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Auditorio de Tenerife presents the shows scheduled for the second half of the year in the wake of the changes brought about by the health crisis and after network collaboration with local professionals to support them.  All in all, upcoming activity now includes 65 performances of 61 music, dance, theatre, and opera shows; in addition to 217 performances in some twenty municipalities across the island, which are part of the Tenerife Artes Escénicas scheme, managed by Auditorio de Tenerife. The councillor of Culture, Education, Youth, Museums and Sport of the Cabildo de Tenerife, Concepción Rivero, declared that “we won’t allow the coronavirus to put an end to culture, we’ll get through it and adapt”.

“This situation has changed everything and we want to be cautious”, admitted Rivero, who said that “we’re presenting these shows which are to be performed in the Auditorio and in other municipalities on the island, after having worked as a network since the health crisis started, and having been in constant contact with national and international networks of similar venues that manage and produce live art”.

As for Auditorio de Tenerife’s artistic director, José Luis Rivero, “there’s been a lot of online activity and it’s time to return to live performances as the contact between audience and artists on the stage is fundamental”. “No Canarian company without performances” has been a motto for this new phase, Rivero said.

So, after the reopening of the Auditorio with Sinfónica de Tenerife’s extraordinary series, we’re presenting FAM and MEI 2020 special festivals, the Sinfónica and Ópera de Tenerife seasons, and an adapted programme including a new Auditorio de Tenerife’s Ciclo de Cámara [Chamber Series], organ, jazz and electronic music concerts. There will be other shows as the situation allows.

The way tickets will be put on sale is different, as they will be made available closer to the date of the event, so that we can meet the needs and guidelines established by the health authorities. Also, a system called efecto sanitario [health effect]  has been implemented that allows people who live together to buy a number of seats while it automatically cancels the seats around, so that we make sure the safe distance is kept. Face masks during performances are still compulsory.

Auditorio de Tenerife guarantees the safety and hygiene of all its shows through its Contingency Plan against covid-19, being the first auditorium in Spain to be AENOR-certified. The same external company also certifies the Safe Tourism label for Auditorio. This label was created by the Instituto para la Calidad Turística Española (ICTE) [Office for Spanish Tourist Quality]. “These certifications guarantee safety and health both for workers and audience”, the councillor added.

To put the programme together, which is backed by the Government of the Canary Islands, the need to support the local performing arts professionals has also been considered.  This sector has been hugely affected by the situation, so we have coordinated with other festivals and cultural initiatives of the islands, joining forces for the benefit of Canarian creators and companies.

Music will lead the return to activity with the Festival Canarias Jazz & Más, which on 6 August is bringing Sumrrá to the Auditorio de Tenerife. A jazz trio that was scheduled to play at the Auditorio in April but had to be cancelled. Tickets are now on sale. Also, on the 7th and 8th different groups will play live at Plaza Alisios. Next comes Lina & Raül Refree’s electronic fado (8 October); Canarias Jazz Showroom concerts (9 & 10 October), Alexis Alonso Quartet (30 October) plus North American Uri Caine (8 December) are some of the other options in this music style.

The new Ciclo de Cámara de Auditorio de Tenerife [Chamber series] includes classical music concerts with ensembles like Orquesta Barroca de Tenerife (17 September), Ensemble Hespérides (1 and 29 October), MUSIca ALcheMIca & Lina Tur Bonet (19 November), Creativa Música Panhispánica (25 October) and Quantum Ensemble (17 December). Also, on 13 September there will be an organ concert by Loreto Aramendi, main organist of the Cavaillé Coll organ (1863) at the Basílica de Santa María del Coro de San Sebastián and international soloist.

From 18 September to 18 December Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife will give six concerts with works by composers like Strauss, Mahler, Schumann, Shostakovich, Mozart and Brahms, plus a concert to suit all the family: Suena… ¡El circo! (14 November).

The Auditorio will also welcome two concerts of the Festival Internacional de Música de Cine de Tenerife, Fimucité, that on 25 and 26 September is performing Somos la resistencia: La casa de papel en concierto, premiering live the soundtrack of successful Netflix series’ Money Heist, the first Spanish series to receive an Emmy Award.

Other music shows include El Mesías participativo (22 December) in collaboration with Fundación “la Caixa”.

As for the performing arts, the Special 2020 MEI Muestra Escénica Iberoamericana [Latin America stage showcase] is scheduled for 13 to 30 September at 8:30 pm in Teatro El Sauzal. The programme, that has been coordinated with Canarian festivals Temudas and Mueca, has been adapted to the circumstances, and has kept Nuria Espert’s Romancero gitano, and Siete hombres buenos by 2RC Teatro, which are rounded off with these shows: El crimen de la calle Fuencarral and Todo el cielo, by Unahoramenos; ¡Valientes!, by Burka Teatro; Informe Lope, by Morfema Teatro; Fábula del topo, el murciélago y la musaraña, by Delirium Teatro; and San Juan, by Teatro La República in co-production with Teatro Cuyás. Many of these performances are either premieres or first performances by Canarian companies. Tickets will be on sale soon on www.meitenerife.com, where you’ll find all the information.

