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Pedro Martín and Enrique Arriaga confirm that the Island Council offers its support to this festival directed by Diego Navarro

On Friday, the 17^th of September, the Auditorio de Tenerife hosts the presentation of Fimucité's fifteenth edition. The ‘Festival Internacional de Música de Cine de Tenerife’ (International Film Music Festival of Tenerife) has become a world reference in its genre. Under the direction of Diego Navarro, the festival kicks off today and is programmed until 26 September. Tenerife's Island Council is the main sponsor of this initiative with the collaboration of the Canary Island's Government, the city councils of San Cristóbal de La Laguna and Santa Cruz de Tenerife, plus Auditorio de Tenerife, Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife (Tenerife Symphony Orchestra), both foundations "La Caixa" and Disa, as well as the SGAE (Spanish Society of Authors and Publishers) and Radiotelevisión Canaria.

The event was attended by the president of Tenerife's Island Council, Pedro Martín; the island's Minister of Culture, Enrique Arriaga; Juan Márquez, vice-minister of Culture of the Canary Islands' Government; José Manuel Bermúdez, mayor of Santa Cruz de Tenerife; Badel Albelo, Member on charge of Culture at the Municipal Council of La Laguna; Fimucité's director, Diego Navarro; Francisco Moreno, sole administrator of Radiotelevisión Canaria and Eímear Noone, conductor and Festival's guest.

During his speech, Pedro Martín pointed out that "film music provides ineffable elements without which a film could not be understood". He fondly recalled many titles of the feature films whose soundtracks will fill the Fimucité programme over the next few days. "The Cabildo of Tenerife gives great support to this project led by Diego Navarro. Without a doubt, we have a lot to do, discover and enjoy through this project during the coming years," said Martín. 

Enrique Arriaga congratulated the festival for these 15 years "during which it has grown and evolved from a novel idea, in which not everyone trusted, to something very successful". "Diego Navarro struggles for his objectives with passion. He has overcome many crises, including economic ones, from which he has become stronger. He is now a world reference that the public enjoys", analysed the island's Minister of Culture. He highlighted the concerts that will take place in the Auditorium with the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra conducted by Navarro and a programme "in which we will enjoy pieces that are part of our lives". "We feel proud of this festival," he said. 

Juan Márquez explained that the Canary Islands Government's support for Fimucité "is part of the strategy to diversify the cultural sector". Fimucité is a great opportunity for many projects. We want the international audio-visual industry to know the Canary Islands not only for its tax incentives and landscapes for filming, but also for the remaining value chain and elements such as music production. In this sense, Fimucité can provide a lot of help", stated Arriaga. 

José Manuel Bermúdez looked back and recalled "all what this festival has achieved over the years". "Attracting intellectual and cultural characters and generating business are just two of the festival’s benefits. Fimucité gets the right programming year after year," Bermúdez said. "Diego Navarro, a 'Chicharrero' at heart, and his team are tireless", explained the mayor. He then announced that "Santa Cruz de Tenerife has opened a file of honours and distinctions in the name of Diego Navarro. During the last 15 years he has contributed so much to his municipality". 

Badel Albelo assured that "it is a pleasure for La Laguna to be part of the Fimucité’s agenda". He added that "this year we have increased the financial support to this festival that is a world reference." The Member of the Municipal Council of La Laguna wanted to share with Eímar Noone how happy he felt to have her tonight at the Teatro Leal during a concert with all tickets sold out. "It is a great pride", he stated.

Francisco Moreno recalled his conversations with Antón García Abril. He stressed that "this is a festival we all shall take good care of. These cultural experiences shall not remain in this Auditorium. It shall rather be enjoyed throughout the Canary Islands so that the homage paid here to film music is known, hence the need to record it and disseminate it," he explained. "This initiative gives meaning to our activity," concluded the sole administrator of RTVC.

Eímar Noone was the first female conductor to direct an orchestra during the Oscar ceremony. She was enthusiastic about returning to the festival after four years: "I can't express what it means to me to be here because Tenerife is special. Here I have great friends, music, food, landscapes... Everything!" "It is very exciting for me to see how Diego, my 'Canarian brother' of whom I am so proud of, and his passion are supported in this way and for 15 years; that says a lot about you!" She explained. Regarding today's programme at Teatro Leal, Noone pointed out that the first score dates from 1986. She will also conduct a score by Sara López, a composer from the Canary Islands. 

Diego Navarro, the festival's director, celebrated these 15 years and declared: "Who would have thought it! We pay homage to two persons who recently passed away: maestro Morricone, one of the great geniuses of film music, and Antón García Abril, the father of film music in Spain. He had a great relationship with this festival, and that’s why our award bears his name", explained the orchestra conductor. On the other hand, he highlighted the exponential success of video-game music. So Fimucité didn't want to be left behind." He finally encouraged the audience to enjoy Fimucité. “It is a leading event of its kind in Europe and a world reference". 

This anniversary edition features a tribute to both composers. The Italian Ennio Morricone and the Spaniard Antón García Abril. Both were great masters of film music and passed away in mid-2020 and last March, respectively. The music programme kicks off this evening with a theme concert dedicated to video-game music that is rounded off by a new Pop Culture Band show. The programme continues with two recitals by the choir 'Coro de Voces Blancas' of Santa Cruz de Tenerife's Conservatory of Music, the choir 'Coro Polifónico de la Universidad de la Laguna' and two concerts by the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra.

