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Ganador del primer premio de Queen Elisabeth Competition en 2017 (el primer año dedicado al violonchelo), Victor Julien-Laferrière fue descrito como “uno de los talentos más fiables de la joven generación de violonchelistas franceses” por la revista Diapason. También recibió el primer premio y dos premios especiales en el Concurso Internacional Primavera de Praga 2012, […]
It has been said that Stian Westerhus has little or no respect for his guitar, but it can certainly be argued that he has no respect for music in general. Stian Westerhus has been at the forefront of his generation for the last twenty years, pushing boundaries and broadening the perception of our musical heritage. […]
Excavation. Movement as a driving force for activity. How can a body suspended in the void change sound and visible waves? Light, sound, and vertical choreography will join forces for a week to explore the possibilities and limitations (if any) of this amalgam of disciplines. Three elements work in synergy to surprise their creators. This […]
Justin Hurwitz, graduated from Harvard University in 2008, where he studied music composition and orchestration. He composed the songs and score for Damien Chazelle’s 2010 feature debut, Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench. In 2014, he composed the original score for Whiplash, earning a Grammy nomination. In 2016, he composed the soundtrack for La […]
Pedro Chamizo (Mérida 1983), es licenciado en Arte Dramático por la University of Kent at Canterbury en la especialidad de interpretación y dirección. Trabaja como videocreador, director de escena, diseñador de iluminación, diseñador gráfico y productor. Por su capacidad emprendedora fue galardonado con el Premio Ceres de la Juventud del Festival de Mérida. Como videocreador […]
Na Floresta is a musical triptych that recreates the beauty of the Amazon rainforest, directly taking from the folklore the very essence of its splendour. Passionate energy runs through this work, created through sequences packed with content and fluidity. It does not transmit a specific message, rather it serves as a pretext to create movement […]
Duato fell in love with the music of Debussy a long time ago, especially how the composer transforms the sound of nature into music. When he listens to his music, Duato visualises forms, not people, relationships or events. Therefore, he considers Duende to be an almost sculptural work: a body, a movement in harmony with […]
Jardí tancat is the debut work of Nacho Duato and, undoubtedly, one of the most important and significant works in the choreographer’s extensive oeuvre. The piece is inspired by centuries-old texts in Catalan which the singer María del Mar Bonet has set to singing and music. The songs refer to the labour of the land […]
El bailarín y coreógrafo Jon Maya fundó Kukai Dantza en el año 2001. Kukai desarrolla su trabajo a partir de la danza tradicional vasca; proponiendo encuentros con otros estilos de danza y formas de entender el arte. De esta forma, Kukai crea espectáculos contemporáneos a partir de la danza tradicional vasca, realizando creaciones propias y […]
Premio Nacional de Danza 2022 Giraldillo al Baile 2020 Andrés Marín es uno de los bailaores más singulares del panorama flamenco actual. Sus producciones se han centrado en la tradición flamenca y específicamente en los cantes clásicos, pero no desde una perspectiva convencional, sino a través de un estilo personalísimo y una estética de absoluta […]
Sankofa means ” back to the roots”; more than a word, it is an African philosophy that proposes discovering the past as a condition to understand the present and be able to size up the future. This thinking has guided the path of the Sankofa Afro-Colombian Cultural Corporation, founded by Rafael Palacios in 1997 as […]
Since its foundation in 2006, the Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop has been searching for new and innovative forms in musical theater, seeking possibilities and impossibilities of interactions with the artistic means specific to this genre. Over the years and through our various productions, the members of the ensemble have evolved from instrumentalists to performers. If at the […]