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The event this Friday is conducted by Tabita Berglund and features pianist Martín García García as guest soloist

The Tenerife Symphony Orchestra has sold all tickets for the concert it is offering this Friday (15th) at the Auditorio de Tenerife as part of a new event by the orchestra in its season subscription which includes works by Tchaikovsky and Chopin and which has been named The Nutcracker. The Norwegian conductor Tabita Berglund is once again leading the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra to conduct this programme which also notably features the Asturian pianist Martín García García as soloist. The concert will start at 7:30 p.m.

The Nutcracker, suite 1, op. 71A, TH 35 by Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky will open the evening of music. It is a score created in 1892 and based on a fairy tale that appeals to audiences of all ages. The ballet recounts how a series of toys come to life during Christmas Eve, and practically from the time it premiered, it became one of the Russian composer's most popular scores.

Then, there will be a performance of Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor by Frédéric Chopin from 1830 which follows in the wake of the concertos of Johann Nepomuk Hummel, who was in turn influenced by those of Mozart. The piece, with a deep nationalist impact, has lyrical writing, richly adorned, in which the piano -played on this occasion by Martín García García- gets all the attention, while the orchestra contributes the main musical materials, adding timbric colour and sound support.

After the interlude, the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra will once again perform Tchaikovsky, this time with his Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64, TH 29, composed in 1888 in which he evokes his internal battles through destiny as an inspiring concept. This cyclical work, which is completely autobiographical, underwent several corrections and rewrites during his creative process, deriving from his emotional state.

Tabita Berglund has established herself as one of the brightest hopes on the European scene and has been recognised as the most influential young composer of her generation; her style has been described as suggestive, charismatic, and sharp. Within the symphonic realm, her debuts with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Berner Symphonieorchester, Orchestre National de Lyon, Philharmonia Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Dresdner Philharmonie, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Musikkollegium Winterthur and the Grafenegg Festival, stand out, where she featured alongside the Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich.

On an opera level, her presence leading the Philharmonia Orchestra stands out, making her debut at the Girlington Opera conducting The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart. This season also notably features her intervention as the principal guest conductor of the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra and her commitments with the Trondheim Symfoniorkester and the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, among others.

Berglund has appeared alongside the leading orchestras on both sides of the Atlantic such as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Bergen, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Luzerner Symphonieorchester, the Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal, the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, the Hallé, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Tapiola Sinfonietta.

Aged just 26, Martín García García is considered one of the most internationally renowned pianists. He performed around 80 concerts all over the world in 2023 alone, making his debut in Korea, Mexico and Brazil. He has also visited Japan, the United States, Canada, Poland, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, Lithuania, Portugal and Luxembourg, giving outstanding recitals and performing alongside prestigious orchestras such as the NHK Symphony Orchestra, the Seoul Philarmonic Orchestra, the Hamburg Symphoniker, the Warsaw Philarmonic Orchestra, the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra and the Orquesta de Brasilia.

García visited the Carnegie Hall in New York and Japan in 2022, on a tour of 14 performances in which he amassed 25,000 spectators. A year earlier, in 2021, he was awarded first place at the "Cleveland International Piano Competition" and third place at the "2021 International Chopin Piano Competition".

Leandro Martín Quinteros, from the Tenerife Association for Friends of Music (Atadem), will give a talk on the three works to be heard at the concert. The event will start at 6:30 p.m. in the Sala Avenida, located in the hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife Adán Martín.

Los dos cantantes protagonistas debutan este sábado en Tenerife con esta versión concierto del conocido título de Camille Saint-Saëns

Ópera de Tenerife despide el año este sábado (día 9) a las 19:30 horas en la Sala Sinfónica con la versión concierto de Samson et Dalila, de Camille Saint-Saëns. El poder de él y la seducción de ella se toman el pulso en esta ópera francesa del siglo XIX que se basa en el conocido relato del Antiguo Testamento. Los cantantes que asumen los roles protagonistas de este espectáculo -el tenor Ivan Gyngazov como Samson y la mezzosoprano Yulia Matochkina como Dalila- debutan con este título en la programación lírica del Auditorio de Tenerife.

