Concert Archive

Concert Archive

Zarzuela Obligato: Amor y Guerra

Thu 28 January 2010, 7.30pm
St Giles Cripplegate
Fore Street
London
EC2Y 5
United Kingdom

(Not an ILAMS concert, but one we highly recommend!)

Gotten over the New Year's party hangover? Ready to break those resolutions? At a loss as to what to do of an evening? A party, four star-crossed lovers, drama, dancing, comedy, great music! Set to Jacinto Guerrero' s wonderful Zarzuela pieces enacted in the 'Revista' fashion, this promises to be the best party of the year!

Loic Guguen (Baritone)
Anja Rossau (Soprano)
Clare Presland (Soprano)
Glen Tweedy (Tenor)
Nicola Pulford (Soprano)
Stephen Hose (Piano)
And a chorus of party-goers

Directed and devised by Scheherazade Pesante.

Information:
Scheherazade Pesante
Web site
E-mail
07788 140598
Tickets: £18 / £15 concessions / £13.50 ILAMS members (please email us via the 'Contact Us' page for the discount code)

 

Zarzuela Obligato: Amor y Guerra

Tue 26 January 2010, 7.30pm
St Giles Cripplegate
Fore Street
London
EC2Y 5
United Kingdom

(Not an ILAMS concert, but one we highly recommend!)

Gotten over the New Year's party hangover?  Ready to break those resolutions?  At a loss as to what to do of an evening?  A party, four star-crossed lovers, drama, dancing, comedy, great  music!  Set to Jacinto Guerrero' s wonderful Zarzuela pieces enacted in the 'Revista' fashion, this promises to be the best party of the year!

Loic Guguen (Baritone)
Anja Rossau (Soprano)
Clare Presland (Soprano)
Glen Tweedy (Tenor)
Nicola Pulford (Soprano)
Stephen Hose (Piano)
And a chorus of party-goers

Directed and devised by Scheherazade Pesante.


Information:
Scheherazade Pesante
Web site
E-mail
07788 140598
Tickets: £18 / £15 concessions / £13.50 ILAMS members (please email us via the 'Contact Us' page for the discount code)

 

‘Latin Romances and Hispanic Hemiola’: Solo Guitar Recital by Adam Brown

Fri 22 January 2010, 1.10pm
St James's Church
197 Piccadilly
London
W1J 9LL
United Kingdom

‘Adam Brown is a wonderful talent, deeply musical and artistically sensitive. He has proved himself to be a performer of the highest level. I give my highest recommendation for Adam Brown.’ Sharon Isbin

Following his return to London’s musical scene after an inspiring period of performance and study in both New York and Los Angeles, Adam Brown will perform a recital of pieces by Piazzolla, Lauro, Barrios, Bach, Montes and Brouwer.

Antonio Lauro Virgilio
Leo Brouwer Cuban Landscape with Bells
J.S. Bach ‘Fugue’ from Lute Suite BWV 997, ed. by Turreck
Astor Piazzolla ‘Romantico’ and ‘Acentuado’ from Cinco piezas
Alfonso Montes Preludio de adiós
Augustín Barrios Julia Florida and Danza Paraguaya

www.adambrownguitar.com

Information:
Web site
Tickets: Admission free, suggested donation £3

 

ALAF Carol Service

Mon 14 December 2009, 7.00pm
The Parish of our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Simon Stock
41, Kensington Church Street
London
W8 4BB
United Kingdom

(Not an ILAMS concert, but one we highly recommend!)

The Anglo-Latin American Foundation (ALAF, Reg.No.1071796) is a charitable non-profit making organisation working to raise funds through events supporting children’s charities in Latin America.  At the Carol Service there will be readings from the Bible (in Spanish and Portuguese) and Christmas Carols (in Spanish and English).

Download form from www.alaf.co.uk or alternatively, send stamped self-addressed envelope together with cheque to: Ms Luz Guerrero Burnett, Hillfield, Hammers Lane, Mill Hill, London NW7 4DJ (cheques to arrive before 11/12/09).

 

Information:
Ms Luz Guerrero Burnett
Web site
Tickets: £5 (under 13s go free)

 

Trio Rónai

Tue 8 December 2009, 7.30pm
Bolívar Hall
54, Grafton Way
London
W1T 5DL
United Kingdom

(Not an ILAMS concert but one we highly recommend!)

