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The Parisian Mathieu Dufour will perform Ibert's Flute Concerto as soloist, in a programme to be conducted by Ludovic Morlot.

After eight years, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife (Tenerife Symphony Orchestra) returns the flute as the star in a season concert. The Parisian Mathieu Dufour will perform as the soloist in Ibert's Flute Concerto, in a programme featuring Brahms' Symphony No. 4 and Le Bœuf sur le toit (The Ox on the Roof) by Darius Milhaud. The concert will take place this Friday (24th) at 7:30 p.m. in the Auditorio de Tenerife and will be conducted by Ludovic Morlot.

The Flute Concerto by Jacques Ibert will be performed for the first time in the repertoire of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife.This 1933 piece dedicated to the flautist Marcel Moyse presents a formidable challenge for the soloist, with Mathieu Dufour taking on the role on this occasion. The score offers an aesthetic contrast between the dominance of German creativity in the 19^th century and the 20th-century identity trends shaped by the emergence of mass media like cinema, radio and the phonograph. 

Beforehand, the Symphony Orchestra will perform Le Bœuf sur le toit, Op. 58, a score by Darius Milhaud created in 1919. This work offers a musical fantasy set in different Luso-American airs, such as tango, samba, and fado, which he encountered during a diplomatic mission. Initially devised for violin and piano, the work was composed to accompany a film by Charlie Chaplin. 

During the second half of the concert, the orchestra will perform Johannes Brahms's Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op.98. A faithful exponent of the Germanic tradition, Brahms composed the work over the summer of 1884. Its premiere in Hamburg was a great success, which led to a tour around Germany and Holland with Hans von Büllow conducting. The composition engages with feelings ranging from joy to pain and concepts such as humility and eternity. 

This week's event will allow us to enjoy Ludovic Morlot conducting the Sinfónica de Tenerife for the first time. He is currently the musical director of the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra. Between 2011 and 2019, he served as musical director of the Seattle Symphony, a period during which he won five Grammy Awards with the orchestra, where he currently serves as its conductor emeritus. He has also been the associate artist of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra since 2019. He was a founding member and artistic director of the National Youth Orchestra of China from 2017 to 2021 and the main conductor of La Monnaie between 2012 and 2014.

Working as a guest conductor, the American premiere of Betsy Jolas' Latest with the San Francisco Symphony, the St Matthew Passion by Bent Sorensen with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and John Luther Adam's Vespers with the City of Birmingham Symphony stand out. Morlot has featured as guest conductor orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw, the Czech Philharmonic, Dresden Staatskapelle, the London Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Chicago and Philadelphia Symphonies, the Seoul Philharmonic, the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra and the Melbourne Symphony.

Mathieu Dufour studied flute at the Conservatoire de Lyon, where he was unanimously awarded first place. 1990, he obtained second place in the Jean-Pierre Rampal International Flute Competition. In 1991, Dufour won third place in the International Flute Competition in Budapest. In 1997, he finished second in Japan's Kobe International Flute Competition. Dufour has performed as the flute soloist at the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse and the Paris Opera. He was appointed principal flute of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1999 and served as principal flute of the Berlin Philharmonic between 2015 and 2022. In 2011, he was awarded the honorary title of «Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres» by the French Ministry of Culture.

Dufour has appeared in concerts at Carnegie Hall and the Lucerne Festival under the baton of Daniel Barenboim with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He has also worked together with other conductors as a soloist, such as Pierre Boulez, Riccardo Muti, Charles Dutoit, Fabio Luisi, and David Roberston, and he gives master classes in the United States, Canada, Europe, South America and Asia. He has also been a member of the teaching staff at DePaul University and the Rosevelt University in Chicago, the Barenboim Akademie in Berlin and the Berlin Philharmonie Akademie.

José Lorenzo Chinea Cáceres reveals the keys to these three pieces in his preliminary talk, part of the conferences organised by the Tenerife Association for Friends of Music. The event takes place at 6:30 p.m. in the Sala Avenida, located in the hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife.

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.

Over the weekend they shared the shows they had prepared and received diplomas for their participation

The Auditorio de Tenerife organised two days to mark the end of the year for the Theatre Schools of Tenerife. Last weekend, the programme of the Island Council brought together one hundred children aged between 7 and 14 from 10 different groups on the island.