El elenco de solistas se completa con el barítono Andrii Kymach como Sumo sacerdote, el bajo Toni Marsol como Abimélech, el tenor César Arrieta como Primer filisteo, el bajo Pablo Gálvez como Segundo filisteo, el bajo Simón Orfila como Viejo hebreo y el tenor Mario Méndez en el rol de Mensajero filisteo.

El director musical de esta propuesta, José Miguel Pérez Sierra, estará al frente de la Sinfónica de Tenerife, que contará con 71 músicos para la ocasión, y del Coro Ópera de Tenerife-Intermezzo que, bajo la dirección de Andrés Juncos, estará constituido por 48 coralistas.

La obra se desarrolla en el año 1150 antes de Cristo y se basa en varios textos bíblicos, principalmente, los capítulos 13 al 16 del Libro de los Jueces. Narra la historia de uno de los jueces antiguos más destacados del pueblo, Samson, dotado de una fuerza descomunal que le permite vencer a los filisteos sin esfuerzo. No obstante, esa fuerza concedida por la divinidad va acompañada de la advertencia sobre la permanencia de su condición humana. Su fortaleza reside en su larga cabellera: debe cuidarla para conservarla.

En el texto religioso, el joven pierde su fuerza en manos de Dalila, una joven filistea que lo seduce y despierta su pasión carnal. Traicionado y debilitado, Samson es apresado y esclavizado por los filisteos. En su lamento, implora a su señor por su fuerza sobrenatural y ofrece su vida en sacrificio. En un último impulso, derriba las columnas del templo y queda sepultado bajo sus ruinas, junto a Dalila y sus enemigos.

Saint-Saëns y su libretista, Ferdinand Lemaire, no se plantearon ser estrictamente fieles al relato bíblico y, así, para dotar de más dramatismo a la obra, se centraron en el sufrimiento de Samson, atormentado entre su obligación de obedecer a su pueblo y la pasión culpable que siente por Dalila, a quien, a su vez, presentan como una sacerdotisa que odia al hebreo por vencer a su pueblo.

Esta ópera es considerada la obra maestra de Saint-Saëns, quien es reconocido especialmente por su excepcional papel en la renovación de la música francesa, una labor que desempeñó gracias a su faceta como maestro y, especialmente, por su impulso de la música nueva, al participar en la fundación de la Société Nationale de Musique. Para los historiadores, fue un eslabón esencial en la renovación del lenguaje musical, que dio paso a Debussy y Ravel.

Saint-Saëns, compositor de la suite humorística Le Carnaval des animaux (El carnaval de los animales), fue un intelectual multifacético. Desde pequeño se dedicó al estudio de la geología, la arqueología, la botánica y la entomología. Fue también un excelente matemático. Además de la actividad musical como compositor, intérprete y crítico, escribió artículos sobre acústica, ciencias ocultas, escenografía teatral en la Roma Antigua e instrumentos antiguos. Fue miembro de la Sociedad Astronómica de Francia. Escribió una obra filosófica, un volumen de poesía y una comedia. Su vida está repleta de viajes por Europa, Asia y África, y visitó Estados Unidos varias veces.

Las entradas se pueden adquirir en la página web www.auditoriodetenerife.com, en la taquilla de lunes a viernes de 10:00 a 17:00 horas y sábados de 10:00 a 14:00 horas y de forma telefónica llamando al 902 317 327 en el mismo horario.

In addition to the Catalan troupe Cal Teatre with 'Mentira cochina', La Rous ends its island tour with two further performances of 'Vacío'.

The performing arts programme Oye toca ver is offering this weekend two shows of the play Mentira cochina (Dirty Lie), by the company Cal Teatre, in Tacoronte and Los Realejos. In addition, the island tour of the Andalusian group La Rous comes to an end with the last two performances of their tender show entitled Vacío (Voids) in El Sauzal and Adeje.

The first of the performances of Mentira cochina, in which two actors and several puppets reflect on lies, takes place on Thursday (7th) at 6.00 pm at the Teatro Capitol in Tacoronte, and the second performance will be on Friday (8) at 8.00 pm at the Casa de la Cultura in Los Realejos.

The show is based on the assumption that everyone has lied at some point, be it at school, on the street, at home, at football or playing Pachisi, on television or the internet. Mentira cochina (Dirty Lie), a reflection on lies and truth, is based on the story of a boy who rejects his reality. Two architects, experts in designing lies, help him to create a new identity. Will the lie hold up?

