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The concert starts at 11:30 in the Chamber Hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife

On Sunday, 11 June from 11:30 am, the second last concert of the Primavera Musical cycle will be held at the Auditorium's Chamber Hall. It is organised by the federation Federación Tinerfeña de Bandas de Música with the collaboration of the Tenerife Island Council. The brass bands from Arona, Garachico, and Las Candelas, from the municipality of Candelaria, will participate in this concert.

José Luis Domínguez Rodríguez will direct the brass band from Arona that will play the pasodoble Clara Gimeno, by Óscar Biendicho, where Alberto Domínguez Trujillo will play as a tuba soloist. The band will continue Marche Hongroise, by Hector Berlioz, to finish its participation with At World’s End from Pirates of the Caribbean, by Hans Zimmer and arranged by Erik Rozendom.

The second brass band to perform on the stage of the Chamber Hall will be the Agrupación Musical Garachico under the direction of Antonio Gutiérrez León. Their programme includes the Pasodoble 1903, by Enrique Alborch Tarrasó, Las playas de Río, by Kees Vlak, and Spain, by Chick Corea, and arranged by Paul Murtha. The latter will be interpreted for the first time by this band.

The band Las Candelas will participate in this edition of Primavera Musical with a repertoire that starts with Festive Overture, by Shostakovich, Highlights from Chess, by Ulvaeus and Andersson arranged by Johan de Meij, and the Pasodoble Nivaria, by Ferrer Ferrán. The band from Candelaria is directed by Mauro Fariña Alonso.

The Primavera Musical cycle started in 2005 under the organisation of the federation Federación Tinerfeña de Bandas de Música and the collaboration of the Tenerife Island Council from the very beginning. This activity aims to foster and disseminate what the brass bands do throughout the year in their different municipalities. Hence, the 36 member bands of the federation will offer a concert in the Chamber Hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife. This year's edition finishes on the 18 June with the participation of the bands José Manuel Cabrera Mejías (Icod de los Vinos), Santiago del Teide, and San Pedro (El Sauzal).

The symphonic poem Tannhäuser inspired by the opera created by Richard Wagner is being performed this weekend

Tannhäuser, a symphonic poem in three movements for choir and orchestra, based on the opera of the same name by Richard Wagner, is the closing show of the Opera of Tenerife this weekend with the participation on stage of over 9 people [Friday 9 and Saturday 10]. It will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium's Symphony Hall with the participation on the stage of over 130 people: 78 musicians from the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra and 60 voices from the Resident Choir of the Intermezzo-Tenerife Opera, conducted by Pedro Halffter, author of the proposal that maintains the solemnity and legendary spirit of Wagner.

This version by the Madrid conductor and composer, who is coming to Tenerife after conducting Madame Butterfly at the Canadian Opera of Montreal, adapts the original production which lasts for over three hours to make it a great 90-minute concert. For Halffter, who conducted Florencia in the Amazon last season, Tannhäuser is “one of the most wonderful works” that he has had the opportunity to conduct many times.

It took him two years of work to create this symphonic poem with which he wanted to bring people closer to the work of the German maestro in a versatile way and it premièred in February 2020 at the symphony hall of the Miguel Delibes Cultural Centre in Valladolid. The concert is divided into three movements:  Der Venusberg, Auf der Wartburg (The Wartburg), and Tannhäusers Pilgerfahrt (Tannhäuser's pilgrimage). “The music of Wagner is extraordinarily thrilling and I hope that this version will make people experience the grandeur of the opera Tannhäuser,” hopes Halffter.

The opera libretto brings together several medieval legends, all based on historical figures. The plot focuses on Tannhäuser, a knight and troubadour who enjoys carnal pleasures on Venusberg, or the Mountain of Venus, where he has lived for some time, seduced by the goddess of love. At one point, he decides to return to the world because he misses the love that is felt by other mortals.

He returns to the castle where his beloved Elisabeth lives and takes part in a singing competition in which the prize is the hand of his sweetheart. When Tannhäuser sings his song and extols the carnal love he experienced on Venusberg, everyone present, overwhelmed, accuses him of blasphemy and of being an abominable sinner. The knights prepare to strike him down with their swords, but Elizabeth intervenes and pleads for mercy, as she trusts that Tannhäuser will return to God. Suddenly, a choir of young pilgrims passing close to the castle is heard. Tannhäuser runs to join them and shouts “To Rome!” the only place where he can find forgiveness.