The schools that participated in this event belong to the municipalities of Candelaria, El Rosario, El Sauzal, Guía de Isora, La Laguna, La Orotava, and Tegueste. The teachers of the Theatre Schools, Miguel Ángel Batista, Francisco Gómez and Sigrid Ojel, were organising and assisting the students and their families during these days.

The island minister for Culture, José Carlos Acha, attended the two days. The councillors for the Culture of El Sauzal (Eusebio Castillo), El Rosario (Jennifer Torres), Candelaria (Manuel González), and Tegueste (Candelaria García), as well as the councillors for the Heritage of La Orotava (Delia Escobar), were also in attendance.

José Carlos Acha assessed this initiative, stating that "these events are very positive for the students, they see the fruits of their work; for their families, who share the result of this activity with their children, and also for the Auditorium, which attracts a new audience and renews its energy to continue highly enriching like this one".

"At the Island Council, we are very clear about the commitment to art as a social tool, and these theatre schools reflect that, as professionals from the sector get involved in enriching the leisure time of many people from all over the island", outlined the island minister.

In the Castillo Hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife, the youths staged the works of theatre they had spent all year preparing with their teachers. Not only do they receive theatre training, but they also learn to take part in a stage project that ends up premiering with their families in the audience. Teamwork, memorisation, bodily expression, voice, and concentration are some of the skills strengthened these days.

The schools are divided according to age group, with those in groups A (from 7 to 11 years) and B (from 12 to 14 years) first to celebrate the end of their year. Students from groups C (from 15 to 17 years) and D (over 18 years) will have their closing event in June.

The Theatre Schools of Tenerife (Escuelas de Teatro - ETT), a programme of the Educational and Social Area of the Auditorio de Tenerife, are developed, in collaboration with the municipalities of the island, during the school year in various educational and cultural centres and offer theatrical training to children, youth and adults. 

One of the main aims of these Theatre Schools is to foster a quality artistic hobby and to contribute to the cultural development of the social environment. All teachers who give classes in the different parts of the island for this programme have a degree in performing arts from the School of Performing Arts of the Canary Islands (Escuela de Actores de Canarias). The process to enrol for next year will be announced through the Educational and Social section on the Auditorium's website: www.auditoriodetenerife.com.

El ciclo Primavera Musical programa en esta cita a formaciones de Arafo, Tacoronte y La Victoria de Acentejo

El Auditorio de Tenerife ofrece este domingo (día 19) a las 11:30 horas en la Sala de Cámara, una nueva cita del ciclo Primavera Musical, que organiza la Federación Tinerfeña de Bandas de Música y cuenta con la colaboración del Cabildo Insular. El público podrá escuchar en esta ocasión a las bandas La Candelaria (Arafo), Santa Cecilia (Tacoronte) y La Victoria de Acentejo.

La Agrupación Artístico Musical La Candelaria, con más de 90 años en activo, abrirá el concierto con la interpretación de Haroldo Santos “Lito”, de Rubén Martínez, Edgmont (overture), de Beethoven, y Caña Brava, con arreglos de Francisco Curbelo. La formación de Arafo llega a esta cita con la dirección de Carlos Alberto Fernández.

Antonio Ordóñez Abreu es el director la Agrupación Musical Santa Cecilia, una formación centenaria que llega al Auditorio de Tenerife desde el municipio de Tacoronte. La banda interpretará la marcha mora Kapytan, de Saúl Gómez-Soler, Viva la zarzuela, una obra con arreglos de Juan Antonio Perez y Avatar soundtrack highlights, con arreglos de Jay Bocook sobre la composición de James Horner.

La Agrupación Musical La Victoria de Acentejo dirigida por Humberto García Afonso fue fundada en 1922. Presenta una selección de composiciones formada por temas de The Godfather (El Padrino), la saga de Nino Rota, con arreglos de Marcel Peeters y Danzón de Arturo Márquez con arreglos de Juan Villodre.

El ciclo Primavera Musical es una iniciativa que promueve la Federación Tinerfeña de Bandas de Música desde 2005 y cuenta con el respaldo continuado del Cabildo de Tenerife. Esta actividad permite que el público -con entrada libre hasta completar el aforo- pueda escuchar en la Sala de Cámara del Auditorio de Tenerife a las 37 bandas que integran la federación. Los conciertos, que empezaron el 10 de marzo, finalizarán el 9 de junio.