The highlight of this anniversary's edition takes place on 24 and 25 September with the concert première 'Érase una vez Ennio Morricone: Un tributo a su música cinematográfica' (Once upon a time, Ennio Morricone: a tribute to his film music) at the Auditorio de Tenerife. Fimucité's director Diego Navarro will conduct the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra during both concerts (tickets sold out) to feature a tribute to Ennio Morricone. Composer of more than 500 soundtracks, he was nominated five times before winning the Oscar for the original score of 'The Hateful Eight' (2016) by Quentin Tarantino. The Tenerife Symphony Orchestra shares the stage with the Tenerife Film Choir and its director Juan Ramón Vinagre; the saxophonist Kike Perdomo, Gonzalo de Araoz (guitars) and the prestigious soprano Carmen Acosta. 

Miguel Ángel Ordóñez, music and film critic, director and founder in 2005 of Scoremagacine.com, the first website specialising in soundtracks, will receive the Fimucité-Antón García Abril 2021 Award in recognition of his career. The festival’s closing ceremony takes place on 26 September at the Espacio Cultural La Granja, with the reading of the Fimucinema list of winners and the presentation of awards. 

El espectáculo tendrá lugar este sábado a las 19:30 horas

El Auditorio de Tenerife, espacio que depende del área de Cultura del Cabildo, dirigida por el consejero Enrique Arriaga, ofrece un concierto de música brasileña con Projeto Brasileiro. El espectáculo, liderado por el músico Tomás LP Cruz, tendrá lugar este sábado [día 18], a partir de las 19:30 horas, en la Sala de Cámara.

Projeto Brasileiro nace del amor, respeto y pasión de Tomás LP Cruz por la cultura y música de Brasil. Así, en 2011, después de casi dos años de trabajo, salió a la luz un cd de once canciones, acompañado de un documental, que contó con la participación de más de 40 artistas, con la presencia de figuras como Milton Nascimento, Joyce, Danilo Caymni y Roberto Menescal, entre otros.

A partir de 2018, su creador e ideólogo retomó el ambicioso reto de llevar este proyecto por primera vez hasta los escenarios. Para ello, se ha rodeado de una serie de artistas canarios, que cuentan con una especial sensibilidad para la música brasileña: Rebeca Mora (voz y coro), José Alberto Medina (teclados), Jonay Mesa (guitarras), Luis Suárez (percusión y samplers) y Amílcar Mendoza (batería). De la calidad y el entusiasmo con los que se proyectó y gestó la idea llega ahora el mimo y la dedicación por llevarlo al directo.

Las entradas se pueden adquirir hasta una hora antes del comienzo de cada espectáculo 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.

In addition to this première, the performances from Chile, Colombia, Portugal and the Canary Islands will be shown in six municipalities

The theatre festival Muestra Escénica Iberoamericana (MEI) offers 12 performances in six municipalities of the island this week. Also, a world premiere of the Argentinian theatre play 'La cápsula, un viaje unipersonal' (The capsule, a one-man journey). Chile, Colombia, Portugal and the Canary Islands' performances will be hosted during this festival. This initiative by the Department of Culture of the Island Council is managed by the island Minister of Culture, Enrique Arriaga and organised through the Auditorio de Tenerife. The tickets for this third edition that concludes on 6 October are on sale at www.meitenerife.com.

This week MEI offers on the 18 and 19 September at 8:00 p.m. the world première that will be staged in Paraninfo de la Universidad de La Laguna.  'La cápsula, un viaje unipersonal' (The capsule, a one-man journey) is written and directed by Diego Casado Rubio and featured by Nicolás Scarpino. It is the story of the man who returned to the moon. He is a giant storyteller of impossible and magical feats who has only one wish: to return to where he came from. According to the Argentinian company, this is not just another story; it contains an endless list of things to avoid in life.

This week's programme begins tomorrow [Tuesday 14] at 19:30 at the Teatro Príncipe Felipe in Tegueste with 'De ratones y hombres' (About mice and men), by the Colombian company Señor M (known as 4 Paredes because of the place where they perform in their country), directed by Manolo Orjuela. Based on a story by John Steinbeck, the play begins with two brothers, Colombian peasants, who travel through different regions looking for a better future. One is intelligent, and the other is not. One depends on the other until one of the two becomes a dangerous burden. The last show will be performed on Wednesday 15 at the Escuela Municipal de Música of Adeje.

Likewise, on Wednesday at 8:00 p.m., the first performance of ‘Pescador’ (Seaman) will be staged at the Teatro El Sauzal. This is a puppet-play for adults of the Chilean company Silencio Blanco, and the show is premièred in Europe. The story delves into the intimate sensation of men working in solitary trades that were confronted with the immensity of nature. This work deals with those places that are now strange and even foreign to us. Puppets, elements and manipulators share a space where the actor's physical work and the manipulation of puppets take a new perspective to investigate and develop the poetics of the company. 'Pescador' (Seaman) can also be seen at the Teatro Timanfaya in Puerto de la Cruz on 17 and 18 September at 8:15 p.m.

