The Festival de Música Contemporánea de Tenerife (FMUC) [Contemporary Music Festival] continues the celebration of its tenth anniversary with the concert Afrikanbach, that blends together the music of Johann Sebastian Bach with African sounds. The show features several groups and musicians and is on tomorrow, Wednesday, the 5th at 8:00 pm in La Laguna University’s (ULL) Paraninfo. There is a pre-concert talk to explain the context of the concert.  Entry to the talk is free.

Through this singular project, director Jesús Salvador Chapi champions a show devoted to a music figure that is unprecedented in the history of universal culture: Johann Sebastian Bach. Music from Senegal, South Africa, Ghana, Kenia, Tanzania, Mali, etc. will be played and mixed with the music of the German maestro.

The programme features the performance of Coro Polifónico Universitario de La Laguna, La Luna de África, Agwal Percussion Group and a jazz trio made up by Francisco Hernández (piano), Juan Carlos Baeza (double bass) and Natanael Ramos (trumpet). The concert includes pieces by the German composer arranged on the orchestral percussion base and African traditional music. Tickets can be bought in the usual sale points of ULL’s Paraninfo.

The next FMUC concert is by Agwal and will be conducted by pianist and composer Francis Hernández, who is playing on Thursday, 13 June at 7:30 pm in Auditorio de Tenerife’s Sala de Cámara. This percussion group was set up at the Tenerife headquarters of Conservatorio Superior de Música de Canarias. Its main goal is to showcase the specific percussion repertoire across Spain. They have won international awards and have given concerts worldwide. Tickets can be bought at the usual sale points of Auditorio de Tenerife.