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Alejandro Krawietz pointed out that this Opera (e)Studio edition has seen a record participation

Tenerife's Island Council presents the opera Il matrimonio segreto, by Domenico Cimarosa. It will be performed from March 18^th to 21^st in the Symphonic Hall of Auditorio de Tenerife. This opera is a co-production with Teatro Reggio di Parma and Teatro Massimo di Palermo, both of which will host it during the 2021/22 season. The staging is set in the 1950s and takes place in a New York bakery. The opera will be performed by the twelve singers who comprise the eighth class of Opera (e)Studio, a comprehensive learning project organised by Ópera de Tenerife.

The details of this production were announced today [Thursday 11] by Alejandro Krawietz, Island’s Director of Culture, and Giulio Zappa, Artistic Director of Opera (e)Studio; Roberto Catalano, Stage Director and Davide Levi, Conductor. Details were announced during an informative event at which all twelve singers who will star during the four performances were also present.

According to the Island's Director of Culture "the programme has a comprehensive character in the operatic field", qualifying it as a highlight during this season of Opera de Tenerife. Krawietz explained the difficulties inherent in this edition due to the pandemic. He also pointed out that "during their stay on the island, the twelve singers undergo a learning process with a very intense professional pace". He also declared that "singers were chosen through an international call for applications, which attracted 195 candidates, a record number in all editions that have been held".

Giulio Zappa, Artistic Director, stressed the importance of this project in which almost hundred singers have participated over the last eight years. He thanked the whole team for their involvement in bringing this work to fruition. He also hoped that "the singers will always remember this time in Tenerife, despite the fact that this year has been a bit peculiar due to the health situation"; he was confident that this experience will be "important and fun for their life and professional career".

Roberto Catalano, Stage Director of Il matrimonio segreto, said he was "very happy to be here during this peculiar historical moment. “We have made a team effort and I thank everyone for making me feel at home. Davide Levi, Conductor, emphasised that "the Symphony Orchestra of Tenerife is doing a marvellous job". He also valued how "incredible" it is to offer a concert with audience under these circumstances, so "I am very fortunate to be part of this project".

Catalan singer Jan Antem spoke on behalf of his colleagues. "It is a challenge to perform this opera because it has a very peculiar style," said the Spanish baritone. He added that "the experience in Tenerife has been very pleasant" and also recognises that he is fulfilling a dream by being able to perform this same title in Italy, namely "in two theatres with a long tradition", such as Teatro Reggio di Parma and Teatro Massimo di Palermo.

Il matrimonio segreto is set in New York in the 1950s, where Geronimo & Co. patisserie specialising in babàs (a typical sweet from Naples) is run by an Italian who misses his hometown. His youngest daughter, Carolina, has secretly married Paolino, a delivery boy at the bakery, and both dream of starring in Broadway musicals. Geronimo's idea is to marry off his daughters to noblemen. This will lead to the plot development, which was originally set in 18th century in Bologna.

The young artists are Giulia Mazzola (Italy), Veronika Seghers (Germany), Eleonora Nota (Italy), Marilena Ruta (Italy), Mara Gaudenzi (Italy), Claire Gascoin (France), Bekir Serbest (Turkey), Antonio Mandrillo (Italy), Ignas Melnikas (Lithuania), Francesco Leone (Italy), Jan Antem (Spain) and Ramiro Maturana (Chile). In addition to Roberto Catalano and Davide Levi, the staff is rounded up with Emanuele Sinisi as set designer; Ilaria Ariemme as costume designer and Fiammetta Baldiserri as lighting director.

Opera (e)Studio is a project of Ópera de Tenerife whose aim is to train singers after a process of comprehensive artistic improvement that began last January. During this multi-purpose initiative, artists work on multiple aspects, from different techniques of musical interpretation to stage performance; style, diction, body language or dramaturgy, which will alternate with sessions resembling the real professional pace of a theatre: costume tests, make-up and rehearsals with the orchestra.  

Tickets for any of the four performances can be purchased until two hours before the concert 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 to combat Coronavirus, 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 the Auditorium’s website.

Cast and Crew

Art Director of Opera (e)Studio: Giulio Zappa

Conductor: Davide Levi

Stage Director: Roberto Catalano

Choreographer: Sandhya Nagaraja

Scenic Designer: Emanuele Sinisi

Assistant Scenic Designer: Francesca Sgariboldi

Costume Designer: Ilaria Ariemme

Lighting Designer: Fiammetta Baldiserri

Coproduced by: Auditorio de Tenerife, Teatro Reggio di Parma and Massimo di Palermo

Symphony Orchestra of Tenerife

Figurants 

The following dancers of "Centro Internacional de Danza de Tenerife" take part in all four performances: Tania Peña, Olaya Hernández, Víctor Rodríguez, Guillermo Vera and Eduardo Díez, as well as the actor Juan Pablo Domínguez.