Mentira cochina is recommended for audiences aged six and over and lasts about 50 minutes. The play, directed and dramatised by Dora Cantero, will be performed by Jordi Font and Carlos Gallardo. The latter is also in charge of the stage and the puppets that will appear.

The Andalusian theatre company La Rous ends its tour with four performances of the show Vacío (Voids) this Friday (8th) at 8:00 p.m. in the Teatro el Sauzal and on Sunday (10th) at the same time in the new Auditorio of Adeje. Vacío (Voids), in which only an actress, a puppet and many objects can be seen on stage, lasts around 70 minutes and is recommended for audiences aged 10 and over.

The play portrays an eighteen-year journey with two parallel stories. The first story is about a girl who is born into the world, and the second story is about her mother who welcomes her with unconditional love. Both stories show different stages of the journey, filled with unanswered questions, emotional moments, landscapes, and voids. La Rous will perform on Sunday (3rd) at 8:00 p.m. at the Casa de la Cultura in Los Realejos and will continue next week in El Sauzal (8th) and Adeje (10th), also with the same starting time.

This show, which spans across generations, won the National Award for the Performing Arts for Children and Youth in 2011. It is directed by Joan Front and Rosa Díaz, who is also the dramaturge and actress on stage, alongside Dávide Scatá. Dávide is responsible for the main puppet and other objects that interact with the performers during the show.

The performing arts programme Oye toca ver is organised by the Island Council of Tenerife with the councils of Adeje, Arona, Candelaria, el Sauzal, Guía de Isora, Los Realejos, Tacoronte, and the University of La Laguna. It consists of 41 performances by thirteen companies and ends on 17 December.

Organised by the Tenerife Band Federation, the concerts take place on Saturday and Sunday

This weekend, the Auditorio de Tenerife Adán Martín will host the 15^th Meeting of Youth Wind Bands "XV Encuentro de Bandas de Música de Tenerife". The concerts take place in four morning and afternoon sessions, both on Saturday (9th) and Sunday (10th) in the Chamber Hall, with free admission until full capacity is reached.

The performances, organised by the band federation 'Federación Tinerfeña de Bandas de Música', start on Saturday at 11.30 a.m. with the following wind bands: Agrupación Cultural y Musical Princesa Yaiza (El Rosario), directed by Taida María Gil Conde; San José de la Agrupación Musical XIX de Marzo (San Juan de la Rambla) with Damián González García at the baton and the Banda de Iniciación José Mesa Cabrera of the Agrupación Musical Cruz Santa (Los Realejos) with Moisés Real Hernández on the podium.

The evening session begins at 6:00 p.m., featuring the Agrupación Cultural San Sebastián de Tejina (La Laguna), under the direction of Taida María Gil Conde, Banda Alejandro Poleo López and Escuela Comarcal de Música Daute-Isla Baja, led by Víctor Manuel Pérez de León, Agrupación Musical Educando José León Medrano (Puerto de Cruz), conducted by Alexis Lorenzo Pérez, and Las Candelas (Candelaria), under the baton of Aitor Acosta Llanos.

On Sunday at 11:30 a.m., is the turn of the Instrumental Group of the Espacio de Formación Artística de Garachico, led by José Eduardo Morales Meneses, the Band of the Academia San Marcos Evangelista (Tegueste), conducted by Alejandro Suárez Hernández, and the band La Candelaria (Arafo), led by Adrián Jesús Castellano de la Rosa.

The last concerts begin at 6:00 p.m., performed by the band of Buenavista del Norte Music Academy, with Cristo Rubens Delgado Bautista at the baton, the band of the Patronato de Música Nuestra Señora de Lourdes de Valle de Guerra, conducted by Javier Pérez Hernández, the Municipal School of La Guancha, led by Emilio José Falcón Gil, and the Sociedad Filarmónica Nivaria (Arafo), conducted by Juan Antonio Herrera Mesa. The complete programme, with the repertoire to be performed by each youth group, can be seen on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com.

The Taiwanese dance group Cloud Gate and the Spanish ensemble of Jesús Rubio Gamo will close a month of dance that opens with Led Silhouette.

