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Cabildo de Tenerife has started the fifth Danza en Comunidad project, which encourages the integration of different social groups through artistic processes. Their first meeting took place at Auditorio de Tenerife where they revealed the main details of the lines of work this learning and social project will develop during the year.

The managing director of Auditorio de Tenerife, Daniel Cerezo, and the coordinator of Danza en Comunidad, Laura Marrero, welcomed the participants and thank them for taking part in the scheme, which grows every year as evidenced by the fact it only included two groups when it started as a pilot project five years ago, and now takes in 21 different communities.

For this fifth year, the following associations have joined in: Asociación Aldis, Asociación Orobal, from Los Cristianos, Casa de Acogida Madre del Redentor, from El Sauzal. Decentralization of cultural activities like this, which spread across the Island, is one of the aims of the project, which is part of the Cabildo de Tenerife 2030 Strategy. Danza en Comunidad has three collaborating artistic communities: Teatro Victoria (Santa Cruz de Tenerife), Festival Cuadernos Escénicos (Garachico) and Escuela de Actores de Canarias (Santa Cruz de Tenerife), which contribute with meetings, venues and professionals.

Danza en Comunidad, where experts Raquel Jara, Carmen Macías, Cristina Hernández and Laura Marrero take part, is one of the three parts of Tenerife Danza, and it includes learning and artistic areas. The method used is to start with meetings on theoretical issues to then go on to practical sessions which end up in a show put on by the members of the group. Every group has its own action line. The idea is “for them to share with us the full experience of a dance professional”, Laura Marrero explains.

The project, which continues throughout the year, allows people who start dancing through these groups, to take part individually in the following seasons by attending weekly meetings at Auditorio de Tenerife.

Tenerife Danza is a new project set up by Cabildo de Tenerife (Island Government) further confirming its commitment to this sector, as shown in the past years.

The new scheme has three main lines of work: teaching, community, and creating a resident company at the Auditorio de Tenerife.

One of the first projects of the company is a children production. A call is now open for people aged between 20 and 40, dancers with a theatrical profile and wide performing skills, and actors with good body and dancing technique. Being skilled in different performing arts techniques or dance specialities will be taken into account.

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Auditions will take place on Saturday, 27 January, and Sunday 28 January, in Sala Castillo at the Auditorio de Tenerife, between 10.00 am and 3.00 pm. Those who are chosen must be available to join the company immediately as work sessions will start in February.

Deadline extended until April 30th at 11:59 a.m | Scholarship extended to 2,000 €

The Cabildo de Tenerife, through Auditorio de Tenerife, has published the call to participate in the comprehensive training academy for young singers Opera (e) Studio, which will stage during the month of October 2018, L'Italiana en Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), title chosen by its director, Giulio Zappa, to showcase the work developed by the participants of the next edition and which, as is usual, will inaugurate the lyrical season of Tenerife.

A team of professionals will work with the participants between September until the production of the opera that will end with four performances, from 25 to 28 October, at the Auditorio de Tenerife. L'Italiana in Algeri will also be performed by the same cast of artists at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna in seven performances, between April 6 and 13, 2019.

The bases are available on the website of the Auditorio de Tenerife, and are open to singers born after January 1, 1986. The required documentation must be sent to the Opera(e)Studio Department before12:00 noon on April 25, 2018. The project includes three auditions that will take place at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna (Bologna) on May 6, 7 and 8; at the Escuela Superior de Canto (Madrid) on May 10 and 11; and at the Auditorio de Tenerife on May 13.

Singers may audition for more than one role, having to interpret the works, both the arias and the recitative parts, from memory. The works required for the six roles of this edition are: Isabella (mezzo-soprano or contralto); arias 'Cruel sorte!' and 'Per lui che adore' and the recitativo-aria 'Amici in ogni evento ... Pensa alla patria' . Lindoro (tenor): arias 'Languir per una bella' and 'Oh come il cor di giubilo' and the duet with Mustafa 'It inclinessi to ignite moglie'. Mustafa (bass or bass-baritone): the introduction 'Delle donne l'arroganza', the recitative 'Già d'insolito ardore', the aria 'Elvira, adesso con l'italian' and the quartet 'Andate alla malora'. Taddeo (baritone, bass-baritone or bass): the duet with Isabella 'Ai capricci della sorte' and the aria 'Ho a great peso'. Haly (bass, bass-baritone or baritone): the recitative and aria 'Le femmine d'Italia' and in the case of Elvira (soprano): two arias of free choice, one of them must be by Rossini and containing at least one recitative.