The concert 'Cantamos' will start at 7:30 pm and offer a varied repertoire under the direction of Roxana Schmunk

Auditorio de Tenerife is a cultural space linked to the Department of Culture of Tenerife Island Council that is managed by the councillor of Culture Enrique Arriaga. This Saturday [13] at 7:30 pm its Youth Choir will offer the concert Cantamos. Tickets are on sale at a general price of three euros. The Youth Choir of Auditorio de Tenerife, under the conduction of Roxana Schmunk, returns to stage with this show. The varied repertoire they will offer will serve as a welcome back message of young choristers to the public. 

The concert will begin with Ubi Caritas by Ola Gjeilo, followed by Arrorró arranged by Beatriz Corona and O Love by Elaine Hagenberg. It will continue with Cuando te beso, by Juan Luis Guerra and arrangements by César A. Carrillo, featuring the tenor Andrés Misle; The Seal Lullaby, by Rudyard Kipling and Erik Whitacre. 

The programme will continue with Como la cigarra, by María Elena Walsh, arranged by Beatriz Corona; The Music’s Always There With You by John Rutter; O Lux Beatissima, by Howard Helvey; Ecce Novum, by Ola Gjeilo with Yulissa Hernández as violinist.

The Youth Choir will then sing Leonard Russell's ‘A Song For You’, arranged by Mac Huff and featuring soprano Laura Picar and tenor Cristian Bartolomé; His Light In Us, by Kim A. Andersen; Vida, vida, by Francisco Céspedes arranged by César A. Carrillo and featuring mezzo-soprano Rozied Correa; Bring Me Little Water arranged by Mora Smiley, with contralto Yolanda Pascual. 

The repertoire concludes with Only In Sleep, by Sara Teasdale and Ēriks Ešenvalds, featuring sopranos Alba Egido and Sophie León, and it will end with John Rutter's The Lord Bless You.

Tickets can be purchased until two hours before the concert 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 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 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 the Auditorium’s website.

The Youth Choir of Auditorio de Tenerife was created in 2016 as part of the Educational and Social Area of Auditorio de Tenerife, a public institution of Tenerife's Island Council. It is comprised by some thirty voices of young people who are between 16 and 30 years old under the direction of Roxana Schmunk. The choir is already a reference in the choral culture of the Canary Islands.

The Youth Choir has been internationally endorsed by five gold medals and two special jury awards achieved at the European Choir Games (Sweden, 2019), and at the Festival Coros de Verão of Lisbon (Portugal, 2017 and 2018). It has also won the first prize at the Canary Islands Choral Singing Competition (Spain, 2017). Year after year, the Youth Choir increases its track record with each challenge it overcomes.

With an innovative staging, the Youth Choir performs a wide variety of themes and musical styles, from sacred music to classical compositions and contemporary music. Despite the sanitary crisis, the choir has continued its activity and with online training. It has even released two video clips: O Love and Si pudiera.

Their weekly rehearsals are carried out during this season under strict safety and hygiene measures. Singers use pedagogical dynamics that link emotion and art, musical knowledge, vocal techniques and corporal expression, placing special emphasis on the real union between its members to achieve harmony and transmits a unique chromatic sound.

Enrique Arriaga states that "this tool will facilitate recruiting municipal cultural managers"

Tenerife Island Council has started to draw up a catalogue for the year 2021 that will contain professional stage and musical performances. According to Enrique Arriaga, councillor for Culture, "we will make this tool available to those municipal authorities who are in charge of implementing those cultural programmes that the Island Council will subsidise".

Arriaga explained that "only those professional performing arts companies or producers that offer cultural productions such as theatre, dance, circus, street arts and music can be registered in this catalogue". The registration shall be carried out through the website www.tenerifeartesescenicas.com. The time frame to register started on Tuesday, 9 March, and the deadline is March 25.

Alejandro Krawietz, the Island's Director of Culture, pointed out that "the budget for this new subsidy issued by Tenerife Island Council for local councils amounts to €450,000”. Regarding how this amount will be distributed, "the Island Council will contribute with the same amount that each municipality will disburse; our aim is that all municipalities have at least €10,000 at their disposal; should that amount not be reached by any of them, the difference would be then transferred to the overall budget". 

Mr Krawietz explained that "this initiative will be managed by the Administrative Service of Culture with the collaboration of Auditorio de Tenerife. We aim to achieve proper administrative coordination that enables us to offer quality programming and to provide greater public access to the stage and musical activities".

The Island Council intends to promote the performing arts and music throughout the island; in this sense, it has developed a guideline to support local councils and facilitate their cultural programming. In recent years, there has been a commitment to producing this catalogue; the last edition for the year 2020 gathered 161 proposals and over 400 activities, many of which were affected by the pandemic.

Giulio Zappa, Roberto Catalano e Izaskun Legarzan protagonizan mañana esta iniciativa

El Auditorio de Tenerife, espacio cultural que depende del Área de Cultura del Cabildo que dirige el consejero Enrique Arriaga, ofrece un encuentro online mañana [martes 9] a las 19:00 horas a través del perfil de Facebook de Ópera de Tenerife. Este acto forma parte de las actividades paralelas a la octava edición de Opera (e)Studio, que finaliza con la puesta en escena de Il matrimonio segreto, de Domenico Cimarosa, del 18 al 21 de marzo, una coproducción de Ópera de Tenerife con el Teatro Regio di Parma y Teatro Massimo di Palermo.