However, Tannhäuser returns from the Italian capital desolate because the pope has refused him absolution saying that, just as his old staff will never bloom, nor will he obtain forgiveness for his terrible sin. Tannhäuser declares that he only wishes to return to the arms of Venus. The goddess appears, and he goes towards her until a friend reminds him of Elisabeth. Venus vanishes and a procession approaches with the coffin of his sweetheart. He pleads for the lifeless body of Elisabeth to be prayed for, and he dies instantly. At that point, the chorus of pilgrims approaches again, bearing the staff of the pope which has completely bloomed: God had forgiven Tannhäuser.

Pedro Halffter has conducted on renowned stages like the Musikverein in Vienna, the Konzerthaus in Berlin, London's Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Théâtre du Chatelet of Paris, the Teatro Real in Madrid, the NCPA of Beijing, The Tchaikovsky Hall of Moscow, and the Verdi Theatre of Trieste. He has also conducted notable orchestras like the London Philharmonia Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Staatskapelle Berlin, Dresdner Philharmonie, Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and the most important symphony orchestras of Spain.

He worked as artistic director for the Maestranza Theatre of Seville, for the Real Orquesta Sinfónica of Seville, and the Orquesta Filarmónica of Gran Canaria. He was the main guest conductor of the Nürnberger Symphoniker and the main conductor of the Young Orchestra during the Bayreuth Festival. He has recorded for leading labels such as Deutsche Grammophon, Warner Music, and Warner Classics.

The Opera 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 tickets are available on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium's box office or by dialling the 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. There are discounts for the audience under 30 years of age, students, unemployed, large families and groups of more than five people.

Gener is also a writer and visited the Auditorio de Tenerife in February with ˋLove, love, loveˊ. On Wednesday he returns to delight us with his piano music

Next Wednesday, the 7^th at 7:30 p.m., the Auditorio de Tenerife programs a conference in the Chamber Hall with the musician and educator Ramón Gener to break down all details of the new Ópera de Tenerife's season. The tickets for this show cost €8. Gener will play the piano himself and will also have musical accompaniment.

This musician and educator will offer different perspectives from which to discover the 2023-2024 season titles of Ópera de Tenerife: the feelings, the music, the topics, and the characters... A great opportunity for all those who wish to learn more and for those who have never dared to go to an opera.

Before and after the conference, the Agapea bookshop of Tenerife will set up a stand outside the auditorium’s hall, where the books of Ramón Gener, who will be signing copies at the end of the event, will be available for purchase. He has published three books titled Si Beethoven pudiera escucharme (2013), El amor te hará inmortal (2016) and Beethoven, un músico sobre un mar de nubes (2020).

The operatic proposals of this season are María Moliner, a new creation opera by Antoni Parera Fons (October); Manon, by Jules Massenet, a co-production by Tenerife, Chile and Oviedo (November); the concert version of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saëns (December); the chamber opera Trouble in Tahiti by Leonard Bernstein (January); the Auditorium's own production Rusalka, by Antonín Dvorák (March); the family opera L'enfant et les Sortilèges, by Maurice Ravel (April); and the opera gala Verdi singular (Unique Verdi) by Giuseppe Verdi (June).

Ramón Gener's lectures in Tenerife take place throughout the season in the Chamber Hall at 7:30 p.m.; in each case, the nearest opera will be highlighted. The next meeting with the renowned communicator is on 4 October to talk about María Moliner; on 7 November to talk about Manon; the 28 November will be the turn of Samson et Dalila; the 17 January will be the turn of Trouble in Tahiti, and the 21 February of Rusalka.

Ramón Gener was born in Barcelona and holds a degree in Humanities and Business Studies. He started to study music at the Higher Music Conservatory Liceu when he was 6 years old to complete his training later on with the pianist Anna Maria Albors.

The soprano Victoria de los Ángeles recommended he 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 echo of these conferences took him into the world of television. He started at the regional level on TV3 with the programme Òpera en Texans. He then continued at the national and international level 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 Radio Nacional de España (RNE)

He keeps on giving conferences, lectures and is invited to collaborate in RNE. Likewise, he is immersed in preparing his new TV program and his new book. Ramón Gener visited the Auditorio de Tenerife for the last time in February this year to present the show Love, love, love with José Corbacho.

