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The Viennese duo Valentin and Julia Christine Lukan features this Sunday's matinee.

The Auditorio de Tenerife in collaboration with San Miguel Arcángel Royal Canarian Academy of Fine Arts, is offering one of the concerts of its organ cycle this Sunday (2nd June) in the Symphony Hall. The matinee Cielo e terra features the Viennese duo of organist Valentin Lukan and harpist Julia Christine Lukan.

The Auditorio organ, built by Albert Blancafort and his team, is a 21st-century instrument unique not only for its design but also for its sound and musical ranges. The sounds are produced by 3,835 pipes housed in the walls of the emblematic Symphony Hall. The organist controls them from on-stage through the console and the four keyboards that he can play. On this occasion, the harp is added as the main novelty.

The concert opens with Beginning, the first of the four new compositions created for this programme. This piece announces a new beginning and simultaneously serves as an overture, paving the way for the following ones, who all share a relationship with heaven and earth. While Dance of the Gnomes by Liszt appears as an activity of these earthly creatures, Angel by Wagner brings the audience closer to the heavenly messengers. And just as the Magic Fire Music of Wagner foregrounds the power of the elements of the earth, the Contemplation of Renié opens up the deeper meaning of the word "heaven" in the sense of a spiritual home that reveals itself in prayer and silence.

The core of the programme is comprised of three new compositions by two artists who directly address heaven and earth: Ciel, Terra, and Cielo e Terra. Written separately, the pieces Ciel and Terra are composed using the same melodic and harmonic material. As a joint composition, Cielo e Terra finally connects the two worlds and leads them to a jubilant climax.  Also, throughout the programme, a wide range of orchestral works are included that have been transcribed by Valentin Lukan for harp and organ: from the Dawn of Grieg to the Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, the audience experiences the diversity of a day between heaven and earth through the music.

This Viennese duo has delighted their audience for years with the still-rare combination of harp and organ. The programmes that Julia Christine and Valentin Lukan perform in churches and concert halls encompass everything from the Baroque to the present day, and they focus on romantic transcriptions of major orchestral works for the two instruments. The duo has set itself the aim of making the heavens and earth ring out with all the range and colour that the harp and organ are capable of.

The training and name of the duo date back to encouragement from their professor and mentor, Danja Lukan, who also participated significantly in the creation of the current album). Julia Christine Lukan regularly performs with the Tonkünstler Orchester Niederösterreich, the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra. Valentin Lukan has performed his work as a concert organist in France, Spain, Austria, and Romania in recent years. Their joint concerts notably include duo recitals at the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Radiokulturhaus in Vienna and the Konzerthaus in Berlin.

This performance is supported by the collaboration of the Island Council of Gran Canaria - the Philharmonic Orchestra of Gran Canaria. Tickets can be purchased at a single price of €15 and €5 for the audience under 30 years 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.

The programme with works by Nielsen, Schumann and Sibelius will mark the debut of the cellist Zlatomir Fung

Under the name Sol Escandinavo (Scandinavian Sun), the Sinfónica de Tenerife is tackling its seventeenth show of the 2023/24 season, featuring Emilia Hoving as conductor and Zlatomir Fung as guest soloist.  The concert, with works by Nielsen, Schumann and Sibelius, will take place this Friday (31st May), starting at 7:30 p.m. in the Auditorio de Tenerife.

For Fung himself, this concerto is “written like a long and vivid dream, bursting with many emotions: tenderness, terror, curiosity, loneliness, joy, and much more.” In addition to highlighting his “excitement about performing with the Orchestra for the first time”, he emphasises “the beautiful duo in the second movement between the solo cellist and the orchestra’s principal cello, a unique moment in the repertoire.”

Helios Overture, op.17, is a composition by Carl Nielsen written in 1903, evoking the Mediterranean myth of the Sun god after his brief three-month stay in Greece.   The different instruments imitate the star's movement, from sunrise to sunset, intensifying at the zenith with solemn and majestic fanfare of metal instruments, culminating in an expected fugue as the listener slips into the twilight.

It will be followed by a performance of the Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129, by Robert Schumann. This score, written in Düsseldorf and dated 1850, was completed in just two weeks. However, it was not premiered until a decade after the composer’s death. It was structured around three movements with an ongoing dialogue between the orchestra and the soloist -although, without soloist exuberance, it transmits the melancholy and passion that accompanied the German composer’s creations.

After the interlude, it will be the turn of Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82 by Jean Sibelius, premiered in 1915 to celebrate his fiftieth birthday, although it would undergo subsequent revisions before taking its definitive form in 1919.  It is a work that conveys light and optimism, in which the Finnish author applies a new cyclical or rotational symphonic structure, where the main musical ideas reappear endlessly throughout the performance.