El encuentro online, titulado Ilustración y la búsqueda de la felicidad: un matrimonio verdaderamente secreto, será presentado por la fundadora de la Librería de Mujeres de Canarias, Izaskun Legarza, y consistirá en una conversación entre el director de Opera (e)Studio, Giulio Zappa, y el director de escena de Il matrimonio segreto, Roberto Catalano. Esta actividad, que se ofrecerá con traducción simultánea, se podrá seguir únicamente a través del siguiente enlace incluso si no se tiene perfil de Facebook: https://es-es.facebook.com/operadetenerife.

Giulio Zappa (Monza, Italia) es el director del proyecto Opera (e)Studio desde que se puso en marcha en 2013. Completó sus estudios musicales bajo la dirección de Oleg Marshev; se graduó en piano con los máximos honores. Asimismo, se graduó con honores en Lengua y Literatura extranjera por la Universita degli Studi di Milano, con una tesis doctoral sobre la ópera rusa, bajo la supervisión de los profesores Fausto Malcovati y Francesco Degrada. Desde 1996 ha llevado a cabo una intensa actividad de conciertos por todo el mundo, además de ser invitado, frecuentemente, como entrenador vocal y profesor colaborador en numerosos teatros y festivales de Europa y Asia.

Roberto Catalano (Palermo, Italia) se estrena este año en Ópera de Tenerife. En 2002 comenzó a dirigir y escribir espectáculos propios, en 2014 ganó el concurso de directores del Festival Orizzonti de Chiusi y en 2016 trabajó como escritor y director del proyecto de AsLiCo Opera Education, una nueva versión de La bohème (Puccini). En su primera aparición será el responsable de la dirección escénica.

Il matrimonio segreto trasladará al público tinerfeño a la Nueva York de los años 50, donde se encuentra la pastelería Geronimo & Co. especializada en babàs (dulce típico de Nápoles) y regentada por un italiano que extraña su ciudad natal. Su hija menor, Carolina, se ha casado en secreto con Paolino, repartidor de la pastelería y ambos sueñan con protagonizar musicales en Broadway. La idea de Geronimo de casar a sus hijas con grandes señores dará lugar el desarrollo de la trama, que originalmente se ubicaba en la Bolonia del siglo XVIII.

Los cantantes participantes en Opera (e)Studio protagonizarán las cuatro funciones divididos en dos elencos. Así, el lituano Ignas Melnikas y el italiano Francesco Leone, bajos ambos, interpretarán a Geronimo; las soprano italianas Eleonara Nota y Marilena Ruta se pondrán en el papel de Elisetta; la italiana Giulia Mazzola y la alemana Veronika Seghers, las dos sopranos, serán Carolina; Fidalma será interpretado por la italiana Mara Gaudenzi y la francesa Claire Gascoin, mezzosopranos; el español Jan Antem y el chileno Ramiro Maturana han sido elegidos para el papel de Conte Robinson, barítonos, mientras que el turco Bekir Serbest y el italiano Antonio Mandrillo, ambos tenores, asumirán el rol de Paolino.

La dirección musical de esta propuesta artística corre a cargo de Davide Levi, al frente de la Sinfónica de Tenerife. El resto del equipo se completa con el diseñador de escenografía Emanuele Sinisi, la diseñadora de vestuario Ilaria Ariemme y la diseñadora de iluminación Fiammetta Baldiserri.

Las entradas para cualquiera de las cuatro funciones de Il matrimonio segreto se pueden adquirir hasta dos horas antes del comienzo en la página web www.auditoriodetenerife.com y de forma telefónica en el 902 317 327 y en taquilla de lunes a viernes de 10:00 a 17:00 horas y sábados de 10:00 a 14:00 horas. 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.

Next week, the cellist Kathleen Balfe will perform ten pieces of women composers that are inspired in texts by women poets.

Auditorio de Tenerife is a cultural space linked to the Department of Culture of Tenerife Island Council that is managed by the councillor of Culture Enrique Arriaga. On Thursday 4^th of March at 7:30 pm, music and poetry will combine at the Chamber Hall during the show Tapiz de incertidumbres (Tapestry of Uncertainties). The cellist Kathleen Balfe will offer a programme comprised of ten pieces by contemporary women composers.

Tapestry of uncertainties is a mixed proposal of music and poetry that will take place in an intimate and reflective framework. The cellist will play live music with a pre-recorded electro-acoustic accompaniment and the voice-over narration of poetic texts.

The programme consists of works by ten women composers who were chosen to participate at the workshop "Taller de Compositoras", that was linked to the 18^th Festival of Spanish Music Manuel de Falla (2020). Each piece is based on a different poetic text. Thus, the common element is uncertainty expressed and contained in each poem.

