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Tickets for Friday’s concert, that closes the Cabildo’s ensemble first phase of the season, are sold out

The Sinfónica de Tenerife, under the Cabildo’s Department of Culture led by councillor Enrique Arriaga, has sold out the tickets for the concert on Friday, the 18th at 7:30 pm at the Auditorio de Tenerife. This is their last concert in the first phase of the season. 

The principal conductor of the Tenerife ensemble, Antonio Méndez, will lead a concert of German Romanticism -with the current reduced orchestra. They will play Serenade nº 1 in D major, op. 11, by Johannes Brahms and Symphony nº 3 in E flat major Renana, op. 97, by Robert Schumann.

In 1858, during his period at the court of Detmolt, Johannes Brahms composed Serenade nº 1 in D major, op. 11 for flute, two clarinets, bassoon, horn, and a string quartet; he would rewrite this version following the advice of Joseph Joachim for a symphonic ensemble. The score is eclectic and is reminiscent of previous authors; in fact, at the beginning, the horn clearly evokes Haydn’s music writings.

The harmonic forms and languages of the German author also recall Mozart, specifically in the minuets, although he does not stray from the Romantic ideal that permeates his work. The adagio, regarded as the climax of this piece, is a passage rich in the wood section alone and its different combinations. 

Robert Schumann composed Symphony nº 3 in E flat major Renana, op. 97 in 1850, just a few years before his death in 1856 and when he was starting a new professional period in Dusseldorf. Chronologically, this composition corresponds to his last symphony and a series of traditional sound elements prevail. This melodic, even folkloric spirit led the score to become widely popular very soon. 

The five-movement structure starts with a very lively theme, a syncopated rhythm in the form of a fanfare. The three central movements evoke different scenes of nature and moods; it then goes into the relaxed atmosphere of the Scherzo and the Intermezzo. The fourth movement is a tribute to the conclusion of the works of Cologne Cathedral, under construction since 1248; it finishes with a coda that recalls the energetic sound of the beginning, with a rhythm and clear music articulation that lend it a feeling of lightness. 

Sinfónica de Tenerife’s principal conductor since the 2018/2019 season, Antonio Méndez, is one of the most sought-after and best-established conductors of his generation. He is has established links with major European orchestras and has conducted international ensembles such as Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Staatskapelle Dresden, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic or Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg.

To enjoy this cultural experience offered by the Cabildo de Tenerife please arrive at the venue with time enough to enter the auditorium gradually. Buying the tickets implies the user unconditionally accepts the contents of the measures implemented by the Auditorio de Tenerife to deal with COVID-19, with no exceptions or reservations, including wearing a face mask or coming only with people you live with.  The measures in full and the AENOR-certified contingency plan are available on Auditorio’s website. Both the GastroMag cafeteria and the car park are open.

The concert includes the world premiere of ‘Sonatina Chinija III’, by composer Gustavo Trujillo, who will present the repertoire

The Ciclo de Cámara of Auditorio de Tenerife, a cultural venue under the Cabildo de Tenerife’s Department of Culture run by councillor Enrique Arriaga, presents the concert Estructuras, in which Quantum Ensemble will play works by Bach, Beethoven and Tenerife composer Gustavo Trujillo. It is taking place on Thursday, the 17th at 7:30 pm in Auditorio de Tenerife’s Sala de Cámara.

The new Quantum Ensemble programme travels across three centuries of music through three works. The concert starts with Cello Suite nº 4 by Johan Sebastian Bach; then they will play the premiere of Sonatina Chinija III, the new creation of Tenerife-born composer Gustavo Trujillo. The concert closes with the performance of Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Trio for clarinet, cello and piano. 

Adolfo Gutiérrez Arenas’s cello is joined by the piano of Gustavo Díaz-Jerez and Cristo Barrios’s clarinet in this concert. Gutiérrez Arenas has a long artistic experience behind him: Premio Ravel in 2002, in 2010 he made his debut with the London Symphony Orchestra and he later worked with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orquesta Nacional de España, Montreal Symphony Orchestra and London and Colombia philharmonics, in addition to playing with top international conductors. 

Also, a group of schoolchildren will enjoy a close experience of this new concert by Quantum Ensemble as they will learn about their work on their visit to the rehearsal of the chamber ensemble. This will be the first time students come to the Auditorio de Tenerife since the health crisis started. The visit will follow all the safety and health measures to make sure their experience is completely safe. 

