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ˊHistorias caóticas para cinco artistas desesperadosˊ (ˊChaotic Stories for Five Desperate Artistsˊ) takes the stage of the old Santo Domingo Convent, in La Laguna, tomorrow 

The Teatro Aficionado (Amateur Theatre) programme by the Auditorio de Tenerife is organised under the Island Council's Culture Area, directed by Enrique Arriaga. It will début 'Chaotic Stories for Five Desperate Artists' by the Puro Teatro Association tomorrow (the 16^th) at 6:00 p.m. Admission to this show, recommended for adult audiences, is free on a first come, first served basis until full capacity is reached. 

‘Chaotic Stories for Five Desperate Artists’ is made up of five short texts whose common theme is chaos. Each of the five stories is starred by two characters who in some way express their feelings at a specific moment in their lives. The actors that are part of the Association are A. Lidia Dorta, Jesús Patrón, Sonia Lutzardo, Glenda Suárez, and Nuria Neida.

In the first of the stories in this theatrical piece, two brothers find themselves in strange circumstances and realise that their lives have taken very different paths. In the second, a female painter has been hiding a great secret from her husband, but he hides an even greater one. A comedian who gets himself entangled in a mess thanks to an admirer is the theme of the third story. In the fourth story, a husband disappears and forces his wife to turn to a professional to search for him. And, lastly, the fifth story features the appearance of a mother who causes tremendous upheaval in her unstable daughter's life.

Teatro Aficionado (Amateur Theatre) is a programme that is part of the Educational and Social Area of the Auditorio de Tenerife. Teatro Aficionado encourages interest in the hobby of theatre, as well as the production of theatrical plays by the existing associations in Tenerife. This programme aims to stimulate matters such as communication, the exchange of ideas, and creativity amongst members who, in turn, belong to youth collectives, cultural collectives, women's collectives, and neighbourhood groups, among others.

Its main objectives are to promote a liking for theatre among the different social and cultural groups, as well as to promote the general public's attendance to, and love of, theatrical plays; likewise, to contribute to enriching the technical/artistic quality of amateur theatre groups and to create different work groups (directors, actors, costume designers, seamstresses, playwrights, scriptwriters, etc.).

Eiji Oue conducts a programme that includes works by Martinú and Rachmaninoff, with the viola player Maxim Rysanov as the invited soloist

The Sinfónica de Tenerife (Tenerife Symphony Orchestra) is a project of the Island Council’s Department of Culture which is directed by Enrique Arriaga. On Thursday [16] at 7:30 p.m., it offers a musical journey through the late Romanticism. Under the direction of the Japanese Eiji Oue, it will play the ‘’Rhapsody-Concerto for viola and orchestra’by Bohuslav Martinú, and the ‘Symphony No. 2 in E minor’ by Serguei Rachmaninoff. The Ukranian viola player Maxim Rysanov is the invited soloist during the first work.

This seventh programme invites us to take a melodic journey through the Russian Romanticism of Serguéi Rachmaninoff (Oneg / Semyonovo, 1873 – Beverly Hills, 1943) and of the Czech Bohuslav Martinú (Polička, 1890 – Liestal, 1959). Both composers developed the core of their work during the turbulent first half of the 20^th-century. Lyricism prevails in their work delivered during a time when music rapidly evolved in a very different and varied manner.

‘Rhapsody-Concerto for viola and orchestra’ by Martinú was premièred in 1953 and commissioned by Martinù's friend and violin player Jascha Veissi. During his career, he played for two great American orchestras such as Cleveland and San Francisco. The work is divided into two movements. The initial 'Moderato' alternates rhythmic moments with relaxed, melodic and sometimes singsongy passages. Hence, the work is titled "Rhapsody" (song). The second movement 'Molto Adagio' evolves into an 'Allegro'; it alternates slow and fast sections of orchestra and of soloist, to finally lead us to a nostalgic and solemn atmosphere.

Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 is one of the most emblematic and renowned works among classical music fans. After his deep depression brought on by the failure of his Symphony No. 1, he composed it between 1906 and 1907 while he was the director of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Premièred successfully the following year, it meant a self-esteem booster, a personal and musical turning point for the composer. The symphony is a dramatic sequence in the purest Russian tradition. Divided into four movements, the third one is the most remarkable one.