The tickets for this new conference about Ópera de Tenerife 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.

The three bands star in the concert on Sunday in the Chamber Hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife

The brass bands Santísimo Cristo del Calvario (El Tanque), Santa Cecilia (Tacoronte), and La Luz (Guía de Isora) star in the first cycle concert that takes place in June. It takes place on Sunday the 4th starting at 11:30 a.m. in the Chamber Hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife.

The concert starts with the band Santísimo Cristo del Calvario from Tenerife's northern municipality, El Tanque. Under the direction of José Eduardo Morales, it offers the pasodoble Nerva, by Manuel Rojas Tirado; the Christian march El honor de un caballero, by Miguel Ángel Más Mataix; the pasodoble Entre Adeje y El Tanque, composed by the band member David Morales, and Mambo #5 by Pérez Prado and arrangements by Peter Kleine Schaars.

The band Agrupación Musical Santa Cecilia, of Tacoronte, participates in this new edition of Primavera Musical cycle under the direction of Antonio Ordóñéz Abreu with a repertoire that includes the pasodoble l yedid, by Camilo Pérez Monllor; Tango, by Isaac Albéniz, with arrangements by de Will van der Beek and Kilian Rodríguez Hernández as a soloist; Fate of the Gods, by Steven Reineke, and the symphonic waltz Destellos del alba, by Ferrer Ferrán.

The band Agrupación Musical La Luz from Guía de Isora will wrap up the musical event at the Chamber Hall. This band offers three pieces under the direction of Antonio Fariña Díaz. They start with Rivieren-Cyclus, by Arie Malando and arrangements by Kees Vlak, to continue with Cassiopeia, by Carlos Marques, and Latin Medley Cachito-Cachita, and arrangements by Naohiro Iwai.

It was programmed that he would assume a leading role during the concert version of 'Samson et Dalila'

The Auditorio de Tenerife regrets to communicate that the tenor Jorge de León had to cancel his performance during the season 2023-2024 of Opera de Tenerife, according to the singer's agency. As this institution previously informed during the presentation of the season, De León was going to participate in the concert version of Samson et Dalila that is programmed for 9 December 2023.

Through his agency, the tenor sent a message to the Auditorio de Tenerife whereby he mentioned that "he is not at the right time to prepare for the role of Samson and will therefore not take part in the production".

The Auditorio de Tenerife regrets the cancellation of the tenor who was recently awarded with the Talía prize. There was interest in him returning to the Island's lyric programme. During the presentation of the new season, both representatives of the Department of Culture of Tenerife Island Council, the island's Minister of Culture Enrique Arriaga and the island director of Culture, Alejandro Krawietz, expressed their satisfaction with the participation of Jorge de León in the role of Samson during the production that will close the 2023 lyrical offer at the auditorium’s Symphonic Hall.

The Ópera de Tenerife will keep Samson et Dalila in the season's programme and communicate soon the appropriate change. At the same time, it looks forward to Jorge de León's participation in future seasons of the Auditorio de Tenerife's lyric programme.

The event is sponsored by the Fundación Jesús Serra Foundation, and it features the participation of the soloist Sandro Gegechkori

Under the baton of Felix Mildenberger, the Sinfónica de Tenerife (Tenerife Symphony Orchestra) will offer the penultimate seasonal programme with the concert Tchaikovsky and the Piano. It will present works by Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky and Antonin Dvorak. The pianist Sandro Gegechkori, winner of the 2021 María Canals Competition, is making his debut with the orchestra at the event this Friday [2], at 19:30 in the Auditorio de Tenerife.

The evening, which involves the sponsorship of the Jesús Serra Foundation, will begin with the Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, TH 55, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.  a score that emerged hesitantly in December 1874 after a discussion with Nicolai Rubinstein but premiered with resounding success a year later in Boston. The piece was created based on a declaration of love by the Russian composer for the Belgian soprano Désirée Artôt.

After the break, there will be a performance of Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60, B. 112, by Antonin Dvorak, a portrait of his inner world in which, in addition to the Romantic impression, he addresses the echoes of colourful Czech folklore. The work, which premiered in Prague in 1881, exudes joy and vivacity, resulting in a collection of bohemian melodies that portray the composer and his legacy for the history of music.

