  It was written by Ruperto Chapí in 1897 and is set in a traditional neighbourhood courtyard in Madrid.

A performance will follow it in the concert hall of the Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, TH 59 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, a work created in 1878 during one of the peaks of the composer’s career.  The piece presents the lyrical passion that is characteristic of his work, and it emerges as a response to his complicated personal life.

The soloist featured in this work will be the Chinese violinist Ning Feng, who recalls that this Concerto was the first he performed with an orchestra and that “although I have performed it many times, I am deeply moved by this great work.”

After the interlude, the symphony orchestra will perform the work that lends its title to the last pass-holder concert of the season: Sheherazade, op. 35 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.  This composition, released in 1888 during the wave of Orientalism that swept over European arts, blends a symphonic poem and an orchestral fantasia.

Shiyeon Sung studied orchestral conducting with Rolf Reuter at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin and continued her education with advanced conducting studies with Jorma Panula at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Sung was the first female conductor of South Korea to leap the podium of internationally renowned orchestras, such as the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Konzerthaus in Berlin, the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra.

Her career has been honoured with numerous prizes and awards, such as the Georg Solti International Conductors' Competition and the Gustav Mahler Conductors' Competition in Bamberg. During her three-year tenure in Boston, she began a close collaboration with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted their season-opening concert in 2007. Two years later, the orchestra established an associate conductor's position which she held until 2013.

Ning Feng studied at the Sichuan Conservatory with Weimin Hu, at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin with Antje Weithaas and at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Hu Kun. He is currently Professor of Violin at the Hanns Eisler Hochschule and holds the International Chair of Violin at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.

Ning Feng has performed with the Philharmonic Orchestras of New York and Los Angeles, the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also recently performed with the São Paulo Symphony, Melbourne Symphony, and KBS Symphony in Seoul. He regularly gives recitals at London's Wigmore Hall and the most prestigious European festivals.

The Sala Avenida, located in the hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife, hosts the last lecture of the season by the Tenerife Association for Friends ATADEMon the different formal aspects of the three pieces that will be played in the closing programme. On this occasion, the event will be presented by Lourdes Bonnet at 6:30 p.m.

The tickets for this new concert can be purchased until next Friday on the website www.sinfonicadetenerife.es, at the auditorium's box office and by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. In addition, this Thursday (13th), the sales period opens for the new season members, after the end of the renewal period.

Presentation of seven new Canarian projects associated with cultural heritage, education and social groups

The Arts and Movement Festival FAM organised a forum of professionals to promote dance through projects underway in the Canary Islands associated with education, cultural heritage and social groups. The meeting took place on Thursday (6 June) at the Teatro Guimerá. It was attended by the Minister of Culture of the Island Council of Tenerife, José Carlos Acha, and the council member for Culture of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santiago Díaz.

During his speech, José Carlos Acha mentioned the recent aid measures approved by the regional government for the Network of Municipal Performing Arts Venues: “The creation of networks is of vital importance, and we are here today to promote projects that may be taken anywhere on the island”. The council member added, “Dance is such an extraordinary medium. It is an ephemerous art that changes with every performance and develops languages of corporal expression to allow creation, participation and social inclusion through culture”. Santiago Díaz appealed to the sector, asking for greater relevance of “educational initiatives for artistic performances as a means of achieving greater enjoyment of the public and increased involvement of all spectators”.

The artistic director of the Auditorio de Tenerife, José Luis Rivero, and the coordinator of the Performing Arts of the Regional Institute of Cultural Development (ICDC), Lorena Matute, introduced the event. Rivero explained that “The Festival of Dance Arts has always taken place with the help of a forum to have time to reflect, to inspire and to motivate. This year’s novelty is that the curatorship has been taken on jointly by the three institutions collaborating in the festival”.

Both speakers provided the audience with data on their respective programmes for the exhibition of performing arts. The information suggests little activity in the area of dance, which may be explained by the fact that authorities invest far less in dance than in other disciplines. Lorena Matute suggested “searching for a common ground to see dance from a perspective other than an exhibition, to meet goals by taking a different approach from areas such as cultural heritage, social initiatives or education”.