Eiji Oue was born in Hiroshima, Japan, and is renowned for his ‘extraordinary interpretations’ (‘La Nación’, Argentinian newspaper). Oue began piano lessons at the age of four. He then entered the Toho Gakuen School of Music as a performance major where he began his conducting studies with Seiji Ozawa’s teacher Hideo Saito. He was invited by Ozawa to study at the Tanglewood Music Center, where he met the American composer Leonard Bernstein.

Oue has conducted many of the world’s top orchestras throughout his career, including the New York Philharmonic, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, and the Munich Philharmonic, among others. He is currently Conductor Laureate of both the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, having served as its Music Director from 2003-2011, and the NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in Hanover, following an eleven-year tenure as Principal Guest Conductor (1998-2009). He has also held the positions of Music Director of the Minnesota Orchestra (1995-2002) and Barcelona Symphony Orchestra (2006-2010).

The Ukrainian-British viola player Maxim Rysanov has established himself as one of the world’s most charismatic musicians of his generation. He regularly collaborates with renowned musicians such as the violinist Maxim Vengerov, Viktóriya Mulova and Janine Jansen; or with the cellist Sol Gabetta and Mischa Maisky. Rysanov is a recipient of various awards, including Gramophone’s “Young Artist of the Year Award” (2008) and the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Award (2007-2009). Likewise, his recordings have gained numerous awards including Gramophone’s Editor’s Choice, ECHO, ICMA and nominations for the Grammy and Gramophone Awards. In addition, he reached number one in the iTunes charts in the USA.

Tickets can be purchased until one hour before the show on the website www.sinfonicadetenerife.es, at the box office and by dialling 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m The audience is requested to arrive at the venue well in advance to enter the Auditorium in  "waves”. By purchasing tickets, you accept the measures implemented by the cultural centre to combat Coronavirus. All of the measures, as well as the contingency plan certified by AENOR, can be consulted on the Auditorium’s website.

The audience is requested to arrive at the venue well in advance to enter the Auditorium in staggered “waves". By purchasing tickets, you accept the measures implemented by the cultural centre to combat Coronavirus. All of the measures, as well as the contingency plan certified by AENOR, can be consulted on the Auditorium’s website.

The concert "Impresiones barrocas" pays homage to the scores printed in Amsterdam during the 18^th century

Auditorio de Tenerife is a cultural space linked to the Department of Culture of Tenerife Island Council that is managed by the island's Minister of Culture, Enrique Arriaga. The concert hall has scheduled a concert by the Baroque Orchestra of Tenerife that takes place in the Chamber Hall on Wednesday [15] at 19:30 p.m. The programme is titled "Impresiones barrocas" (Baroque scores). It is a Christmas treasure concert that pays homage to the scores printed in Amsterdam during the late baroque, in the 18^th century.

Amsterdam became the European printing city for music scores for the high quality of the printings, their durability, and the readability of the scores published by that time. The publishers added editions of great baroque composers to the catalogue of the Dutch company. 

As Conrado Álvarez, artistic director of the orchestra stated, "the copies of those baroque printings by Vivaldi, Bernardi, Sammartini, Albinoni and Locatelli, with the seventeen movements that comprise the concert, will evoke the gift that any musician of that time might have received as a precious Christmas present."

This repertoire resembles a luxurious chest of baroque music during which Jacques Ogg will play the harpsichord and be the invited director. It consists of two concertos for oboe and orchestra, two sonata trios and the "Grosso Mogul" by Vivaldi. Adrian Linares plays again as first violin the baroque violin with the orchestra that is rounded up with Laura García and Sergio Suárez (baroque violins); Miriam Jorde (baroque oboe); Melchor García (baroque viola); Diego Pérez (baroque cello), and Tomás López (violone).

Tickets can be purchased until fifteen minutes before the show on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com and by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The audience is requested to arrive at the venue well in advance to enter the Auditorium in “waves".

By purchasing tickets, you accept the measures implemented by the cultural centre to combat Coronavirus, such as the correct use of masks and attendance at the event only with people you live with. All of the measures, as well as the contingency plan certified by AENOR, can be consulted on our website.

The concerts take place at the Chamber Hall on Saturday [11] and Sunday [12] at 11:30 a.m.

The Auditorio de Tenerife hosts the 13^th Youth Brass Band Meeting of Tenerife. Eight bands meet at the Auditorium's Chamber Hall to give two concerts on Saturday [11] and Sunday [12] at 11:30 a.m. This meeting is an initiative organized by the federation 'Federación Tinerfeña de Bandas de Música' with the collaboration of the Department of Culture of Tenerife Island Council that is managed by the island's Minister of Culture, Enrique Arriaga. 