During this edition, the Colombian company Señor M premiers in Europe the show 'Carta de una desconocida' (A letter from a strange woman) on Thursday 16 at 8:00 p.m. in Casa de la Cultura de La Esperanza, in El Rosario. This adaptation of the novel by Stefan Zweig is based on an unrequited love story. A man receives a letter from a woman. She tells him how she has loved him since she was a child. She used to watch him through her window and continued to love him throughout her life. It is a story of loneliness, pain, and hope with small happy moments. The play talks about women's privacy, time, hope, and love...It deals with how we construct and idealize ‘the other’ and relationships. It talks about those deep and silent loves that become idyllic and perfect. They live only in the lover's mind. 'Carta de una desconocida'(A letter from a strange woman) will also be performed this week at the Escuela de Música in Adeje on Sunday, 19 September at 8:00 p.m.

‘Perfect Match’ arrives from Portugal and will be staged on 17 and 18 in the Teatro El Sauzal at 8:00 p.m. This theatre piece proposes the importance of love and relationships in migratory movements. Those movements are often seen as a threat. This is a big contrast with the gentrification crisis that most of the European cities suffer while immigrants from rich countries - who often describe themselves as expatriates - arrive. How are these two groups received differently? How are love relationships marked and conditioned by migratory movements in Europe? These are the questions that the company Hotel Europa will be answering.

'Tesla/Edison', by the company Ángulo Producciones, closes this week's programme on Sunday, at 19:30, in the Teatro Príncipe Felipe de Tegueste. The play - with a script by the Canarian playwrights Quique and Yeray Bazo- begins when the inventor Nikola Tesla lives almost forgotten in a hotel room in New York during the last part of his life. Beset by debt, plagiarised and ill, he makes one last attempt to make history. An attempt that will be continually hampered by an unwanted visit: that of his rival Thomas Edison. On Monday there will be a school performance for the secondary school children of Tegueste, who already have a didactic guide in their classrooms to enjoy this play.

El concierto del viernes [día 17] contará con la presencia de la violinista jamaicana Ellinor D’Melon como solista invitada, que se estrena en la Isla

La Sinfónica de Tenerife, proyecto que depende del área de Cultura del Cabildo que gestiona el consejero Enrique Arriaga, afronta el viernes [día 17], a partir de las 19:30 horas, la segunda cita de la temporada, tras el concierto inaugural ofrecido ayer en el Auditorio de Tenerife. La cita de la próxima semana contará con la presencia del norteamericano James Feddeck al frente de la orquesta y con la violinista jamaicana Ellinor D’Melon como solista invitada para interpretar un programa con obras de Mendelssohn y Chaikovsky.

Feddeck, que regresa dos años después a la temporada de la Sinfónica de Tenerife, ha diseñado un concierto que comienza con la obertura Las Hébridas, de Felix Mendelssohn (Hamburgo, 1809-Leipzig, 1847), una sonata de tres movimientos que tienen el origen de su composición en unas vacaciones que el autor pasó en Escocia y donde se sintió inspirado por la espectacularidad del paisaje de lava de La Gruta de Fingal.

A continuación, la orquesta afrontará el Concierto para violín y orquesta en Re mayor, de Chaikovsky (Votkinsk, 1840-San Petersburgo, 1893), donde contará con la participación de Ellinor D’Melon como solista que toca un violín Giovanni Baptista Guadagnini de 1743, cedido por un donante anónimo de Londres. La joven jamaicana se presenta por primera vez al lado de la Sinfónica de Tenerife. La obra de Chaikovsky, que tiene un desenlace pleno de habilidad y potencia por parte de la orquesta, surge en un periodo de recuperación mental del compositor, tras acumular diferentes acontecimientos duros en su vida, que incluyeron un intento de suicidio.

La segunda parte del concierto ofrece al público la oportunidad de escuchar la Sinfonía nº 4 en La mayor de Mendelssohn, conocida popularmente como la Italiana. Al igual que ocurre con Las Hébridas, la fuente de inspiración del compositor se origina en un viaje donde queda impactado por el paisaje y la vitalidad de las ciudades italianas.

James Feddeck nació en Nueva York, ganó el Premio de Dirección George Solti, el Premio de Dirección de Aspen, y fue Asistente de Dirección de la Orquesta de Cleveland. En las últimas temporadas ha dirigido formaciones europeas de primer nivel como la Sinfónica Radio Viena, Deutsches Sinfonieorchester Berlin, la Filarmónica de la BBC, la Filarmónica de Estocolmo, la Filarmónica de Helsinki y la Sinfónica de Ciudad de Birmingham. En Norteamérica ha dirigido a las Sinfónicas de Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Detroit, Toronto y Montreal.

Ellinor D’Melon nació en Jamaica, hija de padres cubanos, y comenzó a estudiar el violín a los dos años. A sus veinte años ya disfruta de una cada vez más importante carrera internacional, habiendo debutado bajo la batuta de directores tan respetados como Zubin Mehta, Vladimir Spivakov, Jaime Martin y Zakhar Bron. Sus compromisos de conciertos la han llevado a salas como la Philharmonie de Berlín, el Teatro Mariinsky de San Petersburgo, el Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, el Concertgebouw en Amsterdam, la Philharmonie de Colonia, la Tonhalle de Zurich y la Sala Verdi de Milán. Se ha presentado también en los Festivales de Verbier, Gstaad, Schlesswig-Holstein, Olympus Musical, Interlarken Classics y Wieniawski, entre otros.