The Auditorio de Tenerife offers three dance shows in December, two of them in large format: 13 Tongues by the company Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, which will have two performances on the 20^th and 21^st of December. Acciones sencillas (Simple actions), a proposal by Jesús Rubio Gamo, takes place on the 22nd. The Moving Arts Festival FAM offers tickets for these three shows at 15 euros each, with special discounts available for those under 30, students, unemployed individuals, and large families.

13 Tongues, created by the choreographer and artistic director of the Taiwanese company, Cheng Tsung-Lung, is based on his memories of his mother's stories about a popular storyteller who is said to have fascinating abilities. This show is an immersive experience of bright colours, shapes and images. During the performance, the dancers depict the vibrant life and culture of Taipei's oldest neighbourhood, home to the ensemble's director. They dance to a mix of Taiwanese folk songs, Taoist chants, and electronic music. 13 Tongues is currently touring Spain thanks to the support of the Ministry of Culture R.O.C. (Taiwan) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Spain

On the other hand, the Madrid-based dancer and choreographer Jesús Rubio Gamo develops his work under the premise of the complexity of simplicity. Five flamenco dancers and three flamenco singers perform in Acciones sencillas, including Blanca Paloma, Spain's representative at Eurovision 2023. It is a co-production with the Conde Duque Contemporary Culture Center Madrid, the GREC Festival of Barcelona and the Festival Romaeuropa. The piece was nominated for Best Choreography at the 2021 Critics’ Awards of Catalonia.

On December 16th at 7:30 p.m., the Symphony Hall stage will host "Los Perros" (The Dogs), a performance by Led Silhouette and Marcos Morau. The audience will also be seated on the stage for this event. "Los Perros" aims to inspire a sense of resilience to discover the purpose of our lives and to overcome violence and adversity together.

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. The details of the FAM programme are available at www.famtenerife.com. FAM has the collaboration of the Dance on Stage and Acieloabierto Circuit, both of the National Institute of Performing Arts and Music of the Spanish Ministry of Culture INAEM.

Organist Pilar Cabrera features this Sunday's matinee, ˊPromenadeˊ, which will also include works by Bach and Mussorgsky

The organ concerts continue at the Auditorio de Tenerife with Promenade. On this occasion, the organist from Granada, Pilar Cabrera, features the matinee, which will take place this Sunday (3rd) at noon in the Symphony Hall. The programme, with works by Bach and Mussorgsky, includes the world premiere of Ofrenda lírica, by the Valladolid-born Jesús Legido. The concerts with this unusual instrument, unique in the world in its layout and timbre, are offered in collaboration with the San Miguel Arcángel Royal Canarian Academy of Fine Arts (RACBA

The programme Promenade will start with the baroque timbres full of peace and tenderness of Johann Sebastian Bach. The prelude to the chorale O Innocent Lamb of God begins by evoking the traditional cornemuse of shepherds. It continues with a ternary rhythm: the traditional rhythm of the pastoral (metaphor of the lamb) before concluding with fanfares that justify the final supplication: "Grant us Thy peace". The organist will then perform the Trio in G Major, a transcription produced by Bach of the Allegro moderato of his Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord BWV 1027.

The lyrical Ofrenda lírica by the Valladolid composer, framed as a tribute to Bach, will bring out the romantic timbres of the instrument through the three movements. The first, the Prelude-chorale, adopts a solemn and vibrant character in which the manual keyboards dialogue with the pedal of the organ. The central Berceuse is a short piece in contrast to the two movements at each end with a more virtuosic character. The third movement, Toccata in tempo agitato, unfolds in persistent semiquavers before reaching a small meno mosso central episode with a more peaceful and calm character and then returns to the initial tempo to end brilliantly in powerful chords.

Lastly, the Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky will enable us to listen to all kinds of different timbres, in the majestic transcription for organ produced by Keith John. This work, inspired by the sketches, drawings, and watercolours of Viktor A”. Hartmann, is, in Pilar Cabrera's own words, an "extremely original and unprecedented work".

Built in the 20th century by the prestigious organ builder Albert Blancafort and his team, the organ of Auditorio de Tenerife is considered a unique instrument for its design, but also for its sound and musical ranges. The sounds are produced by 3,835 pipes that are housed in the walls of the emblematic Symphony Hall, some of them visible, which are controlled by the organist from on-stage through the console and the four keyboards that he can play.