This Saturday's programme starts with the band linked to the ‘Asociación Musical San Marcos Evangelista’ of Tegueste. Under the direction of Édgar Matías López, they will play ‘Activity’, by H. Bennett; ‘Grandfather's Clock’, by J. Edmondson and A. McGinty; Clark County Celebration, by J. Swearingen, and ‘Abandoned Treasure Hunt’, by R. Grice.

Next the youth band ‘San José’ linked to the ‘Asociación Musical XIX de Marzo’ of San Juan de la Rambla will play. Directed by Damián González García, they will play ‘Tropical Scene’, by Gershwin, to continue with ‘Las aventuras de un Héroe’, by Iván Romero; ‘The Magnific Seven’, by Sammy Néstico, and ‘Señorita’, by Camila Cabello.

Taida Mª Gil Conde will direct the youth band linked to the academy ‘Princesa Yaiza’ of El Rosario. They will play ‘Little Dance’, by J. M. Suykerbuyk; ‘The Pyramids’, by Mike Story, and ‘Nube de Hielo’, by Benito Cabrera, arranged by José Luis Peiró.

Saturday's programme closes with the youth band linked to the ‘Asociación Ernesto Beteta’ of Santa Ursula. Under the baton of Carlos Efrén Herrera Gorrín, they will play ‘Mi primer pasodoble’, by Antonio Campillo; ‘Yellow mountains’, by Jacob de Haan, and ‘Mozart Mix’, arranged by John O'Reilly; to close with ‘One direction in concert’, arranged by Michael Brown.

The first band to play on Sunday is ‘Las Candelitas de Candelaria’ directed by Mauro Fariña Alonso. Their programme starts with ‘La torre mora’, by José Luis Peiró to continue with the five parts of ‘A Little Suite of Horror,’ by Thomas Doss, (Friday the 13th, Midnight Scene, Wurdalak, Voodoo, and Halloween Party March)

The youth band linked to the ‘Asociación Musical Educando José León Medrano’ of Puerto de la Cruz will then take the stage. Irene Borges Perera directs these musicians who will play ‘Remember me’, the soundtrack of the movie ‘Coco’, arranged by Johnnie Vinson; to continue with ‘The Greatest Showman’ adapted by Michael Brown, and close with ‘Party Dance Mix’ arranged by Paul Murtha.

Moisés Domínguez Llanos will conduct the youth band linked to the ‘Patronato Musical Nuestra Señora de Lourdes’ of Valle de Guerra. The programme consists of ‘Beauty and the Beast’, by Alan Menken; ‘Spiderman’, by Harris and Webster; and ‘Oye cómo va’, by Tito Puente.

This thirteenth edition closes with the band linked to the ‘Espacio de Formación Artística’ of Garachico and José Eduardo Morales Meneses as a conductor. The band will play ‘Beauty and the Beast’, by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken (arranged by Michael Sweeney). Next, they will play ‘Thriller’, by Michael Jackson, written by Rod Temperton and arranged by Paul Murtha. They will close the programme with the score of ‘Smoke on the Water’, by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice, and arranged by Michael Sweeney. 

Tickets can be purchased until fifteen minutes before the show on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com 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. During the purchase process, the user will have to choose between one or two pre-set seats distributed throughout the hall. The audience is requested to arrive at the venue well in advance to enter the Auditorium in staggered "waves".

By purchasing tickets, you accept the measures implemented by the cultural centre to combat Coronavirus, such as the correct use of masks and attendance at the event only with people you live with.  All of the measures, as well as the contingency plan certified by AENOR, can be consulted on our website.

Alessandro Palumbo dirige este sábado a la Sinfónica en esta historia de la noble italiana que inspiró a Dante para su ˋDivina comediaˊ

Auditorio de Tenerife presenta el último título lírico del año: Francesca da Rimini, de Saverio Mercadante, en versión concierto. El espectáculo, que contará con la Sinfónica de Tenerife, un coro y cuatro solistas, tendrá lugar este sábado [día 11] a las 19:30 horas en la Sala Sinfónica. Ópera de Tenerife, proyecto del Área de Cultura del Cabildo, que gestiona el consejero Enrique Arriaga, despide el año con esta historia de la noble italiana en la que se inspiró Dante Alighieri para su Divina comedia.

Alessandro Palumbo llevará la batuta de la Sinfónica en este concierto, que contará con las voces de la soprano Beatriz de Sousa como Francesca, la mezzosoprano Nozomi Kato como Paolo, el tenor David Astorga como Lanciotto y el bajo Francesco Leone como Guido. El coro de Ópera de Tenerife estará dirigido por Carmen Cruz.