Empowering young talent

The Opera (e) Studio Academy, created by Ópera de Tenerife in 2013, was born with the intention of empowering young talent through a comprehensive artistic perfection. Over the past five editions, 610 people from 13 nationalities from different countries in Europe, America and Asia have participated in the auditions. Under the direction of maestro Giulio Zappa, this project promotes the professional development of emerging young artists who have recently finished their academic studies, creating a novel company.

The young participants will initiate their training process with an extensive connection to the world of bel canto, addressing all the disciplines that the lyrical genre covers, from the musical aspects to the scenic ones. In addition, the different human relationships within the different areas of the opera will be explored among singers, pianists, conductors, orchestra, directors, stagehands, seamstresses, make-up artists and set designers.

This Ópera de Tenerife project was created with the objective of disseminating the work that is done on our Island, not only from an artistic point of view, but also to bring the value of the stage sets and production built at Auditorio de Tenerife to light. Furthermore, the employability of the professionals from the Canaries is also promoted by their presence in a highly specialized sector with an important projection abroad.

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Ópera de Tenerife organisers have decided that Rossini’s The Italian Girl in Algiers is the opera the singers of the sixth Opera (e)Studio will perform. The details of this production were presented to the Director of Culture and Education, José Luis Rivero, on Wednesday, 10 by the stage director Giorgia Guerra.

Guerra, who has collaborated with previous Ópera de Tenerife seasons, explained that “Rossini discusses himself, this piece is like a picture of his soul, it’s comical, visual…it has it all. It’s a kind story with a happy end” to then add “characters are immersed in a comical surreal atmosphere set in a spa of the 80s Algiers, with an amusing colourful wardrobe”.

Apart from the stage director, the meeting with the Director of Culture was also attended by the intendant of Ópera de Tenerife, Alejandro Abrante, stage designer Mónica Bernardi and wardrobe designer Lorena Martín.

José Luis Rivero considers the proposal to “be a new collaboration with Giorgia Guerra”, who was involved in the productions of The Fairy Queen (2013), Don Quixote (2014) or Werther (2016); he also pointed out that “Opera (e)Studio is a fundamental part of the Ópera de Tenerife season”. The Director of Culture stressed that “the artistic team is made up of women, following Auditorio de Tenerife’s policy on gender equality”.

Rossini’s The Italian Girl in Algiers is the debut in Ópera de Tenerife of Nikolas Naegele, current conductor at Deutsche Oper Berlin. The four performances will be on stage from 25 to 28 October at the Concert Hall of Auditorio de Tenerife. In the first five years their shows included Cosí fan tutte, Cinderella, Fígaro’s Weddings, Don Pasquale and Capuletos y Montescos. 

Ópera de Tenerife set up the Opera (e)Studio Academy in 2013 with the aim to boost young talents through comprehensive artistic improvement. It has its permanent venue at Auditorio de Tenerife and is directed by maestro Giulio Zappa. The project fosters the professional development of young artists who have just finished their academic studies or are at the very beginning of their careers.

Auditorio Adán Martín is hosting the 34th Canaries Music Festival 2018 which opens in Tenerife on Saturday, 13 January at 8.00 pm. On stage, we have the chance to see actor José Coronado, who in the role of Tsar Ivan ‘The Terrible’ himself, will narrate the story by Sergey Prokofiev along with the Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Choir of Spain and one of the most outstanding present conductors, César Álvarez. They are joined by mezzo-soprano Polina Shamaeva and baritone Sergei Plyusnin, plus some 200 performers in a production steered by prestigious stage director José Carlos Plaza.