Quantum Ensemble sticks to their intention of bringing music to the audience by building bonds and meeting points with them. To achieve this, the Estructuras concert will feature composer Gustavo Trujillo, who will explain and contextualize every piece before it is played. 

Tickets can be booked via the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com and by telephone on 902  317 327 Monday to Friday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and Saturdays from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, except holidays. You can also make an appointment to come to the box office on //www.auditoriodetenerife.com/contact-us and on 922 568 625, where they can also answer all your queries Monday to Friday from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, except holidays. Tickets can be bought up to two hours before the show starts, to give us time to finish preparing the auditorium.  

Audience members are kindly asked to come to Auditorio early enough to enter the theatre gradually. On buying the tickets, users accept the measures implemented at this Cabildo cultural centre to tackle COVID-19, such as wearing a face mask or coming only with people you live with. The full measures and the AENOR-certified contingency plan are available on Auditorio’s website. Both the GastroMag and the car park are open to the public. 

Fourteen musicians to perform the creations of seven young composers. Admission to this event is free

The Auditorio de Tenerife, a venue under the Cabildo de Tenerife’s Department of Culture run by councillor Enrique Arriaga, welcomes the concert “Estrenos de Composición” [Composition Premieres] by Tenerife students of the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Canarias on Sunday, the 13th at 7:30 pm, in the Sala de Cámara. Admission is free. 

Fourteen musicians will perform seven compositions to be played for the first time on Sunday, at this regular meeting with young talents. Students of the first, second and third years of Composition are taking part in the concert. 

The recital starts with the work by first year students: L’autunno, by Luigi Ciammariconi González; La inquietante vida del estudiante, by Basilio Gómez Navarro, and Evocaciones, by Felipe Ángel Hernández Ruiz.

Then comes the piece Batbin & Roman, penned by Jacob González Marrero, the flute and piano duo Volver a respirar by Adrián Denis Oliva Rodríguez and Piu by Tadeo Martín Ramos, all of whom are in the second year. Finally, Marta Hernández Yanes, of the third year, with her work Lázuli.

Fourteen musicians will play these composition premieres: Mario Alessandro Astone (cello), Rosa Elena Padilla Martín (viola), Francisco Jesús Espinel Gutiérrez (violin), Dario Marongiu (violin), Ángel Cortés Ramos (piano), Carmen Delia Perdomo Amaral (flute), Jesús Ignacio Lorenzo Santiago (tuba), Moisés del Rosario García (trombone), Keila Arocha Hernández (horn), Francisco José Rodríguez Afonso (trumpet), Adexe Guillermo Alayón Mora (trumpet), Ángel de Jesús Bermúdez Rodríguez (flute), Antonio Kabbabe (piano) and Helena Pozo Medina (piano).

Audience members are kindly asked to come to Auditorio early enough to enter the theatre gradually. You will be requested to give your personal details in compliance with the health authorities’ guidelines. Once the show has started, you cannot leave the theatre until it finishes. On buying the tickets, users accept the measures implemented at this Cabildo cultural centre to tackle COVID-19, such as wearing a face mask properly and at all times or coming only with people you live with. The full measures and the AENOR-certified contingency plan are available on Auditorio’s website. Both the GastroMag and the car park are open to the public. 

El plazo para la solicitud de la devolución del importe de las entradas adquiridas para los espectáculos cancelados por la crisis sanitaria finaliza el próximo martes 15 de diciembre de 2020.

The show, to take place on Saturday, features Italian music director Sesto Quatrini leading Sinfónica de Tenerife

Auditorio de Tenerife, under the Cabildo de Tenerife’s Department of Culture run by councillor Enrique Arriaga, presents the Opera Gala, Ópera de Tenerife’s third title in the 2020/2021 season. The show, which is taking place on Saturday, the 12th at 7:30 pm at Auditorio de Tenerife’s Sala Sinfónica features tenor José Bros, soprano Raquel Lojendio and mezzo soprano María José Montiel.

The councillor of Culture revealed the details of the gala along with the singers and Sesto Quatrini, who is to lead the Sinfónica de Tenerife. Arriaga announced that “tickets are sold out” and pointed out that “Auditorio de Tenerife is one of the few international theatres to keep active, offering a fully safe cultural programme, as this third opera title will show”.