El estreno de Francesca da Rimini en Madrid, en 1830, fue suspendido días antes de su presentación en la capital española, donde estaba incluida en el programa del Teatro Príncipe con motivo del Carnaval. Tampoco fructificó el segundo intento de estreno, en 1832, en el Teatro alla Scala de Milán. Posteriormente, la partitura se perdió y hubo que esperar 185 años para su estreno absoluto, dentro del programa del 42º Festival della Valle d’Itria, en el Palazzo Ducale de Martina Franca, con una edición crítica a cargo de la musicóloga Elisabetta Pasquini y la casa Ut Orpheus. 

El libreto de Felice Romani está basado en la obra de teatro de su contemporáneo Silvio Pellico con el mismo título, escrita en 1818. Sin embargo, el origen de Francesca da Rimini como personaje está en la Divina comedia, de Dante Alighieri. El poeta florentino inmortalizó su trágica historia de amor clandestino por su cuñado, Paolo Malatesta. Había sido desposada con el hijo del señor de Rimini y hermano mayor de Paolo, Giovanni Malatesta, conocido como Gianciotto (o Lanciotto), expresión que hacía referencia a su cojera, malformación con la que había nacido (Gianne lo sciancato o Gianne el lisiado).

El matrimonio se había gestado para satisfacer intereses políticos del padre de la joven, señor de Ravenna, con el fin de conseguir la paz entre los Malatesta y su propia familia, los Polenta. Sorprendida por Lanciotto después de años de relación, la pareja de amantes fue asesinada por el marido ofendido. Dante situó a Francesca y Paolo en el segundo círculo del Infierno, el de los pecadores por lujuria, aunque trató a los amantes con indulgencia y compasión, al mostrarlos como símbolos de amor.

La belleza del Canto V del Infierno de Dante ha inspirado muchas obras: literarias, pictóricas, incluso, la escultura El beso, de Rodin, y también composiciones musicales de autores tan destacados como Chaikovski, que le dedicó un poema sinfónico, y Rachmaninoff, Leoni y Zandonai, que también versionaron esta historia en diferentes óperas.

Las entradas se pueden adquirir hasta quince minutos antes del comienzo de la función en la página web www.auditoriodetenerife.com y de forma telefónica en el 902 317 327 y en la taquilla de lunes a viernes de 10:00 a 17:00 horas y sábados de 10:00 a 14:00 horas. El usuario tendrá que elegir entre una o dos butacas prefijadas y distribuidas por la sala previamente. Se ruega al público llegar al recinto con antelación suficiente para realizar una entrada escalonada a la sala.

La compra de las entradas supone la aceptación de las medidas implementadas por el centro cultural del Cabildo para hacer frente a la COVID-19, como el uso correcto de la mascarilla o la asistencia solo con convivientes. Las medidas al completo, así como el plan de contingencia certificado por AENOR, se pueden consultar en la web del Auditorio.

The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. and includes works by Beethoven, Franck, Bach and Rachmaninov

Nikolai Lugansky, the award-winning Russian pianist, offers a concert at the Auditorio de Tenerife, a cultural space linked to the Department of Culture of Tenerife Island Council that is managed by the island's Minister of Culture, Enrique Arriaga. The recital takes place on Tuesday [07] at 7:30 p.m. at the Auditorium's Chamber Hall. The programme consists of compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven, César Franck, Johann Sebastian Bach and Serguéi Rachmaninov. Tickets are on sale.

Virtuosity, temperament and solemnity go hand in hand in this programme that features great works from the piano repertoire of the last centuries. Four ascending notes open this recital. They come from the Sonata Op. 31 No. 2, named by Beethoven himself ‘The Tempest’ as a reference to Shakespeare's play. Composed in 1802, he wrote this work when his progressive and incurable deafness was unavoidably leading him to despair. From the very first chords, the composer displays his agitation, depth, thematic and formal mastery.

The programme continues with the 'Prélude, Choral et Fugue' by César Frank, the Belgian master based in Paris. This work shows a great motivic and harmonic coherence and reflects his deep respect for Bach. The author does so by composing initially a ‘Prelude and Fugue’ to which he later added the ‘Choral’. This brings continuity and mysticism to the whole work.