The Embassy of Brazil in London and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have invited Sergio Roberto de Oliveira to launch Sem espera at the Bolivar Hall in London with the same ensemble of flautists that played his pieces at the premiere in Rio de Janeiro and Amsterdam - the Rónai Trio (Maria Carolina Cavalcanti, Rudi Garrido and Ana Paula Cruz).  Sem espera was commissioned by Laura Rónai as an educational piece for a course she would be teaching in Tocantins.  Sergio Roberto de Oliveira will be commenting on his compositions during the concert.

Trio Rónai was formed in 2003 under the supervision of Professor Dr. Laura Rónai at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), where the trio members were trained. The trio aims at presenting works composed exclusively for the transverse flute. Its repertoire features Brazilian works of all ages and styles.  A distinguishing feature of the ensemble is the direct contact that it maintains with composers, a very useful association which has already yielded various dedications from composers. Trio Rónai has recorded various composers and introduced others, such as Ivan Paparguerius (Trio breve No. 1), a recording presented in the series 'Music and Musicians from Brazil' broadcast by the Radio MEC FM (Ministry of Education and Culture Radio).

www.sergiodeoliveira.com

Information:
E-mail
020 7388 5788
Tickets: Admission free

 

CD Launch: Zoltan Paulyni and SPES

Mon 7 December 2009, 7.30pm
Bolívar Hall
54, Grafton Way
London
W1T 5DL
United Kingdom

(Not an ILAMS concert but one we highly recommend!) 

The group SPES started in 2006 presenting Brazilian contemporary and International baroque music.  SPES has made its début in Europe, Spain (Madrid and Béjar) France (Paris), and Budapest.
 
Zoltan Paulinyi was first violin of the National Theatre Symphonic Orchestra in Brasília from 2000 and viola leader in 2009 and artistic director of SPES International Series since 2008.  Paulinyi has taken part in many recordings of Brazilian early and contemporary music. In recognition of his work he was awarded the Pro-Música Award by the press critics in 1998, in Minas Gerais State.
 
Zoltan Paulinyi (violin)
Iracema Simon (bassoon)
Alvaro Siviero ( piano)
 

 

Information:
E-mail
020 7388 5788
Tickets: Admission free

 

Clarinet Duo: Chebeto Requena & David Campbell

Thu 3 December 2009, 7.30pm
Bolívar Hall
54, Grafton Way
London
W1T 5DL
United Kingdom

(Not an ILAMS concert but one we highly recommend!)

Chebeto Requena is a highly respected clarinet soloist from Venezuela, where he is well known for his renderings of both classical and Venezuelan music. He has been a member of the Distrito Federal Symphonic Youth Orchestra conducted by the well-known conductor Jose Antonio Abreu. He has performed as a soloist in the principal venues in Caracas as well as abroad in Paris, Hannover, Seville and London.  Requena is a composer of songs in the Venezuelan style and the singer, Rafael Brito, included his compositions on the CD which he recorded with Simon Díaz and Oscar de León.

David Campbell enjoys an international career as clarinet soloist and teacher. His solo performances have taken him to over forty countries and he has performed a wide-ranging repertoire with many orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, English Chamber, London Mozart Players, BBC Concert, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Scottish, BBC Philharmonic, Orchestra of St John's, Smith Square and many orchestras in other countries.  As a chamber musician David has a particular love of the repertoire for clarinet quintet, and is a regular guest artist playing some of the county's finest string quartets including the Alberni, Bingham, Emperor, Endellion, Maggini, Schidlof, Sorrel, and Vanburgh.

Information:
Web site
E-mail
020 7388 5788
Tickets: Admission free

 

The Unknown Villa-Lobos

Mon 23 November 2009, 1.10pm
St James's Piccadilly
197 Piccadilly
London
W1J 9LL
United Kingdom

2009 marks 50 years since the death of the legendary Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos - described as ‘the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music’, and who has become the best-known and most significant Latin American composer of all time, lionised from Paris to New York.   Although the name ‘Villa-Lobos’ is well known across the international music world, the vast majority of his music remains undiscovered by the regular concert-goer. And even though he was one of the most prolific composers of his time, his output is often overshadowed by his solo piano works, or his chef d’oeuvre, the Bachianas Brasileiras. This programme aims to showcase some of Villa-Lobos’ most outstanding, lesser-known chamber works alongside the essential Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5.