José Bros stated that “it’s a pleasure to be in Tenerife with this wonderful crew who works to make sure everything meets the highest standards”. “I thank the work of those who don’t get to be seen, especially our stage manager, who looks after us more than ever to make sure rehearsals are safe; we must be prudent and do our part too”. Lastly, he asked for the audience’s support, “I am myself a consumer of culture and have not stopped going to the theatre”. Bros said goodbye revealing that “the gala is going to be full of great emotions, a balm for the soul of every spectator”.

Tenerife-born Raquel Lojendio is “delighted to be back on my island to sing”. As an artist, Lojendio explained that “an open theatre in the current circumstances means that there is intelligence and sensitivity behind it and Auditorio de Tenerife proves that it can be done”. That is why she asks for the audience’s support because “What can be better than filling our time with beauty?”.

María José Montiel is delighted to be at Ópera de Tenerife for the first time, as her engagements have made it impossible up till now; she feels at ease with the other singers: “We’ve sung together many times”. The mezzo soprano, who sang at the Auditorio fifteen years ago in a festival, said that “this is a time to defend culture because we just can’t remain in darkness: we’ve all fed on culture during this period, be it a book, a TV series or online concerts”.

The musical director was grateful for being at Ópera de Tenerife, a presence that was forged two years ago with a project that had to be postponed. Quatrini talked about the programme, “where Donizetti and Puccini feature prominently”. “Although opera emerged in Italy, it’s a European product and we must support it”, Quatrini explained. He also shared that his agent died from COVID-19 last March, something that has deeply affected him. “My only wish is that we go back to normal soon and that theatres can be full of people again”, the maestro said, to then add that “theatres are safe places, more than a shopping centre or even our homes”.

The repertoire includes arias of L’elisir d’amore, La bohéme, Carmen or La traviata, created by composers like Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Puccini, Georges Bizet and Giuseppe Verdi, among others.

The Sinfónica will open the gala with Donizetti’s Sinfonia de Don Pasquale. It will then be the time for the singers, who will first sing solo. Bros will interpret the famous aria Una furtiva lagrima of L'elisir d'amore, again by Donizetti; then Lojendio will sing Quando men vo of Puccini’s La bohème, and O mio Fernando of La favorita, by Donizetti in Montiel’s voice.

The programme continues with Donna reale... Un lampo, un lampo orribile by Roberto Devereux, Donizetti; Intermezzo of Suor Angelica, Puccini; Viens, Mallika... Sous le dôme épais of Lakmé, Delibes; Preludio acto III of Edgar, Puccini; È la solita storia del pastore of L’arlesiana, Cilea; Preludio, L'abbandono and La tregenda de Le Villi, Puccini; Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix de Samson et Dalila, Saint-Saëns; Ecco: respiro appena… Io son l’umile ancella” of Adriana Lecouvreur, Cilea; C’est toi, c’est moi of Carmen, Bizet; and Libiam ne’ lieti calici of La traviata, Verdi.

On the stage of Sala Sinfónica the musicians, singers and conductor will comply with all the safety measures to give the audience a wonderful show. The superb new acoustic shell at Auditorio de Tenerife, is made of module panels that will reflect the performance of some of the best opera arias towards the audience. 

Audience members are kindly asked to come to Auditorio early enough to enter the theatre gradually. On buying the tickets, users accept the measures implemented at this Cabildo cultural centre to tackle COVID-19, such as wearing a face mask properly and at all times or coming only with people you live with. The full measures and the AENOR-certified contingency plan are available on Auditorio’s website. Both the GastroMag and the car park are open to the public. 

The jazz flamenco show is sold out

The Ciclo de Jazz of Auditorio de Tenerife, a cultural venue under the Cabildo de Tenerife’s Department of Culture run by councillor Enrique Arriaga, welcomes a concert by Chano Domínguez tomorrow [Thursday, the 10th] at 7:30 pm at the Sala de Cámara. Tickets are sold out.

Chano Domínguez will sit at Auditorio de Tenerife’s piano to give a jazz flamenco concert, a genre for which Domínguez has been creating timeless art for years. The Andalusian musician won the Nacional de las Músicas Actuales award in 2020, which confirms him as the most influential musician in the jazz flamenco scene in the past four decades. He has also been awarded the 2020 CIFU.

In 2020 Domínguez has prepared a series of collaborations with great jazz artists including Hamilton de Holanda, a Brazilian virtuoso and mandolin musician.

Chano’s recent works also include a CD recorded with singer Martirio de España titled A Bola de Nieve and produced by Universal Music España in 2019. It is a piano duo of Martirio and Domínguez based on the repertoire of the great Cuban singer, pianist, and composer Bola de Nieve, one of the finest musicians on the island. Chano Domínguez recently released an album Live Piano Solo (The Other, 2020), recorded from two live sessions in 2015 in Madrid.

