After a successful finale to the concert season in Murcia (Auditorio Víctor Villegas), Albacete (Palacio de Congresos) and Valencia (Palau de Les Arts) with the Bankia Symphony Orchestra, last week José Sanchís led the sixth edition of the Conducting and Orchestral Performance Workshop at the El Escorial UCM Summer Courses. Después de cerrar con […]
New LIVE album from DAAHOUD SALIM QUINTET available TODAY – for free!
The new Daahoud Salim Quintet CD, published by Jamboree Jazz, will be available from today – July 5th – for free on the main digital platforms (Spotify, Deezer, iTunes, YouTube, etc.) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6Kv7P8BDuHIMeDGZh1cuAp?si=mRWz8TdXR3GcSptxWtIkKQ
JOSÉ SANCHÍS takes the Bankia Symphony Orchestra String Quartet to stunning places
The Bankia Symphony Orchestra String Quartet – under the artistic and musical direction of José Sanchís – fills Madrid’s Royal Botanical Garden with music: https://www.docenotas.com/146344/la-musica-clasica-llega-al-botanico-la-mano-la-orquesta-sinfonica-bankia-programa-musica-jardin/ More info and link to ticket purchase: http://www.rjb.csic.es/jardinbotanico/jardin/index.php?Cab=4&len=es&Pag=724
DAAHOUD SALIM QUINTET prepares summer sorties around Europe
Members of the Daahoud Salim Quintet are gearing up to make Europe jazzier this summer! They are also finalising dates for a Spain Tour later this year. All of these will be published at http://daahoudsalimquintet.com shortly.
Musical Mayhem for JOAN MARTÍ-FRASQUIER and his baritone saxophone
Recently arrived from Bulgaria, where he played the “Concerto for saxophone baritone, piano and string orchestra” by Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska in the Sofia Philharmonic – recorded for the National Radio of Bulgaria – Joan Martí-Frasquier has had a particularly busy schedule this month: the saxophonist performed at the Barcelona Modern Festival, the ME_MMIX Festival in Palma de […]
Pianist EDUARDO FERNÁNDEZ: 3 days. 3 concerts. 3 triumphs. Success with the ORTVE and a double in Musika-Música
March 1st: Rachmaninov’s Concert No. 3 with the RTVE Symphonic Orchestra and the conductor José Miguel Pérez-Sierra. Teatro Monumental, Madrid. March 2nd: “En Clave de Jazz” recital in Musika-Música. Palacio Euskalduna, Bilbao. March 3rd: Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”, with the Athenaeum Quartet in Musika-Music. Palacio Euskalduna, Bilbao. 3 consecutive days. 3 concerts. 3 indisputable successes. […]
Missed Beethoven’s EGMONT x MADRID FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA? You’re in luck…
If you missed Beethoven’s EGMONT, performed by the Madrid Festival Orchestra in their last concert at the Auditorio Nacional, you have a second chance: it’s now available on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5URzGMi5WalqD0wlQdjGCU?si=VKPm54tIR7uluP2TchktcA On this occasion the MFO was directed by Albert Skuratov, its principal conductor, who currently combines this activity with support of the Ballet Nacional de […]
Pianist EDUARDO FERNANDEZ plays LORCA’S piano. 100 years on.
Last week, as part of the Comunidad de Madrid’s celebration of Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936), Eduardo was invited to play THE SAME PIANO PLAYED BY LORCA 100 YEARS BEFORE, in the renowned Residencia de Estudiantes. The congress, titled “Federico García Lorca: 100 Años en Madrid (1919-2019)”, took place at cultural landmarks across the city over […]
Pianist EDUARDO FERNÁNDEZ to play Rachmaninov with Spain’s RTVE Symphony Orchestra
March the 1st, 2019 really wants to be a date for your diary; it is already St. David’s Day – useful to know if you have any friends or relatives from Wales – but it is now ALSO the day pianist Eduardo Fernández will perform Rachmaninov’s ‘Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3, Op. […]
MADRID FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA delights the audience again at the Auditorio Nacional
On the 22nd Of November the Madrid Festival Orchestra, conducted by Albert Skuratov, produced another warmly-received performance at the country’s premier concert hall. Interpreting pieces by Beethoven (Egmont) Mozart (Concert Symphony K297B) and Brahms (Serenade Nº 1) with the precision and gusto which characterize its delivery, the collective reaffirmed its status as an orchestra […]