Heitor Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
Heitor Villa-Lobos Elegie
Heitor Villa-Lobos Pequeña Suite
Heitor Villa-Lobos Suite for voice and violin
Heitor Villa-Lobos Forest of the Amazon
 
Maya Sapone (soprano)
Evva Mizerska (cello)
Selah Pérez (piano)
Elena Jaregui (violin)
Helen Glaisher-Hernández (piano)


Information:
020 7734 4511
Tickets: Admission free, with suggested donation of £3.50

 

LAMS (Latin American Music Seminar)

Sat 21 November 2009, 10.15am
Lecture Theatre, lower ground floor,
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square,
London
WC1B 5D
United Kingdom

(Not an ILAMS event, but one we highly recommend!) 

10.15am Coffee

10.40 Welcome

10.45 Jeffrey Manoel Pijpers (University of Amsterdam) "Go, animal, and untune the choir of the satisfied". Music and marginália in 1970's Brazil.

11.30 Irineu Guerrini (Faculdade Cásper Líbero, São Paulo) Music in Brazilian Cinema: from the Conservative Fifties to the Innovative Sixties (subject to funding).

12.15 Sue Miller (University of Leeds): Making it mine: Interpretation and improvisation in the performance of ‘El Bodguero’ by Richard Egües.

1.00 Lunch (sandwiches provided)

2.15 Nina Laurie (University of Newcastle) Quechua Music Festivals and the Construction of Evangelical Indigenous Identities in Peru in the 1980s.

3.00 Gladys Medina (ANATA), The Diablada of Oruro Carnival: A Case Study of a Unique Cultural Phenomenon - with Commentary by Ximena Cordova (Newcastle University). This presentation will also include a dance demonstration.

3.45 Tea and live music performed by Silvia Rox: songs by Violeta Parra relating to indigenous issues.

If you wish to attend, please reserve your place by Wednesday 18th November.

Supported by the Institute for the Study of the Americas and the Institute of Musical Research

Information:
Henry Stobart
E-mail
01784 443533
Tickets: £5.00 contribution towards coffee, tea and lunch

 

Clélia Iruzun: Piano Recital and DVD Launch

Thu 19 November 2009, 7.30pm
St James's Church
197, Piccadilly
London
W17 9LL
United Kingdom

(Not an ILAMS concert, but one we highly recommend!)

Villa-Lobos Prelúdio 
Villa-Lobos 'Aria' from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 
Beethoven Sonata Op. 53    
Mendelssohn Variations Sérieuses Op. 54  
Chopin Waltz Op. 18
Chopin Barcarolle Op. 60 
Gottschalk Fantasy on the Brazilian National Anthem
 
*ILAMS members can claim the discount code for this event by emailing us through our website, www.ilams.org.uk.


Information:
Web site
E-mail
020 7381 0441
Tickets: £12 / £8 concessions and ILAMS members* (including drinks)

 

Tue 17 November 2009, 8.00pm
Jazz cafe
3 Parkway, Camden Town
London
NW1 7PG
United Kingdom

(Not an ILAMS concert, but one we highly recommend!)

‘Virtuoso Cuban violinist Puente has been a scorchingly passionate presence with the likes of Courtney Pine, Juliet Kelly and Robert Mitchell in the recent past. Here he lets the full range of his considerable virtuosity loose.’  Time Out
 
Mesmerising electric violinist Puente mixes a boundless classical technique with a Caribbean heart and soul and fiery jazz-informed improvisation. Omar Puente has been an inspiring, creative presence in the UK Latin and Jazz worlds for the last ten years since his arrival from Cuba.
 
Omar Puente (violin)
Robert Mitchell (piano)
Jimmy Martinez (bass)
Michel Castellanos (drums)
Oscar Martinez (percussion)
 
 
This event is part of the London Jazz Festival


Information:
Web site
E-mail
0844 8472514
Tickets: Tickets: £12.50 in advance (+ booking fee) / more on the door

 

Songs from Spain and Argentina

Thu 12 November 2009, 7.30pm
Burgh House
New End Square, Hampstead
London
NW3 1LT
United Kingdom

(Not an ILAMS concert, but one we highly recommend!)

'Fabulously hot-blooded!' The Times

Italian-Thai soprano Maya Sapone presents an evening entirely dedicated to Spanish and Argentinean music, performing together with pianist Tessa Grobel some of the finest and sensual songs ever written for voice and piano by Rodrigo, Montsalvatge, Granados Ginastera, Guastavino. The programme also includes some arias from zarzuelas by Giménez and Moreno Torroba.