Felix Mildenberger began his musical education with the violin, viola and piano and, subsequently, he studied conducting in Freiburg and Vienna, and also at the Aspen Music Festival. Since 2022 he has been the principal guest conductor of the Filarmonica Teatro Regio Torino. The recipient of a scholarship from the  Dirigentenforum, in 2021 he was included in the list “Maestros of Tomorrow”, which features different artists with solid musical careers. This distinction joins those he has received from Deutscher Musikrat, and the "Prix Young Artist of the Year" from the Rupert Gabler Stiftung Foundation at the Festival der Nationen.

At present, Mildenberger is conducting different national and international orchestras like the London Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre National de France, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, SWR Symphonieorchester, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Staatskapelle Weimar, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Bremer Philharmoniker, Nürnberger Symphoniker, Ensemble Modern, Orchestre National de Lille, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Real Filharmonía de Galicia, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Filarmónica de Belgrado and Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra.

Sandro Gegechkori is one of the leading exponents of the new generation of the Georgian piano school, he is currently studying for a degree at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire, and also honing his artistic skills with Professor Alexander Garber.

Gegechkori has experienced success and international recognition from a very early age, as he has won several international competitions like Maria Canals International Music Competition in 2021, Feurich Vienna International Piano Competition in 2018, and the Arno Babajanyan International Piano Competition in 2015. At the beginning of 2022, Sandro Gegechkori started to participate in the World Federation of International Music Competitions, WFIMC.

At present, the Georgian pianist collaborates with renowned groups on the international scene, in addition to giving performances in highly prestigious concert halls like the Royal Concertgebouw, Palau de la Musica, L’Auditori, and the Mozarthaus Viena, among others.

ATADEM, the Tenerife Association for Friends of Music, will offer its usual talk before the concert; it is free for members and the general public. Between 6:30 p.m. and 7:15 p.m., Lourdes Bonnet Fernández-Trujillo will be in charge of explaining the characteristics of the pieces of this new programme at the Sala Avenida, located in the Hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife "Adán Martín".

The tickets for this new event can be purchased until the day of the concert 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.

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Likewise, the marimba player Conrado Moya from Alicante is presenting on Wednesday at FMUC a programme entitled ˊEvocaciones al pasadoˊ

This week the Auditorio de Tenerife is hosting the programme of the Tenerife Contemporary Music Festival (FMUC), which will offer a cultural exchange between the island and Mississippi in the form of several concerts, included in an edition that involves the collaboration of the MAPFRE Canaries Foundation, the Higher Conservatoire of Music of the Canaries, the Professional Conservatoire of Music and the University of Southern Mississippi. Also, on Wednesday [31] the marimba player Conrado Moya from Alicante is starring in the show Evocaciones al pasado.

The Percussion departments of the University of Southern Mississippi and the Higher Conservatoire of Music of the Canaries, led by professors John Wooton and Paco Díaz, respectively, have carried out a cultural exchange project that started on American soil and it will bear its fruits this week at FMUC in the form of two concerts: John Wooton and friends this Thursday [1] and Bocetos de New Orleans this Friday [2], which includes a morning teaching session for pupils from several schools on the island.

The American musician and teacher John Wooton currently holds the role of director of Percussion Studies at this North American university.  He holds a PhD in musical arts and has published his book The Drummer's Rudimental Reference Book (1992), and a DVD entitled Dr Throwdown's Rudimental Remedies (2010) plus more than ten musical works for percussion with Row-Loff Productions.

The programme of John Wooton and Friends is comprised of works by Yip Harburg, Andy Narell, Chick Corea, Astor Piazzolla, Roberto Palomeque, Nathan Sanders and Wooton himself, who will be accompanied on stage by the percussionists Paco Díaz, Francis Hernández and Verónica Cagigao. Also, the two key groups in this project will participate the Percussion Group of the Higher Conservatoire of Music of the Canary Islands and the Percussion Ensemble of the University of Southern Mississippi.