Regarding the Festival de las Artes del Movimiento, FAM [Movement Arts Festival], most of the performances in this 2020 Special will take place from 12 to 31 October at the Auditorio de Tenerife, including national shows onstage and on the street. There will also be shows on other dates, like Dance, no goal, which is the result of Carlota Mantecón’s residency in collaboration with Luz Prado Codina and Tamara Ascanio, a coproduction with Slovenia you can enjoy at 8:30 pm on Friday, 31 July at Espacio La Granja. The same Government venue, which collaborates with FAM, welcomes Ígnea, by Colectivo Lamajara at 8:00 pm on 20 September. Tickets for both events are now on sale. December brings the new show by Lava Compañía de Danza: Kick the bucket, a choreography by Iván Pérez. The network Acieloabierto and Danza a Escena, both INAEM members collaborate with FAM. This festival has the European Union EFFE label (Europe for Festivals. Festivals for Europe).

Special care has been taken with artist residencies work in harmony with creators who benefited from Cabildo de Tenerife’s grants for stage production. Carlota Mantecón, Paloma Hurtado, Paula Quintana, Élida Dorta, Rebeca Píriz, Nikka XxX, Daniel Abreu and others who were invited by Numa Circuit 2020 are some of the artists who will carry out residency programmes at the Auditorio and in collaboration with Espacio La Granja. “To perform something, it must first be researched”, Auditorio’s artistic director explained.

The Tenerife Artes Escénicas y Música Project (TAEM) is also back to boost the sector with 217 theatre, dance, circus, music, and street art performances. The last time it was on, 86 companies, 27 Tenerife town councils, and 3 private venues took part.

Ópera de Tenerife comes back with Donizetti’s Requiem on 24 October, a tribute to the victims of this health crisis, under the baton of Alessandro Palumbo. Lucrezia Borgia by Donizetti, that had to be cancelled at the last minute due to the pandemic, will meet the audience on 24, 26 and 28 November, with Andriy Yurkevych as music director and the voice of soprano Yolanda Auyanet. Finally, on 12 December Ópera de Tenerife will give an opera gala featuring renowned singers like international soprano Olga Peretyatko, and Sesto Quatrini as music director. The three performances will take place at the Auditorio de Tenerife with a reduced version of the Sinfónica de Tenerife.

Auditorio de Tenerife’s Educational and Social department has also resumed work with projects like Teatro en la Escuela, Danza en Comunidad or Coro Juvenil. All the schemes are carried out in close collaboration with the education and social centres on the island in line with the guidelines established by the Department for Education of the Government of the Canary Islands. On 19, 20 and 21 November, Auditorio de Tenerife welcomes ROCE’s gathering “Encuentro 2020”. Auditorio is a member of ROCE, which stands for Educational Concert Organizers Network.

All the information on health measures, shows, and ticket sale is available on www.auditoriodetenerife.com. You need to make an appointment on www.auditoriodetenerife.com/contactar before coming to the box office, which is open Monday to Friday from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. The telephone number 902 31 73 27 to buy tickets is also available in the same office hours.

The president of the Cabildo de Tenerife, Pedro Martín, and the councillor of Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, Concepción Rivero, presented today the programme of the first part of Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife season, to begin on 18 September at the Auditorio de Tenerife. The programme includes six concerts, taking part in different festivals, Ópera de Tenerife plus its outreach programme.

“Being able to do this presentation”, the president said, “is, in a way, the best demonstration of returning to normal, as there is no normal in a community with no cultural options” and added that “that’s why it’s so important that we can listen to Strauss, Mahler or Schumann at the Auditorio in the coming months, apart from making this music played by the Orquesta Sinfónica reach all the community”. In this regard, Pedro Martín said that in the next season “there will be some family concerts, to spark vocations, in addition to giving access to schools and bringing classical music to groups who cannot easily come to the Auditorio, like the elderly and those who are confined in prisons”.

Siempre Contigo [Always with you] is the motto chosen by the Cabildo’s Orchestra to set the basis of a season marked by social distancing but committed to being consistently close to people. During lockdown, many orchestra’s musicians built interactive links with Tenerife’s people by means of home-made videos that show how music brings people together when direct contact is impossible.  So, we’re only giving the green light to concerts to be held from September to December, as certain circumstances connected to Covid19 may arise. That’s why we try to work cautiously and just programme for the next four months”, the island’s councillor for Culture, Concepción Rivero pointed out.

Depending on how the current health situation evolves, Sinfónica de Tenerife’s programme will be adapted to the indications given by the appropriate authorities. That is why the season has been divided in two parts: from September to December 2020 and from January to July 2021, which will be presented later. The current programme can be seen and downloaded on http://sinfonicadetenerife.es.

Auditorio de Tenerife will continue to apply, at least for the first part of next season, the safety measures that have been certified by AENOR, which backs their effectiveness. This involves adapting the programme to the new requirements, including reduced seating capacity, no intermission, keeping physical distance both on the stage and in the stalls, compulsory use of face masks or temperature taking.

Seats will not be available until September and sales will be staggered. So, from the 2nd to the 8th, last season’s subscribers will have a priority period to buy their seats; from the 9th to the 11th users can buy a package for the first 6 concerts; finally, from 12 September on tickets will be available to those coming to any of the concerts in this first part.

Sinfónica de Tenerife principal conductor, Antonio Méndez, will lead the opening concerts, which includes Metamorphosen, TrV 290 by Richard Strauss and Symphony nº 4 in G major (arranged by Klaus Simon) by Gustav Mahler, featuring French-Danish soprano Elsa Dreisig.