The programme consists of: Los tiempos del porvenir (Times to Come) by María José Arenas Martín (1983); Stunt Fall V, by María del Pilar Miralles Castillo (1997); Policronías de las Sibilas (Polychronies of the Sibyls) by Beatriz Arzamendi (1961);  La senda (The Path) by Consuelo Díez (1958); Funambudumbre: Cuando Todo Se Apaga (When Everything Shuts Down) by Dolores Serrano Cueto (1967); Viajar es lo que importa  (Travel is what it's all about) by Anna Bofill Levi (1944); Vivir en Aporesis ... o Turbulencias... (Living with undecidedness...or under turbulence...) by Ana Teruel Medina (1981); Veritas Vincit, by Reyes Oteo (1982), Questo tremito, questo vacillamento, by María del Carmen Asenjo-Marrodán (1978), and Un mundo sin bocas y con olor a desinfectante (A world without mouths that smells to disinfectant), by Diana Pérez Custodio (1970). 

The show is part of the Spanish tour of Ensemble NeoArs Sonora of which Bathlee is a soloist. It is also a co-production of the Andalusian Agency of Cultural Institutions, the Andalusian Regional Department of Culture and Historical Heritage and the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sports.

Kathleen Balfe has lived and worked in Spain since 2003, when she began her career with the Symphony Orchestra of Tenerife. In 2007 she won the position of cello soloist at Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, where she is currently a member. She is also a founder member of the contemporary group Ensemble NeoArs Sonora since 2008, year in which the project was conceived.  Thus, Kathleen Balfe has had the chance to play at many festivals and with the most renowned Spanish institutions. 

Tickets can be purchased until two hours before the concert 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 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 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 the Auditorium’s website.

The concert starts at 7:00 pm at Escuela Municipal de Música (Municipal Music School) and tickets are sold out

The singers that comprise the eighth edition of Opera (e)Studio will offer tomorrow [Thursday 25] a lyrical recital at Escuela Municipal de Música (Municipal Music School), that starts at 7:00 pm. Tickets are sold out. This will be the second performance of the twelve artists, after the premiere they had yesterday [Tuesday 23] at the venue Paraninfo of the University of La Laguna (ULL). The concert was attended, among others, by Enrique Arriaga, Councillor for Culture of Tenerife Island Council; Juan Albino Méndez, Vice-Rector for Culture, and Alejandro Krawietz, Island Director of Culture.

All twelve singers are currently members of this training programme's edition aimed at artists for their comprehensive music enhancement. The training programme is organised by the Department of Culture of Tenerife Island Council through Opera Tenerife. The singers will offer again in Adeje a journey through popular fragments by different composers. The pieces were presented by Giulio Zappa, the academy director. 

Arriaga was satisfied with the show. "Considering the audience's response, I think it has been shown that the recital has been well received during this first chance to listen to the international singers, who are being trained on our island" declares the councillor of Culture, who is convinced that the singers will repeat their success in Adeje. He is also confident that there will be a good response to the four performances of Il matrimonio segreto the opera that these artists will offer from the 18^th to the 21^st of March.

For his part, Alejandro Krawietz highlighted the collaboration with the University of La Laguna: “We always find help every time we come to these facilities. This recital has become a classic in its season. Moreover, there has been an excellent response from the public who, in these difficult times, continue to demand cultural offerings."

The Vice-Rector for Culture thanked Auditorio de Tenerife for "once again having chosen the venue Paraninfo to host the presentation of these young opera singers on the island" and was very happy with the quality of the show. 

The Adeje lyrical recital will consist of thirteen pieces, three of them by Rossini, corresponding to his operas Il barbiere de Siviglia, La cambiale di matrimonio and La Cenerentola; two by Puccini (Edgar and La Rondine); one by Donizetti (Don Pasquale), one by Monteverdi (L’incoronazione di Poppea), one by Bizet (Les pêcheurs de perles), one by Rachmaninov (Aleko) and four by Cimarosa, from the opera Il matrimonio segreto that will be performed from the 18^th to the 21^st of March at the Symphonic Hall of Auditorio de Tenerife.

The young artists are Giulia Mazzola (Italy), Veronika Seghers (Germany), Eleonora Nota (Italy), Marilena Ruta (Italy), Mara Gaudenzi (Italy), Claire Gascoin (France), Bekir Serbest (Turkey), Antonio Mandrillo (Italy), Ignas Melnikas (Lithuania), Francesco Leone (Italy), Jan Antem (España) and Ramiro Maturana (Chile). They will be accompanied on the piano by Claudio Marchetti.

The project Opera (e)Studio started in 2013 in parallel with the opera season offered by Opera Tenerife. 1,099 singers have participated during the auditions that have been held over the last eight years, of which 87 singers from 23 countries have been chosen for the training.  Opera (e)Studio is an education academy aimed at artists for their comprehensive music enhancement. It also aims to support and promote young singers in order to provide them adequate job prospects. In fact, many of the singers who have taken part in this project currently enjoy consolidated professional careers.

