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The sopranos Maria Rita Combattelli and Beatriz de Sousa will bring to life the rich and beautiful landowner Adina, in Donizetti’s comic opera L’elisir d’amore. This title opens the new Ópera de Tenerife season and will be put on from 24 to 27 October at Auditorio de Tenerife. Combattelli will perform on Thursday and Saturday while De Sousa will sing on Friday and Sunday.

Italian Combattelli and Portuguese De Sousa are part of the seventh Opera (e)Studio, which they both learned about from other singers who have taken part in this Ópera de Tenerife’s project. Combattelli believes that “the title this year is very interesting, and I thought I should make the most of this opportunity” and De Sousa admits she was encouraged to take part because of “the opportunity of making my debut in the role of Adina”.

Maria Rita Combattelli, who is a student at the Accademia del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, recalls that “I’ve always liked singing, since I was a little girl. My mum says I knew all the cartoon songs by heart”. De Sousa, who is studying at University of Music Vienna and at the Liceu’s Conservatoire, started her studies when she was sixteen and came to Tenerife in the past to take part in the masterclasses of Giulio Zappa, who is the artistic director of Opera (e)Studio. In contrast this is the first time Combattelli is on the island.

They are both certain that L’elisir d’amore “is a brilliant and amusing work that blends comic and opera features seamlessly”. Combattelli highlights ‘Adina’s complex psychology; she is a strong, independent woman as shown by every word she says”, while De Sousa points out that “the music is wonderful, it’s the type of music that traps your ear at once and remains with you for a long time”.

Regarding the difficulty of tackling a role like Adina, Beatriz de Sousa explains that “Adina greatly develops as a character throughout the opera and the last aria portrays this psychological and musical culmination”. In Rita Combattelli’s opinion, the complexity of the role “lies in the vocal part, as it is a bel canto role, but you must keep up the energy of the character right through the work”.

Combattelli and De Sousa appreciate coming to the Opera (e)Studio training programme. The Italian singer points out, among others, her “surprise at being treated with the professionality and respect due to professionals”. For her part, De Sousa is delighted with the experience and highlights “the high level they demand from us”. The Lisbon soprano says that “in Opera (e)Studio de Tenerife I’ve found the perfect balance between the support a young singer needs and the necessary exposure to start off her career”.

As for future goals, Combattelli prefers not to strive for a specific one but to “go on taking in the work done these months at Opera (e)Studio and doing her very best every day”, while the Italian singer says her goal is to become “a thorough  artist, taking care of voice technique and particularly, being a great performer on the stage”.

L’elisir d’amore opens the 2019 – 2020 opera season under the musical direction of Antonio Méndez, principal conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife. This Ópera de Tenerife production -jointly with Teatro Comunale di Bologna and Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre- is funded by the European Commission through its Creative Europe scheme. It is a debut in Europe of stage director, Pablo Maritano, who transports us to Hollywood golden age, adorned with the stage design by Serena Rocco, Lorena Marin’s costumes and lighting design by Virginio Levrio.

La asistente de dirección de la compañía de danza tinerfeña Lava, Dácil González, ha recibido hoy [lunes 7] el Premio Nacional de Danza en Interpretación 2019. La bailarina, mano derecha del director artístico de la formación residente de Auditorio de Tenerife, Daniel Abreu -Premio Nacional de Danza 2014-, obtiene el galardón “por el impecable nexo entre técnica, emoción y capacidad comunicativa, desarrollado a lo largo de más de 20 años, con solidez y constancia”.

El jurado, que premió en la categoría de Creación a Estévez/Paños y Compañía, también ha destacado especialmente su interpretación en La desnudez, último trabajo de la Compañía Daniel Abreu, de la que forma parte. “Esta pieza resalta su espléndido perfil de intérprete, que trabaja desde la resistencia y el compromiso”, asegura el comité en el acta.

“A través de su trayectoria puede leerse gran parte de la historia de la danza contemporánea hecha en España”, recalca el jurado de estos premios, que concede anualmente el Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte del Gobierno de España y que están dotados con 30.000 euros cada uno.

Dácil González es colaboradora asidua del bailarín y creador tinerfeño Daniel Abreu, junto al que ha trabajado en los espectáculos Equilibrio (2010), Animal (2011), Silencio (2013), Venere (2015) y La desnudez (2017). Desde 2018 trabaja mano a mano con Abreu en la dirección artística de la compañía tinerfeña Lava.

Formada en estudios superiores de danza en la modalidad de Coreografía y Técnicas de Interpretación, la canaria Dácil González comenzó sus estudios junto a Julián Brandon y María Eulate. Desde 1996 vive y trabaja en Madrid, donde ha desarrollado buena parte de su trayectoria como bailarina, participando en compañías como 10&10 danza -dirigida por Mónica Runde y Pedro Berdäyes-, donde trabajó desde 1998; La Piel Danza, agrupación dirigida por José Reches; Larumbe Danza y Els Visitants Compañía de Teatre, entre otras.

Fuera de España, bailó para el Staatstheater Darmstadt bajo la dirección de Mei Hong Lin. Ha participado también en diversas óperas y algunas películas como El otro lado de la cama, con coreografía de Pedro Berdäyes, y Pasos de baile, dirigida por John Malkovich. Como coreógrafa destacan los trabajos Solo de momento, Cuando digo una palabra (creado junto a Gustavo Martín), una colaboración con la compañía Maltrago Teatro para el espectáculo La niña sin muelas, y el montaje It, creado junto a Gustavo Martín y Jesús Caramés con la agrupación que fundaron y codirigen desde 2009, LA. Otra Compañía Danza.