His tribute to the Leipzig master continues with an arrangement by the Russian master Serguéi Rachmaninov of Bach’s 'Partita for Violin No. 3' in E major. This piece closes this recital with one of the great heirs of this school. Lugansky has made a selection of piano pieces that require great technical and melodic demands. The repertoire has been created as a compendium of images.

Nikolai Lugansky is a pianist who combines elegance and grace with powerful virtuosity, a true incarnation of the Russian tradition on the international classical stage. Recognised as a master of Russian and late romantic repertoire, Lugansky is renowned for his interpretations of Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Chopin and Debussy.

He regularly works as a concert player around the world. During this season, he will play in Paris, Prague, Amsterdam (Concertgebouw), Vienna (Konzerthaus) and London (Wigmore Hall). Lugansky has been a constant participant of the Festival de La Roque-d'Anthéron in France for 23 years.

In June 2019, Nikolai Lugansky received the Russian Federation National Award in Literature and Art for his contribution to the development and advancement of Russian and international classical music culture over the past 20 years. In April 2013, Lugansky was awarded the title of the “Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation”, which is the highest honorary title for outstanding achievement in the arts. Lugansky has received numerous awards for recordings and artistic merit. 

Since 1998, the pianist has been giving lectures as a professor at the Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory. Likewise, he is the artistic director of the Tambov Rachmaninoff Festival and regularly collaborates with the Museum-estate of Sergei Rachmaninov «Ivanovka».

Tickets can be purchased until fifteen minutes before the show on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com 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. During the purchase process, the user will have to choose between one or two pre-set seats distributed throughout the hall. The audience is requested to arrive at the venue well in advance to enter the Auditorium in staggered "waves".

By purchasing tickets, you accept the measures implemented by the cultural centre to combat COVID-19, such as the correct use of masks and attendance to the event only with people you are living with. All of the measures, as well as the contingency plan certified by AENOR, can be consulted on our website.

This Sunday at 12:00, the Valencia-born organist Arturo Barba offers a concert at the Symphony Hall

Auditorio de Tenerife is a cultural space linked to the Department of Culture of Tenerife Island Council that is managed by the island's Minister of Culture, Enrique Arriaga. This Sunday [5] at 12:00 p.m. it offers a matinée titled  Johann Sebastian Bach como telón de fondo et altera (Johann Sebastian Bach as a backdrop et altera) by the Valencia-born organist Arturo Barba. He will play the colossal instrument housed in the walls of Symphony Hall. Tickets are on sale.

The programme is offered in collaboration with the San Miguel Arcángel Royal Academy of Fine Arts of the Canary Islands. The concert pays tribute to the German genius by playing his pieces and those of other composers who based their works on the four letters of Bach's name. The letters are equivalent to the sounds B-A-C-H (the German pitches B-flat, A-natural, C-natural, B-natural written as H). This motive is beloved by some composers to remember the master of masters and to show off their creative skills by sticking to this theme alone. On this occasion we will show three key examples from three different centuries, and three different authors: Bach, Liszt and Ginastera.

Following this trend, a theme by Sir George Thalben-Ball will be played consisting of a solo work for organ pedals, a variation on a theme by Paganini. According to the musicologist Rosario Álvarez, it is a "spectacular solo work for organ pedals on the cutting edge." The fourth movement of Dvorák's ‘New World Symphony’ transcribed by Szathmáry for organ, brings this attractive and instructive programme to a close, played by the President of the Racba.

The Valencian director also collaborates intensely with recitals during renowned organ festivals such as the ones held at the Catholic Cathedral of Moscow, the Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris or the Basilica Sta. María of Trastevere, Rome, among others. He has given recitals playing historic European organs (Schnitger, Silbermann, Callido, Nacchini, Cavaillé-Coll, Merklin, Bosch, Echevarria, etc.). During his concerts, his know-how achieved by playing this valuable historical instruments is reflected.

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

Tickets can be purchased until one hour before the show on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com  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. During the purchase process, the user will have to choose between one or two pre-set seats distributed throughout the hall. The audience is requested to arrive at the venue well in advance to enter the Auditorium in staggered "waves".

By purchasing tickets, you accept the measures implemented by the cultural centre to combat COVID-19, such as the correct use of masks and attendance to the event only with people you are living with. All of the measures, as well as the contingency plan certified by AENOR, can be consulted on our website.