The tickets for this Friday's concert are already sold out. This concert will also be a unique opportunity to listen to the Ukrainian pianist Dmytro Choni

Auditorio de Tenerife is a cultural space linked to the Department of Culture of Tenerife Island Council that is managed by the councillor Enrique Arriaga. On Friday this week [26] at 7:30 pm it will offer a new concert at Auditorio de Tenerife. The conductor Lucía Marín (Linares, 1982) will be at the helm of the island’s ensemble for the first time. Once again during this season, Symphony Orchestra of Tenerife has sold out the tickets for this new concert.

Marín has designed a programme where the Symphony Orchestra of Tenerife will perform the Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 by Frédéric Chopin with the Ukrainian pianist Dmytro Choni as invited soloist; Rimas infantiles, by María Rodrigo and Dances of Galánta by Zoltán Kodály.

In 1830, Frédéric Chopin prémieres his first public recital with Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21, which earned him national hero status. This score follows the trale of Johann Nepomuk Hummel's concertos, influenced in turn by those of Mozart, giving absolute prominence to the piano - played by Dmytro Choni - with a highly ornamented composition. This concert consists of multiple romantic expressions and different rhythms, ranges that go from intimate landscapes to nationalistic traces, including a mazurka that shapes a light-hearted and luminous finale. 

The Madrid-born María Rodrigo, considered as the first professional Spanish female composer, made numerous incursions into symphonic music, opera, zarzuela and ballet; she also composed short pieces for piano. Rimas infantiles(1929) comprise five fragments that paraphrase well-known popular chorus songs with an elaborate and exuberant orchestration. Her work is backed by a clear educational vocation. This piece is cheerful and simple, full of instrumental colours that reveal the author's ability to handle the orchestra.

Zoltán Kodály composed Dances of Galánta in 1933, evoking his childhood in this northern Hungarian town and paying tribute to the Budapest Philharmonic Society on the occasion of its 80^th anniversary. Kodály builds this composition as a skeleton on which this ancient Hungarian dances evoke different pieces of Central European folklore: from the melancholic lassú section in the first bars, to the last, frenetically paced ones and a concluding friss, moving towards jubilant movements. 

Lucía Marín is making her debut at the helm of Symphony Orchestra of Tenerife. She is one of the few Spanish female conductors on the current scene. The Linares-born master has already taken up her post at the helm of the the Spanish National Orchestra, the Spanish Radio Television Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of Galicia, Symphony Orchestra of Asturias, Málaga Philharmonic Orchestra, Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra, Euskadi Symphony Orchestra, Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra of Oviedo, Youth Orchestra of Madrid and Youth Orchestra of the Canary Islands.

From 2013 to 2015, Marín was the principal conductor of the University of Kentucky Philharmonia; from 2012 to 2015she has also conducted the University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra Opera Theatre. Her extensive academic training includes a doctorate in conducting from the University of Kentucky, a master's degree in conducting from the University of Illinois, an advanced degree in conducting from Centro Superior de Música of the Basque Country and an advanced degree in piano from the Conservatory of Music of Seville.

Lucía Marín has been distinguished with the 2006 awards of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Santa Isabel de Hungría of Seville, XI International Orchestra Conducting Competition "Mestre Ferríz" 2008, "Andalusians of the Future" Award 2009, "Jaén Joven" Arts Award of the Andalusian Youth Institute 2014, "Cultura Viva" Award under the category revelation artist in 2017, Ideal Culture Prize 2019; she was recently awarded with the "La Bandera de Andalucía" prize 2020.

Dmytro Choni (Kiev, Ukraine 1993) received his first piano lesson at the age of four and began his studies in his hometown with Nina Naiditch and Yuri Kot. He is currently studying at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz. The young pianist also received a scholarship from the International Academy of Music of Liechtenstein and regularly participates in the intensive music weeks and other activities held there.

Choni has won several awards such as the Spanish First Prize and Gold Medal at the Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition 2018, as well as various medals at the Swiss Verbier Festival 2019 or the Italian Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition 2017, the Ukranian International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz 2017, the Chinese Suzhou Jinji Lake International Piano Competition 2017 and the San Marino Piano Competition 2016. 

The Ukrainian pianist has given a considerable number of solo recitals and chamber music concerts. Among others, he has performed with the American Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, the Spanish Symphony Orchestra of RTVE, Ensemble Esperanza (Liechtenstein), Republic of San Marino Symphony Orchestra, the Korean Seongnam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Spanish Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Galicia, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, the Spanish Symphony Orchestra of Castilla y León, the Chinese Suzhou Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Dominican Republic, Sinfonieorchester Liechtenstein or the Hungarian Varaždin Chamber Orchestra. 

To enjoy the concert organised by Tenerife Island Council, the audience is requested to arrive at the venue well in advance to enter the Auditorium in staggered "waves". By purchasing tickets, you accept of the measures implemented by the cultural centre to combat the pandemic, 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 the Auditorium’s website.

The members of Opera (e)Studio’s eighth edition will sing on Tuesday at Paraninfo (La Laguna) and on Thursday in Adeje.