The 34th FIMC, one of the major cultural events of the Canary Islands Government, is offering a total of 31 concerts on all the islands between 11 January and 17 February. In Tenerife, all 5 concerts will take place at the Auditorio at 8.00 pm. Tickets are available on the Auditorio website and on www.festivaldecanarias.com

Performances

‘Ivan the Terrible” will be performed in Tenerife on Saturday 13, two days after its premiere at Palacio de Formación y Congresos in Fuerteventura. After the Canaries, it is touring different cities in mainland Spain. Ivan the Terrible is based on the life of Ivan Vasilevich, the mysterious Tsar Ivan IV, who ruled between 1533 and 1584, one of the longest reigns in the history of Russia. Remembered for his ferocity, he inspired both reverence and terror. The idea comes from a film project by Sergei Eisenstein, who asked Sergei Prokofiev to compose the music. The filmmaker had Stalin’s approval -admirer of Ivan IV- so the project had strong political shades. After shooting two of the three projected films, Stalinist censorship refused to allow the shooting of the third one. In fact, only the first film was screened in Eisenstein’s and Prokofiev’s time. The composer never actually listened to his work as it is performed today.

It will be performed by Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra, one of the best-known orchestras in the last decades. It has actually become a cultural asset, not just in Siberia but in Russia as a whole. According to the opinion of many Russian and foreign critics, spectators and musicians worldwide, the quality of the orchestra is comparable to the best orchestras in Moscow and St. Petersburg. They will play under the baton of César Álvarez (Asturias, 1973), a highly regarded conductor by international critics.

Canaries Orchestras

The two major Canaries orchestras are back at the Festival. The first one to perform is Tenerife Symphony Orchestra (OST), conducted by Guillermo García Calvo, on Thursday 18 January featuring the great Russian pianist Alexei Volodin as soloist. He is back at the Festival to perform Rachmaninov’s Concerto for piano and orchestra nº 2. The programme is rounded off with Glinka’s Ruslan and Ludmila Overture, and Fanfare for the Common Man by Copland, plus Symphonic Dances from West Side Story by Bernstein, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth.

The Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra (OFGC) will be in Tenerife on Thursday 25 January with the first performance of their new artistic director, Karel Mark Chichon. They are in charge of premiering the work commissioned by the Festival on its 34^th year, ‘Campos del Sur’ by Canaries composer Víctor Landeira that will open the concert. They will go on to play Concerto for violin and orchestra in D Major Op. 61, by Beethoven, with prestigious violinist Pinchas Zukerman as soloist. The OFGC will also offer ‘Don Juan’ by R. Strauss, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol Op 34.

Vienna Chamber Orchestra and Munich Philharmonic

This year we also have the chance to listen to one of the most prestigious ensembles in Austria, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, to perform in Tenerife on 25 January with Dalibor Karvay as conductor and soloist. Bach is included in the programme with his Violin Sonata Nº1 and Piano Concerto Nº1, played by Iván Martín, one of the best Canaries pianists. They will also play Nielsen’s Little Suite for Strings and Baltic Composer P. Vasks’s ‘Distant Light’, a concerto for violin.

The closing concert will take place on 17 February in Tenerife featuring one of the best orchestras in the world, the Munich Philharmonic, conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado, one of the most international Spanish conductors today. As solo pianist, Javier Perianes will play Concerto for piano and orchestra Nº 3 by Bartok. The German group is also offering Symphony nº 50 by Haydn and Dvorak’s Seventh.

The 2017/2018 season comes with a strong romantic feeling focused on the figure of Giuseppe Verdi. The Tutto Verdi* promotion makes it easy for you to enjoy this immortal musician. Tutto Verdi offers a 15% discount on the ticket for Don Carlo when you buy a seat for La Traviata.

La Traviata is a chance to discover bel canto in a new format: Opera Pocket by Ópera de Tenerife is an itinerant project that will tour several Island municipalities, starting off at the Paraninfo in La Laguna University from 31 May to 3 June. This is a great chance to enjoy an Auditorio de Tenerife show directed by Alejandro Abrante, with Jorge Cabrera as stage designer, Javier Caraballero in charge of wardrobe design and Miguel Ponce as lighting designer, under the musical direction of maestro Alessandro Palumbo. La Traviata is a theatre adaptation of Le Dame aux Camélias (Camille) by Alejandro Dumas, which was a scandal when it was first performed as the heroine is a lady of a heroic free mind; it also portrayed the society of the time just as it actually was. The tragic love story between courtesan Violetta and the young bourgeois Alfredo set against the backdrop of social criticism.

