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Next Tuesday, the renowned musician and composer will perform the programme entitled "Five Centuries of Spanish Keyboard Music" ("Cinco siglos de música española para teclado")

Auditorio de Tenerife is a cultural space linked to the Department of Culture of Tenerife Island Council that is managed by the councelor Enrique Arriaga. Next Tuesday [19th] at 7:30 p.m the Auditorium welcomes a concert by pianist Gustavo Díaz-Jerez. The program, entitled "Five Centuries of Spanish Keyboard Music", includes the world première of the piece "Melussyne", which was written by this renowned Canarian musician and composer.

This recital is a journey through five centuries of keyboard music composed in Spain from the mid-16th century, with Antonio de Cabeçon, to the present day. From the 17^th century, the music of Francisco Correa de Arauxo will be heard, and from the 18^th century, that of Antonio Soler. The 19^th century will bring the Canarian songs of Teobaldo Power.

From the 20^th century, part of "La Iberia", by Isaac Albéniz, has been selected, and to represent the 21^st century there will be compositions by Díaz-Jerez himself, such as some of his Metaludes for piano and a world première: Melussyne. The audience will be able to see and appreciate the musical transformation from composition for the organ and harpsichord to the piano of today. “A true musical journey through time”, in the words of Díaz-Jerez himself.

Gustavo Díaz-Jerez is one of the greatest exponents of musical interpretation and creation in Spain. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, Allice Tully Hall, the Musikverein, the Concertgebouw, etc. In addition, as a soloist he has been conducted by Skrowaczevski, Fischer, Bamert, Lü Jia, Herbig, Encinar and Víctor Pablo with most of the main Spanish orchestras and with foreign groups. He is currently a professor at Musikene (Basque Country), holds a PhD in musical arts (Manhattan School of Music), and is a Permanent Academician at the San Miguel Arcángel Royal Canarian Academy of Fine Arts.

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 going to the box office at the same time by appointment.  Appointments can be requested on www.auditoriodetenerife.com/contactar and by dialling 922 568 625. Those 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 start of the show to finish setting up 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.

From Tuesday to Sunday, recently created national pieces will be presented, as well as the première of 'El pastor' ('The Shepherd') by the Nómada company.

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 week, the auditorium will host seven shows from the Movement Arts Festival (FAM). From Tuesday [12^th] to Sunday [17^th], there will be contemporary dance pieces recently created by national artists and the première of 'El pastor' ('The Shepherd') by the Nómada company. Tickets, at a single price of eight euros, are on sale until two hours before the start of each performance.

All shows begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Chamber Hall ("Sala de Cámara") of Auditorio de Tenerife. Except for those on the weekend, they last between 45 and 75 minutes. On Saturday there is a double session at 7:00 p.m. and 7:45 p.m., and on Sunday the event takes place in the "Sala Sinfónica" ("Symphony Hall"), also at 7:00 p.m.

The creator and dancer from Tenerife, Acerina Amador, opens the contemporary dance week on Tuesday [12^th] with "Refugio" ("Refuge"), a piece that arises from the need to create a space for common reflection around the human/non-human animal theme.

On Wednesday [13^th], Acerina Toledo presents the duet "Divino desierto" ("Divine Desert"), inspired by the islands of origin of both performers, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, which have served as inspiration due to their peculiarities and physical and internal deserts.

“A la escucha" ("Listening"), by Tenerife's Teresa Lorenzo, can be enjoyed on Thursday [14^th]: a solo that is based on the artist's conclusion that to improvise is to solve an unexpected problem by making use of all the potential of human beings –thoughts, feelings, and intuition– to finally bring about a reaction.

The Natalia Medina Dance Company of Gran Canaria will present "Nozomu", a piece with five dancers that was conceived during the lockdown due to the need and desire of its creators to dance, to dance together, to meet again.