Details were provided on the projects that had been invited to participate in the forum. The managers of the Autonomous Department of Cultural Affairs of the City Council of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Leandro González and Yudi Acosta, presented the video-dance performance Cabeza de venado, which was shown along with the eponymous painting of Diego Velázquez, on loan from the Prado Museum, and the show Dulces bestias of the company Nómada. The second project shown was Across Hip Hop, presented by the council member for Culture of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Adrián Santana, and Vanesa Medina, the educational coordinator of the project, which features the artistic direction of Natalia Medina.

Afterwards, the photographer and videographer Derek Pedrós and the dancer Emiliana Battista Marino offered the public details of their project on dance and architecture. La Pascua Florida de Guía de Isora was presented by the councilmember, José Vidal, and the dancer and choreographer Roberto Torres. The artistic project Puzzle Atípico, which places professionals from the worlds of dance, theatre, performance art and video art alongside ordinary people with and without Asperger’s/ASD, was shown by the person in charge of the initiative, the head of the Laboratory of Live Arts and Citizenship of Tenerife, Beatriz Bello, and the representative of the association Aspercan, María Europa Luis Ramallo.

The council member of the Island Council of Lanzarote, Alejandro Aguilar, and the director of Studio Danza Emocional, Celia Medina, presented the programme Diversos. Lastly, the programme Danza en Comunidad by the Auditorio de Tenerife was shown with the collaboration of José Luis Rivero and the coordinator and dancer Laura Marrero.

This Sunday (9th), the Arts and Movement Festival FAM culminates at 7:30 p.m. with the large-format performance Mont Ventoux, by the Spanish company Kor'sia. The show has three nominations for the Max Awards for the Performing Arts. In addition, the programme continues today (Friday 7 June) with several proposals to be enjoyed in the streets of Santa Cruz. On Saturday (8th), the Espacio La Granja welcomes He aquí un acto romántico by Richard Mascherin, and the Teatro Guimerá hosts Sonoma, by La Veronal. You can find the tickets for the indoor shows, at a single price of €8, and all the updated information on the festival on the website www.famtenerife.com.

The FAM festival, which started on June 1 in different venues in Santa Cruz, is an initiative promoted by the Auditorio de Tenerife with the collaboration of the Canary Islands Government through the Regional Institute of Cultural Development, the Autonomous Department of Cultural Affairs of the City Council of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the programme "Danza a Escena", which is part of the Spanish Network of Theatres of the National Institute of Performing Arts and Music (INAEM) of Spain's Ministry of Culture.

During next Tuesday's performance in the Chamber Hall, he will feature three sonatas by the Austrian composer.

The Auditorio de Tenerife offers a concert by the English pianist Paul Lewis this Tuesday (11 June). It is the third concert by the British master with the repertoire of Franz Schubert (1797-1828) for the Tenerife audience. This Integral will take place in the Chamber Hall at 7:30 p.m. and includes three piano sonatas by the Austrian composer.

The programme includes an intermission and will begin with the Piano Sonata number 4 in A minor, D 537, to continue with the Sonata number 9 in B major, D 575. After the intermission, Paul Lewis will perform the Piano Sonata number 18 in G major, D 894. With frankness and sincerity, Schubert's sonatas express some of the most essential elements of human experience: longing, consolation, despair, joy, loss, nostalgia, and hope.

In September 2023 Paul Lewis began to show in Tenerife this deepening of Schubert's compositions written for piano that will finish with the fourth and final integral next October. During these concerts, Lewis will guide us through the last 12 years of the 19th-century composer's life and creation, from the charming lyricism of the early sonatas to the transcendent creativity of the last masterpieces and the harrowing moments of despair when Schubert's health began to decline.

Lewis is a renowned performer of the Central European piano repertoire. His performances and recordings of Beethoven and Schubert have received unanimous acclaim. He was awarded a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to music, and his musical approach has earned him followers all over the world.

He has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the Philharmonic Orchestras Berlin, the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestras of New York and Los Angeles, the Symphony Orchestras of Chicago and London, the NHK Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw, and the Leipzig Gewandhaus. His close relationship with the Boston Symphony Orchestra led to his appointment as a Koussevitzky Artist 2020 at Tanglewood.