The Asturian musician will perform Bach's 'Partita No. 6' and Brahms' 'Sonata No. 3'.

The Auditorio de Tenerife is offering a concert by the young pianist Martín García García on Tuesday, May 21st. The event of the Chamber Music Cycle starts at 7:30 p.m. The programme comprises the works Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830, by Johann Sebastian Bach and Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5 by Johannes Brahms. 

The Asturian pianist will play this composition of Bach, the last of his harpsichord partitas, written in 1731. While it follows the basic structure of Baroque dance suites, it also departs from the traditional framework. It incorporates seven movements, beginning with a Toccata divided into three parts that include an episode in a three-voice fugue in the middle. This monumental and innovative work represents the series's culmination in its immensity of proportions, harmonic depth, technical difficulty, and expressive character.

The recital continues with another monumental piano work: Brahms' Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5. This particular piece solidified Brahms' status as Beethoven's absolute heir during his third period while still maintaining his own identity and originality. The piano writing is extremely dense, clearly reaffirming Brahms' unique character. Brahms began composing the second movement first, inspired by the verses of writer Otto Julius Inkermann. The sonata is divided into five movements and displays the legacy of Bach and Beethoven.

Martín García García was born in Gijón in 1996. In 2023, he gave roughly 80 performances worldwide, including his debuts in Korea, Mexico, and Brazil. He has also visited many countries to give concerts and perform with orchestras such as the NHK Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic, Hamburg Symphoniker, Warsaw Philharmonic, Lithuanian National Symphony, and the Orchestra of Brasilia.

García García has obtained significant global distinctions, such as first place at the '2021 Cleveland International Piano Competition or third place in the '2021 International Chopin Piano Competition. In 2022, he also released his first album, 'Chopin and His Máster', produced by the artist and recorded in the hall that the Fazioli piano factory has in Sacile (Italy).

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

This Saturday, the festival concludes its programme with the display of a creative residency about light, vertical dance and music

This Saturday (18th) marks the third week of NUMAcircuit 24 with a double bill at the Auditorio de Tenerife: the guitarist Stian Westerhus will perform in a concert taking place at 8:00 p.m. Beforehand, at 6:30 p.m., it will be possible to enjoy the show of the residency Excavación (Excavation) produced by the choreographer and dancer Vanesa Ávila and the visual artist Arístides García, Tenerife natives who reside in Paris and Berlin, respectively, together with Gonçalo Cardoso. 

Stian Westerhus is one of northern Europe's most fascinating abstract guitarists. His album Didymoi Dreams with the vocalist Sidsel Endresen was a unique combination of abusing his guitar with surprising vocal outbursts. Alongside collaborations with leading figures from the experimental scene, such as Puma, Nils Petter Molvær, Jaga Jazzist and Britten Sinfonia, he has released three acclaimed solo albums with the prestigious label Rune Grammofon.

This time, he is headlining the line-up of the NUMAcircuit festival in an electronic rock duo alongside the percussionist Erland Dahlen, a former member of his previous group Pale Horse, whose songs have the freedom to ebb and flow, stretch and contract, as if in a set that has been completely improvised.

2024 marks the tenth edition of the artistic residencies co-produced by the festival and the Auditorio de Tenerife. Excavación (Excavation) draws on a format linked to the arts of movement. It is a multidisciplinary project where acrobatics on a vertical bar (pole dance) and contemporary dance, motion capture, lighting design, musical creation, and sound design are combined and interwoven. Over an intensely creative week, the residency provides an open and vibrant process.

NUMAcircuit defines itself as a collective platform for the creation and dissemination of new forms of artistic expression to offer a space and audience for artistic initiatives that are engaged with forms of contemporary creation, encouraging the emergence of projects and collaboration, and nurturing the critical judgement of an audience that is interested in avant-garde artistic approaches. You can find all the updated information on the festival on the website.