The other resulting concert is a musical exchange between Mississippi and Tenerife entitled Bocetos de New Orleans, the new work by the Canarian composer Francis Hernández. Multiculturalism is the concept that gives rise to this concert, uniting students from different continents, with different cultures and generating cooperation between two educational institutions that are very far from one another in a single concert, written expressly for this occasion and performed in both Mississippi and Tenerife. What also stands out in this composition is improvisation, a crucial element in jazz and which is present in each of the pieces of this programme on a constant basis.

Likewise, and for the first time at FMUC, the steel drums and steel pan instruments will be used. Like the other elements in this concert, they are also part of that merging of cultures, contributing not only from a visual perspective but also in terms of sound.  Francis Hernández himself will conduct the concert, which will involve the percussionists Paco Díaz, John Wooton, Miguel Pérez and Alberto Bercal, the double bassist Ruimán Martín, the Percussion Group of the Higher Conservatoire of Music of the Canary Islands and the Percussion Ensemble of the University of Southern Mississippi.

The programming of FMUC, directed by Paco Díaz, includes the concert Evocaciones al pasado by Conrado Moya this Wednesday [31], with works by Emmanuel Séjourné, Eric Sammut, Alexander Scriabin, Pius Cheung, Anna Ignatowicz-Glinska, Arkadiusz Katny, Anna Ignatowicz-Glinska and Minuro Miki. Moya works intensely as a marimba soloist around the world, playing in performances and alongside orchestras, choirs and symphony bands. He also participates in important events and, in the field of chamber music, he has been an integral part of duos, ensembles and groups. Moya is an artist who represents the American brand Marimba One, with which he has also developed his own line of mallets. The concert will also feature the musicians Verónica Cagigao, Andrea Domínguez and Carlos Castañeda.

The three concerts take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Auditorium's Chamber Hall. 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 05:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 02:00 p.m. Each of the tickets for these concerts can be purchased for 10 Euros. Check the special discounts for the audience under 30 years of age, students, unemployed and large families.

This Sunday's concert feature El Salvador, San Sebastián, and Igueste de Candelaria bands

The Chamber Hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife will be the venue this Sunday [28th], at 11:30 a.m., for a new concert of the Primavera Musical cycle. On this occasion, the wind bands Agrupación Musical El Salvador (La Matanza), the Asociación Cultural San Sebastián (Tejina, La Laguna), and the Agrupación Musical Nueva Banda from Igueste de Candelaria are playing.

The band from La Matanza was founded in 1850 and will perform under the direction of Ismael Jesús Brajín González. They will offer a repertoire that starts with Acentejo, by José Luis Peiró, followed by Fate of the Gods, by Steve Reinek. They will conclude with Malagueña, by Agrícola Álvarez, with arrangements by Pedro Izquierdo and Sergio Rodríguez. Pedro Izquierdo will perform as a soloist on this piece.

The cultural association Asociación Cultural San Sebastián was founded in 1927, and its music band is presented in this new edition of Primavera Musical with a programme under the direction of Raiko Cruz González. They will start with the pasodoble Las Arenas, by Manuel Morales Martínez, continue with Eternal Vibrations, by Saül Gómez Soler, and the symphonic poem Coliseum, by Hugo Chinesta.

Luis Porfirio Torres Oliva will lead this new band of Igueste de Candelaria during the performance at the Auditorio de Tenerife. The three pieces Havana Blues, by Chico O'Farrill, Café sin leche, by Claudio Roditi, and La Rebelión, by Joe Arroyo, will close the musical day at the Auditorio de Tenerife.

The Primavera Musical cycle started in 2005 as an initiative of the federation 'Federación Tinerfeña de Bandas de Música' with the collaboration of the Tenerife Island Council. This activity aims to promote and disseminate the work done by the wind bands throughout the year in different municipalities. Thus, all 36 ensembles that make up the federation offer a concert in the Chamber Hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife. Twenty-four bands have already taken part in this year's festival, which began in March.

An event with composers and five concerts, one of which is educational, comprise the programming of the next week

The Auditorio de Tenerife hosts six events of the Tenerife Contemporary Music Festival FMUC next week. An event with composers and five concerts, one of which is educational, comprise the programming of this proposal directed by Paco Díaz. Percussion music and cultural exchange start in this edition, which involves the collaboration of the Mapfre Canarias Foundation, the Higher Music Conservatory of the Canary Islands, the Professional Conservatoire of Music and the University of Southern Mississippi.