Don Carlo is the first opera scheduled to be performed at Auditorio de Tenerife in 2018. A co-production with Teatro Regio di Parma and Teatro Carlo Felice, it will be in the Concert Hall on 10, 14 and 17 March, under the baton of Jader Bignamini, with Cesare Lievi in charge of stage direction plus stage and wardrobe designer Maurizio Balò; Andrea Borelli takes care of the lighting design. It was premiered in 1867 and is based on the drama Dom Karlos, Infant Von Spanien by Schiller. The author portrays the complex relationship between king Felipe II and his son Carlos, who falls in love with Isabel de Valois. A show portraying jealousy, betrayal and values like freedom, friendship and love.

Tutto Verdi, don’t miss this wonderful chance.

*Promo valid only at the box office or online booking. Cannot be combined with other promotions. The discount will apply when buying tickets for La Traviata and Don Carlo at the same time.

Tenerife Symphony Orchestra, attached to Cabildo de Tenerife, is now offering their spring package: three concerts from 45€ and 21€ if you are under 27. Dare to be green.

Available from 20 December to 15 March at the box office, online or on 902 317 327. If you are thinking of giving someone an unusual gift, OST makes it easy for you: give music, give OST. Be green. Be OST. Subscribe to spring.

The Package includes the following concerts: The Redemption of Man, in March, From East to West, on 13 April and From Spain to Russia, on 18 May.

The Redemption of Man is conducted by Martín Baeza-Rubio, who has a versatile musical career which started as soloist trumpet, being guest performer in a huge number of orchestras. He then went on to carry out research in musicology and has collaborated in many ensembles. Baeza-Rubio has a firm commitment to contemporary creation, specifically Spanish. As conductor, he has led some sixty absolute premieres and is building up an excellent reputation. It is not a surprise he was willing to take charge of the absolute premiere of one of the best established Canaries composers, Dori Díaz Jerez. He is also presenting Symphony nº 5 by Prokófiev and the Five Last Lieder by Richard Strauss, which is perhaps the most celebrated group of orchestral songs. Composed at the end of his life, this fresco of deep beauty and wisdom needs the full, rich, though flexible, voice of a soprano. Jacqueline Wagner, an uprising vocalist, has the tools and sensitivity to turn this concert into an unforgettable event, after having reached the top at the Paris Opera and La Scala in Milan. (more info here).

A protégé of Seiji Ozawa and Leonard Bernstein, Japanese conductor Eiji Oue who has built his career in Japan, the United States and Spain, will be conducting Tenerife Symphony Orchestra. Covering a wide time scope, he will start with the Overture of the celebrated musical by Leonard Bernstein “West Side Story” to go on with Jean Sibelius’s Violin Concerto. Trained as a violinist, this is the only concerto by the Finnish composer. It requires a soloist of impeccable technique who avoids vain ostentation. It will be played by Korean-North American Sarah Chang -a child prodigy and a star today- who recorded it for Emi. The show is rounded off with Bohemian composer Dvořák and his Symphony nº 7, perhaps not as popular as his New World Symphony, but quite formidable in itself. (more info here). 

Coming back this season, Daniel Raiskin suggests a musical journey with From Spain to Russia, starting off with La procesión del Rocío by Joaquín Turina, a brief symphonic poem first performed in 1913 and composed in Paris. It is structured in two movements which portray images and impressions of Easter in his native city of Seville. From Russia we welcome two of the major figures from last century: Sergei Prókofief and his Violin Concerto nº 2, premiered in 1935 in Madrid, to be performed by the young Dutch soloist Simone Lamsma. The show ends with Dmitri Shostakovich and his Symphony nº 5, a composition with which he tried to win over the Soviet cultural authorities by using a more moderate language, adding that it was “a composer’s response to justified criticism” (more info here).

Spring Packageinclude a 5 % discount on all the concerts in the Package; you can keep the same seat for all the concerts in the Package; a season welcome and closing event exclusive to Package Holders and meetings with artists, soloists, conductors, and orchestra musicians during the season.

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Esta Navidad, vive la magia del Hollywood de los años cincuenta en el Auditorio de Tenerife. Otro nuevo éxito del teatro musical de Broadway, Sunset Boulevard, que será estrenado, por primera vez en el mundo, en castellano. Una obra llena de pasión, intriga y misterio, construida sobre el sólido armazón de unos temas musicales que te emocionarán hasta la médula.