Dácil González se encuentra actualmente trabajando en el estreno de las dos nuevas piezas de Lava, coreografiadas por el israelí Roy Assaf y el coreano Dong Kyu Kim, que tendrá lugar el 1 de diciembre a las 19:00 horas en la Sala Sinfónica el Auditorio de Tenerife, en el marco del Festival de Artes Escénicas Telón Tenerife. Las entradas pueden adquirirse en los canales habituales de Auditorio de Tenerife, en taquilla de 10:00 a 19:30 horas, de lunes a sábado excepto festivos, a través de www.auditoriodetenerife.com y www.telontenerife.com o por teléfono en el 902 317 327.

Dácil González the assistant director of Tenerife dance company Lava took today, Monday the 7^th, the Premio Nacional de Danza en Interpretación 2019 [National Dance Award for Performance]. The dancer is the right-hand person of Daniel Abreu, who won the Premio Nacional de Danza in 2014 and is the artistic director of this company resident at Auditorio de Tenerife. She was granted the award “because she has consistently and soundly delivered a seamless link between technique, emotion and communicative ability in her performances for more than 20 years”.

The jury, who gave the prize for the Creation category to Estévez/Paños y Compañía, has highlighted her performance in La desnudez, the latest work by Compañía Daniel Abreu, a company she is part of. “This piece underlines her splendid performer profile which she works on through perseverance and commitment”, the committee states in their report.

“Through her career we can glimpse at the history of contemporary dance made in Spain”, the jury stressed. These awards are granted every year by the Ministry of Culture and Sport of the Government of Spain and come with a 30,000-euro cash prize each.

Dácil González usually collaborates with the Tenerife dancer and creator Daniel Abreu and has worked with him in shows like Equilibrio (2010), Animal (2011), Silencio (2013), Venere (2015) and La desnudez (2017). Since 2018 she has been working side by side with Abreu at the artistic direction of Tenerife company Lava.

Having started her training with Julián Brandon and María Eulate, the Canarian dancer graduated in the specialities of Choreography and Performance Techniques. She has lived and worked in Madrid since 1996 where she has carried out most of her dance career, taking part in companies like 10&10 danza -directed by Mónica Runde and Pedro Berdäyes-, where she started to work in 1998; La Piel Danza, directed by José Reches; Larumbe Danza and Els Visitants Compañía de Teatre, among others.

Abroad, she has danced for the Staatstheater Darmstadt directed by Mei Hong Lin and has also taken part in different operas and some films such as El otro lado de la cama, with a choreography by Pedro Berdäyes, and Pasos de baile, directed by John Malkovich. As choreographer, her works include Solo de momento, Cuando digo una palabra (created with Gustavo Martín), a collaboration with the company Maltrago Teatro for the show La niña sin muelas, and the production It, created with Gustavo Martín and Jesús Caramés with the group they started and have codirected since 2009, LA. Otra Compañía Danza.

Dácil González is currently working in the premiere of two new pieces by Lava, choreographed by Israeli Roy Assaf and Korean Dong Kyu Kim, to take place at 7:00 pm on 1 December at Auditorio de Tenerife’s Sala Sinfónica as part of the Festival de Artes Escénicas Telón Tenerife [Telón Tenerife Performing Arts Festival].

Tickets can be purchased via the usual sale channels of Auditorio de Tenerife, at the box office from 10:00 am to 7:30 pm, Monday to Saturday except holidays; on www.auditoriodetenerife.com and www.telontenerife.com or by phone on 902 317 327.

The Festival Canarias Jazz Showroom-XI Muestra de Jazz de Canarias offers a busy weekend at Auditorio de Tenerife with a programme that includes bands ranging from jazz manouche, to Latin jazz to fusion jazz. Also taking place is the event Swing Fest, which is aimed at audiences who love this music and dance style, plus the awards II Premios Canarias Jazz Showroom. Bands playing include Crazy Cats, Ancor Miranda Quintet, Havana Vibes, Charlie Moreno and CJS Reunion with dancer Jep Meléndez as special guest.

The first concerts of Canarias Jazz Showroom are being held on Saturday, the 5th at 7:30 pm at Auditorio de Tenerife’s Sala de Cámara. It features the live performance of the Ancor Miranda Quintet, made up of Gianni Glagiardi, tenor sax; Álvaro Torres, piano; Octavio Hernández, electric guitar; Basile Rahola, double bass; and Ancor Miranda – who’s penned all the compositions – at the drums. Next on stage is Havana Vibes, a project based on different musical varieties from diverse countries, which not only aims to be a musical itinerary but a life one too.

At the end, the Swing Fest is offering a performance by Crazy Cats at 9:30 pm at the Auditorio foyer. It is a tribute to swing, to jazz manouche and to that style that sprang in the United States in the 1930s which grew into a culture encompassing music, dance, clothes, food…and specially, the joy of living.

On Sunday the 6th, Canarias Jazz Showroom presents CJS Reunión in concert. This is a project to pay tribute to Canarian jazz composers and it also has the aim of paying homage to our jazz musical heritage. They are the support band for the ceremony of the 2^nd Canarias Jazz Showroom awards and will be joined by the great tap-dancer and body percussion artist Jep Meléndez. The band includes Daniel González, drums; Carlos Costa, double bass; Kevin Díaz, piano, Aaron Barreiro, vibraphone; Kike Perdomo, saxes; and Idafe Pérez, trumpet.

It will then be the turn of the Charlie Moreno Quintet. This Gran Canaria-born young musician is a bass player, composer, and producer who has lived in mainland Spain, both in Madrid and Barcelona for nearly 20 years. He has taken classes with great musicians of the jazz scene including Russell Malone, Gary Grainger, Yellowjackets, Dave Weckl, Tom Kennedy, Richard Bona, Richie Goods, Victor Bailey and Victor Wooten, among others.

Tickets are available through the usual sale channels of Auditorio de Tenerife – at the box office from 10:00 am to 7:30 pm, Monday to Saturday except holidays; via www.auditoriodetenerife.com  or calling 902 317 327.