Emilia Hoving studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki with the teachers Sakari Oramo and Atso Almila and began her studies in 2015 with Jorma Panula. In 2021, she won the Best Arts Newcomer prize by Finnish critics. She is currently considered one of the most influential young Finnish conductors.

Her diverse professional background notably includes her role as an assistant to Hannu Lintu at the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (2019) and to Mikko Franck at the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (2020-22). These positions have contributed significantly to her quick career progression and her period as an assistant with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, which included performing a concert with Bruckner and Zimmermann's works.

On the international scene, she has performed with different orchestras, such as the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, the Luxembourg Philharmonic, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre National de Lille, as well as the Helsinki Philharmonic, to name a few. She has conducted at the Wiener Konzerthaus and made her debut in Germany when she was an assistant at the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, conducting the orchestra at the Berlin Philharmonic. This season she will conduct the orchestra again in Paris with the global premiere of Nucleus, by Jean-Louis Agobet.

Zlatomir Fung, the current artist in residence with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, began playing the cello at the age of just three and obtained several scholarships such as that of Ravinia's Music Institute, Heifetz International Music Institute, MusicAlp y el Aspen Music Festival and School.   He was also awarded a Kovner scholarship, which enabled him to study at the Julliard School under the guidance of Richard Aaron. He was the youngest-ever soloist to win First Prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition.

His upcoming engagements notably include his performance at the Cadogan Hall in London and a tour around the United Kingdom with the RPO.   In North America and Asia, he made his debut with the Cleveland Orchestra, appeared with the symphony orchestras of Baltimore and Shanghai, and was on tour in Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. His most recent concerts are notable for his debut with the New York Philharmonic, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lille, BBC Philharmonic and Dallas Symphony.

Regarding the most relevant international recitals, there have been numerous appearances at Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, and the festivals of Verbier, Dresden, Janáček May and Tsinandali, Cello Biennale, La Jolla Chamber Music Society, ChamberFest Cleveland, and Aspen Music Festival.

As usual, the Tenerife Association for Friends of Music ATADEM will give a preliminary talk, to explain the three different works of this concert. The talk will be provided by José Lorenzo Chinea Cáceres, 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.

Las formaciones de Puerto de la Cruz, Guía de Isora e Igueste de Candelaria actúan en esta cita de Primavera Musical

El Auditorio de Tenerife acoge este domingo (día 26), a partir de las 11:30 horas, el décimo concierto de la presente edición del ciclo Primavera Musical, una iniciativa que facilita a las 37 bandas de música que están integradas en la Federación Tinerfeña actuar en la Sala de Cámara. La cita está protagonizada por las formaciones de Puerto de la Cruz, Guía de Isora e Igueste de Candelaria.

El concierto comenzará con la participación de la Agrupación Musical Puerto de la Cruz. Dirigida por Francisco Jairo Cabrera, esta centenaria formación ofrece un repertorio que comenzará con formado por Oregón, de Jacob de Haan; el pasodoble Pusiano de Simón Couceiro, e Ignition, de Todd Stalter.

La Agrupación Musical Isorana de Guía de Isora llega al Auditorio de Tenerife con la dirección de Ana Gloria Carvajal Rodríguez. La formación ofrece en este concierto el pasodoble Marta Alandete, de Ferrer Ferrán; Selections from Up, de Michael Giacchino con arreglos de Michael Brown y Adele in concert, también con arreglos realizados por Michael Brown.

El concierto concluye con los tres temas que ha preparado la Agrupación Musical Nueva Banda de Igueste de Candelaria. Luis Torres Oliva conducirá a los músicos en la ejecución de Suite Cubana, de Bebo Valdés; Caribe, de Michel Camilo, y Ran Kan Kan, de Tito Puente.

Vasily Petrenko will conduct the opening concert on 13 September, and on 20 June the young violinist María Dueñas will perform as soloist on the closing night

The Sinfónica de Tenerife (Tenerife Symphony Orchestra) will explore the music composed over the last four centuries during the 2024-2025 season, which is presented with the slogan Siente tu Sinfónica (Experience your Symphony Orchestra). The orchestra has confirmed a total of 80 public activities planned between September and July, thus reaffirming the Island Board of Music's commitment to cultural promotion and social inclusion on the island of Tenerife. The Auditorio de Tenerife will offer 18 symphonic season concerts, 12 lyrical season shows, five family performances and 14 school concerts and shows. Also, 17 music and social activities and 14 extraordinary concerts will take place in different locations across the island.