Con las geniales interpretaciones de Paloma San Basilio, en el papel de Norma Desmond; Gerónimo Rauch como Joe Gillis; Inma Miracomo Betty Schaefer, y Gonzalo Montes como Max Von Mayerling.

Un clásico original de Billy Wilder, llevado a la escena musical por Andrew Lloyd Webber, que ahora tienes la oportunidad de disfrutar en ocho inolvidables funciones adaptadas para la ocasión por Jaime Azpilicueta.  

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Auditorio de Tenerife, ente dependiente del Cabildo Insular, inaugura esta tarde una escultura del artista vizcaíno Julio Nieto, que tiene una fuerte vinculación con Tenerife. La pieza lleva por nombre La búsqueda, y es una reflexión sobre el momento vital en el que nos planteamos hacia dónde tenemos o queremos ir.

La búsqueda, según Nieto, “es una metáfora del tiempo en el que las personas se plantean su identidad y su futuro”. La escultura, que se puede observar a 360º y puede girar en torno a si misma, tiene dos elementos fundamentales, un ente andrógino que al principio se asemeja a una mujer, pero que de cerca muestra también atributos masculinos, y un aparato de medida, una brújula gigante, que quiere guiar el camino, a la cual la persona está agarrada como si se le acabara la vida.

La obra “puede ser la inspiración para la búsqueda de la identidad, el momento en el que te paras y piensas hacia dónde tengo que caminar”. A pesar de sus 800 kilos de peso, cualquiera puede hacerla mover e invita a intervenir. Es una escultura solar que deja un reflejo imborrable en el suelo y, cuando llega la noche, las estrellas se reflejan en ella. Una obra que, de hecho, según Nieto, “puede convertirse en una experiencia inolvidable para un niño”. En palabras del autor, “A merced del aire,/la influencia de los astros,/el magnetismo del planeta y el propio corazón,/la búsqueda para encontrar el camino/nunca cesa”.

La obra surgió de la inspiración que aportó a Julio Nieto su exposición Piel de metal y forma parte de la colección del museo en la calle de CEMFAC (La Ciudad en el Museo Foro de Arte Contemporáneo), creado en el año 2000 en el municipio de Los Llanos de Aridane, en La Palma. Fue adquirida por el ayuntamiento de la ciudad y, a la espera del acondicionamiento del emplazamiento definitivo, la obra es cedida por un tiempo a Auditorio de Tenerife después de haber rotado por tres ubicaciones distintas en La Palma.

El Festival de Tenerife acoge Ídolos, un nuevo concierto de Quantum Ensemble, el 21 de diciembre a las 19:30 horas en la Sala de Cámara de Auditorio de Tenerife. En esta ocasión, Cristo Barrios al clarinete y Gustavo Díaz-Jerez al piano, dos de los integrantes del núcleo principal de Quantum, actuarán al lado de prestigiosas figuras como son el viola Maxim Rysanov y el violonchelista Asier Polo para interpretar Schumann, Kurtág, Widmann y Brahms.

Este programa pone de manifiesto la influencia de los grandes maestros del pasado en los compositores del presente. A través de dos extraordinarios emparejamientos, Quantum Ensemble explora la sutil relación entre la admiración y la creación. Así pues, desde la perspectiva del lenguaje único de György Kurtág (n. 1926), Hommage à R. Schumann op. 15d, puede asociarse fácilmente al Märchenerzählungen (Cuentos de hadas) op. 132 de Robert Schumann (1810-1856), estando ambas obras compuestas para la misma formación de clarinete, viola y piano.

Märchenerzählungen es una joya que presenta una base armónica sólida y melodías sinuosas –destacan especialmente los diálogos entre el clarinete y la viola- que tiene momentos de arrebato propios de la época. Muestra el Schumann dionisíaco y apasionado y deja de lado la línea apolínea y mesurada a la cual tiene acostumbrado al oyente.

En Hommage à R. Schumann op. 15d (1975-1990), Kurtág consigue equilibrar los tres instrumentos de forma que cada uno va tomando su preponderancia, sin que los otros sean meros acompañantes, sino navegantes en el mismo mar de sensaciones. Es una obra que refleja la influencia de Alban Berg y de Olivier Messiaen por la armonía compleja y el ascetismo en el que se llega en algunos momentos.