The Muestra de Jazz de Canarias was set up in 2009 by musician and composer Kike Perdomo as the first event focusing on presenting Canarian projects that do not always find a niche on the islands. Over the years, the quality, variety of styles and number of concerts that enter the show have increased exponentially to the point that it has become a major showcase of what is happening in and out of the islands through the participation of Canarian composers, musicians and producers. 

This week Ópera de Tenerife is travelling to the municipalities of El Sauzal and La Laguna with two opera recitals. The first one is held today, Tuesday the 1st at 8:30 pm, in Teatro El Sauzal. The second recital is taking place on Thursday, the 3rd at 7:30 pm, at the Paraninfo of La Laguna University. They are organized by the Cabildo de Tenerife with the collaboration of El Sauzal Town Council and the University. Admission to the concerts is free.

The following young singers of the 7th Opera (e)Studio project are taking part in the recitals: Maria Rita Combattelli, Beatriz de Sousa, Klodjan Kaҫani, César Arrieta, Alberto Bonifazio, Jacobo Ochoa, Givi Gigineishvili, Matteo Andrea Mollica, Sofía Esparza and Leonora Tess. The piano accompaniment is by maestros Hana Lee and Claudio Marchetti.

The programme includes some of the most beautiful songs from operas like Il barbiere di Siviglia, La Scala di seta (Rossini), L’elisir d’amore, Poliuto (Donizetti), Falstaff (Verdi), La sonnambula (Bellini), Faust (Gounod), La bohème (Puccini), Die tote Stadt (Korngold), Eugenio Oneguin (Tchaikovsky), Chateau Margaux (Férnandez Caballero) and Carmen (Bizet).

The ten singers arrived on the Island in early September and have been busy attending comprehensive opera training sessions at Auditorio de Tenerife. So far, they have had masterclasses by Opera (e)Studio’s artistic director, Giulio Zappa, soprano Mariella Devia, stage director Pablo Maritano and Ópera de Tenerife’s intendent, Alejandro Abrante.

This artistic improvement training will conclude with the staging of L’elisir d’amore from 24 to 27 October. This title opens the 2019-2020 Ópera de Tenerife season. This is a coproduction with Teatro Comunale di Bologna, and Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre with the funding of the Creative Europe programme.

La Sinfónica de Tenerife ofrece el viernes [día 4] Schumann I, a partir de las 19:30 horas, un concierto monográfico dedicado al compositor sajón y que supone el segundo del programa de abono de la temporada 2019-2020 en el Auditorio de Tenerife. La batuta de su director principal, Antonio Méndez, dirigirá el programa que cuenta con el pianista israelí Inon Barnatan como solista invitado.

Este nuevo concierto, cimentado en la obra de Robert Schumann, se basa en un sentimiento romántico engarzado en la perfecta tradición clásica, por lo que deriva a una impecable simbiosis entre el solista y la orquesta. En este sentido, existe un amplio abanico de sensaciones que se podrán experimentar durante la velada debido a la portentosa explosión sinfónica.

El solista Inon Barnatan, calificado como “uno de los pianistas más admirados de su generación” por el rotativo New York Times, se estrena con la formación insular y su trabajo destaca por su sensibilidad poética, su inteligencia musical, además de su consumada maestría. El pasado mes de julio comenzó a encargarse de la dirección musical de La Jolla Music Society Summerfest de California. Durante la temporada actual, además de Tenerife, se estrenará también con la Tiroler Landestheater und Orchester, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Real Orquesta Filarmónica de Estocolmo, Orquestra Sinfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, Dresder Philharmonie y la Orquesta Sinfónica de Tokio.

Obertura, Scherzo & Finale, op. 52 fue compuesta en 1841 y se estrenó el 6 de diciembre en la Gewandhaus de Leipzig, pero al no alcanzar el éxito esperado, Schumann revisó la pieza en 1845. La escritura recuerda oberturas de ópera italiana encontrando una introducción lenta, “Andante con moto”, y en la que se presenta el material musical de toda la partitura. El Scherzo, con ritmo derivado de la giga barroca, se fundamenta en el semitono con el que comienza la obra para concluir en el “Allegro molto vivace”, con mayor protagonismo de los metales y los timbales, y en el que el compositor combina hábilmente dos estrategias de gran peso en la tradición europea: la forma sonata y la escritura imitativa.

El Concierto para piano y orquesta en La menor, op. 54 tiene su origen en Fantasía para piano en La menor, que se convertiría en el primer movimiento de la pieza definitiva. Esta obra constituye una de las principales materializaciones del sentimiento romántico apasionado con vocación de trascendencia. Se trata de una declaración de amor repleta de alusiones a su esposa Clara, a sus obras de juventud y a citas musicales clave de aquella extraordinaria relación entre compositor y pianista.

El desarrollo poético y dialogado de la melodía prima sobre el virtuosismo habitual en este tipo de obras decimonónicas. El magnético tema principal del “Allegro affettuoso” es presentado por el oboe y las trompas, a los que responde el piano. Este diseño es el gran emblema de la obra, ya que en él encontramos una de las referencias musicales más evidentes a su esposa: el tresillo descendente c-h-a-a (correspondiente a las notas Do – Si – La – La); con ello Schumann representa el nombre Clara (CHiArA).

La segunda parte del programa se compone íntegramente por la Sinfonía nº 1, estrenada bajo la dirección de Mendelssohn el 31 de marzo de 1841 en la Gewandhaus de Leipzig con un gran éxito de público y crítica. Se trata de una composición, optimista y juvenil, que se inspira en el último verso del “Poema de primavera” de Adolf Böttger: “En el valle florece la primavera”. Para el compositor teutón, la estación equinoccial representaba el florecimiento de la vida, la exaltación del amor regenerador, además de la fecundidad, estabilidad y armonía que estaba experimentando en aquel momento.

En este sentido, Schumann aplica la economía temática, continuidad orgánica y la originalidad formal que preside todas sus composiciones de envergadura. La obra se estructura en cuatro movimientos cuyos títulos originales fueron: “El despertar de la primavera”, “Tarde e idilio”, “Juegos felices” y “Plenitud de la primavera”. 