Audience members are kindly asked to come to Auditorio early enough to enter the theatre gradually. On buying the tickets, users accept the measures implemented at this Cabildo cultural centre to tackle COVID-19, such as wearing a face mask properly and at all times or coming only with people you live with. The full measures and the AENOR-certified contingency plan are available on Auditorio’s website. Both the GastroMag and the car park are open to the public. 

Auditorio de Tenerife‘s Sala Sinfónica will also welcome a revival of ´Bending the Walls´

Auditorio de Tenerife, a cultural venue under the Cabildo de Tenerife’s Department of Culture led by councillor Enrique Arriaga, premieres Kick the bucket on Sunday, the 6th at 8:30 pm. This new piece in the repertoire of Lava Compañía de Danza is penned by choreographer Iván Pérez. Fernando Hernando Magadan’s Bending the Walls will also be performed. This show is part of the Special 2020 Festival de las Artes del Movimiento FAM.

Kick the bucket is a duet by creator Iván Pérez, artistic director of Dance Theater Heidelberg (Germany), adapted for Lava Compañía de Danza, a project of Auditorio de Tenerife. Physicality and emotion come together in this piece that is performed by dancers Amanda Rubio and Emiliana Battista Marino.

Fernando Hernando Magadan’s Bending the Walls comes next. An exploration of the world of restrictions and limitations in the search for happiness, freedom and understanding. Through this piece, the physical and psychological limits of the individual and the surrounding world are explored. It is a metaphor about the psychological, physical, and emotional forces human beings can approach in order to reach beyond palpable reality, overcome sorrow and escape into the world of the imagination. 

Tickets can be booked via the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com

and by telephone on 902 317 327 Monday to Friday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and Saturdays from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, except holidays. You can also make an appointment to come to the box office on www.auditoriodetenerife.com

and on 922 568 625, where they can also answer all your queries Monday to Friday from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, except holidays.

Audience members are kindly asked to come to Auditorio early enough to enter the theatre gradually. On buying the tickets, users accept the measures implemented at this Cabildo cultural centre to tackle COVID-19, such as wearing a face mask or coming only with people you live with. The full measures and the AENOR-certified contingency plan are available on Auditorio’s website. Both the GastroMag and the car park are open to the public. 

The orchestra will play its programme in addition to its outreach and family shows

The Sinfónica de Tenerife, under the Culture Department of the Cabildo Insular de Tenerife, presents the second part of the 2020/21 season, which includes twelve concerts and two learning programmes for schoolchildren and families and is to take place from February to June. The details were revealed by the councillor of culture, Enrique Arriaga, and the island director of culture of the Cabildo de Tenerife, Alejandro Krawietz.

The councillor pointed out that “Auditorio de Tenerife is one of the few European venues to have kept its activity, at all times meeting all the measures established to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which are certified by AENOR”. “We hope you can all enjoy the concerts we have prepared, although there could be some changes, depending on how the health crisis develops”, Arriaga explained and then added that “many of these works are being played by the orchestra for the first time and one of them, on 12 February, is a world premiere”.

Alejandro Krawietz stated that “at the Cabildo we are very proud that cultural activity can go on, as it is one of the sectors that is proving to be exemplary in the strict fulfilment of measures, and has not caused, as far as we are aware, any cases of contagion”. The first concert of this phase is to take place on 12 February, “with a nod to Carnival”, the island director revealed, to then explain that “the programme on 26 March will take place at the Auditorio de Tenerife and we are trying to arrange a previous session on the 25^th at La Laguna Cathedral, although this would depend on how the pandemic develops”.

Regarding concerts for schoolchildren, Krawietz said that if students cannot come to Auditorio de Tenerife because of the health crisis, the shows will be recorded so that students can work on them along with the usual teaching resources. 

The full programme is available to see and download on  http://sinfonicadetenerife.es. Tickets will be on sale in December for the February, March and April concerts and you can choose from the following packages: Winter Pack 6 (includes all the concerts in February, March and April); Winter Pack 3 (includes three selected concerts in February, March and April); standard tickets will also be available. 

Ticket sale will be done according to the following order: from 10 to 17 December for 2019-2020 subscribers and from 18 December, the general public.