Federico Moreno Torroba Zarzuela arias from La tempranica
Gerónimo Giménez Zarzuela arias from La marchenera
Joaquín Rodrigo 'Tres Villancicos' from Retablo de Navidad
Enrique Granados Tonadillas
Xavier Montsalvatge Cinco canciones negras
Alberto Ginastera Tres danzas argentinas (piano solo)
Alberto Ginastera Dos canciones
Carlos Guastavino Selected songs from Las flores argentinas
 
 
*ILAMS members can obtain a discount on the ticket price of this event by presenting the discount code, which can be obtained by emailing us through the Contact Us page of our website, www.ilams.org.uk


Information:
Web site
07792 340332
Tickets: £9 / £7 ILAMS members*

 

Artur Pizarro

Thu 12 November 2009, 7.30pm
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore Street
London
W1U 2BP
United Kingdom

(Not an ILAMS concert, but one we highly recommend!)

Albéniz’s evocations of Andalusia combine colourful folk rhythms and dances with Debussyian Impressionism, while their technical demands reportedly led the composer to consider destroying his whole Ibéria cycle thus far, deeming the pieces unplayable. Portuguese-American virtuoso Artur Pizarro is a master of their challenges and marks the 21st anniversary of his London debut, at Wigmore Hall, in 1988.

Albéniz Suite Iberia

Information:
Web site
E-mail
020 7935 2141
Tickets: £10

 

Ten-string Guitar from Brazil

Tue 10 November 2009, 8.00pm
Cafe Oto
18-22 Ashwin street, Dalston
London
E8 3DL
United Kingdom

(Not an ILAMS concert, but one we highly recommend!)

The documentary made by Myriam Taubkin and Sérgio Roizenblit shows Brazil as never seen before by an international audience. It highlights the artists who have made the ten-string guitar one of the most popular instruments in the country. Through the documentary’s images you will be taken on a journey through many breathtaking Brazilian landscapes, and experience a world where music and tradition blend with myths and beliefs. (Duration 40 mins).

Immediately following the film, we will hear two violeiros from the countryside of Brazil, Ivan Vilela and Pereira da Viola, who are here to perform the most beautiful, traditional and sophisticated contemporary music from these regions.
 
 

* ILAMS members should email ILAMS through our website, www.ilams.org.uk, to obtain the discount code, and then reserve with Luiza Morandini by phone (07511 925761) and pay on the door. 



Information:
Web site
020 7923 1231
Tickets: Tickets: £8 / £5 for ILAMS members*

 

International Joaquín Rodrigo Competition Winners II: Edward Neeman

Fri 30 October 2009, 7.30pm
Bolívar Hall
54 & 58 Grafton Way
London
W1T 5DL
United Kingdom

‘His performance […] was truly extraordinary. The profound control of the sonorities and the interpretation and execution […were] out of this world’ La Prensa

In the second of two concerts featuring the 2008 International Joaquín Rodrigo Competition first-prize winners, the Australian-American virtuoso pianist Edward Neeman rounds off the ILAMS Rodrigo Festival with a pyrotechnic UK debut at the Bolívar Hall.  Also a winner of countless other international competitions, this young artist combines truly astonishing technical and expressive capabilities which must be witnessed to be believed.

On the tenth anniversary of the death of Rodrigo, who was an active and formidable concert pianist, Edward Neeman offers a programme of Hispanic and European classical works, placing Rodrigo’s piano music within the wider context of ‘Western’ pianism, from Brahms to the fiery Fantasía by his compatriot Manuel de Falla, and the irresistible, rhythmic Bachangó by Venezuelan composer Ricardo Lorenz.

Roy Agnew Sonata Ballade
Johannes Brahms Sonata in C major, Op. 1
Ricardo Lorenz Bachangó
Manuel de Falla Fantasía Betica
Joaquín Rodrigo Cuatro estampas andaluzas

*Entry to this event is free but reservations are limited to ILAMS members only. Non-ILAMS members are therefore advised to arrive early to avoid disappointment. ILAMS members can reserve tickets by email through the Contact Us page.

Sponsored by the Fundación Joaquín Rodrigo and the Spanish Embassy Cultural Office.