La Asociación Tinerfeña de Amigos de la Música [Atadem] organiza, a las 18:30 horas,  una charla previa al concierto en torno a las obras que se podrán escuchar, que será impartida por Margarita Fernández de Sevilla.

Las entradas para este concierto de abono pueden adquirirse en la taquilla, de 10:00 a 19:30 horas de forma ininterrumpida de lunes a sábado; por teléfono en el 902 317 327; o por internet en www.sinfonicadetenerife.es y www.auditoriodetenerife.com.

El Festival Internacional de Música de Cine de Tenerife (Fimucité), que concluye este fin de semana con el patrocinio del Cabildo de Tenerife, el Gobierno de Canarias y el Ayuntamiento de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, afronta su recta final con tres grandes conciertos sinfónicos en el Auditorio de Tenerife. Los detalles del cierre del festival fueron dados en rueda de prensa por la consejera de Cultura del Cabildo, Concepción Rivero; la concejal de Cultura del Ayuntamiento de Santa Cruz, Matilde Zambudio; el director de Fimucité, Diego Navarro; los compositores Christopher Young y Harry Manfredini, y el director de orquesta Christian Schumann.

Para Concepción Rivero “es un gran honor que Tenerife pueda contar con un elenco de excepción como los que trae Fimucité”. “Este proyecto no solo debería abanderar a la isla de Tenerife, sino a toda Canarias”, afirmó la consejera. La concejal de Santa Cruz, Matilde Zambudio, declaró que “poco tiene que demostrar Fimucité a estas alturas tras 13 años” y aplaudió la creatividad de la iniciativa, que “trae a la isla cada año a los mejores compositores del mundo, sirviendo de ejemplo para nuestros jóvenes”.

Diego Navarro se congratuló del éxito de los primeros conciertos del festival, que por segundo año consecutivo viaja a Gran Canaria. El director y compositor musical aseguró que desde Fimucité “tenemos que agarrarnos a nuestra sociedad, que se nutra del festival y por eso implementamos varias acciones que se desarrollan desde un punto de vista educativo y social”.

Christopher Young, uno de los grandes autores de bandas sonoras de terror de Hollywood, aseguró sentirse “increíblemente bendecido por volver a estar en Tenerife y encima recibir el Premio honorífico Fimucité Antón García Abril celebrando la música hecha para el terror, algo impensable en Los Ángeles”.

Por su parte, Harry Manfredini explicó que “es muy gratificante compartir con el público nuestra música interpretada en directo”. “Es mi primera vez en Tenerife y estoy sorprendido por los paisajes y personas maravillosas que estoy conociendo”, afirmó el compositor.

Por último, Christian Schumann, que ya estuvo en Fimucité dirigiendo Space Opera en 2016, expresó su gratitud por estar en la isla y aseguró que “hay muy pocos lugares en el mundo que hagan festivales con este plantel de invitados”. El director de orquesta dio las gracias “a todos los que ayudan a financiar Fimucité” y prometió dejar al público “con la piel de gallina durante dos horas”.

Ya se encuentra en Tenerife el elenco completo de invitados que participa en la decimotercera del festival. Además de Young, Manfredini y Schumann, los compositores Randy Edelman, Osvaldo Montes y Matthijs Kieboom, además de Vince DiCola, entre otros profesionales de la industria de la música audiovisual que participan este año en el festival tanto en los conciertos como en las actividades paralelas.

Mañana [jueves 26] tendrá lugar en el Teatro Guimerá, a partir de las 20:00 horas, el concierto Randy Edelman: A Close Relationship, a cargo del propio autor, uno de los compositores de Hollywood más reconocidos de la actualidad y autor de las bandas sonoras de películas como Dragonheart, El Último Mohicano, Poli de guardería y series de televisión como McGyver. Edelman repasará al piano su carrera musical en un emotivo e íntimo concierto en el que estará acompañado por un septeto de cuerda.

Tras esta propuesta, viernes, sábado y domingo la programación se trasladará al Auditorio de Tenerife para la puesta en escena de tres conciertos que han generado una gran expectación entre los aficionados a la música de cine no solo del Archipiélago, sino de todo el mundo.

El leitmotiv de esta edición número 13 de Fimucité gira en torno a la música escrita para el cine de terror. Inquietante, atmosférica, aterradora, turbadora, efectista… viernes y sábado en el Auditorio de Tenerife sonarán las mejores partituras de los clásicos del género.

Así, este viernes 27, a partir de las 20:00 horas, tendrá lugar el concierto Mis terrores favoritos, un recorrido por la mejor música del cine de terror. Siete estrenos mundiales forman parte de la selección de bandas sonoras que podrá escucharse bajo la batuta del director de orquesta alemán Christian Schumann, de la mano de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, el Tenerife Film Choir dirigido por Juan Ramón Vinagre y el Coro Polifónico de la Universidad de La Laguna. Dentro del repertorio, se incluyen piezas de invitados del festival, como Harry Manfredini, autor de la mítica música de Viernes 13, o Christopher Young, compositor de las películas Hellraiser, Hellbound: Hellraiser II y Arrástrame al infierno, quien recogerá el premio honorífico Fimucité - Antón García Abril.

Este concierto dará además comienzo con la ceremonia de entrega de los II Premios de la Música para el Audiovisual Español que otorga la Asociación de Compositores de Música para Audiovisual (Musimagen). Las partituras ganadoras en las distintas categorías se darán a conocer en el acto, en el que sonará una suite que reunirá una selección de las tres bandas sonoras candidatas al Premio a la “Mejor Partitura Orquestal”: La gran aventura de los Lunnis y el Libro mágico, de Vanessa Garde; El fotógrafo de Mauthausen, de Diego Navarro, y El Reino, de Juan Bardem.