D’Melon obtuvo el Primer premio en la 'Debut Berlin' International Competition (2017, Berlin Philharmonie), el Primer premio y el Premio Especial a la Mejor interpretación de la pieza rusa contemporánea en la VIII Novosibirsk International Competition (2016, Rusia), el Virtuoso Award en la II Manhattan International Competition (2017, EEUU), y el Primer premio en la Wieniawski International Competition reservada para jóvenes violinistas (2012, Polonia).

Las entradas para este concierto se pueden adquirir hasta dos horas antes del comienzo en www.sinfonicadetenerife.es, en taquilla de Auditorio y de forma telefónica en el 902 317 327 de lunes a viernes de 10:00 a 17:00 horas y sábados de 10:00 a 14:00 horas. Los asistentes deben llegar al recinto con antelación suficiente para realizar un acceso escalonado 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. Las medidas al completo, así como el plan de contingencia certificado por AENOR, se pueden consultar en la web del Auditorio.

According to Enrique Arriaga, the island's Minister of Culture, the cultural venue is the first in the sector of the Canary Islands to receive this quality certificate from AENOR and IQNet.

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. AENOR and IQNet have awarded it a quality certification for its environmental management system in accordance with the UNE-EN ISO 14001:2015 standard. In this way, it proves its environmental corporate responsibility and is committed to improving its consumption levels. Arriaga stresses that "the Auditorio de Tenerife becomes the first stage in the Canary Islands to obtain this certification”.

According to Arriaga, "this is an important milestone for the Auditorio de Tenerife in its process of digital transformation and ecological transition. Its strategic plan for the coming years also incorporates the fulfilment of sustainable development objectives”.

The compliance with this international standard enables to systematise, in a simple way, the environmental aspects that each of the activities carried out by the organisation generates. It also promotes environmental protection and pollution prevention in a balanced perspective with socio-economic aspects.

The implementation of an environmental management system optimises how resources and waste are managed. The negative environmental impacts arising from the activity or those risks associated with one-off potential accidental situations are reduced. This system also enables the regular monitoring of environmental impacts. Furthermore, it encourages environmental protection and pollution prevention in a balanced and efficient manner.

This achievement makes the Auditorio de Tenerife more competitive in the field of international cultural institutions. It enhances the management innovation and productivity along with other administrative achievements, such as being the first stage in Spain to obtain an AENOR certified Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) programme against COVID-19.

The Auditorio de Tenerife promotes efficient resource use by setting specific targets to reduce, reuse and recycle. Likewise, it applies measurement and permanent monitoring systems. Some of the goals for 2022 are to reduce water and power consumption, to optimise how chemicals are consumed, and how their waste is managed, to reduce the use of paper-based signage and to minimise the use of office paper.

AENOR, the Spanish leader in certification, is a professional services organisation that identifies and helps to correct competitiveness gaps in companies, sectors and the economic fabric in general. It offers conformity assessment (certification, inspection and testing), training and information services to entities. 

IQNet is an international certification network founded in 1990 that comprises more than 40 certification bodies. Among other aspects, it accredits the quality, environmental friendliness and occupational health and safety of companies in several countries. It has over 200 branches worldwide and the group members are leading organisations in their country or region, as is the case of AENOR in Spain.

The French organist and composer Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet Bocinos presents the repertoire 'Con aroma francés'

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 [12] at 12:00 p.m. it will offer the first organ concert of the season. The programme titled 'Con aroma francés' (With French Aroma) will be performed by the French organist and composer Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet Bocinos in the Symphonic Hall. Its walls contain the 3,835 pipes of the instrument, unique in the world. 

Johann Sebastian Bach is the composer whose spirit presides over this concert. Marie-Bernardette Dufourcet, a French organist and composer, leads us from the full Baroque of the great organist-composer Nicolas de Grigny to the 21^stcentury of a Basque Fandango composed by the Lebanese-French organist Naji Hakim. He is Messiaen's successor at the Trinité organ in Paris and one of the great current figures of organ creation.

Dufourcet's musical journey also includes unique works by Léon Boëllmann, such as the 3^rd movement of his legendary Gothic Suite (1895), and music by Maurice Duruflé. To round up the concert, the program includes music by the complex and brilliant Charles-Marie Widor. To cap it all, Dufourcet garnishes this concert with her own score, her voice”.

Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet Bocinos was born in Bayonne, France. Her family of Spanish descent includes musicians, painters, and poets. She holds a PhD in Musicology from the Sorbonne University and is Professor of Musicology at the University of Bordeaux. She is also a visiting professor in the music department of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and collaborates with the CSIPM, directed by Dr. Begoña Lolo of the same university.

The Auditorium's organ was built by prestigious organ builder Albert Blancafort and his team. It is a 21^st-century instrument that is unique not only because of its design, but also its sound and registration. 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.