The first event of this festival takes place on Monday [29th] at 6.00 p.m. in the Puerto Hall with a gathering of composers. Moderated by fellow musical creator Francis Hernández, several composers will participate: Fernando Ortí, Eduardo Rojo, Gustavo Trujillo, Nino Díaz and John Wooton. Entry is free until full capacity is reached.

At 7:30 p.m. the second part of the Monday will begin with  a concert at the Chamber Hall and the works of the composers who participated in the first activity. The five percussionists that will participate are Paco Díaz, Verónica Cagigao, Andrea Domínguez, Miguel Pérez, Alberto Bercal. The Percussion Group of the Higher Music Conservatory of the Canary Islands will also perform.

On Wednesday [31st], the marimba player Conrado Moya will offer the concert Evocaciones al pasado, with works by Emmanuel Séjourné, Eric Sammut, Alexander Scriabin, Pius Cheung, Anna Ignatowicz-Glinska, Arkadiusz Katny, Anna Ignatowicz-Glinska and Minuro Miki. Conrado Moya works intensely as a marimba soloist around the world, playing in performances and alongside orchestras, choirs and symphonic groups. He also participates in important events, and, within the field of chamber music, he has been a member of duos, ensembles and groups. In addition to Conrado Moya, the musicians Verónica Cagigao, Andrea Domínguez and Carlos Castañeda will participate during the concert.

The American musician and teacher John Wooton heads up the concert of John Wooton and friends, which will take place on Thursday [1st] at 7:30 p.m. in the Chamber Hall. The programme is formed by works by Yip Harburg, Andy Narell, Chick Corea, Astor Piazzolla, Roberto Palomeque, Nathan Sanders and John Wooton himself. The doctor in musical arts will be accompanied on stage by the percussionists Paco Díaz, Francis Hernández y Verónica Cagigao, and two ensembles: Percussion Group of the Higher Music Conservatory of the Canary Islands and the Percussion Ensemble of the University of Southern Mississippi.

The programme closes with a musical exchange project between Mississippi and Tenerife with Bocetos de New Orleans, by Francis Hernández. The debut will be on Friday [2nd] morning with an educational session with students from schools who have studied the works of the Canarian composer beforehand. In the evening, at 7:30 p.m., the Chamber Hall is hosting the concert that is open to the public.

The Percussion Department of the University of Southern Mississippi and the Percussion Department of the Higher Music Conservatory of the Canaries, led by two professors John Wooton and Paco Díaz, respectively, are presenting this project, which includes different music linked to Canarian culture and the musical contribution that emerged from the hub of New Orleans. Francis Hernández will conduct the concert, which will involve the percussionists Paco Díaz, John Wooton, Miguel Pérez and Alberto Bercal, the double bass Ruimán Martín, the Percussion Group of the Higher Music Conservatory of the Canaries and the Percussion Ensemble of the University of Southern Mississippi.

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 05:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 02:00 p.m. Tickets for the concerts are priced at €10. Check the special discounts for the audience under 30 years of age, students, unemployed and large families.

La vocalista, hija del conocido tenor canario, y su banda harán sonar los temas de ˊAlquimia‘ este sábado en la Sala de Cámara

El Auditorio de Tenerife ofrece para este sábado [día 27], a las 19:30 horas en la Sala de Cámara, un concierto de Patricia Kraus. La cantante y compositora de jazz presenta su nuevo álbum, Alquimia, en el que la también productora da un giro hacia lo emocional. Las entradas, a un precio general de 15 euros, ya están a la venta. Hay disponibles descuentos para menores de 30 años, estudiantes, desempleados y familias numerosas.

Patricia Kraus, uno de los valores más sólidos en el panorama de la música independiente, el neosoul y el vocal jazz, estará acompañada en el escenario por Gherardo Alessio Catanzaro al piano, Yrvis Arcilio Mendez Raymond al contrabajo, Antonio Álvarez Bordoy a la batería e Ignacio Ibaibarriaga Araquistain al saxofón.

En este nuevo trabajo, Alquimia, se presenta una sólida fusión que navega entre el neosoul y el funk, expandiendo su vitalidad a través del jazz y R&B. A lo largo del álbum destaca su voz nostálgica, sugerente y cálida, cargada de matices y con una sonoridad claramente inspirada en influencias que van desde Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Sara Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald o Speranza Spalding, entre otros. En Alquimia se pueden encontrar colaboraciones tan notables como Zenet en Vida o Carmen París en Luz.