Por otro lado, el sábado Fimucité resucitará el Drácula de Bram Stoker (1992), en un espectacular concierto live-to-picture dedicado a la obra maestra de Francis Ford Coppola y su inigualable banda sonora, obra del compositor polaco Wojciech Kilar fallecido en 2013. En reconocimiento a su trayectoria, dedicada a la composición de música clásica y cinematográfica, y a su obra, con otras grandes partituras como la música de El Pianista de Roman Polanski (2002) -Premio César a la Mejor música de cine-, el Festival concederá al autor en este marco el Premio Fimucité - Antón García Abril a título póstumo.

Fimucité, en coproducción con el Festival de Música de Cine de Cracovia (FMF) y con la colaboración de Sony Pictures y Robert Townson Productions, ha creado este proyecto que ofrecerá la proyección de la película mientras Diego Navarro dirige a la OST y el Tenerife Film Choir, interpretando la banda sonora en perfecta sincronización con las imágenes. Es la segunda vez que se organiza un espectáculo de estas características en Canarias. La primera ocasión tuvo lugar el año pasado en Fimucité durante la proyección e interpretación de la partitura del clásico de la ciencia ficción Encuentros en la Tercera Fase.

El broche final a la decimotercera edición del festival lo pondrá el domingo [día 29] el concierto “Campeones de la gran pantalla”. Por vez primera el tradicional recital de la Joven Orquesta Sinfónica de Fimucité, conformada por alumnos del Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Santa Cruz de Tenerife y del Conservatorio Superior de Música de Canarias, se celebrará en el Auditorio de Tenerife. Dirigidos por José Antonio Cubas, en esta ocasión interpretarán un popular repertorio de música de cine de temática deportiva, en el que sonarán las mejores bandas sonoras del género. Este concierto incluye cinco estrenos mundiales y contará con la presencia en el escenario del compositor y director de orquesta Randy Edelman, quien tomará la batuta en la interpretación de su música para Dragón, la vida de Bruce Lee, Ángeles y la sintonía de deportes de la NBC. Por su parte, Vince DiCola interpretará su música para Rocky IV, incluida la canción Hearts of fire, que interpretará el solista Marc Quee.

En este marco, clausura del Festival, tendrá lugar asimismo el anuncio del palmarés y la entrega de galardones de la sección oficial a concurso Fimucinema. El Espacio La Granja, situado en la Casa de la Cultura de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, acoge hasta el viernes, día 27, el programa de proyecciones que abarca seis documentales, seis largometrajes de ficción y 25 cortometrajes.

Dentro de su apartado educativo, el Festival Internacional de Música de Cine de Tenerife también incluye en la programación de su decimotercera edición atractivos conciertos matinales dirigidos a escolares que tendrán lugar mañana [jueves 26] y el viernes [día 27] en el Auditorio Antonio Lecuona del Conservatorio de Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Gracias a la colaboración de la Asociación Canaria del Trastorno del Espectro del Autismo (Apanate) contarán también con la asistencia de alumnos con Trastorno del Espectro del Autismo (TEA) de las Aulas Enclave de distintos centros educativos en Tenerife.

Por otra parte, este año Fimucité ofrecerá dos actividades con la “Escuela del Espectador” del Auditorio de Tenerife. La primera tendrá lugar hoy [miércoles 25], a las 18:00 horas, bajo el lema “Mis Terrores favoritos”. Moderada por el especialista de música de cine Dan Goldwasser, contará con la presencia de Christopher Young y Harry Manfredini. Mañana [jueves 26], también a las 18:00 horas, tendrá lugar un segundo encuentro centrado en “Drácula de Bram Stoker”, moderada del mismo modo por Dan Goldwasser y en la que intervendrán Diego Navarro y el productor discográfico Robert Townson.

Fimucité 13, dirigido por el compositor y director de orquesta Diego Navarro, cuenta con el patrocinio del Cabildo de Tenerife, el Gobierno de Canarias, el Ayuntamiento de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Audi Canarias, Teleférico del Teide, y con la colaboración de la Fundación SGAE, entre otras entidades.

The Tenerife International Film Music Festival (Fimucité), which runs until next weekend and is sponsored by Cabildo de Tenerife, the Government of the Canary Islands, and Santa Cruz de Tenerife Town Council offers, in its final stages, three great symphonic concerts at Auditorio de Tenerife. The details regarding the closing events of the festival were revealed at a press conference by the councillor for Culture of the Cabildo, Concepción Rivero; the councillor for Culture of Santa Cruz City Council, Matilde Zambudio; Fimucité director, Diego Navarro; composers Christopher Young and Harry Manfredini, plus conductor Christian Schumann.

In Concepción Rivero’s opinion “it’s an honour for Tenerife to enjoy exceptional artists like those brought by Fimucité”. “This project should not just have a leading role in Tenerife but in the whole of the Canaries”, she stated. The councillor for Santa Cruz, Matilde Zambudio, said that “after 13 years running Fimucité has little to prove” and she praised its creativity as “every year it brings to the island the best composers in the world, serving as an example to our young people”.

Diego Navarro was happy about the success of the first festival concerts which, for the second year in a row, is travelling to Gran Canaria. The conductor and composer said that at Fimucité “we must cling on to our community, make them share in the festival; that’s why some of our activities are implemented from an educational and social perspective”.

Christopher Young, one of the great horror soundtrack composers in Hollywood, said he felt “incredibly blessed to be back in Tenerife and on top it, get Fimucité’s Antón García Abril honorary award that celebrates music made to frighten, something unthinkable in Los Angeles”.

For his part, Harry Manfredini explained that “it’s very gratifying to share with the audience our music being played live”. “This is my first time in Tenerife and I’m amazed at the landscapes and the wonderful people I’m meeting”, the composer added.

Finally, Christian Schumann, who was at Fimucité conducting Space Opera in 2016, said he was grateful for being on the island and stated that “there are very few places in the world that hold festivals with guests like these”. The conductor thanked “all those who help fund Fimucité” and promised the audience “to get goose bumps for two hours”.