La Muestra Escénica Iberoamericana del Cabildo se desarrolla en La Laguna, El Sauzal, Adeje, Puerto de la Cruz y Guía de Isora

La Muestra Escénica Iberoamericana (MEI) ofrece esta semana dos espectáculos que se estrenan en Europa y la última función de Bakunin Sauna, una obra anarquista, de la compañía uruguaya El Galpón. Desde Nicaragua aterriza Francisca, de la compañía Justo Rufino Garay, y, desde Colombia, Señor M representará De ratones y hombres. La Laguna, El Sauzal, Adeje, Puerto de la Cruz y Guía de Isora serán los municipios por los que pase esta semana la iniciativa del área de Cultura del Cabildo, que dirige el consejero Enrique Arriaga, organizada a través de Auditorio de Tenerife. Las entradas están a la venta en www.meitenerife.com.

La programación comienza el miércoles [día 8] a las 20:00 horas con la tercera y última función de Bakunin Sauna, una obra anarquista en el Paraninfo de la Universidad de La Laguna. Margarita, una vieja anarquista especialista en computación cognitiva, plantea en esta comedia secuestrar en la sauna de un hotel de Las Vegas a Ema, la nueva gerente general de IBM para América Latina. Para ello recibe la ayuda de dos exfuncionarios de la misma empresa y de un humanoide informático con la apariencia del filósofo ruso Mijaíl Bakunin.

El mismo miércoles, pero en el Teatro El Sauzal, comenzará a las 20:00 horas Francisca, un monólogo que narra la vida de una mujer mexicana-nicaragüense que en el día de Los Muertos prepara la mesa para sus ancestros y, a medida que lo hace, sus memorias aparecen desde los dos mundos, a veces es mexicana y a veces es nicaragüense. Una nueva identidad cultural se configura, teniendo el sabor culinario y las canciones de los dos países como detonantes de sus recuerdos. Este espectáculo también podrá verse el jueves [día 9] a las 20:00 horas en la Escuela de Música de Adeje, el sábado [día 11] a las 20:15 horas en el Teatro Timanfaya de Puerto de la Cruz y el domingo [día 12] a las 19:00 horas en el Auditorio de Guía de Isora.

El calendario de MEI de esta semana termina con De ratones y hombres el sábado [día 11] a las 20:00 horas en el Teatro El Sauzal y el domingo [día 12] a las 20:15 horas en el Teatro Timanfaya. La compañía colombiana Señor M, conocidos como 4 Paredes por el lugar en el que actúan en su país, presentan esta obra, basada en una historia de John Steinbeck, que comienza con dos hermanos, campesinos colombianos, que viajan por distintas regiones en busca de un futuro mejor. Uno es inteligente, y el otro, no. Uno depende del otro hasta que uno de los dos se convierte en una carga peligrosa.

Toda la información sobre los espectáculos, la venta de entradas y la agenda descargable están disponibles en www.meitenerife.com.

La Muestra Escénica Iberoamericana (MEI) se desarrolla hasta el 6 de octubre en 12 municipios de la isla y ofrece 40 funciones de 14 espectáculos de Latinoamérica, España y Portugal. Las sedes de este año son el Paraninfo de la Universidad de La Laguna y los municipios de Adeje, Arona, Candelaria, El Rosario, Guía de Isora, Los Realejos, Puerto de la Cruz, Tacoronte, Tegueste, Vilaflor y El Sauzal.

Las 11 compañías que participarán en esta edición proceden de Chile (Niño Proletario, Silencio Blanco y Colectivo Cuerpo Sur), Uruguay (El Galpón y Marea Productora),  Colombia (Señor M), Argentina (Diego Casado Rubio), Nicaragua (Teatro Justo Rufino Garay), Portugal (Hotel Europa Teatro) y Canarias (Delirium, Ángulo Producciones y Unahoramenos).

This Friday's concert [on the 10th] is conducted by Christian Zacharias, who also plays as invited soloist.

The Sinfónica de Tenerife (Tenerife Symphony Orchestra), a project of the Island Council’s Department of Culture, inaugurates this week the new season with a programme that includes works by Schumann, Ravel, Strauss and Nicolai. The concert takes place on Friday 10 September at 7:30 p.m. and is conducted by Christian Zacharias at the Auditorio de Tenerife. Prior to the first rehearsal that took place on Monday the 6th, Pedro Martín, the President of the Island Council, and Enrique Arriaga, the island's Minister of Culture, supported the musicians of the orchestra, who face the challenge of a new campaign. Alejandro Krawietz, director of culture, also took part during the event.

The opening concert begins with the overture to 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' by Otto Nicolai (1810-1849). This is the German composer's most-performed and best-known part.  It begins with a very slow introduction that prepares the audience for a much more lively final. The programme continues with the 'Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor' by Robert Schumman (1810-1856). During this outstanding composition from the Romantic repertoire, the conductor will play the piano as soloist.

The second part of the concert approaches the waltz through 'Valses nobles et sentimentales', by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937). The work consists of eight short pieces that Ravel decided to orchestrate a year after composing them with the aim of providing the music for ballet 'Adelaide: The language of flowers'. The programme ends with two pieces by Johan Strauss II (1825-1899): ‘Annen-Polka’ and the overture to 'The bat'.