The second programme will be played on Friday, 2 October under the baton of Juanjo Mena and cellist Pablo Fernández as soloist, who is also resident artist this season. The Cabildo’s orchestra has put together a programme that includes Cello Concerto in A minor, op. 129 by Robert Schumann, Chamber Symphony, op.110a by Dimitri Shostakovich Alberto Ginastera’s Variaciones concertantes, op.23.

October welcomes the third symphonic programme conducted by Anna Rakitina featuring trumpetist Manuel Blanco as guest soloist.  They will play The Magic Flute, overture K.620 by Wolfgang A. Mozart, Trumpet Concerto in E major by Johann N. Hummel and Symphony nº 5 in C minor, op. 67 de Ludwig Van Beethoven.

Lucas Macías will lead Sinfónica de Tenerife’s fourth concert on 6 November, featuring Tenerife clarinettist Maximiliano Martín Lechado as soloist. They will perform two scores by Aaron Copland, Quiet City Clarinet Concerto; to end with Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Symphony nº 4 in B flat major, op.60.

Two events are scheduled for December; the first is on Friday the 4th and features honorary conductor, Víctor Pablo Pérez and Serbian violinist Nemanja Radulovic as soloist. The programme includes Violin Concerto nº 3 in G major "Strassburg", K.216  by Wolfgang A. Mozart and Symphony nº 3 in E flat major "Heroic", op.55 by Ludwig Van Beethoven.

The second concert of the month, and last of the first part of the season, will take place on Friday, the 18th. The orchestra will be led by its principal conductor Antonio Méndez and 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.

With Suena…¡El Circo!, the Cabildo’s orchestra refreshes the old concerts for schoolchildren and families. These will take place from 11 to 14 November. This programme is aimed at Primary School children and it includes the script and voice of storyteller Ana Hernández Sanchíz and juggler El Gran Rufus.

The island’s orchestra will also feature in Ópera de Tenerife productions to take place in the first part of the season. Once again, they will also play at FIMUCITÉ extraordinary concert. At the Auditorio de Tenerife on 25 and 26 September the festival is presenting a programme led by Tenerife conductor Diego Navarro and titled Somos la Resistencia: La Casa de Papel en Concierto. [Soundtrack of the Money Heist series]. The original music by Manel Santisteban and Iván Martínez Lacámara will be accompanied by the voices of Cecilia Krull, Fran León and Pedro Alonso.

On 10 October, El Sauzal will be host to another extraordinary programme of  Sinfónica de Tenerife conducted by Ignacio García Vidal, featuring the voice of narrator Enrique Lanz and Compañía de Títeres Etcétera, to perform the score of Peter and the Wolf, op.67 by Serguéi Prokofiev.

The outreach programme “Música Abierta” will start in November. This programme has been carried out in elderly people’s homes and prisons on the island in past years. The event includes works by Foster, Boccherini or Mozart plus the voice of narrator Ana Hernández Sanchíz.

We’ll present our next season soon, and the Auditorio team wishes to tell you how, after spending some time away, we’re coming back to our other home, Casa de las Emociones [The Home of Emotions].

We can’t wait to get back and everything’s ready now to get together again with no risks. So that you feel safe, just like at home.

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Auditorio and Sinfónica de Tenerife have renewed the trust of the audience after their return with an extraordinary series of concerts, which were attended by more than 1,700 people.  A reduced orchestra played the four repertoires in seven sessions -including one at the Teatro El Sauzal- which were all sold out. The new safety and hygiene measures were willingly accepted by the audience.

The Department for Culture, Education, Youth and Sport of the Cabildo de Tenerife, run by councillor Concepción Rivero, saw reality match the results of the survey conducted by Auditorio de Tenerife to 2,500 people: over half the public is willing to come as soon as activity resumes. Only 17% of people asked opted to wait for one or two months after reopening.

The distance between seats, constant sanitization, staggered access to the auditorium and gel dispensers are some of the measures that make the public feel safe. Apart from these, Auditorio has also made it compulsory to wear face masks, and have your temperature taken before coming into the building. Auditorio de Tenerife is the first theatre in Spain to have its Contingency Plan to deal with COVID-19 certified by AENOR, which gives confidence to audiences, artists, and workers. The same company has also certified the Safe Tourism label for Auditorio, which was created by the Instituto para la Calidad Turística Española (ICTE).

Sinfónica de Tenerife was one of the first Spanish orchestras to resume activity with audiences. The first programme in the series, which was played on 19 June, Titan by Mahler, quickly sold out the 188 seats that were available, so a new session was offered with the same result.

The seating capacity was increased to 300 for the next concert, Divertimento, meeting the new measures put in place for the new normal period regarding indoors shows. A day later, 26 June, the same repertoire was played at Teatro El Sauzal with 127 seats.

The Cabildo’s Orchestra also sold out the first session of Serenata Nocturna, on 3 July, so a second concert was offered on the following day when just ten tickets went unsold. The last concert, Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony, on 10 July was quickly sold out although an extra 100 seats were made available on the same day thanks to the change in the regulations made by the Government of the Canary Islands.

The first and fourth programme was led by Sinfónica de Tenerife honorary conductor Víctor Pablo Pérez, while the second and third concerts were conducted by Tenerife-born David Ballesteros, who was leader of the orchestra and conductor.