The Auditorio de Tenerife will continue to apply, during the second part of the season, the safety measures that led them to obtain the AENOR certification, which supports their effectiveness. That is why programmes will continue to be adapted to the new requirements, which include: reduced seating capacity, no intermission, keeping a social distance both on the stage and in the stalls, compulsory use of face mask and temperature checks.  

Concerts

Sinfónica de Tenerife’s honorary conductor, Víctor Pablo Pérez, will lead the orchestra on 12 February, the seventh subscription concert of the 2020/21 season. The repertoire includes The Carnival of the Animals by C. Saint-Saëns featuring pianists Miguel Ángel Dionis and Javier Lanis, with a script and narration by Antonia San Juan; and Tenerife en Carnaval and the premiere of a  medley titled Esto es Carnaval by several authors, with orchestration by Tenerife composer Agustín Ramos. These pieces pay tribute to the most international festival of the island. 

On 26 February, conductor Lucía Marín and the winner of the XIX Concurso de Piano de Santander, Dmytro Choni, will play Piano Concerto nº 2 in F minor, op. 21 by F. F. Chopin; Rimas infantiles by M. Rodrigo and Z. Kodaly’s Dances of Galánta.

March includes a concert session at the Auditorio de Tenerife conducted by Sinfónica de Tenerife honorary conductor, Víctor Pablo Pérez. The show also features the Coral Reyes Bartlet and soloists Igor Peral -tenor- and Mark Stone -baritone- to perform Messa di gloria by P. Mascagni. The programme is rounded off withDona nobis pacem by J. Durán. 

Three concerts will be played in April. In the first one, on the 9^th, Nuno Coelho will conduct Violin Concerto in D major, op. 61 by L. V. Beethoven featuring violinist Stefan Jackiw as guest soloist, and Symphony nº 1 in C minor, op. 68 by J. Brahms.

The Tenerife ensemble will play under the baton of Perry So on the 16th the pieces Eight instrumental miniatures by I. Stravinski; Variations on a Rococo theme, op. 33 by P. I. Chaikovski with cellist Pablo Ferrández, Resident Artist in 2020; plus A. Borodin’s Symphony nº 2 in B minor.

On the 30th, Jiri Rozen will play Violin Concerto in A minor, op. 53 by A. Dvorak featuring Arabella Steinbacher as solo violinist and Symphony nº 7 in A major, op. 92 by L.V. Beethoven.

On 7 May, the principal conductor of Sinfónica de Tenerife, Antonio Méndez, will conduct a new concert that presents Symphony nº 9 in E flat major, op. 70 by D. Shostakovich and Symphony nº 2 in E flat major, op. 63* by E. Elgar.

Karl-Heinz Steffens’s baton will lead Tenerife’s ensemble on 21 May in a concert featuring violinist Viviane Hagner as soloist to play Violin Concerto nº 2 in G minor, op. 63 by S. Prokofiev, an overture by Mozart and Le bourgeois gentilhomme, TrV 228c, op.60 by R. Strauss.

On Friday, 28 May, Víctor Pablo Pérez presents a programme that includes Piano Concerto nº 1 in E minor, op.11 by F. Chopin and Symphony nº 2 in D major, op. 43 by J. Sibelius, in which Rafal Blechacz will be guest soloist. This programme is one of those that had to be cancelled when the health crisis started. 

Sponsored by Fundación Jesús Serra and conducted by Jaume Santonja, on 4 June Sinfónica de Tenerife will perform Piano Concerto nº 3 in D minor, op. 30 by S. Rachmaninov; Alen by E. Soutullo and winner of the X Premio de Composición Musical AEOS-Fundación BBVA; and The firebird: Suite (version 1919) by I. Stravinski. The guest soloist will be the winner of the María Canals Competition (2019), Daumants Liepins.

Alexander Shelley will lead the Cabildo’s Orchestra on 11 June, featuring violinist Emmanuel Tjeknavorian and resident artist cellist Pablo Ferrández, to play Violin and Cello Concerto in A minor, op. 102 by J. Brahms and Symphony nº6 by L. van Beethoven.

The closing concert of the season will be conducted by Antonio Méndez and will include pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard as soloist to perform Piano Concerto in D major (left hand) by M. Ravel. The programme is rounded off with Don Juan, TrV 156, op.20 by R. Strauss; and Piano Quartet in G minor, op. 25 by Brahms/Schoenberg.

