The premiere concert will be held this Saturday at 6 p.m. in the Chamber Hall

This Saturday, April 25, at 6 p.m., the Auditorio de Tenerife will host a concert featuring students from the Higher Conservatory of Music, who will premiere eight new works. Both students and teaching staff will perform. The organisers will offer free admission until the Chamber Hall reaches full capacity. Tenerife Island Councillor for Cultural Affairs, José Carlos Acha, and Director of the Higher Music Conservatory of the Canaries, Roberto Pía, recently entered into a collaboration agreement that made this event possible.

Opening the concert is Tres danzas para rondalla by Jaime González Afonso, featuring three short works for a traditional rondalla—a 23-piece folk string ensemble. The programme continues with I’m in Love with a Lizard by Alejandro Arbelo Martín, written for voice (Estefanía Rodríguez) and piano (Elena Rodríguez), evoking the sound and humour of American musical theatre from recent decades.

Following this, Fantasía para trompeta y piano by Adrián Pastor is presented, with the composer performing on trumpet and Paulo Luis Mattos on piano, highlighting the interplay between expressive depth and technical challenge for the trumpet. The concert then moves to Tango by María Sánchez García, which blends tango rhythms with avant-garde techniques, performed as a duo by Fátima Arencibio (viola) and María Sánchez (piano).

The concert will also feature Sueños desagradables by Marcos Trujillo Díaz, incorporating recorded and live electroacoustic resources. Afterwards, El Mapache by Adriano Porcheddu is presented—a string quartet for violinists María del Cristo Díaz, Raquel Yasmina Blechmit, Carolina Teresa Yanes and Teresa Montserrat Díaz. The piece is built on a melody-and-accompaniment texture, with consonant harmonies and traditional instrumental techniques.

The evening proceeds with Pioneros by Jorge Guerrero Rodríguez, a tribute to astrophysicist Francisco Sánchez, who passed away last year. The work, shaped by a cinematic sensibility, is performed by an ensemble comprising Carmen Hierro (flute), Carlos Jesús León (cello), Luis Mikael Aparicio (piano), Jorge Guerrero (violin), Darío Marongiu (violin), and Hernán García (viola).

Finally, closing the concert is Delirio de grandeza by Alberto Díaz González, performed by a 13‑member ensemble: six clarinets, three flutes, two trombones, one horn, and piano. The ensemble uses extended techniques and its large instrumentation to realise the composer’s envisioned textures.