All the guests taking part in the 13th Fimucité are already on the island. Apart from Young, Manfredini, and Schumann, composers Randy Edelman, Osvaldo Montes and Matthijs Kieboom, in addition to Vince DiCola among other professionals of the film music industry are taking part in the festival this year both in concerts and in the parallel activities.

At 8:00 pm tomorrow, [Thursday, the 26th] the concert Randy Edelman: A Close Relationship is taking place at Teatro Guimerá featuring the author himself, one of the most renowned Hollywood composers at present and author of the soundtracks of Dragonheart, The Last of the Mohicans, Kindergarten Cop, and TV series like McGyver. Edelman will go over his musical career in a touching, intimate concert where he’ll be accompanied by a string septet.

On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday Auditorio de Tenerife will host three concerts that have generated great expectation among film music fans both on the islands and worldwide.

The leitmotiv of the number 13 Fimucité is the music written for horror films. Disturbing, atmospheric, frightening, alarming, dramatic… the best classic scores of the genre will be played at Auditorio de Tenerife on Friday and Saturday.

So, the concert Mis terrores favoritos [My favourite fears] is being held at 8:00 pm on Friday, the 27th, a tour of the best horror film music. The selection of soundtracks includes seven world premieres led by the German orchestra conductor Christian Schumann with Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, Tenerife Film Choir directed by Juan Ramón Vinagre and the Coro Polifónico de la Universidad de La Laguna. The repertoire includes pieces penned by some of the festival guests like Harry Manfredini, author of the iconic soundtrack for Friday the 13th, or Christopher Young, who composed the music for films like Hellraiser, Hellbound: Hellraiser II and Drag me to Hell, will also receive the Fimucité - Antón García Abril honorary award.

This concert opens with the award-giving ceremony of the II Premios de la Música para el Audiovisual Español [2nd Spanish Film Music Awards] granted by Asociación de Compositores de Música para Audiovisual (Musimagen). The winning scores in different sections will be announced during the event, which includes a suite played with a selection of the three soundtracks by the candidates to the award for “Best Orchestral Score”: La gran aventura de los Lunnis y el Libro mágico, by Vanessa Garde; The photographer of Mauthausen, by Diego Navarro, and El Reino, by Juan Bardem.

On the other hand, on Saturday, Fimucité is bringing back to life Bram Stoker’s Drácula (1992), in a spectacular live-to-picture concert devoted to Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece and its unique soundtrack by Polish composer Wojciech Kilar, who passed away in 2013. In recognition of his career devoted to composing classical and film music, and of his work that includes major scores like the music for Roman Polanski’s The Pianist (2002) -César Award for best music for film-, the Festival will be posthumously recognising the composer with the Fimucité - Antón García Abril Award.

Fimucité, in coproduction with Krakow FMF and the collaboration of Sony Pictures and Robert Townson Productions, has created this project, which consists of the film being screened while Diego Navarro conducts the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife (OST) and Tenerife Film Choir, playing the soundtrack in synchrony with the images. This is the second time a show of this kind is put on in the Canary Islands. The first time was last year at Fimucité, when the science fiction classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind was screened while the music was played live.

The finishing touch for this 13th Fimucité comes on Sunday, the 29th in the shape of the concert “Champions of the Silver Screen”. For the first time, the traditional concert by the FIMUCITÉ Symphony Youth Orchestra, whose members are students of the Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Canarias, to be held in Auditorio de Tenerife. Conducted by José Antonio Cubas, they will be playing a popular repertoire of music for sports films including the best soundtracks of the genre. The concert features five world premieres plus the presence on stage of composer and conductor Randy Edelman, who will lead the interpretation of his music for Dragon, the Bruce Lee Story, Angels and the NBC sports signature tune. For his part, Vince DiCola will perform his music for Rocky IV, including the song Hearts of fire, to be sung by soloist Marc Quee.

During the closing ceremony of the Festival, the winners will be announced and given their awards under the official competition section Fimucinema. Espacio La Granja, located in Casa de la Cultura in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, is hosting until Friday, the 27th the screening of six documentaries, six feature films and 25 short films.

Under their educational section, Tenerife International Film Music Festival includes attractive morning concerts aimed at school children. These are taking place tomorrow, Thursday, the 26th and on Friday, the 27th at the Auditorio Antonio Lecuona in the Conservatorio de Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Thanks to the collaboration of Asociación Canaria del Trastorno del Espectro del Autismo (Apanate), students of Aulas Enclave, at different schools in Tenerife, with Trastorno del Espectro del Autismo (TEA) [Autism Spectrum Disorders] will also be attending these concerts.

On the other hand, Fimucité is also offering two activities with Auditorio de Tenerife’s “Escuela del Espectador”. The first one is taking place today, Wednesday the 25th at 6:00 pm under the motto “Mis Terrores favoritos” [My favourite fears]. Chaired by the film music expert Dan Goldwasser, it includes the presence of Christopher Young and Harry Manfredini. The second event takes places on Thursday, the 26th again at 6:00 pm. It focuses on “Bram Stoker’s Dracula”, and it is also chaired by Dan Goldwasser with the participation of Diego Navarro and the record producer Robert Townson.

Fimucité 13, directed by the composer and conductor Diego Navarro, is sponsored by Cabildo de Tenerife, the Government of the Canary Islands, Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council, Audi Canarias, Teleférico del Teide, and the collaboration of Fundación SGAE, among other entities.

The Cabildo de Tenerife hosted the presentation of the 13th Tenerife International Film Music Festival (Fimucité), a world leader in its genre, that is running from Friday, the 20th to 29 September. The presentation was attended by the president of the Cabildo, Pedro Martín; the mayoress of Santa Cruz, Patricia Hernández; the director general for Cultural Heritage of the Government of the Canary Islands Rubén Pérez; the councillor for Culture of La Laguna Town Council, Yaiza López, and the director of the festival, Diego Navarro.