Under the title Cuando el río suena… Música lleva, the island ensemble led by   Ignacio García Vidal, promotes a new round of Conciertos para Escolares y Familias, which are part of their Outreach Programme. These concerts will take place from 3 to 6 February and are aimed at Primary School children and families. The voice of narrator Ana Hernández Sanchíz, will follow the plot of a libretto that includes works by Dvorak, Smetana, Beethoven or Vivaldi.

Beethoven y otros heroes [Beethoven and other heroes], is aimed at Secondary School students and families. It will take place from 12 to 15 May and will feature conductor Irene Gómez Calado and narrator Ana Hernández Sanchíz to unfold a selection of works by the German composer, including Coriolan Overture, Egmont Overture, Leonora Overture or Symphony nº 3 Eroica.

Auditions, which will be finally held online due to the current situation, will provide the cast for ´Il matrimonio segreto´

Auditorio de Tenerife, a cultural venue under the Cabildo de Tenerife’s Department of Culture run by councillor Enrique Arriaga, is managing the auditions for the eighth Ópera de Tenerife’s Opera (e)Studio, which will be finally carried out online. A total of 195 singers aged between 20 and 32 of 36 different nationalities aim to join the academy, which this season is putting on Il matrimonio segreto by Domenico Cimarosa, a coproduction led by Auditorio de Tenerife with Teatro Regio di Parma and Teatro Massimo di Palermo.

“The selection process is now open. It was very well received and there is a large number of candidates for the cast of this academy”, said the Cabildo’s councillor of Culture, Enrique Arriaga. “Due to Covid restrictions, auditions this year will not be in person but this does not mean a rigorous test calendar cannot be arranged”, said the councillor, who also encouraged all the candidates and wished them luck. 

The singers chosen will start their training in January at this comprehensive training academy for young artists that is directed by Giulio Zappa. This time they will perform Il matrimonio segreto in Auditorio de Tenerife’s Sala Sinfónica on 18, 19, 20 and 21 March 2021. Twelve singers will be chosen for six different roles as there are two casts (two artists per role) each performing twice. 

Sopranos enter for the role of Carolina and Elisetta: 77 have registered for Carolina, 28 of whom also aspire to the role of Elisetta, while 54 singers entered for the part of Elisseta, with again 28 of them also auditioning for Carolina. A total of 29 mezzo sopranos hope to become Fidalma and 22 tenors would like to be Paolino. Robinson and Geronimo are to be played by bass baritones: 30 men have opted to enter for Robinson, 8 of whom are also auditioning for the role of Geronimo, while 18 hope to play Geronimo, with again 8 auditioning for Robinson too.

This year, most of the candidates are Italian (89 singers), followed by Spaniards (34). French (7), Japanese (7), Chilean (6), Polish (5), Portuguese (5), German (4), North American (3) and Russian (3), among many others.

Il matrimonio segreto will have Davide Levi as musical director to lead Sinfónica de Tenerife, that coproduces with Ópera de Tenerife. As for stage director, Auditorio de Tenerife has proposed Roberto Catalano, who works with stage designer Emanuele Sinisi, costume designer Ilaria Ariemme and lighting designer Fiammetta Baldiserri.

Tests were meant to take place between 11 and 19 May 2020 but the health crisis forced us to postpone them to November and December in Spain (Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Madrid) and Italy (Parma and Palermo). However, due to the current situation we have finally opted for online auditioning with candidates sending a video to the assessment committee.  

When this change was announced the application period was extended, which was an incentive to Latin and North American singers who, under normal circumstances, do not usually come to auditions. So, although live tests cannot be experienced, new opportunities have emerged. Registered candidates must deliver their videos before 15 December 2020. All the information on the process is available on www.operaestudio.eu.

The aim of this programme for young artists is to provide holistic, highly specialized training in international opera singing, acting as showcase and springboard for many of them. Ópera (e)Studio also highlights the Auditorio de Tenerife’s technical production, having been recognised by the European Commission’s Creative Europe scheme, which shows the development, sustainability, job creation and training in 2019 and 2020.

El 17 de diciembre tendrá lugar un seminario web bajo el lema ‘Música en comunidad: participación, inclusión y bienestar’

Auditorio de Tenerife, centro dependiente del Área de Cultura del Cabildo de Tenerife que dirige el consejero Enrique Arriaga, organiza el Encuentro ROCE Tenerife 2020, de la Red de Organizadores de Conciertos Educativos y Sociales, bajo el lema Música en comunidad: participación, inclusión y bienestar. El evento cuenta con una parte de visionado de conferencias internacionales y otro de puesta en común con un seminario web el 17 de diciembre a las 15:00 horas, al que se puede asistir presencialmente en Auditorio de Tenerife.