In the meantime, Auditorio de Tenerife continues to refund tickets for shows that were cancelled due to the circumstances in the country, which affected many artistic events.  If you have any queries about this procedure, which will go on until 15 December 2020, please write to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Both Sinfónica de Tenerife and Auditorio will very soon announce their programmes for the rest of 2020, which will be marked by the current situation both in terms of contents and delivery.

The Tenerife International Film Music Festival (FIMUCITÉ) presents part of the programme for its fourteenth festival, which features the world premiere of successful TV series Money Heist soundtrack. Composed by Manel Santisteban and Iván Martínez, it has been adapted to symphonic format under the artistic and music direction of renowned composer and conductor Diego Navarro, director of FIMUCITÉ. The councillor of Culture, Education, Youth and Sport of the Cabildo de Tenerife, Concepción Rivero, revealed the details of this year’s festival with Matilde Zambudio, councillor for Culture of Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council; Yaiza López, councillor for Culture of La Laguna town council, and Diego Navarro.

Concepción Rivero confirmed that “the festival, to be held from 18 to 27 September, as announced, will provide film music lovers with a significant programme of concerts and parallel activities despite the exceptional circumstances we’re going through due to Covid-19”. The councillor praised Navarro’s resourcefulness in dealing with this “emblematic cultural event of the island, which overflows with love for music and films”. “We expect tickets for the Auditorio concerts to be available in July”, she revealed.

Matilde Zambudio applauded FIMUCITÉ’s courage to maintain the initial dates and acknowledged that during the lockdown, “many of us enjoyed culture, specifically concerts recorded in this festival”. “We’re proud that Teatro Guimerá plays host to part of the programme”, she admitted, and thanked Diego Navarro “for giving so much to culture on the island, it’s invaluable”.

For her part, Yaiza López said that “we’re happy to take part again in this event, which is established at national level, giving us a place in the world’s cultural arena. The town councillor thanked the festival’s team for their effort, because “without their endeavour and passion, it wouldn’t be possible”. “In our view, culture is a strategic sector and we’ll continue to support it”, she stated.

Diego Navarro admitted that “it’s been extraordinarily difficult to get here”. “In four epic months, the festival had to be rearranged, and it’s one out of the two film music festivals in the world to be held in 2020”, the conductor explained.

“Not even this pandemic was able to undo FIMUCITÉ: we’re the resistance of film music”, he said. The head of the festival said that “we wish to pay tribute to the most successful series of all times -the first Spanish series to win an Emmy award- with a world premiere, a music journey to match every chapter”.

So, maestro Navarro will stand before the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife in the two performances of We are the Resistance: Money Heist In Concert, that are taking place on Friday, 25 and Saturday, 26 September at the Auditorio de Tenerife, featuring composers Manel Santisteban and Iván Martínez Lacámara, singer Cecilia Krull, who will perform onstage the popular theme of the series My life is going on.

The impact of the international health crisis meant the festival had to be rearranged, and thanks to the support of the Cabildo de Tenerife, Santa Cruz City Council, La Laguna Town Council, the Government of the Canary Islands, the Auditorio de Tenerife and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, it will keep its essence, offering original concerts, unique experiences and exceptional guests. 

Opening Concert

On Friday, 18 September, the Teatro Leal de La Laguna will be host to FIMUCITÉ opening concert, where singer Esther Ovejero and jazz will lead a brand-new programme of songs that have been performed in films by great music divas. The concert will be on again on Saturday, the 19th at the Teatro Guiniguada in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The programme titled Cotton Club Diva, a tribute to the iconic New York night club, and Francis Ford Coppola’s film about the  difficult times of Prohibition Law in the US,  includes songs like I say a little prayer for you, immortalised by Dionne Warwick and Aretha Franklin and part of soundtracks in films like My Best Friend's Wedding' or 'The Valley of the Dolls'; 'Feeling good'; Nina Simone’s Feeling good, that featured in  'Point of no return’, or Killing me softly with his song, that earned Roberta Flack three Grammy awards, and was included in the comedy A big Boy, with Hugh Grant and a young Nicholas Hoult.

Scorsese After Hours

Pop Culture Band is back this year with a unique proposal: a selection of songs that Oscar-winner New York filmmaker Martin Scorsese has used in some of his best-known scenes. The Teatro Guimerá in Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the venue chosen for Gonzalo de Araoz’s energetic ensemble to give two performances of Scorsese After Hours, which includes purpose-made arrangements of songs like Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones, from the soundtrack of Godfellas (1990), or I’m Sorry, that singer Brenda Lee made popular in 1960 and that was included in Casino (1995), among others. The show is on Saturday, 19 September.

Cinemass

On the other hand, 14th FIMUCITÉ also features the Coro Polifónico de la Universidad de La Laguna, who is giving the recital Cinemass on 20 September, that includes a fabulous repertoire of choir pieces that have been included in unforgettable films like Gabriel’s Oboe, of the soundtrack legendary Ennio Morricone composed for The Mission, to key pieces from Les Choristes, by Bruno Coulais, or Leonard Cohen’s popular Hallelujah included in the soundtrack of the animation film Shrek, among others. This concert is an original co-production of FIMUCITÉ the Krakow Film Music Festival and Soundtracks Live!