Part of the ILAMS October Rodrigo Festival.

Information:
Bolívar Hall
Web site
E-mail
020 7388 5788
Tickets: Free entry*

 

International Joaquín Rodrigo Competition Winners I: Lena Semenova and Edward Neeman

Tue 27 October 2009, 1.00pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London
WC2N 4JJ
United Kingdom

The first of two concerts showcasing the 2008 International Joaquín Rodrigo Competition winners features the first-prize winners of both categories (violin, and piano), both fiendish virtuosi on their respective instruments, in a monothematic programme of Rodrigo works for violin and piano.

Joaquín Rodrigo Siete Canciones Valencianas
Joaquín Rodrigo Preludio al gallo mañanero
Joaquín Rodrigo Capriccio
Joaquín Rodrigo Sonata pimpante

The young Russian violinist Lena Semenova already has a string of international competition triumphs to her name. After studying at the Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory under V. Ivanov she became the Grand Prizewinner of the IV Virtuosos of XXI Century Competition in Moscow 2001, and First Prizewinner in the First Moscow Paganini Violin Competition, Moscow and the International Competition of Kloster Schontal, Germany. She has also won prizes at the III Yampolsky International Violin Contest in Penza, the IV Tchaikovsky International Competition in China, and the Canetti International Violin Competition, Hungary. Since completing a Master’s in Israel in 2004 Lena has been enjoying a busy international performing career as a soloist and with numerous orchestras.

The Australian-American virtuoso pianist Edward Neeman is also a winner of countless international competitions, combining truly astonishing technical and expressive capabilities which must be witnessed to be believed. Having studied at the Australian National University and later at the Manhattan School of Music in New York, he placed first in the Carlet Piano Competition and no fewer than four Australian International Piano Competitions, and second in the Toledo Competition in Spain. Edward Neeman has recently performed on Australian TV and with orchestras around the world.

Sponsored by the Fundación Joaquín Rodrigo and the Spanish Embassy Cultural Office.

Part of the ILAMS October Rodrigo Festival.

Information:
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Web site
E-mail
020 7766 1100
Tickets: Free entry, with a suggested donation of £3.50

 

Granados and Albéniz

Fri 23 October 2009, 7.30pm
Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Music Hall
Barbican, Silk Street
London
EC2Y 8DT
United Kingdom

(Not an ILAMS concert, but one we highly recommend!)
 
Granados Goyescas, Books 1 & 2
 
Jamie Bergin (piano)
Ricard Rovirosa (piano)
Ashley Fripp (piano)
Mishka Momen (piano)
Erdem Misirlioglu (piano)
 
Songs by Albéniz to words by Francis Money-Coutts, including numbers from Pepita Jiménez (British premieres)
 
Susana Gaspar (soprano)
Adam Torrance (tenor)
Luis Gómez (tenor)
Anna Rita Cardona Esteva (piano)
 
Part of the Impressions of Spain Festival at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama; a week of concerts and a study day to commemorate the centenary of the death of Isaac Albéniz.


Information:
Web site
020 7382 7160

 

Coro Cervantes: 'The Sacred Made Music'

Wed 21 October 2009, 7.30pm
St John's
Smith Square
London
SW1P 3HA
United Kingdom

A concert of Spanish sacred choral music inspired by the National Gallery exhibition The Sacred Made Real

In the 17th century, sacred music tried to bring the faithful closer to the divine by heightening the emotions of the listener, something painting and sculpture endeavoured to do through a realistic depiction of the main subjects of the church. These universal religious themes have inspired composers through the centuries to produce some of their most intense and beautiful works. This concert follows these subjects - as indeed does the exhibition - with the 17th century as starting point and main point of focus, including some of the pinnacles of the Renaissance, Baroque, Classicism, Romanticism and the 20th century, and the Ave Maria by Rodrigo, which follows the long tradition of Marian musical pieces in Spain.