Next week, the singers of Opera (e)Studio’s eighth edition will offer two recitals organised by Opera Tenerife with the collaboration of Universidad de La Laguna and the City Council of Adeje. The first recital will take place on Tuesday [23rd] after 7:00 pm at Paraninfo de La Laguna, and the second will be held on Thursday [25th] at the same time at Escuela Municipal de Música, Adeje. 

All twelve singers are currently members of this training programme's edition aimed at artists for their comprehensive music enhancement. The training programme is organised by the Department of Culture of Tenerife Island Council through Opera Tenerife. The singers will offer both recitals and will perform well-known pieces of works by composers like Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti and Cimarosa that will be presented by Giulio Zappa, the academy director. Cimarosa is the author of 'Il matrimonio segreto', opera to be performed from March 18 to 21 at the Symphonic Hall of Auditorio de Tenerife.

The councillor of Culture, Enrique Arriaga, reminds that "these recitals by the singers are part of the training cycle they are taking since they arrived last January to Tenerife. They will be their first opportunity to introduce themselves to our public before the staging of the opera in the second half of March."

The young artists are Giulia Mazzola (Italy), Veronika Seghers (Germany), Eleonora Nota (Italy), Marilena Ruta (Italy), Mara Gaudenzi (Italy), Claire Gascoin (France), Bekir Serbest (Turkey), Antonio Mandrillo (Italy), Ignas Melnikas (Lithuania), Francesco Leone (Italy), Jan Antem (España) and Ramiro Maturana (Chile). They will be accompanied on the piano by Hana Lee at Paraninfo and by Claudio Marchetti in Adeje.

The programme will comprise pieces like “Cheti cheti immantinente” (Don Pasquale / Donizetti), “Au fond du temple saint” (The Pearl Fishers / Bizet), “Pur ti miro” (L’incoronazione di Poppea / Monteverdi), “Caro nome” (Rigoletto / Verdi), “Ach, ich fühl’s” (The Magic Flute / Mozart), “Chi il bel sogno di Doretta” (La Rondine / Puccini) and a few samples of Il matrimonio segreto. Both music appointments will be free of charge. Invitations can be withdrawn at www.auditoriodetenerife.com and at Tomaticket.

The project Opera (e)Studio started in 2013 in parallel with the opera season offered by Opera Tenerife. 1,099 singers have participated during the auditions that have been held over the last eight years, of which 87 singers from 23 countries have been chosen for the training.  Opera (e)Studio is an education academy aimed at artists for their comprehensive music enhancement. It also aims to support and promote young singers in order to provide them adequate job prospects. In fact, many of the singers who have taken part in this project currently enjoy consolidated professional careers.

The programme 'Nach Bach: Communicating vessels' will be performed next Tuesday.

Auditorio de Tenerife is a cultural space linked to the Department of Culture of Tenerife Island Council that is managed by the councillor Enrique Arriaga. Next Tuesday [23th] at 7:30 p.m the Auditorium welcomes a concert by pianist José Luis Castillo. The programme, entitled 'Nach Bach:Communicating vessels' offers an approach to Bach. The physical journey comprises his work ‘Capriccio on the departure of a beloved brother’, the opening piece of the concert. The style of the German composer, who transcribed and was transcribed by different authors, concludes with a spiritual journey that crystallises in the reflection of inner pain.

After this opening piece, the programme will continue with variations on the piece Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Weeping, lamenting, worrying, fearing), composed by Frank Liszt on the death of his daughter; the programme will continue with the Organ Concert in D minor BWV 596 composed by Vivaldi. This piece has undergone various modifications involving Bach himself and the Australian pianist William Murdoch. Castillo will then play three short pieces without interruption:  'Erbarm dich mein, o Herr Gott' (O God, be merciful to me), BWV 721; Requiem Op. 48: Agnus Dei, by Fauré, and Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben (Out of love my saviour is willing to die) from St Matthew Passion. 

José Luis Castillo (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1976) premiered last December at Teatro Pérez Galdós in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, together with Alicia Ramos, the play Ad Libitum, with text and direction by Noemi Pérez. This work deals with Clara Schumann's struggle to be an artist and creator. After concluding his training in Gran Canaria, Madrid and New York, the pianist has offered recitals as a soloist in the Canary Islands, France, Germany, Ireland, Argentina, Guatemala, Mexico and the United States. He has also played with several orchestras like Symphony Orchestra of Tenerife, Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra, Manhattan Philharmonia (New York) and the Youth Orchestra of Gran Canaria.

Tickets can be purchased until two hours before the concert 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 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 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 the Auditorium’s website.

The programme 'Nach Bach: Communicating vessels' will be performed next Tuesday.

Auditorio de Tenerife is a cultural space linked to the Department of Culture of Tenerife Island Council that is managed by the councillor Enrique Arriaga. Next Tuesday [23th] at 7:30 p.m the Auditorium welcomes a concert by pianist José Luis Castillo. The programme, entitled 'Nach Bach:Communicating vessels' offers an approach to Bach. The physical journey comprises his work ‘Capriccio on the departure of a beloved brother’, the opening piece of the concert. The style of the German composer, who transcribed and was transcribed by different authors, concludes with a spiritual journey that crystallises in the reflection of inner pain.