The tickets are sold out for this Friday's concert, with Eivind Gullberg as conductor and Alban Gerhardt as a soloist cello

The Sinfónica de Tenerife (Tenerife Symphony Orchestra) is a project of the Island Council’s Department of Culture that is managed by its Minister of Culture, Enrique Arriaga. This Friday [3] at 7:30 p.m., it offers a new seasonal concert,  and the tickets are sold out. The 'New World Symphony’, one of the best-known works by Anton Dvorak, will be also played. Under the direction of Eivind Gullberg, who conducts for the first time on the island, the programme also includes ‘Orkesterdialogar’ by Vaage and 'Concerto for cello and orchestra', by Edward Elgar with the German cellist Alban Gerhardt playing as a soloist.

During the second part of the programme, the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra will play the 'New World Symphony'. This is the name with which most of the people know the ‘Symphony No. 9 in E minor’ by Antonin Dvorak. This piece has its origins in the composer's fascination with the United States, where he took up residence in 1892 after being invited to manage the National Conservatory of Music in New York.

Dvorak soon became interested in popular music; especially in black music, the forerunner of what was to come during the 20th century (jazz, swing, rock, blues...) Especially evident in the second of the four movements, the composer's defence of the black spirituals is striking. Likewise, the magical character of some harmonies that several authors relate to his interest in Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha, a Native American epic tale.

The concert will begin with the contemporary work, ‘Orkesterdialogar’, by Knut Vaage (Bergen, 1961). This Norwegian composer is better known by his opera ‘Noko kjem til å komm’ (Someone is going to come) composed in the year 2000 and based on the play with the same name by Jon Fosse. During the variation that the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra will perform, new style elements are incorporated, such as electronic amplification and sound distortion; the musical dialogue turns into the key factor to define an exceptional organic structure.

The second piece that the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra will play on Friday is the 'Cello Concerto in E minor for cello and orchestra' by Edward Elgar, work that was premièred in 1919 with little success. Structured in four movements, this composition is considered a contemplative elegy after the European disaster suffered during the Great War. The score was first played by Pau Casals, but the audience didn't acknowledge his interpretation. It had to wait for Jaqueline Dupré, who became the reference cellist of this work thanks to her different interpretations, always intense.

Eivind Gullberg plays this week for the first time with the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra. He is artistic director and conductor of the Bergen National Opera, as well as conductor of the Noord Nederlands Orkest. He has also conducted the Berliner Philharmoniker, Münchner Philharmoniker, Hamburger Symphoniker and the WDR-Sinfonieorchester in Germany; the Symphony Orchestra of Vancouver, the one of North Caroline and Oregon, in North America. He has been at the helm of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam; the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Stockolm; the Dutch Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, in Holland; Orchestre de Paris and Tonhalle-Orchester in Zürich.

After his early success in several competitions, Alban Gerhardt's international career took off with his debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Semyon Bychkov in 1991. Since then, his remarkable collaborations with orchestras such as the Sydney Symphony, the Royal Concertgebouw, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland, Philadelphia and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, and Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich under the baton of Kurt Masur, Michael Tilson-Thomas, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Vladimir Jurowski, Kirill Petrenko and Andris Nelsons. He was recently awarded with the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) 2021 under the concert category thanks to the recent album for Hyperion 'Shostakovich: Cello Concertos' with the WDR Sinfonieorchester, and Jukka-Pekka Saraste. His version of the Suite No. 1 for cello by Britten has over half a million listens on Spotify.

The audience is requested to arrive at the venue well in advance to enter the Auditorium in staggered "waves". By purchasing tickets, you accept the measures implemented by the cultural centre to combat COVID-19. All of the measures, as well as the contingency plan certified by AENOR, can be consulted on our website.

The contest takes place on Saturday this week at the Chamber Hall. The tickets are available for free

The Auditorio de Tenerife is a cultural space linked to the Department of Culture of Tenerife Island Council that is managed by the island's Minister of Culture, Enrique Arriaga. On Saturday [27] at 4:00 p.m. it will offer the regional phase (Canary Islands) of the 20º ‘Intercentros Melómano’ contest (professional category). The free tickets to enjoy the live contest between these young musicians are available at www.auditoriodetenerife.com.

Eight students of several instrumental specialities will participate in these auditions. They have studied clarinet, trombone, flute, tuba, oboe, piano and percussion in the professional conservatories of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The performances last a maximum of 15 minutes and the musicians can play a free repertoire. The jury is made up of Gregorio Gutiérrez Hernández, Francisco Martínez Ramos and Miguel Ángel Linares Pineda. After the performances, they will make their decisions public.