Conductor: Carlos Fernández Aransay

With special guests:

Fábio Zanon, guitar
Frances Kelly, Baroque harp
Debra Skeen, soprano
Sally Jackson, shawm
Helen Glaisher-Hernández, piano

Part I:

Meditations on Death
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) Officium Defunctorum. Introitus: Requiem æternam
Miguel Juan Marqués (active 1641-1661) Versa est in luctum

The Passion of Christ
Joan Cererols (1618-1680) ¡Ay, qué dolor!
Fernando Sor (1778-1839) O Crux
Vicente Goicoechea (1854-1916) Christus factus est
Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) Salmo VI del Oficio de Difuntos
Carlos Suriñach (1915-1997) Via Crucis (with guitar)
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1958) Romancero gitano (Federico García Lorca) (with guitar)

Part II:

Saints, prophets and martyrs
Pablo Casals (1876-1973) O vos omnes
Federico Mompou (1893-1987) Cantar del alma (solo soprano, choir and piano)

The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) Ave María (in 8, in two choirs)
Mateo Romero (ca.1575-1647) Soberana María
Joan Cererols (1618-1680) Salve Regina en Ecos (8 singers and continuo in 2 choirs)
Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999) Ave María

The Birth of Baby Jesus
Antón García Abril (1933-) Vos en Belén, Si quieres subir al cielo
Juan Bautista Comes (1582-1643) ¡Terremoto, qué ruido!

 
Sponsored by Banco Santander and Oficina Cultural de la Embajada de España
 
Image: Francisco de Zurbarán (1598–1664), The Virgin of Mercy of Las Cuevas, about 1644–55,
Museo de Bellas Artes, Seville © Photo Imagen M.A.S.  

*ILAMS members can claim 20% off on all ticket prices for this event.  To obtain the discount code, please email us via the Contact Us page, with 'Coro Cervantes, October' in the subject box and select 'Concerts' from the dropdown menu.

Part of the ILAMS October Rodrigo Festival.

Information:
St John's, Smith Square
Web site
E-mail
020 7222 1061
Tickets: £20, £15, £10 (ILAMS members* and concessions 20% off)

 

Albéniz in Paris

Wed 21 October 2009, 7.30pm
Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Music Hall
Barbican, Silk Street
London
EC2Y 8DT
United Kingdom

(Not an ILAMS concert, but one we highly recommend!) 

Albéniz Suite española
Mompou Works for piano
 
Sibila Konstantinova (piano)
 
Songs by Ravel, Falla, Debussy, Albéniz and Granados
 
Marisa Martins (mezzo-soprano)
Mac McClure (piano)
 
Part of the Impressions of Spain Festival at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama; a week of concerts and a study day to commemorate the centenary of the death of Isaac Albéniz.

 

Information:
Web site
020 7382 7160
Tickets: Free entry

 

Piano Masterclass: Pola Baytelman

Tue 20 October 2009, 2.30pm
Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Lecture Recital Room
Barbican, Silk Street
London
EC2Y 8DT
United Kingdom

 (Not an ILAMS concert, but one we highly recommend!)
 
Part of the Impressions of Spain Festival at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama; a week of concerts and a study day to commemorate the centenary of the death of Isaac Albéniz.


Information:
Web site
020 7382 7160
Tickets: Free Entry

 

Marisa Martins and Mac McClure

Tue 20 October 2009, 1.05pm
Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Lecture Recital Room
Barbican, Silk Street
London
EC2Y 8DT
United Kingdom

(Not an ILAMS concert, but one we highly recommend!)

Marisa Martins (mezzo-soprano) and Mac McClure (piano) perform songs and piano works by Mompou, Albéniz and Obradors, including several British premieres.

Part of the Impressions of Spain Festival at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama; a week of concerts and a study day to commemorate the centenary of the death of Isaac Albéniz. 

Information:
Web site
020 7382 7160

 

Symposium: Albéniz and Mompou

Tue 20 October 2009, 10.00am
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Lecture Recital Room
Barbican, Silk Street
London
EC2Y 8DT
United Kingdom

(Not an ILAMS concert but one we highly recommend!)

Barry Ife Albéniz and the 'Problem of Spain'
Mac McClure Mompou, the Early Years
Raenelda McKae Expression and Sonority in Mompou's Early Piano Music
 
Part of the Impressions of Spain Festival at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama; a week of concerts and a study day to commemorate the centenary of the death of Isaac Albéniz.


Information:
Web site
020 7382 7160
Tickets: Free entry

 

Pola Baytelman

Mon 19 October 2009, 7.30pm
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Music Hall, Silk St, Barbican
London
EC2Y 8DT
United Kingdom

(Not an ILAMS concert, but one we highly recommend!)

Chilean pianist Pola Baytelman traces the evolution of Albéniz's piano style in works from 1882 to 1906, including four movements from Iberia.
 