III Premios de la Música para el Audiovisual Español [Spanish Film Music Awards]

Also, on Saturday the 26th just before the second Money Heist concert, the III Premios de la Música para el Audiovisual Español Award Ceremony will be held at the Auditorio de Tenerife, organized by the Asociación de Compositores de Música para Audiovisual (Musimagen), in collaboration with FIMUCITÉ. Winners of the different categories (orchestral score, electroacoustic score, original music for series and original music for commercials) will be revealed on 3 August. They are all guests at the festival along with Darío Palomo, president of Musimagen.

This year was meant to be about comics and superheroes but this theme has been put off to 2021 so that its great influence and contribution to film can be celebrated as it deserves, with a wonderful repertoire of scores that have made history and keep adding to new projects and creations. 

Bruckner’s 7th Symphony closes the extraordinary series of concerts with which the Sinfónica and Auditorio de Tenerife resumed their activity on 19 June. The orchestra’s honorary conductor, Víctor Pablo Pérez, will lead the ensemble at 7:30 pm on Friday, the 10th at the Sala Sinfónica. This Santa Cruz venue is under the Department of Culture, Education, Youth and Sport of the Cabildo de Tenerife, run by councillor Concepción Rivero.

Auditorio de Tenerife kindly asks the audience to arrive at the lobby 15 minutes before their designated time to enter the auditorium (it depends on your row and it is specified on your ticket and on the email you get the day before the concert) for a hassle-free access to the theatre. This initiative, which also includes taking your temperature and wearing a face mask at all time, is part of Auditorio de Tenerife’s contingency plan against the Covid-19, the first in Spain to obtain the AENOR certification.  Both the GastroMag coffee-bar and the car park are available.

The Cabildo’s orchestra is giving a concert that includes exclusively the four movements of Symphony nº 7 in E major for chamber orchestra by Anton Bruckner (1824-1896), arranged by  H. Eisler, E. Stein and K. Rankl, a version that the Tenerife ensemble is performing for the first time.

The score, one of the Austrian composer’s most widely performed works, was the first symphony by this author to be played by Víctor Pablo Pérez and Sinfónica de Tenerife in tandem, although this time it has been arranged for 8 wind instruments, kettledrums, and 14 string instruments.

The Burgos-born conductor studied at the Real Conservatorio de Música de Madrid and at Hochschule für Musik in Munich. From 1980 to 1988 he was artistic director and principal conductor of the Sinfónica de Asturias and from 1986 to 2005 of the Sinfónica de Tenerife. In 1993 he took charge of the Sinfónica de Galicia until 2013, when he joined the Orquesta y Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid as artistic director and principal conductor. He has been artistic director of the Joven Orquesta de Canarias since 2017. This ensemble is made up of young musicians from all the archipelago.

He has received numerous awards: Premio Ojo Crítico de Radio Nacional de España (1990), Premio Ondas (1992 and 1996), Premio Nacional de Música (1995), Medalla de Oro a las Bellas Artes (1999), Honorary Conductor of Sinfónica de Tenerife (2006), Honorary Conductor of Sinfónica de Galicia (2013), Hijo Adoptivo de Tenerife and Medalla de Oro del Gobierno de Canarias. Apart from conducting nearly all the Spanish orchestras, Víctor Pablo Pérez is also invited by international ensembles and he often takes part in major international festivals.

The contingency plan to tackle COVID-19 of Auditorio de Tenerife, which is under the Department of Culture, Education, Youth and Sport of the Cabildo de Tenerife, run by councillor Concepción Rivero, has obtained the AENOR certification for the implementation and efficiency of the new protocol at concerts and events in safe facilities. It is the first concert hall in Spain to get the certification and to obtain it, the external company in charge carried out an thorough audit both of the premises and the documents, supervising the organisation, safety, and hygiene measures put in place for this new phase.

The AENOR certificate is an external guarantee of the efficacy of the measures applied by the institution against the risks this pandemic involves. It also endorses that the initiative meets the guidelines and requirements of the different health authorities issued by 20200703 NP national and international organisations regarding COVID-19 prevention and hygiene. “This shows Auditorio de Tenerife, and therefore the Cabildo de Tenerife, is committed to offering a safe environment to hold concerts and shows in the building”, councillor Concepción Rivero pointed out.

The assessment done by AENOR examines issues like risk management; health management in the workplace; training, information and communications; organisational measures (controlling audience numbers, distance and screens); protection (using personal protective equipment), as well as good cleaning and hygiene practices, etc.

The audit checked the measures implemented by the Auditorio, from signposting in English and Spanish or providing hygienic tables to risk management for workers.

The organisational measures put in place by the Auditorio were also checked, including workers, audiences, and artists; the cleaning and disinfection plans; the facilities maintenance plan; and the guidelines regarding waste management. The auditors also saw a rehearsal of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife and a concert with audience by this orchestra, as well as the cafeteria service located at the Auditorio’s lobby.

AENOR is a professional services company that identifies and helps correct gaps in the competitiveness of companies and the economic fabric in general. It contributes to the transformation of society by building trust among organisations and people through assessments (certification, inspections, and tests) training and information.

It is the leading certification company in Spain. More than 82,000 work centres worldwide have AENOR certifications in fields like Quality Management, Sustainability, Verification of Non-financial Information, Animal Welfare, Safety and Health in the Workplace, Digitalization or Compliance. It is a global company working in 90 countries and has 20 offices in Spain and its own auditors in every Autonomous Region.