After this opening piece, the programme will continue with variations on the piece Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Weeping, lamenting, worrying, fearing), composed by Frank Liszt on the death of his daughter; the programme will continue with the Organ Concert in D minor BWV 596 composed by Vivaldi. This piece has undergone various modifications involving Bach himself and the Australian pianist William Murdoch. Castillo will then play three short pieces without interruption:  'Erbarm dich mein, o Herr Gott' (O God, be merciful to me), BWV 721; Requiem Op. 48: Agnus Dei, by Fauré, and Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben (Out of love my saviour is willing to die) from St Matthew Passion. 

José Luis Castillo (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1976) premiered last December at Teatro Pérez Galdós in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, together with Alicia Ramos, the play Ad Libitum, with text and direction by Noemi Pérez. This work deals with Clara Schumann's struggle to be an artist and creator. After concluding his training in Gran Canaria, Madrid and New York, the pianist has offered recitals as a soloist in the Canary Islands, France, Germany, Ireland, Argentina, Guatemala, Mexico and the United States. He has also played with several orchestras like Symphony Orchestra of Tenerife, Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra, Manhattan Philharmonia (New York) and the Youth Orchestra of Gran Canaria.

Tickets can be purchased until two hours before the concert 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 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 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 the Auditorium’s website.

The training will take place between the 11^th and the 14^th of March.

Auditorio de Tenerife is a cultural space linked to the Department of Culture of Tenerife Island Council, that is managed by the councillor of Culture Enrique Arriaga. The auditorium offers a dramaturgy workshop held by José Padilla a Canary Islands's author and winner of a Max Award for Performing Arts. The title of the training course is 'What have you done with the scissors?' and it will be held between the 11^th and the 14^th of March. The registration is now open. 

This 20 hours workshop is recommended for professional and amateur playwrights; it will be held from 10 am to 4 pm (with one-hour lunch break each day). The registration will close on the 26^th of February and it can be done by filling a registration form at the website of Auditorio de Tenerife here. Having written, published, self-published or staged a play, having attended workshops and courses in playwriting will be considered an asset. The workshop price is €30 for professionals and €15 for students.

During the workshop many topics will be approached, starting with the first stumbling block that writers have to face: the topic. José Padilla explains that "it is almost unavoidable having to face a heavy burden which is rather linked to the image that we want to show the world of ourselves as creators, than what we really want to tell. Thus, it is much more practical to search through imagination than to impose a topic. During this workshop the author's imagination, which ultimately generates situations and dramatic texts, will be explored. This will be the starting point to find a genuine story to tell. 

José Padilla (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 1976) has a degree in Textual Interpretation by the Spanish Royal School of Dramatic Arts. He continued his training with professionals like Declan Donnellan, Simon Stephens, Wadji Mouawad, José Ramón Fernández, Alfredo Sanzol and Vicente Fuentes. Among other recognitions, he won the prize Max Award for Performing Arts for his work Dados, the 'Almagro Off' award for Perra Vida, the prize 'Ojo Crítico de Teatro' awarded by Radio Nacional de España or the prize 'Premio Réplica a Mejor Autoría Canaria' for his work Porno Casero. Among other shows, he conducts Haz clic aquí for Centro Dramático Nacional, La isla púpura and Las crónicas of Peter Sanchidrián, both for Kamikaze Producciones; he currently writes and directs a trilogy for the company Ventrículo Veloz: Papel, Por la boca and Dados. As a classic’s versioner, he has focused his career on Shakespeare and Cervantes. His works have been played in prestigious theatres like The Moscow Art Theatre, the Globe Theatre of London or La Comedie Française of Paris. He has taught workshops for Centro Dramático Nacional, Instituto Cervantes, Sala Beckett (Barcelona) or Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico.

Cimarosa's amusing opera will be performed from 18 to 21 March 2021.

Auditorio de Tenerife is a cultural space linked to the Department of Culture of Tenerife Island Council that is managed by the councillor of Culture Enrique Arriaga. Tomorrow 17^th of February, tickets go on sale to enjoy  Il matrimonio segreto, the new proposal of Opera Tenerife. From 18 to 21 March 2021, the eighth edition's singers of Opera (e)Studio will take the stage at the Symphonic Hall to perform this opera buffa by Domenico Cimarosa.

‘Il matrimonio segreto’ is a co-production driven by Auditorio de Tenerife together with Teatro Regio di Parma and Teatro Massimo di Palermo. The musical direction of this artistic proposal will be provided by Davide Levi, in charge of the OST (Tenerife Symphony Orchestra) while Roberto Catalano will be on charge of the stage management. The rest of the team is completed by the set designer Emanuele Sinisi, the costume designer Ilaria Ariemme and the lighting designer Fiammetta Baldiserri.