Born in Granada, at the age of fourteen she made her debut on the historic organ of the Imperial Church of San Matías. She trained at the Conservatoires of Granada, Malaga, Seville, Barcelona and the Higher School of Music in Düsseldorf, and undertook further studies with Montserrat Torrent (Barcelona, Spain), Daniel Roth (Paris, France) and Rosalinde Haas (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).

The multi-award-winning artist has been performing internationally as a soloist organist since 1982, and together with various ensembles such as a duo with trumpet, duo with oboe, percussion, brass ensemble, traditional instruments, choir, chamber orchestra and symphony orchestra.

Her interest in promoting contemporary composition for organ has led her to premiere works by the prestigious composers Jesús Legido (Valladolid), as on this occasion, Miguel Pérez (Malaga), Ronald Watson (England), Lee Axford (England), and Guido Donati (Italy).

At present, Pilar Cabrera combines her concert activity with teaching and liturgical work. She is a teacher at the Official Music Centre of Castile, an organist in the Church of Saint Andrew the Apostle, and at the Cathedral of Valladolid, where she works intensely as a soloist, educator and disseminator of the vast organ repertoire, and thus far she has recorded 45 CDs.

Tickets can be purchased at a single price of €15 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. Check the special discounts for the audience under 30 years of age, students, unemployed, and large families.

The performing arts programme also includes shows by the companies La Rous, Príamo Estudio and Daniel Doña.

The performing arts programme Oye toca ver is offering nine shows this week by four companies. The schedule notably includes the world premiere of Panza de burro (Sea Cloud) by the company Delirium Teatro. The offer also includes Vacío (Voids), by La Rous; Ruido (Noise), by Príamo Estudio, and Retrospectiva 2.0 (Retrospective 2.0), by Daniel Doña.

On Friday (1st) at 8.30 p.m., the Auditorio Capitol de Tacoronte will host the first performance of Panza de burro (Sea Cloud), the latest project by the Tenerife company Delirium, which details the world of two 10-year-old friends in a neighbourhood of northern Tenerife in a stark and funny way. The two girls, Shit and Isora, live under the protection of the female world of grandmothers. Shit idolises and blindly follows Isora, who is an orphan and suffers from an eating disorder. Both spend summer between boredom, looking for someone to take them to the beach and trying to satisfly and understand the nascent sexual desire that constantly shakes and attacks them, inland, confined under the disappointment of a melancholic sea cloud.

The company La Rous will begin its tour of four performances on the island at the Auditorio of Guía de Isora. On Friday (1st) at 8.00 p.m., it will offer Vacío (Voids), a plot revealing a journey over eighteen years with two parallel stories: that of a girl who comes into the world and that of a mother who welcomes her with open arms, with unconditional love. Both undertake different stages of the journey, periods full of unanswered questions, moments of emotion, landscapes, and voids. La Rous will perform on Sunday (3rd) at 8:00 p.m. at the Casa de la Cultura in Los Realejos and will continue next week in El Sauzal (8th) and Adeje (10th), also with the same starting time.

Retrospectiva 2.0 (Retrospective 2.0) is the work that the company of Daniel Doña is bringing to Oye toca ver. The first of the two scheduled shows will be on Friday (1st) at 8.30 p.m. at the Paraninfo, University of La Laguna, while on Sunday (3rd) at 8.00 p.m., it will be at the Auditorio Infanta Leonor (Los Cristianos, Arona). This show encompasses a catalogue of feelings which, at times, takes the form of a danced conference in which Daniel Doña looks back at, delves into, and acknowledges the work he has been carrying out over the last decade as a director and choreographer of his own independent dance company.

Jose Padilla from Tenerife is the author of the text and responsible for the direction of Ruido (Noise), by the company Príamo Estudio and produced by Ángel Verde. This work will be staged on Saturday (2nd) at 8:00 p.m. at the Cultural Space Cine Viejo in Candelaria, and the following day at 7:00 p.m. at the auditorium of the University of La Laguna. Padilla allows us to discover the story of Sara, a former participant in a talent show who was once successful, she is summoned for a possible hiring by Valentín, a very peculiar event organiser. He aims to organise a concert with Sara within a possible deadline -including a band- in a place that seems completely unlikely to be a possible venue for a musical event. Sara needs the money, Valentín seems to be in a hurry for the deal, however, not everything is as it seems.