The company Nómada premieres, on Saturday at 7:00 p.m., "El pastor" ("The Shepherd"), a project that arose during the lockdown when the actor, choreographer, and dancer Roberto Torres listened to the speech of a Mexican coach who works with multinational companies in the United States – a speech that surprised him. This motivational speech in which competition and being the best are valued sounds like manipulation to him and he considers it a danger because at no time does it talk of "us". This makes him think that, in these times (as in others in history), dangerous leaders can emerge with truths that they cry or embellish to seduce the meek and to ignite the unsatisfied.

After a 15-minute intermission, "Directo 9" ("Direct 9") will begin, by the Galician company Pisando Ovos – a piece targeting the new stage languages and which has a contemporary creative tone, and one in which the concert takes on the form of a meeting of today's society.

The week ends with the proposal from Madrid entitled "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell", by Instituto Stocos – a cross-disciplinary piece inspired by the book of the same name by William Blake which combines dance, electroacoustic composition, interactive technology, and cognitive sciences in a stage format.

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 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.

Twelve young singers will take part in the eighth Opera (e)Studio

Ópera de Tenerife has chosen the twelve singers who will participate in the eighth Opera (e)Studio, following the selection of the programme’s artistic director Giulio Zappa from 195 candidates from 36 countries. The young singers will reach the Island on 28 January to start their intense comprehensive training  that will end with the performance of Domenico Cimarosa’s Il matrimonio segreto, from 18 to 21 March at the Sala Sinfónica of the Auditorio de Tenerife, a venue under the Cabildo de Tenerife’s Department of Culture run by councillor Enrique Arriaga.

Geronimo will be played by Lithuanian  Ignas Melnikas  and Italian Francesco Leone; the Italian  singers Eleonara Nota and Marilena Ruta sing the role of Elisetta; Italian Giulia Mazzola and German Veronika Seghers will play Carolina; Fidalma is to be performed by Italian Mara Gaudenzi and French Claire Gascoin; Catalan singer Jan Antem and Chilean Ramiro Maturana have been chosen for the part of Conte Robinson, while Turkish Bekir Serbest and Italian Antonio Mandrillo will play the role of Paolino.

Il matrimonio segreto is one of the most interesting and best-known operas of Cimarosa, a clear example of 18^th century opera buffa. The plot is full of impossible situations, disguises, and a happy end: A rich merchant wishing to climb up the social ladder tries to marry his two daughters to members of the aristocracy. But he ignores that one of his daughters has secretly married one of his employees. 

This opera by Cimarosa has six roles that will be played by the twelve singers in the four performances of this co-production between Auditorio de Tenerife, Teatro Regio di Parma and Teatro Massimo di Palermo. The music director for this show is Davide Levi while Roberto Catalano is the stage director. 

The singers, whose age range from 22 year-old Seghers to Serbest, who is 31, will have several master classes on the island by director Giulio Zappa, soprano Mariella Devia and stage director Silvia Paoli.

Opera (e)Studio is a programme Ópera de Tenerife set up in 2013 with the aim of boosting young talents through comprehensive artistic improvement. Its permanent base is at Auditorio de Tenerife and in the previous years they staged Così fan tutte (2013), La Cenerentola (2014), Le nozze di Figaro (2015), Don Pasquale (2016), I Capuleti e i Montecchi (2017), L’italiana in Algeri (2018) and L’elisir d’amore (2019).

Encuentro ROCE Tenerife 2020 fue inaugurado por el consejero de Cultura para los 162 inscritos que asistieron virtualmente

El Auditorio de Tenerife acogió ayer [jueves 17] un acto internacional, Encuentro ROCE Tenerife 2020, en el que se debatió en base al lema de este año: Música en comunidad: participación, inclusión y bienestar. La cita fue inaugurada por el vicepresidente y consejero de Cultura del Cabildo de Tenerife, Enrique Arriaga, y la presidenta de la Red de Organizaciones de Conciertos Educativos (ROCE), Silvia Carretero.