This opera is a dramma giocoso in two acts with music by Domenico Cimarosa, on a libretto by Giovanni Bertati and based on the play “The Clandestine Marriage” by George Colman the Elder and David Garrick. The Italian premiere of the opera was given at the Hofburgtheater of Vienna on the 7^th February 1792 before the Leopold II. The emperor liked the performance so much that, after inviting the whole company to dinner, he asked for a complete encore of the opera. 

It is one of Cimarosa's most interesting and best-known pieces, a clear example of opera buffa from the 18^thcentury. The plot is full of impossible situations, disguises and happy endings, where a wealthy merchant, eager to move up the social ladder, seeks to marry off his two daughters to noblemen. However, the businessman is unaware that one of his daughters has secretly married one of his employees. This impending conflict is spiced up with particularly original music, which stylistically falls somewhere between Mozart, Rossini and Donizetti. The stage manager and his team set the whole plot in New York in the 1950s.

The cast comprises twelve singers that participate in the current Opera (e)Studio's edition, an education academy directed by Giulio Zappa that is aimed at artists for their comprehensive music enhancement. The young artists have been selected from 195 candidates of 36 nationalities. They have already spent three weeks on the island where they receive intensive training in singing and acting. The singers, who are aged between 22 and 31, will form two casts each comprised of six roles of ‘Il matrimonio segreto’.

Both basses Ignas Melnikas, Lithuanian, and Francesco Leone, Italian, will play Geronimo. Both Italian sopranos Eleonara Nota and Marilena Ruta will play the role of Elisetta. Both sopranos, Giulia Mazzola, Italian, and Veronika Seghers, German, will play the role of Carolina. Fidalma will be played by both mezzo-sopranos Mara Gaudenzi, Italian, and Claire Gascoin, French. Both baritones, the Spaniard Jan Antem and the Chilean Ramiro Maturana have been chosen for the role of the Count Robinson, while both tenors Bekir Serbest, Turkish, and Antonio Mandrillo, Italian, will play the role of Paolino.

This programme for young artists is aimed at offering highly specialised training on international lyrical scene, and acts as a showcase and springboard for many of them. Opera (e)Studio also provides visibility for the technical production work of Auditorio de Tenerife. The Auditorium obtained both in 2019 and 2020 the recognition of the Creative Europe programme of the European Commission, which reflects development, sustainability, job creation and training.

Tickets can be purchased on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com and by phone 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., except holidays. They can also be obtained by prior appointment at the box office and at the same opening hours. Appointments can be requested on www.auditoriodetenerife.com/contact-us  or by dialling 922 568 625. Those telephone lines are also open to answer questions, from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., except holidays. Ticket sales close two hours before the show starts to finish setting up the hall and to offer a completely safe experience.

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 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 the Auditorium’s website.

Auditorio de Tenerife garantiza la realización de esta actividad con la transformación del formato, que este curso no será presencial

El Auditorio de Tenerife, espacio cultural que depende del área de Cultura del Cabildo que dirige el consejero Enrique Arriaga, abre el plazo de inscripción del proyecto de Teatro en la Escuela 2020/2021 para las compañías de artes escénicas de la isla. Como novedad, el formato de esta actividad del Área Educativa y Social del Auditorio se ha transformado en no presencial para poder garantizar su ejecución.

Este proyecto llevará durante el presente curso escolar 200 representaciones de 20 obras grabadas de teatro, danza y artes del movimiento a los centros educativos de la isla, que se completará con una guía didáctica y encuentros virtuales con los intérpretes.

Las bases para la selección de compañías de teatro y danza de la isla ya están publicadas en la página web www.tenerifeartesescenicas.com y el plazo de inscripción está abierto hasta el 5 de marzo. El 17 de marzo se publicará la lista definitiva de las compañías seleccionadas y el 24 del mismo mes comenzarán las grabaciones en el Auditorio de Tenerife.

Auditorio de Tenerife acordará con los centros educativos de la isla 10 representaciones de cada obra elegida, de entre 45 y 75 minutos, que podrán estar dirigidas al alumnado Educación Infantil, Primaria, Secundaria, Bachillerato o de ciclos formativos. Se elegirá una obra por cada una de las 20 compañías, que serán seleccionadas por un comité de profesionales del sector de las artes escénicas y de la educación. Auditorio de Tenerife asume la grabación de las obras y la presentación de cada uno de los personajes.

Este proyecto tiene como objetivo dar a conocer los lenguajes escénicos a los estudiantes en su propio contexto educativo, además de acercar y difundir las artes escénicas entre el alumnado de la isla. Por otro lado, esta iniciativa busca unir aspectos académicos en el contexto profesional de las artes escénicas de Tenerife y fomentar valores centrados en la danza y las artes del movimiento, relacionados con el arte, la salud, el cuerpo, el movimiento, vinculados a la disciplina artística de la danza de manera transversal y transdisciplinar.

Otra de las metas del proyecto pasa por el fomento del desarrollo integral del alumnado y crear las bases para favorecer la socialización de estudiantes dentro del espacio de la escuela a través de actividades culturales, así como integrar otros lenguajes artísticos asociados al literario y conocer a los autores y sus textos analizando su estructura.