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

15 shows will take place at the Auditorio de Tenerife, Espacio La Granja, Teatro Guimerá, the Museo de Bellas Artes (Fine Arts) and several outdoor locations

The Tenerife Island Council has announced the 14^th edition of the Arts and Movement Festival (FAM), an initiative promoted by the Auditorio de Tenerife. Details were provided by José Carlos Acha, who is the regional Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Culture of the Island Council of Tenerife, Cristóbal de la Rosa, who is the General Director of Cultural Innovation and Creative Industries, and José Luis Rivero, the Artistic Director of the Auditorio de Tenerife.

The scheduled companies constitute a varied sample of talented Spanish dance artists, such as Sharon Fridman, Poliana Lima, Reinaldo Ribero, Mucha Muchacha, Marcia Vázquez, Elías Aguirre, Luz Arcas de La Phármaco, Qabalum, Lucía Montes y Mado Dallery, Richard Mascherin, Ertza, La Veronal de Marcos Morau, and Kor'sia.

José Carlos Acha explained that "between 1 and 9 June, Santa Cruz will see 18 performances of 15 dance shows of 13 companies. The performances will take place at Espacio La Granja, Teatro Guimerá, Museo de Bellas Artes (Fine Arts), the Auditorio de Tenerife and several outdoor locations in Santa Cruz".

The regional minister added that "The programme includes large-scale theatrical performances, outdoor solo performances, award-winning duets, interdisciplinary pieces and many more acts in different formats and offering different concepts that go from reflections on the passing of time to representations of the gravitational effect on bodies, all interpreted through the lens of contemporary dance". Acha went on to say, "We must continue offering dance at the institutional level, and the FAM is helping to achieve that goal".

Cristóbal de la Rosa recalled that the festival's beginnings "started with the Auditorio de Tenerife and José Luis Rivero as a bold decision taken in the wake of the 2011 crisis brought on by the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy". "We are grateful for the Tenerife Island Council's backing of contemporary dance and for the receptiveness of other public administrations". Explaining what he considers a necessity, De la Rosa went on to say, "In the Canary Islands, we must continue offering dance, and those in charge of programming must be adventurous to give these kinds of festivals a footing, to reach youth and to create a supporting community".

José Luis Rivero pointed out that "without the FAM, collaboration among institutions would be impossible. In our case, the implication is even greater, as the shows are jointly directed with the technical staff of the venues". This programme is highly representative of the domestic dance scene, with a combination of prestigious choreographers, from the internationally acclaimed Marcos Morau to Poliana Lima, along with other emerging artists in smaller formats, in addition to regional artists, of course". He also stressed the importance of affordable prices, "with tickets at eight euros and a wide range of discounts offered".

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

The festival will kick off on Saturday, 1 June, with Go Figure, performed by the Sharon Fridman Company at Espacio La Granja at 8:00 p.m. At the same venue, on Sunday, 2 June, the Poliana Lima Company will interpret The Common Ground at 7:30 p.m. The scheduled performance for Monday, 3 June, is NO/MAS/SACRE, a duet directed by Reinaldo Ribeiro, to take place onstage at La Granja at 8:00 p.m. The programme for the following day at 8:00 p.m. features the first large-format performance of Mucha Muchacha, interpreted by the eponymous company.

Wednesday, 5 June, the solo artist Marcia Vázquez will offer an outdoor performance of Onde pousa a humidade at 5:30 p.m. in Plaza del Príncipe and at 7:30 p.m. outside Espacio La Granja. Also scheduled for that day is This is Alfred, interpreted by Elías Aguirre with double bassist Jorge da Rocha at 6:00 p.m. at the Museum of Fine Arts. At Espacio La Granja at 8:00 p.m., Oro negro will be performed by the Poliana Lima Company. On Thursday, 6 June, Luz Arcas and her company La Phármaco will offer the public the live-music show Mariana at the Teatro Guimerá at 8:00 p.m.

The programme continues outdoors on Friday, 7 June, with the duet performance La medida que nos ha de dividir interpreted by the Qabalum Company at 6:00 p.m. in Plaza del Príncipe and at 8:30 p.m. outside the Teatro Guimerá. For a different experience, Vacío espiritual will be performed by Richard Mascherin in Plaza del Chicharro at 7:00 p.m., and an hour later, a duet performance of Otempodiz will be offered by the Ertza Company outside the Teatro Guimerá. The only indoor performance scheduled for Friday will be In-Side, an interpretation by Lucía Montes and Mado Dallery at 6:30 p.m. and at 9:00 p.m. at the Museo de Bellas Artes (Fine Arts).