The first regional musician to be classified will represent the Canary Islands during the final phase of Intercentros Melómano. The national contest takes place on 4 December 2021 in Alicante (Auditorio de la Diputación). During this final phase, the 17 regional representatives will participate, and the winner will be awarded the following prize: a concert tour throughout Spain including solo recitals and concerts with symphony orchestras, such as the one offered by the Orquesta Metropolitana, Madrid or the Joven Orquesta Sinfónica of Granada. 

‘Intercentros Melómano’ is an initiative created by the Fundación Orfeo which was constituted in the year 2002. Its aim is to encourage the active participation of music conservatory students in professional competitions. The event is focused on a practical experience for the musicians. It gives them the chance to face an audience and a jury to assess their performance, and not just their technical skills.

Tickets can be purchased until one hour before the show on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com  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. By purchasing tickets, you accept the measures implemented by the cultural centre of Tenerife Island Council to combat COVID-19, such as the correct use of masks and attendance to the event only with people you live with. All of the measures, as well as the contingency plan certified by AENOR, can be consulted on our website.

The first of three performances of Verdi's opera comes out tomorrow with the Croatian Marko Mimica as the ruthless king of the Huns

The Auditorio de Tenerife presents Attila, the second opera programmed for this season by Opera de Tenerife. War, betrayal and ghosts come together in this patriotic version of the king of the Huns composed by Guiseppe Verdi. The first performance of this production takes place tomorrow [Tuesday 23] at 7:30 p.m. in the Symphony Hall. The other two performances take place on Thursday and Saturday this week. Attila is a coproduction between the Auditorio de Tenerife with Teatro Regio di Parma.

This ninth opera by Verdi with a libretto by Temistocle Solera has three acts preceded by a prologue. Premièred during the mid-19^th-century, this proposal presents the history of Attila, king of the Huns, and his relationship with Odabella. The staging moves away from the traditional features of this title but retains the spirit of Verdi's work.

Andrea de Rosa is responsible for the stage direction and set design. His team is rounded up with Alessandro Lai, costume designer, and Pasquale Mari, lighting designer. Christopher Franklin is the conductor and will be at the helm of the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra.

The Croatian bass, Marko Mimica, will play the main character while the Bulgarian soprano, Tanya Ivanova, will play the maiden Odabella. Alfredo Daza, baritone, will play Ezio; Antonio Poli, tenor, will play Foresto; Rocco Cavaluzzi, bass, will play Leone and Javier Palacios, tenor, will play Uldino. Their voices sing together with the choir Coro de Opera de Tenerife.

The origin of Attila is the play 'Attila, König der Hunnen' (Attila, King of the Huns) by the German Zacharias Werner, which Verdi had read after finding references to it in Madame de Staël's essay ‘De l'Allemagne’.Moreover, he had been stimulated by the suggestion to write on a "barbaric" topic. The story takes place in Italy in the year 425. The events narrated in the prologue take place in Aquileia and the Adriatic Lagoon, where Venice was built later on. The three acts happen in Rome.

The opera starts during the invasion of Italy by the Huns. Attila has conquered the city of Aquileia and killed his lord, but not his daughter: Odabella. While she is imprisoned, she swears to avenge her father's death by killing the king of the Huns. Attila is attracted to her by the strength of her character and woos her. She gives him consent to facilitate her plans. Foresto, a nobleman from Aquileia in love with Odabella, appears on the scene.

Attila is disturbed. He has dreamed that an old man prevented him from conquering Rome and warned him: “You might be the Scourge of God, but these are God's domains”. Even so, he orders to advance on Rome. The Pope Leo I comes to the fore and speaks to him in those very words.

Attila recognises in him the man of his dreams, so he prostrates himself before the divine representative and renounces to take over the city. The opera continues with subplots of betrayal against the king of the Huns. The play will end in tragedy despite Attila’s acts of kindness.

This opera is organised by the Department of Culture of Tenerife Island Council and managed by its island Minister of Culture, Enrique Arriaga, through the Auditorio de Tenerife. The tickets can be purchased until one hour before the show on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com 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. Special prices are available for large families, unemployed, young people under the age of 30 and ticket holders of Opera de Tenerife for the season 19-20. The audience is requested to arrive at the venue well in advance to enter the Auditorium in staggered "waves".

By purchasing tickets, you accept the measures implemented by the cultural centre of Tenerife Island Council to combat COVID-19, such as the correct use of masks and attendance at the event only with people you live with. All of the measures, as well as the contingency plan certified by AENOR, can be consulted on our website.