Sugerir o inventar paisajes creando espacios donde se hermanan diferentes estilos musicales es el cruce de caminos musical en donde la voz de Patricia Kraus se erige en clara diferencia. Dotada de un instrumento natural singular, la vocalista y compositora española nacida en Milán y criada en Madrid en el seno de un ambiente familiar musical, junto a su padre, el tenor canario Alfredo Kraus, desarrolla de una manera casi innata y un gusto ecléctico por la música más allá de cualquier género y corsé. Su manera de cantar es libre y desprendida de toda etiqueta, utilizando su voz para crear una paleta de colores musicales absolutamente personal.

Durante su carrera ha disfrutado de menciones destacadas en festivales internacionales, como Canarias Jazz & Más, Womad, FIB, Festival Internacional de Jazz de Madrid, Encuentro de las Américas en Los Ángeles, Maspalomas Soul Festival, Tampere Hall en Finlandia, Jazz Plaza Cuba y FeminaJazz, entre otros. Además, fue la representante de España en Eurovisión en 1987 con el tema No estás solo.

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.

La formación, con más de tres décadas de trayectoria, pasea entre el clasicismo y el romanticismo con Haydn, Beethoven y Smetana

El Auditorio de Tenerife programa para este jueves [día 25] a las 19:30 horas en la Sala de Cámara el programa De Viena a Praga, del Guarneri Trio Prague. En este paseo musical por el clasicismo vienés y el romanticismo checo, la formación, con más de treinta años de trayectoria, interpretará obras de Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven y Bedřich Smetana. Las entradas están a la venta con un precio general de 15 euros y hay disponibles descuentos para menores de 30 años, estudiantes, desempleados y familias numerosas.

Guarneri Trio Prague es considerado uno de los máximos exponentes de la música de cámara, que mantiene su frescura y perfecta forma. Sus miembros son Čeněk Pavlík al violín, Marek Jerie al violonchelo y Ivan Klánský al piano. El programa comenzará con el Trío para piano n.39 en Sol mayor de Haydn y el Trío para piano en Re mayor, op. 70 n.1, Ghost, de Beethoven. Tras la pausa, interpretarán el Trío para piano en Sol menor, op. 15 de Smetana.

Desde su fundación en 1986, ha sido uno de los mejores tríos de piano clásico. Sus primeros éxitos han llamado la atención de la prensa musical internacional, que lo ubica entre los conjuntos de música de cámara líderes precisamente por su interacción de primera clase, calidad de sonido excepcional y alto virtuosismo técnico. La combinación única del conjunto de madurez artística y expresividad.

Guarneri Trio Prague participa en muchos festivales internacionales de música e importantes centros musicales; invitados a realizar conciertos en una extensa gira de conciertos por Europa, Canadá, Australia, América del Norte y del Sur y Japón. Guarneri Trio Prague ha realizado numerosas grabaciones y grabaciones de conciertos para la BBC, Radio France, ORF, DRS 2, GDR, SWR, Czech Radio, etc.

En los últimos años, ha construido repertorio amplio, que incluye no solo grandes nombres y obras conocidas, sino también un testimonio de esfuerzos innovadores incansables y persistentes. Entre su repertorio hay autores contemporáneos como Luboš Fišer, Aleš Březina o el suizo Thüring Bräm, así como compositores checos de la época de los clásicos vieneses, Hugo Voříšek y Antonín Rejch.

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.

El concierto de este viernes, que dirige Anu Tali, incluye piezas de Copland y Elgar

La Sinfónica de Tenerife afronta este viernes [día 26], a partir de las 19:30 horas, un nuevo concierto en el Auditorio de Tenerife en el que destaca la interpretación por primera vez de la obra Aconcagua, de Astor Piazzolla, una pieza en la que Ksenija Sidorova estará como solista con el bandoneón. El programa, que será dirigido por Anu Tali, incluye temas de Aaron Copland y Edward Elgar.