Pedro Martín pointed out “the worth of the festival” and stated that “it is attractive to all kind of audiences but especially to young people; and this is our great challenge – attracting more people to symphonic music”. The president of the Cabildo also highlighted the way Fimucité “trains and generates new talent”.

The mayoress of Santa Cruz, Patricia Hernández, said that “Fimucité is one of the events people in the Canaries most looked forward to” and she also highlighted that “at the City Council we have made an effort to make schools know about it” and encourage the public “to enjoy themselves and dance at the pop concert taking place at Teatro Guimerá”.

The director general for Cultural Heritage, Rubén Pérez, mentioned that the Government of the Canary Islands has always collaborated with the festival. “We have been directly involved through Filmoteca Canaria, but the work done by the Consejería de Educación [Local Ministry of Education], through the Conservatoire, is also worth mentioning”.

For her part, the councillor of La Laguna, Yaiza López, said that “our Town Council is proud to support Fimucité, a festival that brings together music and film seamlessly” and pointed out that “we’re honoured to start the festival this year at Teatro Leal tomorrow”.

The director of the festival, Diego Navarro, pointed out that it is a great satisfaction to have managed to make Fimucité  “a model at international level” and highlighted that the first symphonic concert at the Auditorio de Tenerife, called Mis terrores favoritos [My favourite fears], “to honour Chicho Ibáñez Serrador, recently deceased. It features the main scores of the horror genre and includes seven world premieres”. 

Navarro highlighted the success last year of the Close Encounters of the Third Kind screening with the soundtrack being played live. “This year, we’re repeating the experience with the film Dracula”, and he recognised this has been rather more complicated “because we had to start a project from scratch”. He also revealed that this concert is the start of the “Dracula in concert” tour.

The wide-ranging Fimucité 13 concerts start tomorrow [Friday, the 20th], at the emblematic Teatro Leal, that is hosting the opening concert “Cinema Morricone”. It consists of the staging of an extraordinary record released by the label Sony Classical, in which the famous international soloists Sara Andon and Simone Pedroni play a varied selection of the masterpieces by the Italian composer Ennio Morricone ('Once upon a Time in the West, 'Cinema Paradiso', 'The Mission') in a piano-flute duo. An intimate concert that will be performed at Teatro Guiniguada in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria a day later.

On Saturday, 21 September, simultaneous to the concert “Cinema Morricone” in Gran Canaria, Teatro Guimerá in Santa Cruz de Tenerife is offering two performances of the successful pop-rock format by Pop Culture Band. Entitled “Let’s Dance”, the show is taking place at 7:00 pm and at 10:00 pm and it provides a fascinating tour of the songs that have accompanied the most iconic dance scenes in the history of film. “The Time of My Life” in Dirty Dancing, “Hot Stuff” in Full Mont', “Footloose” in the film of the same title, or “Far from Over” in Staying Alive -with the composer himself, Vince DiCola at the keyboard.  These are some of the unforgettable compositions that the band led by scriptwriter Gonzalo de Araoz will recreate on the stage to bring great moments of rhythm, dance and emotions.

On Thursday, 26 September, Teatro Guimerá will host the concert “‘Randy Edelman: A Close Relationship”, by the composer, who is currently one of the most reputed authors in Hollywood and has penned soundtracks for films like Dragonheart, The Last of the Mohicans or Kindergarten Cop, and TV series like McGyver. With the piano and accompanied by a string septet, Edelman will go over his fascinating, eclectic career in a moving, intimate concert.

On Friday, the 27th FIMUCITÉ comes to Auditorio de Tenerife “Adán Martín” for the concert “Mis terrores favoritos”. Before the concert begins, the award-giving ceremony of the II Premios de la Música para el Audiovisual Español will take place [2^nd Spanish Film Music Awards]. These awards are granted by Asociación de Compositores de Música para Audiovisual (Musimagen). The winning scores will be made public at the ceremony during which a suite will be played including a selection of the soundtracks competing for the Prize for “Best Orchestral Score” (‘La gran aventura de los Lunnis and Libro mágico’ by the composer Vanessa Garde; The Photographer of Mauthausen, by Diego Navarro; ‘El Reina’, by Juan Bardem), to be performed by the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra under the baton of the Festival’s director, Diego Navarro.

Having noticed in 2018 that the audience is keen on live-to-picture experiences, as shown by the overwhelming success of the concert Close Encounters of the Third Kind that gave the chance to Canarian audiences of watching a Hollywood blockbuster with its soundtrack playing live, Auditorio de Tenerife is the venue for the concert Dracula by Bram Stoker’ on Saturday 28 September. This wonderful event, which is the result of hard research work and musical restoration, was presented in Krakow last May and after its premiere in Tenerife will go on a world tour through the German distribution company Europäische Filmphilharmonie GmbH.

The programme is rounded off with the concert on Sunday, the 29th “Champions of the Silver Screen”. For the first time, the traditional concert by the FIMUCITÉ Symphony Youth Orchestra, whose members are students at the Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Canarias, to be held in Auditorio de Tenerife. Conducted by José Antonio Cubas, they will be playing a popular repertoire of music for sports films including the best soundtracks of the genre. Some of the pieces chosen are the Oscar-winner Chariots of Fire (Vangelis), ‘Rocky’ (Bill Conti), and Hoosiers (Jerry Goldsmith). As part of the international agreement to exchange musicians of the Young Orchestras of FIMUCITÉ and Krakow FMF, a group of talent from Krakow will visit Tenerife to join the Canarian musicians.

FIMUCITÉ 13 will be held from 20 to 29 September with the sponsorship of Cabildo de Tenerife, the Government of the Canary Islands, Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council, Audi Canarias, Teleférico del Teide, and the collaboration of Fundación SGAE, among other entities.