The performing arts programme Oye toca ver is organised by the Island Council of Tenerife with the councils of Adeje, Arona, Candelaria, El Sauzal, Guía de Isora, Los Realejos, Tacoronte, and the University of La Laguna. It consists of 41 performances by thirteen companies and ends on 17 December.

The orchestra's oboe player performs in this Friday's programme, which will be conducted by Lucas Macías.

The oboe player of the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra, Carlos del Ser, is making his debut this Friday (1st) as a soloist in this orchestra’s season subscription concert. Del Ser will star in the Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra by Mozart, which will conclude a programme that will involve the conducting of Lucas Macías and also include works by Schubert and Brahms. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Symphony Hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife Adán Martín.

The evening starts with the Overture in C major in the Italian style, D. 591, Op. 170 by Franz Schubert, a score written in 1817 under the influence of the Rossini fever that swept across Europe at the start of the 19th century. It is a fresh, agile, and direct composition that perfectly displays the influence of Italian music in Europe.

Following this, the orchestra -with Del Ser Guillén as soloist- will perform the Concerto for oboe and orchestra in C major, K. 314 (285d) written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1777 and dedicated to Giuseppe Ferlendis, principal oboe of the Court Chapel of Salzburg.

After the interlude, the orchestra will perform Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73, by Johannes Brahms. It is possibly the most serene and gentle of the four symphonies by the German composer, who only took four months to create it, which occurred in 1877 during his stay at the summer home of some friends.    

Carlos del Ser Guillén has been the solo oboe player with the Symphony Orchestra for a little over four years. He began his oboe studies at age 8 at the Conservatoire of Valladolid. After obtaining a Degree in Oboe from the Higher Conservatoire of Music of Salamanca, he continued his training with Roland Perrenoud and Maurice Bourgue at the Haute Ecole de Musique in Geneva where he acquired the Diplôme de Musicien d'Orchestre and the Diplôme de Soliste “avec distinction” and he refined his training in Breisgau (Germany) with Lucas Macías, who he will be reunited with this week at the Auditorio de Tenerife.

Del Ser was previously a member of the Verbier Festival Orchestra and the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, where he played under the guidance of conductors such as Charles Dutoit, Daniel Harding, Frühbeck de Burgos, Valery Gergiev and Philippe Jordan, among others. Between 2010 and 2014 he was second oboe of the Orchestra Mozart of Bologna conducted by Claudio Abbado. He has also collaborated with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra.

The oboe player of the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra has also collaborated with the Orchestra of Cadaqués, the Ensemble Les Dissonances, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Münchner Kammerorchester, the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, the Suisse Romande, the Geneva Camerata, the Symphony Orchestra of Castilla y León, the Orchestre de Chambre of Lausanne, the MusicAeterna Perm, the Residentie Orkest in The Hague, the Opera of Zürich and the Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino.

Lucas Macías, who is once again conducting the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra, has been the lead conductor of the Oviedo Philharmonic since 2018 and has conducted the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, the Orchestre de Paris, the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève, the Philharmonic orchestra of Buenos Aires, the Het Gelders Orkest, the Symphony Orchestra of Castilla y León, the Real Orquesta Sinfónica of Seville, Spanish RTVE Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic of Galicia, among others.

Macías trained as a conductor with Mark Stringer at the University of Music and Performing Arts of Vienna, at the Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker and in Geneva under the supervision of Maurice Bourgue. In 2014 he made his debut as a conductor at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.

Among his most recent engagements are his works with the Spanish National Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Community of Madrid and the Staatskapelle Dresden; as well as the Granada International Music and Dance Festival, conducting the City of Granada Orchestra, the San Sebastián Music Fortnight (Euskadiko Orkestra) and the Bal and Gay Festival (Galician Symphony Orchestra).

The Tenerife Association for Friends of Music (Atadem) is offering a free talk in order to contextualise the works of this sixth seasonal concert.  Lourdes Bonnet Fernández-Trujillo will give the lecture one hour before the concert at the Sala Avenida next to the hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife Adán Martín.