Apalachian Spring, de Aaron Copland, abrirá la velada del Viernes. Se trata de un encargo, fechado en 1943, de la bailarina y coreógrafa Martha Graham del Festival de la Fundación Elizabeth Sprague Collidge. Este ballet, arreglado como suite orquestal, desarrolla los avatares de una fiesta de primavera de los pioneros norteamericanos en la década de 1800 después de construir una nueva granja en Pensilvania.

El concierto para orquesta y bandeón, de Astor Piazzolla, fue denominado Aconcagua por el editor Aldo Pagani, quien la bautizó así por considerarla el “pico más alto” de la escritura musical de maestro argentino. Este concierto, estrenado en 1979, muestra el esfuerzo por mostrar el bandoneón como solista en el contexto sinfónico, uniendo así, los ámbitos populares y académicos.

Ya tras el descanso, será turno para Variaciones Enigma, op. 36 de Edward Elgar; un misterioso título que, desde su estreno en 1899, nadie ha podido descifrar y sobre el que su propio autor, dijo que, nunca daría la solución. Se trata de catorce variaciones musicales en las que el compositor retrata a sus amigos y a sus relaciones sociales más cercanas.

Anu Tali, que se estrena en la temporada de la Sinfónica de Tenerife, ha sido directora musical de la Orquesta Sarasota de Florida y dirige regularmente a orquestas de todo el mundo como la New Japan Philharmonic y la Filarmónica de Tokio, Orchestre National de France, Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE, Orquesta Sinfónica de la Radio Sueca, Deutsches Symphonieorchester Berlin, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen o la Ensemble Modern.

En la presente temporada, además de participar en la nueva producción de El Barbero de Sevilla de Rossini en la Staatsoper Unter den Linden de Berlín y su debut con la Sinfónica de Tenerife, ha firmado diferentes compromisos con la Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de Bordeaux, Duisburger Philharmoniker, Orchestre National d’île de France o su regreso a la Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

En el ámbito operístico, Tali ha cosechado grandes éxitos con la producción de Carmen en la Ópera Estatal de Magdeburgo y ha sido invitada a dirigir a la Freiburger Barockorchester en una producción de Telemaco de Gluck en el Schwetzingen Festival y Theater Basel. También destaca su dirección semiescenificada de Songs of Wars I Have Seen de Goebbels con conjuntos como London Sinfonietta en el Lincoln Center, Southbank Centre y en Saint Paul, Minnesota, Seattle y Barcelona. En 2021, hizo historia al ser la primera mujer en dirigir una ópera en el Teatro de la Maestranza de Sevilla, en la producción de Carmen firmada por Calixto Bieito.

Ksenija Sidorova, que tocará el bandoneón en el Auditorio de Tenerife, fue animada por su abuela a tocar el acordeón, adentrándose en la tradición popular de este instrumento de su ciudad natal de Riga. A los seis años, comenzó a recibir clases de Marija Gasele y con el fin de profundizar en el repertorio clásico y contemporáneo, se desplazó a Londres para ser estudiante de grado y posgrado en la Royal Academy of Music, donde recibió diversos premios y tuvo como profesor a Owen Murray.

El repertorio de Sidorova abarca desde Bach a Piazzolla, de Efrem Podgaits a Václav Trojan, Erkki-Sven Tüür y George Bizet, además de nuevos conciertos para acordeón compuestos especialmente para ella y diversos proyectos de cámara. Ksenija ha trabajado con diferentes orquestas internacionales como la Filarmónica de Munich, Tonhalle Orchester-Zurich, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Orquesta Nacional de Bélgica, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, MDRSinfonieorchester, Atlanta Symphony, Kammerorchester des Bayerischen Rudfunks, NHK Symphony o la Filarmónica de Hong Kong, entre otras.

La Asociación Tinerfeña de Amigos de la Música, ATADEM, ofrecerá una charla previa de carácter gratuita para socios y público en general sobre las características de las piezas que componen Aconcagua. Leandro Martín será el encargado de impartirla a partir de las 18:30 horas en la Sala Avenida, ubicada en el hall del Auditorio de Tenerife “Adán Martín”.

Las entradas para este nuevo concierto podrán adquirirse hasta el mismo día del concierto, a través de la página web www.sinfonicadetenerife.es, en la taquilla del Auditorio de Tenerife o de forma teléfonica en el 902 317 327, de lunes a viernes de 10:00 a 17:00 horas, y sábados de 10:00 a 14:00 horas.