Arriaga destacó que, “a pesar de las circunstancias que nos obligan a realizar este año en un formato diferente, no presencial, quiero resaltar el trabajo inmenso realizado por la organización para reunir en este evento en línea a más de 160 participantes de 14 países”. Para el consejero de Cultura del Cabildo, “esta edición del Encuentro ROCE mantiene su esencia y también su objetivo: conocer, converger y proponer un punto de partida sobre futuros proyectos y estrategias comunes en el ámbito de la celebración de conciertos educativos” y destacó que “como dice el lema de esta edición, es de vital importancia fomentar la música en comunidad, a través de la participación, la inclusión y el bienestar”.

La presidenta de ROCE aseguró que “este encuentro es un nuevo renacer, nos hemos tenido que adaptar a todo lo que iba ocurriendo y ha sido una carrera de fondo, pero muy enriquecedora”. “Agradezco mucho el esfuerzo de todo el equipo que ha hecho posible nuestro decimoprimer encuentro y me siento muy orgullosa de todos ellos porque ante la adversidad nos hemos hecho más fuertes”, añadió Carretero.

Tras la explicación por parte del director artístico del Auditorio de Tenerife, José Luis Rivero, de la dinámica del encuentro, la profesora de la Universidad de La Laguna (ULL) Inmaculada Perdomo ofreció una relatoría en la que extractó las ideas fuerza de los materiales audiovisuales compartidos previamente para los participantes. “La música es un arte educativo por excelencia”, señaló la doctora en Filosofía y Profesora Titular del área de Lógica y Filosofía de la Ciencia de la ULL.

Los participantes online se distribuyeron en tres salas virtuales, divididos en función de las mesas de trabajo organizadas: participación, inclusión y bienestar. Tras dos horas de trabajo, el vicepresidente de ROCE, Mikel Cañada, de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi, ofreció las conclusiones de su mesa, la de Participación, la más numerosa (70 personas), en la que se ahondó en “la necesidad del trabajo horizontal en este tipo de procesos para poder empatizar mejor, que las ideas surjan de la propia comunidad y fomentar la investigación desde las instituciones”.

Las conclusiones de la mesa de Inclusión, con más de 40 personas, las ofreció Dochy Lichtensztajn, de la Filarmónica de Israel, quien destacó “el compromiso de las orquestas y los profesionales del sector con los conciertos educativos y sociales”, aunque remarcó la necesidad de “más comunicación interna en las organizaciones”.

José Luis Rivero compartió las conclusiones de la mesa de Bienestar, con más de 40 inscritos, en la que se dejó clara la importancia de las personas detrás de los proyectos. “La música es una gran herramienta porque se sitúa en un espacio neutro”, se comentó, así como la reivindicación del bienestar “como experiencia de aprendizajes que contiene lo social, lo artístico y el conmoverse internamente; es un proceso al que se llega con trabajo previo y posterior a cada proyecto”. “A partir de la experiencia artística se puede dar un cambio en los jóvenes”, finalizó Rivero.

El objetivo de este encuentro era conocer, converger y proponer un punto de partida sobre futuros proyectos y estrategias comunes en este ámbito. El Encuentro ROCE Tenerife 2020 reflexionó 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.

La dinámica del encuentro comenzó a principios de mes, cuando los inscritos tenían disponible en la web de ROCE los recursos audiovisuales que debían visionar, ya que fueron la base de la que se partió en las mesas de trabajo de ayer. Los materiales se dividieron entre: Ponencias de los invitados; Conversatorios entre los ponentes y Alberto Cabedo (Universidad Jaume I); Nicolás Barbieri (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona), y José Luis Rivero; y Comunicaciones, a través de proyectos presentados por entidades y profesionales inscritos.

Los ponentes principales de este XI Encuentro ROCE, cuyas conferencias fueron grabadas y visualizadas previamente, fueron: Lee Higgins, director del Centro Internacional de Música Comunitaria con 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.

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. 

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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.