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Born in Duisburg (Germany), he studied organ, orchestral conducting and religious music at the University of Music and Performing Arts of Vienna, Austria. Invitations extended to him to perform at concerts have taken him to organ festivals throughout Europe, Iceland, the United States, South Africa, Russia, Australia, Argentina and Uruguay. As an organ soloist, he […]
Musical director and titular organist of the San Nicolás Church of Valencia, Atsuko Takano received training as a pianist and organist at Ferris University in Yokohama, Japan, obtaining the ‘Prix d’Exellence’ upon completion of her studies. In 2005, she moved to Germany to further her study of organ, clavichord and harpsichord at the University of […]
Pablo Márquez Caraballo is an organist at Valencia Cathedral and teaches harpsichord at the Higher Conservatory of Castellón. He studied composition, organ, harpsichord and early music at the conservatories of Valencia and The Hague with the professors Michel Bouvard, J. Willem Jansen, Pieter van Dijk, Fabio Bonizzoni, Patrick Ayrton and Ton Koopman. The Valencia Music […]
Carlota Mantecón, bailarina y coreógrafa que desarrolla su actividad en el ámbito de la danza, la coreografía y la performatividad. Trabaja en lo escénico, aunque también ha realizado proyectos curatoriales y docentes. Su trabajo se ha presentado en lugares como España, Noruega o Eslovenia. “Sitúo mi mirada en relación entre la materia, el sonido y […]
Titular organist at Saint-Eustache church Paris Organ professor at the National Higher Conservatory of Music and Dance of Paris Born in the French Basque Country, Thomas Ospital has been the titular organist at Saint-Eustache Church in Paris since 2015. Between 2016 and 2019, Radio France appointed him the first organist in residence to play the […]
The meditative focus and rare stillness of Armenian-American pianist Sergei Babayan’s keyboard artistry prompted the Hamburger Abendblatt to liken him to “one of those Japanese calligraphers who contemplate the white page before them in silence until, at the exact right moment, their brush makes its instinctive, perfect sweep across the paper”. Babayan himself has observed […]
Praised as a “powerhouse of a player,” (Limelight Magazine) pianist Sergey Belyavsky is known for his vast and diverse repertoire, with an emphasis on compositions from the 19th and 20th centuries. He is described as demonstrating “an extraordinary expressive intelligence,” (Bachtrack) and has been called “one of the best pianists in the world today.” […]
Born in Barcelona, Alba Ventura debuted as a concert soloist when she was 13 years old with the Cadaqués Orchestra conducted by Sir N. Marriner in San Sebastian and at the National Music Auditorium in Madrid. Her career as a soloist has flourished since then, with invitations to perform at venues such as the Wigmore […]
Ópera en minúscula (small-format opera) was created to promote and disseminate small-format opera in Tenerife. For the first year of this initiative, we have selected a series of operas for soloists and ensembles. Several periods and styles are represented, from the acclaimed classics to the most avant-garde pieces and experimental works. This year’s performances range […]
Marco da Silva Ferreira was born in 1986 from Santa Maria da Feira and graduated in physiotherapy by Instituto Piaget, Gaia (2010), career who has never exercised but who focuses his studies on Health Sciences. The body practice began in 1996 through sport, specifically high-performance swimming. In 2002, he abandoned it to give way to […]