The pass-holder season, which includes 18 programmes, is underway on 13 September with the conductor Vasily Petrenko leading the orchestra, and it concludes on 20 June with Marina Dueñas, a 21-year-old violinist from Granada. Fifty-four works will be performed between those dates, including a nod to Spanish music with the compositions of Manuel de Falla, José María Sánchez-Verdú, Marco Mezquida and Raquel García, winner of the 2020 National Music Award.  

The vice-president and councillor for Tourism of the Island Council of Tenerife, Lope Afonso, stated that "this is a commitment to quality. Few symphony orchestras and few territories can offer this quality programme over such a long season. Quality that has led our orchestra to become a leader over time and to enjoy well-established prestige since the era of Víctor Pablo Pérez, which has been maintained over time". Afonso added that "we are continuing a policy of affordable pass and ticket prices, bringing the orchestra to different parts of the island and involving it in aspects such as training with many activities. Being lucky enough to enjoy the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife allows the island's name to be heard loud and clear in all fields of music, the most prestigious and distinguished on the European and national scene. We are in a celebratory mood". 

The island minister of Culture and Museums of Tenerife, José Carlos Acha, stated that "the slogan for the orchestra this year is 'Experience your Symphony Orchestra' because it belongs to all of us. The Sinfónica de Tenerife's audience is very loyal. It suffered during the pandemic, but it has gradually recovered and is growing. A total of 80 confirmed activities will take place across the entire island, with a very well-balanced repertoire stretching from the 18th century to the 21^st century." 

The technical director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, Daniel Broncano, confirms that seventeen conductors will lead the Sinfónica de Tenerife, including six women. The honorary conductor, Víctor Pablo Pérez, is undertaking two performances this season. In addition to Pérez and Petrenko, the maestros Felix Mildenberger, José Luis Gómez, Shiyeon Sung, Lucas Macías, Perry So and Joseph Swensen return to the season. The maestros Giancarlo Guerrero, Antony Hermus, Markus Stenz, Beatriz Fernández, Delyana Lazarova, Johanna Malangré, Nil Venditti, Rebecca Tong and Aarón Zapico will make their debut conducting the orchestra.

Broncano notes that over half of the twenty soloists scheduled to perform are making their debuts with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife. This list is composed of Marco Mezquida (piano), Denis Kozhukhin (piano), Barbara Kozelj (mezzo-soprano), Evelina Dobračeva (soprano), Nadège Rochat (cello), Nicholas Mogg (baritone), Svetlin Roussev (violin), Timothy Ridout (viola), Lucienne Renaudin Vary (trumpet), Jonathan Mamora (piano) and María Dueñas (violin). 

Several musicians are returning to the Symphony Orchestra's season: Sergei Dogadin (violin), Truls Mok (cello), Simon Trpceski (piano), Alicia Amo (soprano), Airam Hernández (tenor), and Alban Gerhardt (cello). The list of soloists also features the actor Alberto San Juan, who will narrate the show The Seven Last Words of Christ, alongside Martín Llade and Joaquín Reyes as presenters and scriptwriters.

Once again, this season, the orchestra will give a starring role to its musicians. This time, the horns, Antonio Lasheras, José Llácer, Salvador Alcover, and Eugenio Pérez, will feature as soloists in Robert Schumann's Konzertstück in F Major for Four Horns,Op. 86.

The process for selling the subscription opens today (Thursday, 23) for current subscription holders who want to renew their subscription for the same seat they have this season. The period closes on 4 June. Two days later, the period opens for the renewal of subscription holders who want to change seats, and it closes on 10 June. 13 June marks the start of the sales period for new subscriptions. Prices for the complete subscription for the 2024-2025 season start at 135 Euros.

Between 25 June and 13 September, it will be possible to purchase the Abono Joven (youth subscription), the Abono Otoño-Invierno (autumn-winter subscription) - format for the first nine concerts-and the Abono Sol y Luna (sun and moon subscription) -to attend odd or even show numbers throughout the entire season-. On the other hand, individual tickets for any concert will go on sale on 9 July. 

The programme and the information for purchasing any type of subscription can be viewed on the web pages: www.sinfonicadetenerife.es and www.auditoriodetenerife.com. You can also purchase the subscriptions 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., except for public holidays and the month of August. It is also possible, with the same opening hours, to make the arrangements in person at the Auditorio de Tenerife box office.