The tickets for the last two concerts of the Sinfónica de Tenerife’s extraordinary series are now on sale at five euros. The third concert is titled Serenata nocturna and its repertoire includes works by Haydn, J. C. Bach and Mozart under the baton of leader and conductor David Ballesteros. It is taking place on Friday, the 3rd at 7:30 pm in the  Sala Sinfónica of this venue, which is under the Department of Culture, Education, Youth and Sport of the Cabildo de Tenerife, run by councillor Concepción Rivero. Because of the high demand (tickets for the 3rd July concert were sold out the same day they were put on sale, Tuesday, the 30th), a new performance has been scheduled for 4 July at the same time.

How to buy tickets

Tickets can be purchased in twos on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com and on  902 31 73 27. If you wish to buy a single seat or an odd number of seats, you need to arrange it by telephone.

Safety and prevention measures

Auditorio de Tenerife kindly asks the audience to arrive at the lobby 15 minutes before their designated time to enter the auditorium (it depends on your row and it is specified on your ticket and on the email you get the day before the concert) for a hassle-free access to the theatre. The new safety measures currently in place in the building include the compulsory use of a face mask, having your temperature taken and no breaks. Both the GastroMag coffee-bar and the car park are available.

About the repertoire

The Cabildo’s orchestra has prepared a repertoire that includes Symphony nº 44 in E minor “Trauer”, Hob.I:44, by Franz Joseph Haydn; Symphony nº 6 in G minor, op. 6, W. C12, by Johann Christian Bach, and Serenade nº 6 in D major, “Serenata notturna”, KV 239, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

David Ballesteros is currently a violinist at the London Symphony Orchestra where he has played from classical repertoires to film soundtracks like Star Wars or Harry Potter, regularly working with Simon Rattle and Valery Gergiev. He also takes part in the Orquesta BandArt, where he is head of the social integration area carrying out activities in hospitals, old people’s homes, and prisons.

Tenerife-born Ballesteros started his studies at the Conservatorio de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, where he did conducting and performing music of the Classical period with the original instruments. He has worked with composers like Sofia Gubaidulina, Thomas Adés, James MacMillan, Laura Vega, José Brito, Manuel Bonino, Ernesto Mateo, Sergio Rodríguez, or Ernesto Aurignac. He has taught at the Orquesta Simón Bolívar in Venezuela, the New World Symphony in the United States, the Jove Orquestra Nacional de Catalunya, the Joven Orquesta Nacional de España and in London’s Guildhall School of Music, among other institutions. He has been a teacher at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland since 2015.

Comming soon

Bruckner’s Symphony nº 7 is Sinfónica de Tenerife next concert at the Auditorio and also the last of this extraordinary series. It is taking place on Friday, 10 July at 7:30 pm and will be led by honorary conductor Víctor Pablo Pérez. 

Auditorio de Tenerife has increased the seating capacity of its main stage to 300 to welcome Sinfónica de Tenerife’s second concert, Divertimento, with a reduced number of musicians. It is taking place on Friday, the 26th at 7:30 pm. Tickets will be on sale for the general public on Wednesday the 24th. This repertoire will also be played on Saturday, the 27th at 8:30 pm in Teatro El Sauzal.  Tickets are available on www.teatroelsauzal.com and at the theatre’s box office.

Este aumento en las localidades del Auditorio se debe, por un lado, a que la isla se encuentra bajo la legislación de la nueva normalidad y, por otro, al éxito y buena acogida de las nuevas normas de seguridad e higiene que fueron puestas a prueba en los dos conciertos de Titán de Mahler el pasado fin de semana, que se desarrollaron sin ninguna incidencia.

The main changes include the audience arriving an hour before the show starts, entering the auditorium gradually, wearing a face mask, and having their temperature taken. Before the concert the audience is informed about all the measures, which you can also see here. The GastroMag coffee bar and Auditorio de Tenerife car park are available for this music series.

For this new Auditorio de Tenerife’s concert, the Department of Culture, Education, Youth and Sport of the Cabildo de Tenerife, run by Councillor Concepción Rivero, is putting 300 seats on sale next Wednesday while they are available for  Sinfónica subscribers from today.

Tickets cost five euros and you can buy a pair of seats here on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com or calling 902 31 73 27; for one seat or an odd number of seats, can only be purchased by telephone from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. The box office is also available Monday to Friday from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. You need to make an appointment on https://auditoriodetenerife.sedelectronica.es/citaprevia.0 or on 922 56 86 25.

About the repertory 

This time the Cabildo’s orchestra will play a musical repertoire with David Ballesteros acting as leader of the orchestra/conductor. The pieces include St. Paul’s Suite, op. 29, by Gustav Holst; Holdberg Suite, op. 40, by Edvard Grieg; I crisantemi, by Giacomo Puccini, and Divertimento in D major KV 136, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Holdberg Suite, op. 40 by Edvard Grieg is a musical tribute to Norwegian playwright and essayist Ludvig Holberg on the 200^th anniversary of his birth. It is an evocation of 18^th century dance suites of his native country.

Giacomo Puccini’s I crisantemi was composed for a string quartet or a string orchestra. Its melancholy, grieving language maintains the exciting identity of the Italian author.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Divertimento in D major KV 136 brings the concert to an end with enthusiastic, youthful excitement.  The three movements correspond to the structure of Italian overtures and are permeated with the idiosyncrasy and light of Mediterranean music.