Two performances have been scheduled for Saturday, 8 June. The first is He aquí un acto romántico, by the Richard Mascherin Company at 6:00 p.m. at Espacio La Granja, and the second is Sonoma, at 8:00 p.m. at Teatro Guimerá, by the company La Veronal, led by Marcos Morau, winner of the National Dance Award.

The festival's grand finale is the large-format show Mont Ventoux, interpreted by the Spanish company Kor'sia, which takes place on Sunday, 9 June at 7:30 p.m. in the Symphony Hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife.

All information, including ticket sales, will start tomorrow (Wednesday 15) and is available on www.famtenerife.com, and at each venue's point of ticket sales.

On Thursday this week, the baroque music ensemble El Afecto Ilustrado joins video-creator Pedro Chamizo in this experience.

The Auditorio de Tenerife presents Música controversia, an unusual concert that unites baroque music with the visual arts. This Thursday (the 16th), at 7.30 p.m., the Chamber Hall welcomes a ‘cockfight’ by the historically informed ensemble El Afecto Ilustrado, which will merge with the live work of the video-creator Pedro Chamizo. The programme consists of Harmonia artificioso ariosa by the Austro-Bohemian composer Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704).

With Música controversia, El Afecto Ilustrado provides a musical battle on a white canvas that the performers are a part of. The visual artist includes them as characters who feel, converse, argue, disagree, and agree. The present on the visual ring is like a space for debate that brings the Central European reality of the 17th century face to face with the Canarian reality of the 21st century. It also reflects 17th-century sound transported into the 21st century through the images.

1696 was the year of birth of one of the most sophisticated works in the chamber music production of Biber (1644-1704), who created at the end of the 17^th century a collection of seven scores created in the form of a trio of sonatas, which are defined by their spectacular technique. But above all, by the exquisite use of scordatura, or the different form of tuning the two solo violins, which makes it possible to achieve a sonorous imagination and a textual range that are impossible using the traditional tuning of concert instruments. The album Harmonia artificioso ariosa: diversi modi accordata marked a significant advance in violin technique and in the expressive and rhetorical capacity of music. 

The concertmaster and director of El Afecto Ilustrado, Adrián Linares and Pablo Gutiérrez, who have an outstanding career with this instrument, will perform this peculiar battle with their violins. Carlos Oramas completes the ensemble on the theorbo, Ramiro Morales on the archlute, Diego Pérez on the cello, Francisco Aguiló Matas on the violone and Raquel García on the organ. Founded in 2012, El Afecto Ilustrado is a Spanish ensemble with a historicist profile whose philosophy is about presenting and bringing the audience into contact with a historically informed performance of the repertoire encompassed between the first baroque and early romantic period in a close and tangible way. 

The Mérida-born Pedro Chamizo has a degree in Drama from the University of Kent at Canterbury, specialising in acting and directing. He works as a videomaker, stage director, lighting designer, graphic designer and producer. Awarded for his entrepreneurial skills with the Ceres Youth Prize at the Mérida Festival, the Auditorio de Tenerife witnessed his work as a video designer last October in the opera María Moliner (Antoni Parera Fons) under the direction of Paco Azorín. 

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

Christian Vásquez leads the orchestra this Friday in an event with the composer Leo Rondón as cuatrista soloist.

This week's programme of the Sinfónica de Tenerife pays tribute to Latin American music with its premiere performances of works by Gabriela Ortiz and Leo Rondón, the latter interpreting his composition Concierto del mar para cuatro venezolano y orquesta. (Concert of the Sea for Venezuelan cuatro and orchestra). In addition, the orchestra will interpret compositions of Evencio Castellanos and Alberto Ginastera under the direction of conductor Christian Vásquez. The event is to take place on Friday (17^th), starting at 7:30 p.m. in the Auditorio de Tenerife.

The evening's activities are to start with the orchestra's premiere performance of Antrópolis. The short piece, written by the Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz in 2019, pays homage to the nightclubs of her hometown Mexico City and includes sounds from these popular establishments known as antros. After an invigorating timbales solo, the music continues with a cascade of the rhythms that give life to the night-time entertainment scene of the Mexican capital.