El consejero de Cultura del Cabildo, Enrique Arriaga, ha indicado que “es fundamental, en el mundo de la cultura, trabajar en red y esta iniciativa es un claro ejemplo de que desde el Cabildo de Tenerife tenemos presente esta prioridad” y añadió que “el Encuentro ROCE materializa las necesidades de la unión entre cultura y educación, y consolida estas redes acercando a todos los actores detalles y aspectos a tener en cuenta en el desarrollo de la puesta en práctica de las actividades educativas y sociales”.

Profesionales de la música, investigadores, musicólogos, responsables de colectivos sociales, educadores, trabajadores sociales, mediadores culturales, psicólogos, pedagogos, psicopedagogos y demás personas interesadas pueden inscribirse al evento de forma online y gratuita hasta el próximo 7 de diciembre a través de la web www.rocemusica.org.

Lee Higgins, director del Centro Internacional de Música Comunitaria sede en St John York University; Alicia de Bánffy-Hall, de la Universidad de Eichstätt-Ingolstadt y autora del libro The development of community music in Munich, y María Claudia Parias, presidenta de la Fundación Batuta y vicepresidenta de ISPA serán los ponentes principales de esta edición del Encuentro ROCE.

Desde la web de ROCE se ofrecerá a los participantes inscritos materiales para visionar de forma independiente hasta el día del seminario web, entre los cuales podrán encontrar estas conferencias previstas; los conversatorios entre los ponentes y Alberto Cabedo, de la Universidad Jaume I; Nicolás Barbieri, de la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, y José Luis Rivero, director artístico de Auditorio de Tenerife; mesas territoriales y las comunicaciones que se hayan presentado.

El objetivo de este encuentro es conocer, converger y proponer un punto de partida sobre futuros proyectos y estrategias comunes en este ámbito. El XI Encuentro ROCE pretende reflexionar acerca de los retos actuales que la música plantea en relación a los desafíos sociales contemporáneos dotando de herramientas a la ciudadanía para fomentar un acercamiento crítico y activo a la música.

The show, which was enjoyed by over 1,000 people last week, will be on in Bolonga, Oviedo and Sevilla

The councillor of Culture of Cabildo de Tenerife, Enrique Arriaga, was present at the striking down of the Lucrezia Borgia set. The opera was enjoyed by over 1,000 people last week and is now travelling to its coproduction theatres in Bologna, Oviedo, and Seville. Arriaga highlighted that “we make excellent cultural productions in Tenerife which are then exported to other countries, like this show in which, in stage design alone, more than 20 companies were involved”.

The councillor explained that “this production, made in Tenerife and led by Auditorio de Tenerife, is now on the market and Latin American theatres have expressed an interest in it and we expect to close deals with them shortly”. Arriaga watched as the set was dismantled to then be carried to containers. 

Jorge Cabrera, technical production manager of Auditorio de Tenerife, said that “dismantling usually takes several days but thanks to the theatre’s technological means and the ability of workers, it’s done in just two days”. “When the show ended on Saturday, striking began and it finishes today, Monday, as we have to prepare the stage for Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife’s rehearsal tomorrow”, he said.

This Lucrezia Borgia by Gaetano Donizetti is a co-production led by Ópera de Tenerife (Auditorio de Tenerife opera scheme) with Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Ópera de Oviedo and Teatro de la Maestranza de Sevilla.

Stage director Silvia Paoli transfers the opera to Mussolini’s fascist Italy to reinforce the sense of oppression and claustrophobia the story suggests, specifically setting it in a slaughterhouse, which is recreated on the stage with a wealth of details by stage designer Andrea Belli, costumes by Valeria Donata Bettella and Alessandro Carletti’s lighting design.

The Coro de Ópera de Tenerife, was conducted by Carmen Cruz, and Sinfónica de Tenerife under the baton of Andriy Yurkevych, musical director Teatr Wielki Opera Norodowa (Polish National Opera), one of the most sought-after conductors internationally. 

The leading role, Lucrezia Borgia, was played by Canarian soprano Yolanda Auyanet, who was joined by internationally successful tenor Antonino Siragusa as Gennaro, bass Simone Alberghini playing Alfonso I d’Este, Duca di Ferrara, mezzosoprano Na’ama Goldman as Maffio Orsini, tenor Jorge Franco in the role of Jeppo Liverotto; bass Pablo Gálvez as Don Aposto Gazella, bass Daniele Terenzi as Ascanio Petrucci, tenor David Astorga playing Oloferno Vitellozzo, bass Borja Molina as Gubetta, tenor Mario Méndez as Rustighello and bass Eugenio Di Lieto as Astolfo.