He has received awards such as instrumentalist of the Year of the Royal Philharmonic Society, two Edison, three Gramophone, Diapason d'Or de l'Annee, the South Bank Show Classical Music Award, and honorary degrees from the universities of Liverpool, Edge Hill and Southampton.

The tickets can be purchased at a single price of €15 and €5 for audiences under 30 on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium's box office, or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. There are discounts for students, unemployed and large families.

The wind bands of La Orotava, Santiago del Teide, El Tanque and Icod de los Vinos offer their repertoire in the Chamber Hall

The new edition of the Primavera Musical cycle, organised since 2005 by the wind bands federation 'Federación Tinerfeña de Bandas de Música' with the collaboration of the Island Council, ends this Sunday, June 9. At 11.30 a.m., the Chamber Hall will host the performances by the wind ensembles Orotava, Santiago del Teide, Santísimo Cristo del Calvario (El Tanque) and José Manuel Cabrera Mejías (Icod de los Vinos).

The band Agrupación Musical Orotava, which is celebrating its 40 anniversaries, will perform two works, directed by Julio Castañeda Fumero: the pasodoble El Olmo, by Francisco José Martínez Gallego and Suite Popular Canaria, by Santiago Reig. With five movements, this work won in 1956 the Teobaldo Power Prize for Composition instituted by the Tenerife Island Council. It premiered on May 2 of the following year at the Teatro Guimerá under the direction of the composer.

The wind band 'Banda de Música Santiago del Teide', created in 1991, will be the second group to take to the stage of the Chamber Hall. Jorge Pujol Fumero will lead the group in performing their three pieces. The band will start with El baile de Luis Alonso, by Gerónimo Giménez, to continue with Mambo Jambo, de Pérez Prado, arranged by Nahoiro Iwai. To close their presence in this edition of Primavera Musical, the band will perform La sierra negra by Eduardo Brito.

José Eduardo Morales Meneses will conduct the ensemble 'Agrupación Musical Santísimo Cristo del Calvario'. The band from the northern municipality of El Tanque will perform Chuck Elledge's A Cecilia, Klaas van der Woude's Hello Dolly and Nahoiro Iwai's La Bamba in the Chamber Hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife.

The wind band 'Agrupación Musical XIX de Marzo' from San Juan de la Rambla will close the present edition of Primavera Musical. Conducted by Juan Alexis González Rodríguez, the band from Icod de los Vinos, which was formed in 2010, will perform three works from their repertoire: the Christian march Reige, by José María Ferrero Pastor, the soundtrack of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar, arranged by Willy Hautvast, and the pasodoble Bravo Mestre, by Ferrer Ferrán.

This concert brings to a close the performances that more than 1,500 musicians of the 37 ensembles registered in the wind bands federation 'Federación Tinerfeña de Bandas de Música' have offered in the Chamber Hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife since last March.

The programme returns to the streets tomorrow, and Espacio La Granja and Teatro Guimerá host shows on Saturday.

This Sunday (9th), the Arts and Movement Festival FAM culminates at 7:30 p.m. in the Symphony Hall of Auditorio de Tenerife with the large-format performance Mont Ventoux, by the Spanish company Kor'sia. The show has three nominations for the  Max Awards for the Performing Arts. In addition, the programme continues tomorrow with several proposals to be enjoyed at the Museo de Bellas Artes (Fine Arts) and in the streets of Santa Cruz. On Saturday (8th), the Espacio La Granja welcomes He aquí un acto romántico by Richard Mascherin, and the Teatro Guimerá hosts Sonoma, by La Veronal. You can find the tickets for the indoor shows, at a single price of €8, and all the updated information on the festival on the website www.famtenerife.com.

FAM returns tomorrow to the outdoor performances with the duet La medida que ha de nos dividir, a show on borders and the future by the company Qabalum, formed by Lucía Burguete and Diego Pazó. There are two performances, the first at 6:00 p.m. in the surroundings of the Plaza del Príncipe and the second at 8:30 p.m. outside the Teatro Guimerá.