The next performance will be the orchestra's first interpretation of Concierto del mar. This work was composed in 2022 by Leo Rondón, who will join the orchestra as a soloist playing the Venezuelan Cuatro, an instrument that is deeply rooted in the Caribbean nation's folklore. During their interpretation, the musicians will make use of different performance techniques in their exploration of rhythms such as merengue, parranda, waltz and joropo.

During the second half of the concert, the orchestra will interpret Santa Cruz de Pacairigua, written by the Venezuelan composer Evencio Castellanos, who premiered the work 70 years ago at the Caracas Cathedral in a dedicatory act celebrating the construction of a new church in Guatire. The work is infused with passionate lyricism and popular rhythms and also bears the influence of other, more academic types of music and even medieval villancicos.

The programme concludes with Estancia: Cuatro danzas, op. 8a by Alberto Ginastera. Composed in 1941, the work reflects a highly personal approach that combines elements of nationalism and modernism. The composer's works are largely based on different types of folklore from his native Argentina and feature a variety of vibrant rhythms.

Christian Vásquez is currently the conductor of the Juan Jose Landaeta Orchestra, one of several of Venezuela's orchestras for children and youth. Prior to this position, he was the musical director of the Symphonic Orchestra Teresa Carreño of Venezuela; chief guest conductor of the Gävle Symphony Orchestra; main conductor of the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and chief guest conductor of the Het Gelders Orkest.

Leo Rondón is a Cuatro player, guitarist, double bassist, composer, arranger and the producer of Ávila Quartet, whose members interpret Venezuelan music. He also performs as a Cuatro player with Ensemble L’Arpeggiata, Alexis Cárdenas and Recoveco, Venezuelan Roots and Joropo Jam, in addition to his solo performances in which he is billed as the Leo Rondón Project.

Rondón has performed in many concert halls and international music festivals in Venezuela, Colombia, Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Sweden, United Kingdom, Belgium, Holland, Kazakhstan and Morocco.

In Spain, he has worked with the Real Filharmonía de Galicia, Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga, Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra, Orquesta de Valencia, Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, or Sinfónica de Castilla y León, and has also performed with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Arctic Philharmonic, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia, New World Symphony or the Orchestre National du Pays de la Loire.

The Tenerife Association for Friends of Music offers a new lecture as part of its series of pre-concert conferences. Sergio Rodríguez González will develop the musical intricacies of the four pieces included in the programme in the Sala Avenida of the Auditorio de Tenerife, starting at 6:30 pm.

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.

Auditorio de Tenerife recibe del 13 al 31 de mayo  la residencia artística Phantom, de Darío Bardam(expectuando los días 16, 17, 18 y 19). La muestra abierta al público tendrá lugar el miércoles 29 a las 19:30 horas en la Sala Castillo.

Phantom es el título de una investigación que se centra en la relación de la figura del fantasma y políticas de desidentificación, siguiendo las líneas de trabajo de los proyectos Seguir moviendo y Es un no parar, en los que se estudian los catalizadores de una danza que rebasa el cuerpo que la baila (ritmo, repetición, feedback, archivo, mirada y voz, entre otros).

Jugando con diferentes beats y melodías producidos por sintetizadores, voces y sonidos analógicos junto con un DJ set, Darío Dardam (Darío Barreto Damas), junto con las artistas colaboradoras, pasarán tiempo en la intersección de la danza y la música, construyendo un cuerpo fantasma que se desvanece, dando espacio para que todo baile. En el trasfondo de toda la investigación, el placer de bailar desempeña un papel fundamental.

Esta residencia supone un espacio de diálogo para compartir y reflexionar de manera colectiva a partir de un punto de partida inicial propuesto por Darío Barreto Damas, que puede o no resultar en una pieza escénica.

Ficha artística

Conceptualización, danza, performance: Darío Barreto Damas
Dramaturgia: Aleksandar Georgiev
DJ set: Juana La Cubana DJ
Asesor musical: Tsvetan Momchilov
Diseño de luces: Grace Morales

Darío Bardam

Darío Barreto Damas es un bailarín canario que trabaja simultáneamente en Tenerife, Skopje, Sofía y Estocolmo. Su trabajo artístico gira en torno a la danza como forma autónoma de conocimiento y las prácticas de desidentificación como mecanismos de mediación.