The orchestra's socio-educational activity will begin with a new edition of the Open Music series, taking place from 7 to 11 October with initiatives at the Penitentiary Facility and in social-health centres. The first of the family concerts will be on 16 October with the proposal Caracol, saca la tuba al sol (Snail, take your tuba out into the sunshine), followed on 15 February with Suena...El Circo! (That sound... The Circus!) and will end on 17 May with the Electro-Estancia programme, all of which will be held at the Auditorio de Tenerife. These actions are carried out in collaboration with Ana Hernández Sanchiz.

La Sala de Cámara recibe este viernes la presentación del disco ˋHypenosisˊ, en la que participarán hasta siete músicos

El Auditorio de Tenerife programa para este viernes (día 24) a las 19:30 horas en la Sala de Cámara un concierto del Alexis Alonso Quartet y la violinista Maureen Choi. Se trata de la presentación en directo del disco Hypenosis, en la que participarán hasta siete músicos.

El pianista y compositor canario Alexis Alonso se une a la virtuosa violinista norteamericana Maureen Choi, conocida en la escena del jazz-flamenco internacional, para sorprender con esta colaboración enmarcada en la gira de presentación del nuevo disco del cuarteto del pianista.

Además de Alonso y Choi, la propuesta se completa con otros músicos: Ciro Hernández al violonchelo, Roberto Amor a la batería, Aileen López al bajo, Luis Cuán al saxofón tenor y Elio Bignotte en la trompeta.

De familia coreana y nacida en Estados Unidos, Maureen Choi se graduó en violín clásico en Michigan State University y jazz en Berklee College, donde ahora es profesora, así como en el Centro Superior de Música Creativa de Madrid. Ha actuado con artistas como Rodney Whitaker, Johnny O Neal, Larry Harlow, Josh Groban, Kanye West, Trans-Siberian Orchestra o Javier Colina. Formó su cuarteto en 2012 a su llegada a España y desde entonces ha ganado competiciones internacionales de jazz y recorrido escenarios españoles y estadounidenses.

Alexis Alonso está labrándose una carrera como pianista y compositor tanto a piano solo como liderando su banda. A estos dos proyectos se suma su reciente dúo con Jorge Pardo, figura del jazz y el flamenco internacional. El flautista y saxofonista madrileño se unió así a una lista de colaboraciones como Seamus Blake, Ralph Alessi, Pedrito Martínez o Marco Mezquida.

Las entradas se pueden adquirir por 15 euros, 5 para menores de 30 años, en la página 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. Hay disponibles descuentos para estudiantes, desempleados y familias numerosas.

The show will feature the folk group, two actresses and the voices of José Manuel Ramos and Héctor González.

This weekend, the Auditorio de Tenerife offers two performances of Elfidio. Un espectáculo de Los Sabandeños (Elfidio, a show by Los Sabandeños), which will feature for the first time the voices of José Manuel Ramos and Héctor González. The performances will take place in the Symphony Hall on Saturday (25th) and Sunday (26th), both at 7:30 p.m. The tickets are on sale for €15, €5 for the audience under 30 years of age, and discounts are available.

This show pays tribute to one of its most beloved members, Elfidio Alonso. It recreates everything from his childhood and youth in Punta del Hidalgo to his role as founder and director of Los Sabandeños, along with his relationship with Canarian literary figures, his diverse talents as a writer, journalist, composer, and his beloved city of La Laguna. In all, this 88-year journey is an immersive show in the biography of Elfidio Alonso that is brought to life on stage by the 35 members of Los Sabandeños.

The playwriting and stage design of the show introduces the audience to the different life stages, represented by the actresses Carmen Hernández and Alicia Ramos. They give a voice and meaning to the narrative discourse, complemented with audiovisual materials from interviews with people who are closely linked to the culture, sport, literature, journalism, politics, and music of the Canary Islands. Friends and family members will also talk about him.

In addition to Elfidio Alonso's status as a founder member and director of Los Sabandeños, he has a long career as a sportsman, journalist, poet, novelist, and advocate of Canarian culture. A graduate in Law and Journalism from the University of La Laguna, he was a regional representative and mayor of his city.

Also, Elfidio Alonso, the writer of over three hundred songs, has created conceptual works such as La Misa Sabandeña, La Cantata del Mencey Loco, Las Seguidillas del Salinero and La rebelión de los Gomeros. This vision led the group to make forays into South American music. It enabled it to penetrate the world of bolero and love songs with mastery, producing themed works such as the Cantos Canarios (Canarian songs) and the albums Canario and Personajes.

Los Sabandeños began their musical activity in 1965. Almost 60 years have passed since that group of friends from the University of La Laguna decided to become a group officially. They began their continuous work in music, embodied in over 95 albums, a sound archive that includes part of the traditional legacy and their songs and adaptations.

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.

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.