Ópera de Tenerife continúa su labor de divulgar este género por los diferentes municipios y para ello ha organizado un recital lírico, que tendrá lugar este domingo [día 22], a las 13:00 horas, en el claustro del Convento de los Padres Dominicos, en Candelaria. Esta actividad la promueve el Cabildo Insular, a través de Auditorio de Tenerife, con la colaboración del Ayuntamiento de Candelaria.

Este recital es una acción paralela de la promoción de la temporada de Ópera de Tenerife, que arranca el mes de octubre con la puesta en escena de L’elisir d’amore, un título que contará con la participación de los cantantes elegidos para la séptima edición de Opera (e)Studio.

Algunos de esos artistas serán los que estén este domingo en Candelaria. En el recital se podrá escuchar a la soprano Beatriz de Sousa, el tenor César Arrieta, el barítono Alberto Bonifazio y el bajo Givi Gigineishvili, quienes estarán acompañados al piano por Claudio Marchetti. El director artístico de Opera (e)Studio, Giulio Zappa, se encargará de la presentación del acto.

Los asistentes al claustro podrán escuchar piezas de L’elisir d’amore, de Gaetano Donizetti, como: ‘Quanto é bella, quanto è cara’; ‘Come Paride vezzoso’; ‘Una parola, o Adina... Chiedi all'aura lusinghiera’; ‘Udite, o rustici’; ‘La ra, la ra, la ra... Esulti pur la barbara’; ‘Venti scudi!’ y ‘Una furtiva lagrima’. El recital será con entrada libre hasta completar aforo y finalizará con un aperitivo.

L’elisir d’amore es el melodramma giocoso de Giacomo Donizetti y la producción que se pondrá en escena en el Auditorio de Tenerife se enmarca dentro de la academia de alta especialización Opera (e)Studio, que este cuenta con la financiación del programa Europa Creativa de la Comisión Europea.

La ópera cómica más famosa del compositor será representada los días 24, 25 y 26 de octubre a las 19:30 horas y el domingo 27 a las 18:00 horas en la Sala Sinfónica del Auditorio de Tenerife, en una coproducción en la que, además de Ópera de Tenerife, participan el Teatro Comunale di Bologna y el Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Thea

The dance company Lava has been chosen to perform on the second Noche del Patrimonio en Córdoba [Cordoba Heritage Evening] on Saturday, the 21st at 9:25 pm. Admission to the event is free. The group resident at Auditorio de Tenerife will dance the piece 15 Grados al Oeste, [15 Degrees West] by the choreographer and Tenerife-resident Paloma Hurtado. The show is taking place at the picturesque Sala Orive, a multi-purpose cultural space whose walls are part of a 16^th century convent.

On Saturday, the 15 Spanish cities that have been designated World Heritage by UNESCO will celebrate simultaneously the Second Heritage Evening. The event is divided in three main sections:  Escena Patrimonio [Heritage Scene], in which dance has the lead in all its forms and ages; Abierto Patrimonio [Open Heritage], open days at different monuments; Vive Patrimonio [Experience Heritage], a wide offer of cultural and leisure activities at the historical centres of these cities.

The piece includes dancers Javier Arozena, Virginia Martín Mateos, Emiliana Battista Marino, Alicia Pirez and Luis Agorreta. This is the only piece scheduled in the Escena Patrimonio de Córdoba section. It tells the story of many journeys, many people through a tour of the body’s memory, of the abyss of sensations.

Lava is made up by six dancers who have a strong stage presence, are technically sound and most versatile. They bring to life creations whose common point is the contemporaneity of the dance language and other codes of the current artistic discourse. Its artistic director is Tenerife-born Daniel Abreu, winner of Premio Nacional de Danza 2014.

Lava’s next engagement are on 23 October in Bremen at the 2019 Baila España Festival with the pieces Bending the Walls and Beyond, invited by the city’s Instituto Cervantes; on 22 November at Teatro del Museo Universidad de Navarra with the same double bill; on 1 December, with the new creation by choreographers Israeli Roy Assaf and Korean Dong Kyu Kim, at the Festival de Artes Escénicas Telón Tenerife; and on 4 and 5 December with the same pieces they have just premiered in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

The Nova Ars Organorum series of the  Festival de Música Antigua de Tenerife (Fimante) [Tenerife Early Music Festival] offers on Saturday, the 21st at 8:00 pm the concert Cuatro autores para un órgano, [Four authors for an organ] by German organist Heinrich Walther. It takes place at Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Merced in El Médano, in the municipality of Granadilla de Abona. Admission to listen to this programme that includes pieces by Bach, Haydn, Mozart and Liszt is free.

The artistic director of the series, Rosario Álvarez, explained that “the German organ made by Gerhard Schmid in the late 20th century is ideal to play authors of different styles like the great Johann Sebastian Bach, the classical Haydn and Mozart -the former in a transcription by Heinrich Walther- or the Romantic composer Frank Liszt, in one of his most spectacular and greatest creations for this instrument, which will display all its sound qualities with it”.

Heinrich Walther is one of the busiest concert organists in his generation. The core of his repertoire includes the most important literature for organ as well as his own transcriptions of symphonic works and music for piano by Bach, played in a grand piano, in harpsichord or in clavichord.

In the past few years he has toured the United States, Mexico, many European countries and Israel, as well as Singapore, Korea and Japan. He has given concerts with the state philharmonics of Perm, Yekaterinburg, Ufa, Chelyabinsk, Tyumen, Barnaul, Omsk, Tomsk, Irkutsk, Chita and Khabarovsk, St. Petersburg and Moscow. Also, he was invited to the Israel International Organ Festival, to the Bach Festival of Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra in 2017, the Max Reger Festival in Leipzig and as a cembalist to the Bach Festival in Tübingen, in 2018.

He has a released a large number of very versatile records. Walther teaches organ at the Higher School of Sacred Music in Heidelberg since 2002 and is a lecturer in organ at the Higher School of Sacred Music in Rottenburg since 1994. He also teaches the interdisciplinary subject “Score Reading” at the Higher School of Music in Freiburg.