The Auditorio de Tenerife presents Pan-Hispanic Creative Music, a new chamber music series. It includes three concerts - Camerística, Pianísimo and Lírica, to take place at the Sala de Cámara of this Cabildo de Tenerife cultural centre. The programme focuses on Spanish-speaking composers from different countries and from the 19th century to the present, including Canarian authors. The artists who have been invited to play this unusual repertoire are cellist Ángel García Jermann, soprano Rosina Herrera and the pianists Jesús Gómez Madrigal, Javier Laso and Nauzet Mederos.

The first concert, Camerística, is taking place at 7:30 pm on 25 January and it features  García Jermann and Gómez Madrigal who will play compositions by Reynaldo Hahn (1874, Caracas-1947, Paris), Manuel Bonnin (1898-1993, Santa Cruz de Tenerife) and Alberto Ginastera (1916, Buenos Aires-1983, Geneva).

Pianísimo, the second concert, is on at 12:00 noon on 6 February. Pianist Javier Laso will perform works by Federico Mompou (1893-1987, Barcelona), Frédéric Chopin (1810, Poland-1849, Paris), Manuel de Falla (1876, Cádiz- 1946, Argentina), Alberto Ginastera (1916, Buenos Aires-1983, Geneva) and Teobaldo Power (1848, Santa Cruz de Tenerife-1884, Madrid).

The last concert of this new chamber music series, Lírica, is on 14 March. It starts at 7:30 pm and includes the voice of Rosina Herrera along with pianist Nauzet Mederos, who will be performing scores by Ernesto Halffter (1905-1989, Madrid), Antón G. Abril (1933, Teruel), Blanca Báez (1920, Canary Islands), Luis Cobiella (1925-2013, La Palma), Isaac Albéniz (1860, Spain-1909, France), Lothar Siemens (1941-2017, Gran Canaria), Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000, Argentina) and Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959, Rio de Janeiro).

Auditorio de Tenerife and Asociación Tinerfeña de Amigos de la Música (Atadem) [Tenerife Friends of Music Association] present this new series with the aim of spreading unusual music on the Island. This idea led to the setting up of Pan-Hispanic Creative, coordinated by Conrado Álvarez and with Rosario Álvarez as artistic director. Ms. Álvarez explained that they will approach “music by Canarian composers and Latin American music, as very little of their huge piano, singing or chamber repertoires is known here. In this continent, after the different Independence movements of its territories, composers developed a language exclusive to their particular region”.

“We’ll show the audience some of this fresh, colourful creations. We are aware of this rich heritage and compare it with some of our own compositions, which are the result of the thoughts and work of both past and present authors. They have helped to develop native musical creation, which has led to our achieving a relevant national position”, Rosario Álvarez revealed.

Tickets for the three concerts can be purchased at Auditorio de Tenerife’s box office from 10:00 am to 7:30 pm Monday to Saturday except holidays; via www.auditoriodetenerife.com or by phone on 902 317 327.