Ballesteros is currently a violinist at the London Symphony Orchestra where he has played from classical repertoires to film soundtracks like Star Wars or Harry Potter, regularly working with Simon Rattle and Valery Gergiev. He also takes part in the Orquesta BandArt, where he is head of the social integration area carrying out activities in hospitals, old people’s homes, and prisons.

Tenerife-born Ballesteros started his studies at the Conservatorio de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, where he did conducting and performing music of the Classical period with the original instruments. He has worked with composers like Sofia Gubaidulina, Thomas Adés, James MacMillan, Laura Vega, José Brito, Manuel Bonino, Ernesto Mateo, Sergio Rodríguez, or Ernesto Aurignac.

He has taught at the Orquesta Simón Bolívar in Venezuela, the New World Symphony in the United States, the Jove Orquestra Nacional de Catalunya, the Joven Orquesta Nacional de España and in London’s Guildhall School of Music, among other institutions. He has been a teacher at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland since 2015.

Auditorio’s next concert, part of this Sinfónica de Tenerife extraordinary repertoire, is Serenata nocturna. It will take place on 3 July under the same leader of the orchestra and conductor. The series closes on 10 July with Bruckner’s Symphony nº 7, under the baton of Víctor Pablo Pérez, who was also in charge of the first two sessions.

Next performances of Sinfónica de Tenerife:

26th of june: Divertimento

3th of july: Serenata nocturna

10th of july: Séptima de Bruckner

Sinfónica and the Auditorio de Tenerife’s first activity after lockdown Mahler’s Titan was so well-received that tickets sold out, prompting the Cabildo to stage a second performance on Saturday, the 20^th. Tickets are out on sale from today, Monday the 15th. The concerts, conducted by Víctor Pablo Pérez, will be at 7:30 pm on Friday and Saturday at Auditorio de Tenerife’s Sala Sinfónica. The orchestra will perform with a reduced number of musicians to comply with the current safety regulations.

The Department of Culture, Education, Youth and Sport of the Cabildo de Tenerife, led by Councillor Concepción Rivero, pointed out that in view of the current safety measures, these concerts will seat 188 people each and the audience is asked to arrive one hour before the concert starts. Tickets for Saturday concert are on sale, for paired seats, from 11:00 am today on Auditorio de Tenerife website and on phone number 902 31 73 27, at five euros per ticket. Just one seat or an odd number of seats can only be booked by telephone.

The new safety measures include, apart from reducing the number of seats available, entering and leaving the auditorium gradually and guided by Auditorio staff; compulsory use of masks, taking the audience temperature, and no intermission, among others. There are also different signs in the building. Buyers will be fully informed about all these measures before the concerts. You can also see them on Auditorio de Tenerife’s website.

GastroMag coffee bar is opening on Thursday, the 18th with all the applicable safety and hygiene measures in place. Auditorio de Tenerife car park is also available for these concerts and the box office opening hours are Monday to Friday from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm by appointment only, which you can make on  //www.auditoriodetenerife.com/contactar or by calling 922 56 86 25. The shop remains closed.

The show is approximately one hour long, and Cabildo de Tenerife’s Orchestra picks up their last performance by starting with the Aria of Suite nº 3 in D major, BWV 1068 by Johann Sebastian Bach, which they played on 20 February before the lockdown. Next they will play Gustav Mahler’s Symphony nº 1 in D major, Titan, for chamber orchestra arranged by Iain Farrington.

The honorary conductor of the Tenerife ensemble, Víctor Pablo Pérez, studied at the Real Conservatorio de Música de Madrid and at Hochschule für Musik in Munich. From 1980 to 1988 he was artistic director and principal conductor of the Sinfónica de Asturias and from 1986 to 2005 of the Sinfónica de Tenerife. In 1993 he took charge of the Sinfónica de Galicia until 2013, when he joined the Orquesta y Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid as artistic director and principal conductor. He has been artistic director of the Joven Orquesta de Canarias since 2017. This ensemble is made up of young musicians from all the archipelago.

He has received numerous awards: Premio Ojo Crítico de Radio Nacional de España (1990), Premio Ondas (1992 and 1996), Premio Nacional de Música (1995), Medalla de Oro a las Bellas Artes (1999), Honorary Conductor of Sinfónica de Tenerife (2006), Honorary Conductor of Sinfónica de Galicia (2013), Hijo Adoptivo de Tenerife and Medalla de Oro del Gobierno de Canarias. Apart from conducting nearly all the Spanish orchestras, Víctor Pablo Pérez is also invited by international ensembles and he often takes part in major international festivals.

The repertoire starts with the Aria of the Orchestral Suite nº3 by Johann Sebastian Bach (Eisenach, 1685 – Leipzig 1750), one of the most recognised pieces by the Baroque composer. It is an adagio alla italiana in contrast with the French style of the first movement of the suite. It is part of a succession of dances of the period with different origins and characteristics and divided by undanceable fragments. Although the original score includes some wind instruments -oboes and trumpets-, strings feature more significantly, which explains why arrangements for strings only have become popular. 

Gustav Mahler’s Symphony nº 1 (Kaliste, 1860 – Vienna 1911) has a pre-Romantic foundation, in fact, it is based on the writings of Jean Paul Richter about the deeds of a hero who manages to rise above his alter ego thanks to his imagination, inner peace and the force of nature. Mahler was captivated by his lines and composed his Symphony nº 1, which he presented in Budapest on 20 November 1889. It was first a symphonic poem in two sections with descriptive titles in five movements (including the well-known Blumine, which he later removed). After revising the score, in 1897 he finished the current four-movement version.