Christian Zacharias has already played as pianist during previous seasons of Tenerife Symphony Orchestra. On this occasion, he makes his début with the OST as a conductor. Born in 1950 in Jamshedpur (India) but of German nationality, he began his piano studies at the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences. He later received training in Paris under Vlado Perlemuter, a French pianist of Lithuanian origin and for a time a collaborator of Ravel.

After winning several piano competitions like the Radio France's ‘Ravel Competition’, Zacharias began his international career in the 1970s. Considered as a versatile pianist in terms of formats, artists and styles, he has also cultivated chamber music with musicians such as the cellist Heinrich Schiff, the violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann or quartets such as the Alban Berg, the Guarneri and the Leipzig Quartet.

His best-known repertoire moves between classicism and romanticism, especially Schubert and Mozart's concertos (hits with million-dollar listens on Spotify alone) that have won several awards from critics such as the Diapason d'Or. His most renowned piano performances range from the sonatas of the Neapolitan Scarlatti to the maestro Soler or, as a conductor, with works by Bruckner or Schonberg. Among other acknowledgements, he has won the ‘Midem Classical Award Artist of the Year’ in 2007, the prestigious ‘Officier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres’ of France, the ‘Prix de l’Europe Francophone 2014 of the Association Professionnelle de la Critique Théâtre, Musique et Danse’ of Paris. In addition, Romania honoured him for his services to culture.

After the year 2000, his career was rather focused on direction and opera. He has conducted several productions of ‘The Clemency of Titus’ and ‘The Marriage of Figaro’, by Mozart. ‘The Beautiful Helen’, by Offenbach and ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’, by Otto Nicolai. The overture of the latter is included in this first season programme of Tenerife Symphony Orchestra. Throughout his career he has collaborated with orchestras such as the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (London), the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Basel Chamber Orchestra, the Berlin Konzerthausorchester and the Bamberger Symphoniker.

Tickets for the first seven concerts of the Symphony's season can be purchased up to two hours before the concert at 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., except for public holidays. The audience is requested to arrive at the venue well in advance to enter the auditorium in staggered "waves” to enjoy this cultural experience. By purchasing tickets, you accept the measures implemented by the cultural centre of the Island Council to combat COVID-19, such as the correct use of masks and the 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 first theatre companies to be on stage during this third edition of the MEI festival will be El Galpón, from Uruguay, and Delirium, from Tenerife.

Next week, the third edition of the Iberoamerican Theatre Festival MEI kicks off with four performances and two national premières: "Bakunin Sauna, una obra anarquista" (an anarchist work) and "La buena vecindad. Lo que tú y yo siempre habíamos deseado para nuestra vejezLo que tú y yo siempre habíamos deseado para nuestra vejez." (The good neighbourliness. What you and I had always wished for in our old age.) The theatre companies El Galpón, from Uruguay and Delirium, from Tenerife, will be the first ones to be on stage during this festival that is organised by the Tenerife Island Council through the Auditorio de Tenerife, a cultural space linked to the Department of Culture that is managed by the island Minister of Culture, Enrique Arriaga.

The first play takes place on 2 September at 8:00 p.m. at Teatro El Sauzal: “Bakunin Sauna, una obra anarquista” (an anarchist work), by the Uruguayan company El Galpón. Margarita, an old anarchist who is specialised in cognitive computing, plans to kidnap Ema, IBM's new general manager for Latin America, from a hotel sauna in Las Vegas. Two IBM ex-officers, Rosa and Bernardo, help her together with a computer humanoid that looks like the Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakunin and that is specially programmed for the purpose. However, the action gets out of control. Tickets are on sale here: www.meitenerife.com

Delirium, the veteran theatre company from the Canary Islands, presents on 3 and 4 September at 8:30 p.m. at Auditorio Capitol in Tacoronte the new première "La buena vecindad. Lo que tú y yo siempre habíamos deseado para nuestra vejez." (The good neighbourliness. What you and I had always wished for in our old age.) This text by Antonio Tabares reflects the alibis, self-delusions, and justifications we daily cling to, as we don't want to face an uncomfortable and implacable reality. Tickets are sold out for both performances of this play directed by Severiano García.

On Sunday 5 September at 7:00 pm at the auditorium of Guía de Isora ends the programme of this first festival week with the second performance of "Bakunin Sauna, an anarchist play". The tickets for this performance are free prior reservation because of the limited capacity. To reserve the tickets, please dial 922 850 100, extension 3303, from Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

The third and last performance of “Bakunin Sauna, an anarchist play”, will take place on 8 September at 8:00 p.m. at Paraninfo de la Universidad de la Laguna. All the information about the shows, the tickets, and the agenda is available at www.meitenerife.com

The 3^rd edition of the MEI Festival runs from 2 September to 6 October in 12 municipalities. It brings 40 performances of 14 shows by 12 different companies from Latinamerica, Spain, and Portugal. This year, the festival venues will be the Paraninfo de la Universidad de La Laguna and those of the municipalities of Adeje, Arona, Candelaria, El Rosario, Guía de Isora, Los Realejos, Puerto de la Cruz, Tacoronte, Tegueste, Vilaflor and El Sauzal.