The only indoor performance scheduled for Friday will be In-Side, an interpretation by Lucía Montes and Mado Dallery at 6:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at the Museo de Bellas Artes (Fine Arts). The reflection on the state of the human body and its awareness has free entry until total capacity is reached. However, you shall collect the invitation one hour before the event starts.

The solo show Vacío espiritual by Richard Mascherin focuses on contemporary performing and audiovisual arts. It will take place in the Plaza del Chicharro at 7:00 p.m. The piece by the Canarian creator is a performative accident that falls within the contemporary dance category in which the body, sound and techno music are interrelated. In addition, there will be live music by Alejandro da Rocha.

At 8:00 p.m., the exterior of the Teatro Guimerá welcomes the duet Otempodiz by the company Ertza. The show is nominated for the Best Street Show at the next Max Awards. The show with the slogan Vosotros tenéis el reloj, nosotros tenemos el tiempo (You have the clock; we have the time), referring to the differences in perception of time between the West and Africa. The director of the company is Basque Asier Zabaleta, while this piece stars Mozambican Fenias Nhumaio and Deissane Machava.

Two indoor performances have been scheduled for Saturday, 8 June. Espacio La Granja features at 6:00 p.m. the trio He aquí un acto romántico, by the Richard Mascherin Company, nominated for the Max Award for Best Male Dance Performer. In addition to Mascherin, this piece is performed by Lucía Montes and Javier Mario Salcedo. This stage proposal uses physical and emotional falling to create a map of human bodies thrown into the air. The piece starts with tense corporeality and an atmosphere of cinematographic inspirations. It is about three victims who ceremoniously assume a spiral of violent situations, making accidents, provocations, attachment and non-attachment a rite of passage towards transcendence.

At 8:00 p.m., the Teatro Guimerá welcomes Sonoma by the company La Veronal, led by Marcos Morau, winner of the National Dance Award. Sonoma is a word that you will not find in a Spanish dictionary. It is, however, built with morphemes from Greek (soma, meaning body) and Latin (sonum, meaning sound) to signify the body of sound and sound of the body. Sonoma is the certainty that the virtual and digital worlds can be surpassed only by a return to the origin. Marcos Morau has further developed the essential ideas of the piece he created in 2016 for Ballet de Lorraine: Le Surréalisme au service de la Révolution. Based on the film director, Luis Buñuel, it is set in his hometown of Calanda in the Middle Ages and cosmopolitan Paris, and the plot deals with Jesuit discipline and surrealist liberty. The piece is performed by Lorena Nogal, Marina Rodríguez, Sau-Ching Wong, Ariadna Montfort, Núria Navarra, Àngela Boix, Laia Duran, Anna Hierro and Alba Barral.

The Symphony Hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife hosts the FAM festival's grand finale on Sunday, June 9, at 7:30 p.m. by climbing Kor'sia's Mont Ventoux.  The show has three nominations for the Max Awards 2024, to be presented on July 1 at the Auditorio de Tenerife: Best Dance Performance, Best Choreography (the company's directors Antonio de Rosa and Mattia Russo) and Best Musical Composition for a Stage Space (Alejandro da Rocha, composer).

The company was inspired by the philosopher Francesco Petrarch's (1336-1374) Ascent of Mont Ventoux (1336). Cunningly describing an ascent of a mountain as the simplest of accounts, Petrarch offers an alternative to the faith of the world, an ascending journey for humanity to elude and leave behind the dark years of the Middle Ages, bringing about a paradigm shift for the world to come: humanism. The Kor'sia Collective seeks answers from the humanist past to the conflicts proposed by a 21st-century paradigm shift: the construction of an individual capable of rebuilding themselves and the planet. Everything is overcome by obstinate work.

The FAM festival, which started on June 1, is an initiative promoted by the Auditorio de Tenerife with the collaboration of the Canary Islands Government through the Regional Institute of Cultural Development, the Autonomous Department of Cultural Affairs of the City Council of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the programme "Danza a Escena", which is part of the Spanish Network of Theatres of the National Institute of Performing Arts and Music (INAEM) of Spain's Ministry of Culture.