Lucrezia Borgia is a melodrama in a prologue and two acts with music by Donizetti and libretto by Felice Romani. It is based on a drama, with the same title, by French writer Victor Hugo, loosely inspired by the historical figure of Lucrezia Borgia. It was premiered at the Teatro alla Scala de Milan on 26 December 1833. The composer looks deeply into the morbid legend of Pope Alessandro VI’s daughter who grew up in a family surrounded by rumours of incest, adultery, infidelity, betrayal, murder, and horror, creating a strong psychological portrait of a powerful but fragile woman.

As tickets for Friday, 4 December are sold out, the Cabildo de Tenerife presents an additional concert on Thursday, the 3rd 

Sinfónica de Tenerife, under the Cabildo de Tenerife’s Department of Culture run by councillor Enrique Arriaga, is giving two performances of its fifth programme, on Thursday, [3 December] and Friday, [the 4th]. They are both at 7:30 pm in Auditorio de Tenerife. The orchestra’s honorary conductor, Víctor Pablo Pérez, will lead the ensemble that also features violinist Nemanja Radulovic as guest soloist. 

The Cabildo’s orchestra will play Violin Concerto nº 3 in G major Strassburg, K 216, by Wolfgang A. Mozart, and Symphony nº 3 in E flat major Eroica, op. 55, by Ludwig V. Beethoven.

As tickets for the concert on Friday are sold out, there is now a concert on Thursday too. The new tickets can be booked via the usual channels, on www.auditoriodetenerife.com or calling 902 317 327 Monday to Friday from  10:00 am to 5:00 pm and Saturdays from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, except holidays.  You can also booked them by making an appointment to come to the box office in the same opening hours as above. Make your appointment on https://auditoriodetenerife.com/contact-us and on 922 568 625, Monday to Friday from  10:00 am to 2:00 pm, except holidays.

To enjoy this musical experience audience members are kindly asked to come to Auditorio early enough to enter the theatre gradually and fulfil the measures implemented by Auditorio de Tenerife to tackle COVID-19, such as wearing a face mask properly and at all times or coming only with people you live with. Please see the AENOR-certified contingency plan on Auditorio’s website. 

Violin Concerto nº 3 in G major Strassburg, K 216, by Wolfgang A. Mozart, was written during his period as konzertmeister for the archbishop of Salzburg, after visiting Italy to study the country’s violin scores. This concert, considered to have great purity, has an elegant, light manufacture that strings together different themes, ideas and ornaments. 

The initial Allegro starts charmingly and brilliantly with a theme from his opera Il re pastore. The dialogue between oboes and violins introduces the second theme, a feature that is repeated in the Adagio. The concert ends with a frenchified Rondo, where Mozart introduces effects with playful triplets, pizzicatti, and even popular melodies. 

Symphony nº 3 in E flat major Eroica, op. 55, by Ludwig V. Beethoven was premiered in 1805 and its name comes from the admiration the composer felt for the moral, political, and humanist values of the French Revolution. Regarded as a piece that shows the transition towards Romanticism, this score gives us a glimpse of the turbulent personal times experienced by the composer, who was already profoundly deaf. 

From the first movement, an Allegro with spirit, Beethoven includes many dramatic motifs. The development of the piece includes a noteworthy energetic Scherzo, a new formula that would become his most characteristic symbol, to then culminate in a Finale in the same line, full of vitalism.

Violinist Nemanja Radulovic returns to the island after playing with Sinfónica de Tenerife for the last time in April 2013. The maestro was born in Serbia in 1985 and studied at Belgrade’s Faculty of the Arts and Music. After furthering his studies in Germany and at Paris Conservatoire, he won the Victoires de la musique classique’s International Revelation of the Year in 2005. He also won at the Joseph Joachim International Competition in Hannover, the George Enescu in Bucharest, the Stradivarius in Cremona, and the Echo Klassik in 2015.

In 2019 he made his debut in the BBC Proms with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and Kirill Karabits, playing Barber. His next engagements include a European tour with the Russian State Academic Symphony and Andrey Boreyko; his debut with the Gothenburg Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony, Dusseldorf Symphony, RTE National Symphony Dublin, and Orchestre Philharmonique in Strasbourg.