The tickets for this concert can be purchased until the day of the event 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., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

The Barcelona-born music disseminator Ramón Gener returns to the Auditorio de Tenerife to reveal the keys to the next lyrical title of the season.

The Barcelona-born music disseminator Ramón Gener returns to the Auditorio de Tenerife with one of his musical lecture performances to reveal the keys to the next lyrical title of the season: Samson et Dalila, by Camille Saint-Saëns. This new event with Gener will take place on Tuesday (28th) at 7:30 p.m. in the Chamber Hall. Gener, who is also a writer, takes the opportunity to talk about French opera in general, always supported by his audiovisual equipment, his piano and his baritone voice. Tickets for this show are available for eight euros.

The cultural populariser and musician explains the different angles from which one can discover the keys to the title, which will be performed in a single concert on 9 December. It is a concert version of Samson et Dalila with the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra, the Choir Ópera de Tenerife-Intermezzo, and a cast of singers led by tenor Ivan Gyngazovla as Samson and mezzo-soprano Yulia Matochkina as Dalila.

Gener explains the plot, the emotions, the characters, the music, and the themes in an entertaining and accessible way, using contemporary similes and interpreting some fragments on the piano to reinforce his explanations. It is an opportunity for all those who want to learn more about this opera before the performance and even for those who have never been to an opera and want to know a little more before going.

Ramón Gener's fourth lecture in Tenerife at the Auditorio de Tenerife will be followed by other conferences throughout the opera season, always in the Chamber Hall at 7.30 p.m., with the protagonist in each case being the nearest opera. The last two dates with the popular communicator will be on 17 January with Leonard Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti (January), and on 21 February with the Auditorium’s own production Rusalka, by Antonín Dvořák (March).

Born in Barcelona, Ramón Gener holds a degree in Humanities and Business Studies. He began his studies as a musician at the age of 6 at the Higher Conservatoire of Music of the Liceu, training which he completed later with the pianist Anna Maria Albors. Through a recommendation from the soprano Victoria de los Ángeles, he began to study singing under her supervision. He finished his singing training in Warsaw with the baritone Jerzy Artysz and in Barcelona with the tenor Eduard Giménez. After a career lasting several years as a baritone, he began a new phase as a musical educator, offering conferences about classical music and opera.

The impact of these conferences led him to the world of television. First, at a regional level on TV3 with the programme Òpera en Texans, and then nationally and internationally with programmes such as This is Opera, This is Art, and 200, una noche en el Prado. His programmes have been recorded in Spanish and English; they have been broadcast and continue to be broadcast in many countries around the world. He currently collaborates with the radio programme No es un día cualquiera for the Spanish National Radio (RNE). He currently continues with his conferences, classes, and contributions to RNE. Likewise, he is immersed in preparing his new TV program and his new book.

The tickets for this conference by Gener 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. Check the special discounts for the audience under 30 years of age, students, unemployed, and large families.

Eight students from the conservatories of the islands will participate during the 22^nd edition of this soloist’s competition.

On Saturday (25th) from 4:00 p.m. onwards, the Auditorio de Tenerife Adán Martin welcomes the Regional Phase of the 22nd Intercentros Melómano Performance Prize. Entry is free until full capacity is reached. This national competition chooses the representative of the Canaries for the Final Phase of the Intercentros Melómano Performance Prize for Soloists (Professional Degree category).

The eight students from the professional conservatoires of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria who study different instrumental specialties will be heard during the auditions. Each candidate will perform a maximum of 15 minutes with a freely chosen repertoire.

On this occasion, the jury will be composed of the orchestra conductor Henoc Acosta Santana, the composer Miguel Ángel Linares Pineda, and the composer Laura Vega Santana. After the performances, the jury will deliberate and subsequently announce its decision.

The first participants to perform are Mirko Busto in the singing category, David Martín Gutiérrez on violin, and Gael Moreno González on tuba/euphonium.  After the intermission, Javier Cabrera Hernández will continue on the saxophone, Guillermo Almeida Sicilia on the percussion, Juan Diego Cardozo Armada on violin, Andrea Sabina Perera on clarinet, and Pablo Rosales Calzadilla on clarinet.