Se ha formado en Teatro Victoria (Tenerife), Institut del Teatre (Barcelona), DOCH Escuela de Danza y Circo (Estocolmo) y JLU Universiad de Giessen (Alemania). Darío ha trabajado como bailarín, co-creador y colaborador con Deborah Hay, Cristina Caprioli, Ofelia Jarl Ortega, Aleksandar Georgiev, Philip Berlin y Poliana Lima, entre otras.

Sus últimos trabajos, Seguir moviendo y Es un no parar, creados como un díptico, utilizan las materialidades del ritmo, la repetición, el feedback, el archivo, la mirada y la voz como generadores para bailar una danza que reclama su propia supervivencia al jugar con su potencial para ser experienciada como un fenómeno en constante cambio, que puede coexistir con otras formas artísticas sin someterse a ellas.

Darío es cofundador del proyecto institución ICC (Imaginative Choreographic Center) y del equipo artístico STEAM ROOM, co-director del LAV Laboratorio de Artes vivas y Ciudadanía y miembro de la asociación de Artistas del Movimiento PiedeBase (Canarias), la organización Lokomotiva (Macedonia) y la red NOMAD Dance Academy (Balcanes).

La Sala de Cámara del Auditorio de Tenerife acoge esta actuación con entrada gratuita

El Ciclo Primavera Musical ofrece su primer concierto del mes de mayo el domingo (12), a las 11:30 horas en la Sala de Cámara del Auditorio de Tenerife. Las bandas de viento de Adeje, Tegueste y Fasnia son las protagonistas de este concierto, organizado por la Federación Tinerfeña de Bandas de Música con la colaboración del Cabildo Insular. 

La Banda del Patronato Musical de la Villa de Adeje se creó en 1922 y fue la primera en actuar. Dirigido por Víctor Herrera González , el conjunto propone un repertorio que incluye  Éxodo, Ratafia y Encuentros  de Ernest Gold, Willy Fransen y José Rafael Pascual-Vilaplana, respectivamente. 

La segunda banda que actuará en la Sala de Cámara del Auditorio de Tenerife es la Agrupación Musical San Marcos Evangelista de Tegueste, que lleva más de treinta años en activo. El conjunto, dirigido por Ismael Brajín González , interpretará  Las Candelas  de José Luis Peiró Reig,  Street Tango  de Astor Piazzolla con arreglos de Robert Longfield y  Bond...James Bond , con arreglos de Stephen Bulla. 

La banda de viento Agrupación Musical de Fasnia es el último grupo que actuará este domingo. Lo dirigirá Mateu Ázzaro González Rodríguez , que dirigió el conjunto en 1985. El grupo interpretará  Homenaje a Sagunto  del valenciano Joaquín Rodrigo,  Persis  de James Hosay y la  película de Pixar Magic  de Michael Brown. 

Con el continuo apoyo del Cabildo Insular de Tenerife, la Federación Tinerfeña de Bandas de Música viene impulsando el ciclo Primavera Musical. La iniciativa de este año incluye una decena de conciertos de marzo a junio, en los que participarán 37 formaciones de la federación. El ciclo finalizará el 9 de junio. La entrada es gratuita hasta completar el aforo.

The orchestra ends its performance 'Abemón: Cuando el agua suena' with a family concert this Saturday.

More than 2,500 schoolchildren enjoyed the two concerts that the Sinfónica de Tenerife offers in the show Abemón: Cuando el agua suena (Abemón, the sound of water), an original idea by Ana Hernández Sanchiz. Ignacio García Vidal provided musical direction. The piece involves different Community Dance groups, with Antonio Quiles providing stage and choreographic direction. This week's orchestra's activity concludes on Saturday (11th) at noon with a concert for families with children over nine.

The premiere of Abemón: Cuando el agua suena took place today (Thursday 9) and was attended by 1,344 schoolchildren from 19 schools from the municipalities of La Laguna, Santa Cruz, Güímar, El Tanque, Granadilla, La Orotava, Los Realejos, Puerto de la Cruz, San Miguel and Tacoronte. 