Mahler expresses different emotions both related to his experience of nature and to certain autobiographical matters. In fact, the beginning suggests a somewhat mysterious summer dawn, depicting the early sunrays with a pianissimo drone in the strings. Some of the most relevant features of his musical style are present in this piece, including the free, expressive use of musical forms, and fanfares, marches or popular dances.

Shows: 

19th of june: Titán de Mahler

26th of june: Divertimento

3th of july: Serenata nocturna

10th of july: Séptima de Bruckner

The Department of Culture, Education, Youth and Sport of the Cabildo de Tenerife, led by councillor Concepción Rivero, restarts its stage activity with four concerts by the Orquesta Sinfónica in the Auditorio de Tenerife, to take place on 19 and 26 June and 3 and 10 July. It is an extraordinary programme with a reduced group of some twenty musicians led in two occasions by Víctor Pablo Pérez, honorary conductor of the Sinfónica, and twice by David Ballesteros, leader of the orchestra and conductor.

These concerts will be held once the safety and hygiene measures have been implemented both for the audience and the workers so that this artistic experience can be enjoyed while safety is absolutely guaranteed. They will all be held at Auditorio de Tenerife’s Sala Sinfónica and start at 7:30 pm, although the public is kindly asked to come one hour earlier. Tickets cost five euros.

Tickets will be on sale from Saturday, the 13th in pairs on Auditorio de Tenerife’s website and on 902 31 73 27. If you wish to buy just one seat or an odd number of seats you can do it at the box office by appointment only. Please  make your appointment on www.auditoriodetenerife/contactar or call 922 56 86 25 so you can be served at the box office or by telephone. Tickets will be on sale up to two hours before the concert starts. Tickets will be available to Sinfónica de Tenerife subscribers two days earlier than for the general public.

The first programme is about one hour long and it starts with five minutes of Johann Sebastian Bach and his Aria of Suite nº 3 in D major, BWV 1068, picking up Sinfónica’s last concert on 20 February, when they played this work under the baton of  José Manuel Zapata. The orchestra will then play Symphony nº 1 in D major, Titan, for chamber orchestra, arranged by Iain Farrington so that Gustav Mahler can be enjoyed in this era of small ensembles. These pieces will be conducted by Víctor Pablo Pérez.

There are 188 seats on sale now, as the island is currently in Phase 3 of the national de-escalation and seats must be two metres apart. The new safety measures include, in addition to admitting fewer people, coming in and going out of the auditorium gradually and guided by Auditorio staff, compulsory use of masks, taking the temperature of users and no intermissions, among others. There will be different signs in the building too. Buyers will be informed before the concert of all these measures. You can also see the information on Auditorio de Tenerife website.

The GastroMag coffee bar will open the day before the first concert and will apply all the appropriate safety and hygiene measures. Auditorio de Tenerife’s car park is also available for these concerts. Please remember the box office is open Monday to Friday from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm by appointment only. The shop is currently closed.

The second concert of this extraordinary programme by Sinfónica de Tenerife will be held on 26 June, featuring David Ballesteros as leader of the orchestra and conductor, and including works by Holst, Grieg, Puccini and Mozart. The same conductor will lead the orchestra on 3 July, when they will play pieces by Haydn, Bach and Mozart. In the last extraordinary concert, under Víctor Pablo Pérez, they will play Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony. The conductor, Medalla de Oro de Canarias [Canaries Gold Medal], had led Sinfónica de Tenerife performing this piece in the past but never as a reduced ensemble: this is new to both of them.

Performances: 

19th of June : Titán de Mahler

26th of June: Divertimento

3th of July: Serenata nocturna

10 of July: Séptima de Bruckner

Auditorio de Tenerife is reopening its box office tomorrow [Tuesday, 9 June] by appointment and using new safety measures to make it safe to all the users. The main goal of reopening, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Monday to Friday, is to refund the money paid for the tickets of cancelled events which were sold either at the box office or by telephone. Tickets purchased via the website are gradually being refunded.

To come to the Auditorio de Tenerife facilities, you can book a 15-minute appointment as from today [Monday, the 8th] via the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com/contactar or by calling 922 56 86 11, where we will also answer any queries you may have regarding this procedure, rescheduling or cancellation of the shows. The same person who provided his/her details when buying the tickets is the one that must come in person to deal with the refund procedure.

Make an appointment

If you wish to arrange your appointment online, please find all the steps here to make it even easier for you.

The measures implemented by the Auditorio de Tenerife to offer safety to users during this operation are as follows:

- By appointment to avoid a mass gatherings and waiting.

- Entry and exit corridors with safety distance marks.

- Hygienic desks with hydroalcoholic gel

- Screens separating users from workers, who are wearing masks and gloves.

Users are kindly asked to be punctual, responsible and to wear a mask.

The building that houses this Cabildo institution is gradually getting back to normal and some workers, who cannot do their job from home, have returned. The whole team is focused on implementing the new prevention, hygiene, and safety measures so that the building is ready for work with absolute guarantee. Although the shows that were scheduled until 31 August have been cancelled, we have not fully discounted the possibility of new shows designed for the current circumstances.

Auditorio de Tenerife’s social networks keep sharing contents about our projects and have also now started to show animated videos about some of the measures to be taken ahead of the much hoped-for reopening.