In addition, during this MEI edition the companies El Galpón and Delirium participate together with other nine companies: three are from Chile (Niño Proletario, Silencio Blanco and Colectivo Cuerpo Sur), Marea Productora (Uruguay), Señor M (Colombia), Diego Casado Rubio (Argentina), Teatro Justo Rufino Garay (Nicaragua), Hotel Europa Teatro (Portugal) and two from the Canary Islands: Ángulo Producciones and Unahoramenos.

‘El Pescador’ (The Fisherman), ‘Nadie lee fuego mientras todo se está quemando´ (Nobody reads fire while everything is burning) and ‘Mutilados en democracia´ (Mutilated in democracy) are premièred in Spain.

The Chilean contemporary theatre companies contributes with two performances to the third MEIedition that will take place between 2 September and 6 October. The Festival is organized by the Tenerife Island Council through the Auditorio de Tenerife, a cultural space linked to the Department of Culture that is managed by the island Minister of Culture, Enrique Arriaga.

The theatrical proposals from Chile are ‘El Pescador’ (The Fisherman), ‘Nadie lee fuego mientras todo se está quemando´ (Nobody reads fire while everything is burning) and ‘Mutilados en democracia´ (Mutilated in democracy), by the respective companies 'Silencio Blanco', 'Niño Proletario' and 'Colectivo Cuerpo Sur'. The first two will be premièred in Europe and ‘Mutilados en democracia´ will be premièred in Spain.

The first play to be on stage will be ‘Pescador’. It can be enjoyed on 15 September at Teatro El Sauzal and on 17 and 18 September at Teatro Timanfaya (Puerto de la Cruz). The play is directed by Santiago Tobar, who also created the puppets. The story delves into the intimate sensation of men working in solitary trades that were confronted with the immensity of nature.  This work deals with those places that are now strange and even foreign to us: a man with his boat and fishing net establishes an invaluable connection with his craft

Puppets, elements and manipulators share a space where the actor's physical work and the manipulation of puppets take a new perspective to investigate and develop the poetics of the company. The puppet claims the courage and heroism of everyone it represents in front of five human bodies with pulse and soul. It is silence in all its forms, it is the dance of silence.

The Chilean theatre company ‘Teatro Niño Proletario’ stages in Tenerife "Nadie lee fuego mientras todo se está quemando", premièred in Europe on the 23 September at the Centro Cultural, Vilaflor. On 24 September it will be staged at the Casa de Juventud, El Chorrillo (El Rosario) and on 25 September at Teatro El Sauzal.

Luis Guenel directs this play where Luz Jiménez and Francisco Medina play the roles of a mother and her son, who are homeless and live on the streets of a society they do not wish to belong to. They decide to confront the situation by performing a poetic act as the last gesture to shed light on a country that lives in darkness.

This play revisits the 2005 production 'Hambre' (Hunger), the company's first creation. It is also inspired by the novel 'Los vigilantes', by Diamela Eltit, a winner of the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 2018. Likewise, it is inspired by the poetry book 'Bonzo', by Maximiliano Andrade, a young Chilean poet, and outstanding illustrator, who also illustrated his book.

The last Chilean proposal during this third MEI edition can be seen on 1 October at teatro Timanfaya, Puerto de la Cruz. The piece 'Mutilados en democracia', by the company ‘Colectivo Cuerpo Sur’, will be performed twice on 1 October in Puerto de la Cruz. It is a Belluard Bollwerk production created with the cultural promotion and contribution of the Fribourg Canton, and with the support of the Pour-cent culturel Migros (2020 Call for Projects).

Ébana Garín Coronel and Luis Guenel direct this documentary theatre project that echoes the Chilean riots when the Chilean government announced an increase in underground fares in October 2019. 'Mutilados en democracia' gives voice to many of the insurgents and mutilated victims of police repression. The timely fresco of the directors is a gesture against neoliberal monstrosity and a call for equality.

´Bakunin Sauna, una obra anarquista´ and ´Ana contra la muerte´ will be premièred for the first time in Spain

The Uruguayan theatre contributes with two performances to the third MEI edition that will take place between 2 September and 6 October. The Festival is organized by the Tenerife Island Council through the Auditorio de Tenerife, a cultural space linked to the Department of Culture that is managed by the island Minister of Culture, Enrique Arriaga. The theatrical proposals from Uruguay are Bakunin Sauna, una obra anarquista (Bakunin Sauna, an anarchist play), and Ana contra la muerte (Ana against death), by the theatre companies Teatro El Galpón and Marea Productora Cultural, respectively. Both pieces will be premièred in Spain.

Teatro El Galpón will open this MEI edition. On 2 September in El Sauzal, where the company stages Bakunin Sauna, una obra anarquista. The production, with text and direction of the text by Santiago Sanguinetti, can be seen on 5 September at the Auditorio de Guía de Isora and on 8 September at the Paraninfo de la Universidad de La Laguna.

This play is politically incorrect. Margarita, an old anarchist who is specialized in cognitive computing, plans to kidnap Ema, IBM's new general manager for Latin America, from a hotel sauna in Las Vegas. Two IBM ex-officers, Rosa and Bernardo, help her together with a computer humanoid that looks like the Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakunin and that is specially programmed for the purpose. However, the action gets out of control.