Del mismo modo, entre la tradición y la modernidad, Nachtstück para clarinete, violonchelo y piano de Jörg Widmann (n. 1973) es una obra con carácter subterráneo, telúrica e intrigante que hace uso de técnicas no convencionales de una forma muy inteligente y se acerca al carácter sensible, y por momentos dramático, del Trío op. 114 de Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), una obra escrita originalmente para clarinete, violonchelo y piano, pero presentada aquí en su versión para viola, violonchelo y piano. El lírico inicio del violonchelo invita a la intervención de los otros instrumentos para construir un aparato de relojería en el que el empaste sonoro es fundamental. Como es habitual en Brahms, el ámbito sonoro es muy amplio, con armonías voluptuosas y un delicado fraseo que dará por concluida la velada.

La Orquesta Barroca de Tenerife afronta su tercer concierto con una propuesta en sintonía con las fechas venideras: “Natale all’Italiana. Música barroca italiana para la Navidad” nos preparará para este momento de recogimiento y disfrute en familia. El concierto, que se enmarca en el Festival de Tenerife, cuenta con la presencia de la soprano Emma Kirkby bajo la dirección de Alfonso Sebastián y tendrá lugar el próximo jueves 14 de diciembre a las 19:30 horas en la Sala de Cámara de Auditorio de Tenerife. Corelli, Caldara, Vivaldi, Storace, Stradella, dall’Abaco y Scarlatti son los compositores invitados en esta ocasión.

“Natale all’Italiana”  es el primer programa de Navidad que ofrece la Orquesta Barroca de Tenerife como un hermoso retablo sonoro barroco, como la mejor kermés, en la Sala de Cámara nunca antes engalanada con los instrumentos barrocos y sus sonidos para festejar la más universal de las noches de paz.

Los compositores brillarán son su estrella, como la impronta de Belén, con sus misterios, emulando la encarnación del verbo en música, acompasado con aguinaldos en forma de danza para recordar la fiesta del Yule, santificada, en una noche colmada de bendiciones para el oído y el alma.

La primera aparición de Daniel Raiskin, principal director invitado de la Sinfónica, de la mano del Romanticismo

En el marco del Festival de Tenerife, la Sinfónica de Tenerife, ente dependiente del Cabildo Insular, presenta un nuevo programa, Romances, con el director principal invitado, Daniel Raiskin, y Nelson Freire al piano para interpretar Weber, Chopin y Brahms. Se presentará un un doble concierto, en el 225 Aniversario de la Universidad de La Laguna el día 7 de diciembre a las 20:30 horas y en Auditorio de Tenerife el 8 de diciembre en la Sala Sinfónica de Auditorio de Tenerife a las 19:30 horas.

El programa de Auditorio de Tenerife incluye Euryanthe, Obertura, op. 91, de Carl Maria von Weber, el Concierto para piano y orquesta nº 2 en Fa menor, op. 21, de Frédéric Chopin y la Sinfonía nº 2 en Re mayor, op. 73 de Johannes Brahms. En el Paraninfo de la Universidad de La Laguna se interpretará, además, la Obertura para un festival académico, op. 80, también de Brahms.

Aunque la obra en sí, Euryanthe, de Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826), es actualmente poco representada, la obertura, considerada como una pieza jovial que encierra el espíritu del incipiente Romanticismo alemán, se programa con frecuencia. Ofrece una introducción en la que se presentan los dos temas principales, para llegar al el desarrollo central, mucho más sosegado y enigmático, y un final que rememora el ambiente festivo del inicio y que finaliza en una especie de himno jubiloso.

Poseedor de uno de los lenguajes más originales del Romanticismo, Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) se consagró con su repertorio casi exclusivamente pianístico. Su Concierto para piano y orquesta nº 2 en Fa menor, op. 21 lo compuso antes de trasladarse a París, donde gozó de mucha fama. La obra se inicia con los dos temas principales, y muestra una elocuencia expresiva de primer orden, con un diálogo entre el solista y la orquesta. Una pieza con una belleza lírica encomiable.