The tickets for this Friday's concert 'Viento y tiempo' are sold out

The Auditorio de Tenerife is a cultural space linked to the Department of Culture of Tenerife Island Council that is managed by the island's Minister of Culture, Enrique Arriaga. This Friday [26] at 7:30 p.m. it will offer the concert 'Viento y Tiempo'. The tickets for this show by Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Aymée Nuviola are sold out. According to both multi-Grammy award winners, this concert pays a tribute to life, to their mothers and the air of music blowing from Havana.

The Auditorium's Chamber Hall will receive this new jazz proposal from two great artists who have known each other since their childhood in Havana. After developing their careers separately, both musicians and friends have decided to join forces to bring this show. This has led them to look back at their beginnings, coincidences, families and the influence of Cuban music.

When Dizzy Gillespie discovered Gonzalo Rubalcaba in 1985, the Cuban pianist and composer was already a young phenomenon with a budding career in his native island. Since then, the magazine ‘Piano & Keyboard’ selected him in 1999 as one of the great pianists of the 20^th century, alongside the likes of Glenn Gould, Martha Argerich and Bill Evans. He has won two Grammy and two Latin Grammy. He has 16 Grammy nominations and EMPIK Bestsellers nominations too. All this has established him as a creative force in the jazz world.

Aymée Nuviola "La Sonera del Mundo" is a singer, composer and actress. Like the music of her native island, Cuba, she embodies that magical mixture of musical genres. She was born in Havana into a family of musicians. Some of her earliest memories are at the piano, working on melodies between lessons. Later, as she became a classically trained pianist and composer at Cuba's leading music academy, the Manuel Samuell Conservatory, she recalls her fascination with all styles, from Debussy to Bossa Nova.

The audience is requested to arrive at the venue well in advance to enter the auditorium in staggered "waves". By purchasing tickets, you accept the measures implemented by the cultural centre to combat COVID-19, such as the correct use of masks and attendance at the event only with people you live with. All of the measures, as well as the contingency plan certified by AENOR, can be consulted on our website.

The tickets for Saturday's family concert are sold out

The Tenerife Symphony Orchestra launched today [Wednesday 17] its seasonal educational programme with the event Memory. The programme offers concerts for more than 350 schoolchildren this week. It will culminate on Saturday [20th] with a double family event, which is already sold out.

The first session was attended by students from the Nursery and Primary Schools Las Chumberas (La Laguna), Melchor Núñez Tejera (Tegueste), Miguel Pintor (Santa Cruz) and the bilingual school Mayco (La Laguna). Tomorrow [Thursday 18], the Auditorium will welcome 117 schoolchildren from the schools Virgen del Mar and Montessori, both in Santa Cruz. The same programme will be offered in Los Silos on the 18^th at 5:30 p.m. to inaugurate the storytelling Festival "Festival del Cuento". The last school session takes place in the Auditorium's Chamber Hall on Friday and will be attended by 125 schoolchildren that come from the schools Bajos and Tagoro (La Victoria), Pérez Zamora (Los Realejos), and Villa de Arico.

Enrique Arriaga stresses that “this initiative is part of the commitment of our Department of Culture to offer a first-class cultural programme available to the whole of society; in this specific case, to its youngest members".

Memory offers excerpts from suites numbers 1 and 2 of ‘The Wand of Youth’, by Edward Elgar's with a string quartet, which is integrated by the following members of the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra: Dorota Kwiecinska (violin), Yolanda Reyes Bartlet (violin), Brett Kronewitter (viola) and Johana Kegel (cello). Likewise, the storyteller Ana Hernández Sanchiz and the circus artist El Gran Rufus tell children the story of Edward, a mature circus performer who has the worries and weariness of an adult, but who revives childhood moments through the games and treasures he finds among old belongings. Those memories, dreams and emotions will bring back the sparkle and shine of that time with a real magic wand: the music.

When Edward Elgar (1857-1934) was twelve years old, he wrote some songs to accompany a play he was going to perform with the rest of the children in his family. He wrote down those songs in a sketchbook and recovered those sketches forty years later to create his two orchestral suites. That's why he numbered them as opus 1 a/b, a memory of those first songs that outlived time.

This educational programme is proposed by the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra with the collaboration of the Educational and Social Programme of Auditorio de Tenerife. It finishes this Saturday with two performances: the first of them is for families with children under three years of age and the second one is for families with children over three years of age. The tickets for these performances are sold out. Accreditation of the child's age will be requested at access to the hall by presenting the ID card or family book.