The second Uruguayan proposal is brought by Marea Productora Cultural: Ana contra la muerte, with four performances on the island. The first performance takes place on 29 September at Auditorio Infanta Leonor (Arona), followed by Teatro El Sauzal (2 and 3 October), to conclude on 6 October at Cine Viejo de Candelaria.

Gabriel Calderón is the actor and director of this play that tells the story of Ana, a woman who understood that she had to resist death as long as she could, and even longer. The chances of death are extremely high. But those of never having been born are by far higher. Every person who is born and lives are not only a miracle of nature through its complex biological mechanisms. He/she is also a statistical miracle since the odds of not being born or of dying quickly have always been our cons.

We reject it because we are the unnatural ones because death is a rule to correct the marvellous exception we are. Death returns us to the statistics, like the minerals and stardust that inhabit worlds where nothing is counted because there is nothing.

Apart from these two Uruguayan proposals, in this edition the following companies also participate: three are from Chile (Niño Proletario, Silencio Blanco and Colectivo Cuerpo Sur), one each from Colombia (4 Paredes), Argentina (Diego Casado), Nicaragua (Teatro Justo Rufino Garay), and Portugal (Hotel Europa Teatro); three are from the Canary Islands (Delirium, Ángulo Producciones and Unahoramenos). The festival venues will be the Paraninfo de la Universidad de La Laguna and those of the municipalities of Adeje, Arona, Candelaria, Guía de Isora, Los Realejos, Puerto de la Cruz, Tacoronte, Vilaflor and El Sauzal.

The municipality hosts and premières in Europe two shows of theatre companies from Chile and Colombia

In September, two cultural venues of El Rosario will host two shows that will be premièred in Europe thanks to the theatre festival 'Muestra Escénica Iberoamericana' (MEI).  The Festival is an initiative organized by the Tenerife Island Council through the Auditorio de Tenerife, a cultural space linked to the Department of Culture that is managed by the island Minister of Culture, Enrique Arriaga. The City Council of El Rosario has already put tickets on sale for both shows: Carta de una desconocida (Letter from a stranger), by the Colombian company Señor M (4 Paredes) and 'Nadie lee fuego mientras todo se está quemando' (Nobody reads fire while everything is burning), by the Chilean company Niño Proletario.

On 16 September the show 'Carta de una desconocida' (Letter from a stranger) will be premièred at the venue 'Casa de la Cultura', in La Esperanza. It is based on an unrequited love story: a man receives a letter from a woman. She tells him how she has loved him since she was a child. She used to watch him through her window and continued to love him throughout her life. It is the story of silent love that she has so far not dared to reveal. Despite the signs, he has failed to discover it. It is a story of loneliness, pain, and hope with small happy moments. 

The play talks about women's privacy, time, hope, and love... It deals with how we construct and idealize ‘the other’ and relationships; it talks about those deep and silent loves that become idyllic and perfect. They live only in the lover's mind and are not deteriorated by use and habit. It deals with sublime loves that last a lifetime. But the story also talks about silence, and how we let ourselves be carried away by a desire for the here and now.

The play ‘Nadie lee fuego mientras todo se está quemando' (Nobody reads fire while everything is burning), will be staged on 24 September at the venue ‘Casa de la Juventud’ in El Chorrillo. A mother and her son are homeless and live on the streets of a society they do not wish to belong to. They decide to confront the situation by performing a poetic act as the last gesture to shed light on a country that lives in darkness.

This play revisits the 2005 production 'Hambre' (Hunger), the company's first creation. It is also inspired by the novel 'Los vigilantes', by Diamela Eltit, a winner of the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 2018. Likewise, it is inspired by the poetry book 'Bonzo', by Maximiliano Andrade, a young Chilean poet, and outstanding illustrator, who also illustrated his book.

Both performances start at 8:00 p.m. Free tickets are available to the public until full capacity is reached. Those interested in attending the show shall reserve their seats by sending an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by dialling the number 922010160 (ext. 1024 for Casa de la Cultura La Esperanza and ext. 3004/3005/1024 for Casa de la Juventud de El Chorrillo). The City Council of El Rosario has established the conditions to get these invitations and the health protocol established for the venues. To check the calendar and information, download it at www.meitenerife.com

The 3^rd edition of the MEI Festival runs from 2 September to 6 October in 12 municipalities. It brings 40 performances of 14 shows by 12 different companies. Of the twelve companies participating in this edition, three are from Chile (Niño Proletario, Silencio Blanco and Colectivo Cuerpo Sur), two from Uruguay (El Galpón and Marea Productora) and one each from Colombia (4 Paredes), Argentina (Diego Casado), Nicaragua (Teatro Justo Rufino Garay), and Portugal (Hotel Europa Teatro); three are from the Canary Islands (Delirium, Ángulo Producciones and Unahoramenos). 

The festival venues will be the Paraninfo de la Universidad de La Laguna and those of the municipalities of Adeje, Arona, Candelaria, Guía de Isora, Los Realejos, Puerto de la Cruz, Tacoronte, Vilaflor and El Sauzal.