The first classified will be the representative of the Canary Islands in the final phase of the Intercentros Melómano, which will take place on 9 December in the Auditorium of the Council of Alicante. The final phase will involve the seventeen regional representatives who will try to win the prize. It consists of a concert tour all over Spain, including solo performances and concerts with symphony orchestras, such as the one performed by the European Youth Orchestra of Madrid, the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Granada, and the Classical Orchestra of Vigo.

The initiative Intercentros Melómano by the Fundación Orfeo was created in 2002 to encourage the participation of pupils from music conservatoires in professional competitions. It is aimed at serving as a practical experience for musicians who will face an audience and a jury that assesses their performance together with their technical skills.

The performance El lenguaje de las líneas will take place as part of the Arts and Movement Festival FAM programme this Friday.

As part of the Arts and Movement Festival FAM programme, the Auditorio de Tenerife Adán Martín is offering the danced conference El lenguaje de las líneas (The language of lines) by the Andalusian choreographer and flamenco dancer Leonor Leal. The event takes place this Friday (24th) at 7:30 p.m. in the Chamber Hall. The tickets are on sale at a single price of €8 with discounts for people under 30, students, unemployed people, and large families.

The flamenco dancer and contemporary creator Leonor Leal has chosen to inhabit theatre through an innovative and different perspective. Thus, El lenguaje de las líneas (The language of lines) is presented as a danced talk. Leal, who operates within the terrain of nouveau flamenco, wants to share her concerns about the lack of written texts on flamenco. The body and the words of its author are the protagonists of this show.

After collaborating on the project Envoltura by Isabel de Naverán and Idoia Zabaleta in 2017, Leonor Leal began to focus in-depth on Antonia Mercé la argentina. This conference is based on that first encounter and is enriched by many others found along the way. El lenguaje de las líneas premiered as part of the Ahora Danza series at the Circus de Sevilla on 20 March 2019.

Leonor Leal is a unique flamenco dancer with solid training in classical and Spanish dance who found Flamenco to be the right vehicle for developing her talent. Her versatility enables her to adapt to very different contexts and tackle challenges that open up doors for her to continue to grow as an artist.

Tickets for this danced conference can be purchased at a general price of €8 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 05:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 02:00 p.m. FAM has the collaboration of the Dance on Stage and Acieloabierto Circuit, both of the National Institute of Performing Arts and Music of the Spanish Ministry of Culture INAEM.

The performances are hosted by the municipalities of Los Realejos, Arona, El Sauzal, Adeje, Candelaria, and Tacoronte.

The performing arts programme Oye toca ver is offering two shows this week: Vida, by the company Javier Aranda, and Freak, by Amor Producciones. This initiative is organised by the Island Council of Tenerife with the councils of Adeje, Arona, Candelaria, El Sauzal, Guía de Isora, Los Realejos, Tacoronte, and the University of La Laguna.

The weekly events start on Thursday (23rd), at 8:30 p.m., at the Cultural Centre in Los Realejos, with the show Vida (Life). The actor and puppeteer Javier Aranda presents a story about two hands and the universe of a sewing basket. Vida is a play without words for puppets and actors, and it deals with the relentless and constant passage of time. The characters are born, they grow, reproduce themselves, and die in front of our eyes. Vida is therefore a constant movement forward with no turning back. It is an unstoppable and necessary journey for the cycle to begin again.

This play, which has won awards at the Feria Internacional de Huesca and in Fetén, among others, can also be seen on three other stages on the island. On Friday (24th), in the Auditorio Infanta Leonor in Los Cristianos (Arona), at 6.00 p.m., on Saturday (25th), in the Teatro El Sauzal, at 8.00 p.m., and on Sunday (26th) at 8:00 p.m., in the Auditorium of Adeje.

This week's offer of Oye toca ver is completed with the presence on the island of the company Amor Producciones and their play Freak, with the participation of Lorena López and Lara Serrano. Directed by Paula Amora, the play reveals the story of two women sitting on a sofa. The actresses, dressed as fairytale princesses, share their intimacies in the course of the play. The direct text provokes both embarrassment and laughter from the audience.

Freak offers two performances: on Friday (25th), at 8:00 p.m., at the Cultural Space Cine Viejo in Candelaria, and the following day, at 8:00 p.m. at the Auditorio Capitol in Tacoronte.