The regional minister of Culture, José Carlos Acha, attended this first event and "thanked the school's effort to access this proposal of the Sinfónica de Tenerife. This show is special for us given its inclusive nature and the active participation of different groups".

Acha points out, "The orchestra dedicates several weeks of its season to social work to bring classical music closer to those who do not normally attend the subscription concerts, such as educational concerts and those that the orchestra performs in the social and health centres of the island."

Abemón means water in the aboriginal language of the Canary Islands, and it is precisely the liquid element that will be the guiding thread of this programme with which the orchestra, its spaces, its members and its music will become a meeting point to encourage the choreographic and scenic creation of people with different abilities. 

The show blends the musical selection with contemporary dance, whose vision of bodies and movement is inherently inclusive and aims to provide everyone with a creative space and voice. The selected works are Water Music: Suite No. 1 in F major, HWV 348 by Handel; The Enchanted Lake, op. 62 by Lyadov; Une barque sur l'océan by Ravel; and Britten's work Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes, op. 33a.

Abemón: Cuando el agua suena (Abemón: the sound of water) has had prior working sessions with the organisation of dance workshops held last week involving people with functional diversity and students from the schools Escuelas Pías and Benito Pérez Armas, San Benito, Tacoronte-Oscar Domínguez and Tegueste.

One thousand four hundred eighty-five schoolchildren from 24 schools in the municipalities of La Laguna, Santa Cruz, Güímar, La Orotava, Arona, Arico, El Rosario, Garachico, Granadilla, La Matanza, Tacoronte, and Tegueste will attend tomorrow's concert.

Abemón: Cuando el agua suena marks the end of the educational offer organised by the Sinfónica de Tenerife during the 2023-2024 season. The activities began in November with El Circo de Don Nicanor and continued with Cuentan las Voces in February.

The tickets for this Saturday's family concert can be purchased at the price of 5 euros on the website www.sinfonicadetenerife.es, at the Auditorio de Tenerife'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.

A dozen composition students premiere their works on Saturday.

The Auditorio de Tenerife hosts a concert on Saturday (11th) with composition premieres by the students of the Higher Music Conservatory of the Canary Islands. Several musicians—pupils and teachers—will perform the works of young musical authors. Admission is free until the hall reaches its maximum capacity, which starts at 6:00 p.m. in the Chamber Hall.

The programme for this concert features ten works composed by students. Las ondas del agua (The waves of water) will be the first piece performed. It was created by the young student Óscar García for a string orchestra. The composition strives to reflect the eternal cycle of water, from its stillness to its movement and eventual return to calm. 

Sergio Rodríguez has composed African Sunshine for piano and a string quintet. Initially, it was created solely for piano; subsequently, it was adapted for a string section and piano. It takes inspiration from the famous jazz standard African flower and focuses on developing this idea while taking a closer approach to the music scene. 

Building a Minimal World by Basilio Gómez will be the third work to premiere in the Chamber Hall. The composer created a small work with a minimalist aesthetic for piano four hands last year for a commission by Leuven Public Library (Belgium). 

On Saturday, Josué Palancares will offer a performance of the song Fantasía corrupta, a composition for flute, trombone, and piano. Inspired by traditional and contemporary Japanese music, the author aims to evoke the changes that dreams and hopes can trigger in how we perceive our daily lives.

Jorge Guerrero has composed the work Sonatina en Re M (Sonatina in D minor) over the course of the year. It is inspired by the classic sonata form, prioritising the melody, clarity of the structure, and harmonic discourse.

The following works are Aguardo and Mantra. The first, once again created by Basilio Gómez, is a solo flute piece. This work aims to draw on suspense to subsequently create a musical discourse that showcases the flute's sound, beauty, and timbrical possibilities. Mantra, on the other hand, is the piece by Candelaria María Dorta for oboe. The eighth work of the evening is Ecos for solo flute by Julio César Rodríguez.  

The last two compositions to be performed in the Chamber Hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife are Tu luz me deslumbra (Dazzled by your light) for solo timple (a five-string Canary Island guitar) by Adrián Oliva and Dubitaciones (Hesitations) for woodwind quartet by Felipe Hernández. The composer performs the first work and uses the timple to conjure sensations in the audience. The last piece explores the lack of definition, straddled between the tonal and atonal, calm and unease, and lightness and darkness.