La Sinfonía nº 2 en Re mayor, op. 73 de Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) fue estrenada por el afamado director Hans Richter en 1877. Fue compuesta durante las vacaciones de ese verano en Pörtschach, un apacible pueblo austriaco próximo al lago Wörther; un paraje natural decisivo a la hora de insuflarle ese aire idílico y bucólico que se refleja en la sinfonía, razón por la que comenzó a conocerse como la “Pastoral” de Brahms, en clara relación con la Sexta Sinfonía de Beethoven.

Durante las últimas décadas de su vida, Brahms se dedicó especialmente a su trabajo como director orquestal y a la interpretación de sus propias obras. Es en este espacio vital al que pertenece la Obertura para un festival académico, op. 80, una obra emblemática para ser representada en el 225 aniversario de la Universidad de La Laguna. La Obertura es una pieza jovial y de carácter festivo en la que Brahms ofrece ritmos y melodías populares, cuyo rastro solía aparecer en medio de las complejas texturas de sus obras, y en esta ocasión dio rienda suelta a su lado más jocoso.

Pueden adquirir las entradas del concierto en Auditorio de Tenerife en taquilla de 10.00 a 19.30 horas de forma ininterrumpida de lunes a sábado, durante las 2 horas antes de la función y por internet a través de www.auditoriodetenerife.com o por teléfono en el 902 317 327.

Daniel Raiskin, director

Nacido en San Petersburgo, en cuyo célebre conservatorio estudió violín, viola y dirección de orquesta. Posteriormente, prosiguió sus estudios en Ámsterdam y Friburgo de Brisgovia. Animado a coger la batuta por el distinguido profesor Lev Savich, también recibió clases de Mariss Jansons, Neeme Järvi, Milan Horvat, Woldemar Nelson y Jorma Panula.

Como director invitado, está habitualmente al frente de la Orquesta Clásica Santa Cecilia de Madrid, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Orchestra, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic, Orchestre National de Belgique, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México, Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovenská Filharmónia, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker y la Orquestra Sinfônica de Winnipeg, en otras. Ha sido, a su vez, director titular de la Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie de Coblenza y de la Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic de Lódz. En la temporada actual, será principal director invitado de la Filarmónica de Belgrado.

Entre los célebres solistas a los que ha dirigido destacan Martin Fröst, Alban Gerhardt, Natalia Gutman, Janine Jansen, Kari Kriikku, Lang Lang, Francois Leleux, Alexei Lubimov, Midori, Daniel Müller-Schott, Steven Osborne, Ivo Pogorelich, Julian Rachlin, Vadim Repin, Benjamin Schmid, Julian Steckel y Alexei Volodin.

Entre sus grabaciones cabe reseñar la Sinfonía nº 3 de Mahler y la Sinfonía nº 4 de Shostakóvich con el sello discográfico AVI, ambas aclamadas por la crítica.

Nelson Freire, piano

Nacido en Brasil, comenzó a estudiar piano a muy temprana edad, con su primera actuación en público a los cinco años. Posteriormente se trasladó a Viena para estudiar con Bruno Seidlhofer. Ganador de la Medalla Dinu Lipatti en Londres y el Primer Premio en el Concurso Internacional Vianna da Motta en Lisboa.

En temporadas anteriores ha sido invitado por orquestas como las Berliner Philharmoniker, Münchner Philharmoniker, Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Orquesta Filarmónica de San Petersburgo, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Ceský Filharmonie, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester de Leipzig, Symphonieorchester Bayerischer Rundfunk, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest de Holanda, Mariinsky Orchestra, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, Wiener Symphoniker, London Symphony Orchestra, la DR SymfoniOrkestre, BBC Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, la Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, así como en diferentes orquestas de los Estados Unidos de América.

Ha colaborado con directores como P. Boulez, L. Bringuier, R. Chailly, C. Dutoit, R. Frühbeck de Burgos, V. Gergiev, E. Jochum, L. Maazel, K. Masur, I. Metzmacher, S. Ozawa, A. Previn, T. Sójiev, Y. Temirkánov, entre otros.

En su trayectoria ha recibido numerosos galardones como el Premio Grammy, el Edison Award, el Diapason d’Or del Año, el Grand Prix de la Académie Charles Cros, el Choc du Monde de la Musique, Premio Honorífico por toda su carrera en las Victoires de la Musique y ganador de la categoría de concierto por Classic FM Gramophone, entre otros. También es Comandante de las Artes y Letras, otorgado por el gobierno francés.