Part of the Impressions of Spain Festival at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama; a week of concerts and a study day to commemorate the centenary of the death of Isaac Albéniz.


Information:
Web site
020 7382 7160
Tickets: Free entry

 

'Spanish Inspiration': Rodrigo for Four Hands

Mon 19 October 2009, 7.30pm
Bolívar Hall
54 & 58 Grafton Way
London
W1T 5DL
United Kingdom

The Spanish Moreno Gistaín Piano Duo perform Rodrigo and other four-handed works inspired by Hispania

Joaquín Rodrigo was not a guitarist, as the fame of his guitar concerto, the Concierto de Aranjuez, has lead many to believe, but actually a virtuoso pianist who naturally wrote prolifically for the piano and performed his own works in his recitals. Two of Rodrigo’s piano works for four hands are juxtaposed here with other Hispanic pieces and works inspired by Spain for the four-hand genre in a highly imaginative programme by the talented Spanish Moreno Gistaín duo.

Mikhail Glinka Capriccio brillante on the Jota Aragonesa (tr. by A. Winkler)
Moritz Moszkowski ‘Maurische Fantasie’ from the ballet Boabdil (transcription by the composer)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34 (tr. by the composer)
Joaquín Rodrigo Sonatina para dos muñecas
Joaquín Rodrigo Juglares (tr. by the composer)
Maurice Ravel Rapsodie Espagnole (tr. by the composer)
Manuel de Falla Two Spanish dances from La vida breve (tr. by G. Samazehouil)
Alfredo Rugeles Tanguitis

‘A piano and two pianists recreate an entire orchestra. Two young musicians who combine talent, work and excellent discernment.’
El Periódico

Brothers Juan Fernando and José Enrique Moreno Gistaín have already carved out an illustrious reputation for themselves in Spain as one of the country’s leading four-hand duos. Born in Aragón, they studied with Maurizio Pollini, Josep Pons and have attended courses at the Salzburg Mozarteum. They have recorded for National Spanish Radio, Aragón Television, Catalonia Music, National Spanish Television, and on CD for the Albert Moraleda label. The duo have performed worldwide, with tours supported by a trail of scholarships from all the major funding bodies in Spain. They were recently invited to play with the Symphonic Orchestra of Spanish Radio/Television at the IV Victims of Terrorism Tribute Concert, which was broadcast on Spanish national television and was presided over by the Princess of Asturias, Lady Letizia Ortiz.

www.morenogistain.com

*Entry to this event is free but reservations are limited to ILAMS members only.  Non-ILAMS members are therefore advised to arrive early to avoid disappointment.  ILAMS members can reserve tickets by email through the Contact Us page.

Sponsored by the Gobierno de Aragón, with support from the Fundación Eutherpe, DICE and Juventudes Musicales de España.

Part of the ILAMS October Rodrigo Festival.

Information:
Bolívar Hall
Web site
E-mail
020 7388 5788
Tickets: Free entry*

 

Georgina Whitehead

Fri 16 October 2009, 6.30pm
National Portrait Gallery
St Martin's Place
London
WC2H 0HE
United Kingdom

(Not an ILAMS concert, but one we highly recommend!)

Georgina Whitehead, recent stand-in for world-renowned guitarist John Williams, will be presenting programme of lively fiery works by Isaac Albéniz and Manuel de Falla as well as a rare enigmatic work by Catalan composer Salvador Brotons. With a light folk based work from Mexico's finest guitar composer Manual María Ponce sit back and enjoy a enchanting and exhilarating programme.
 
Programme to include:

Manuel de Falla El Sombrero de tres picos
Salvador Brotons Two Suggestions
Isaac Albéniz Capricho catalán and Sevilla
Manuel M. Ponce Sonata Mexicana
 


Information:
Web site
Tickets: Free entry

 

'The Unknown Rodrigo': Chamber Works

Fri 16 October 2009, 1.10pm
St James's Piccadilly
197 Piccadilly
London
W1V 0LL
United Kingdom

Morgan Szymanski, the leading British guitarist of his generation, joins forces with some of his regular collaborators to explore the sumptuous world of Rodrigo’s rarely-performed chamber works, which are so often overshadowed by his monumental guitar concerto, the Concierto de Aranjuez.
 
Joaquín Rodrigo Cánticos nupciales for three sopranos and organ
Joaquín Rodrigo ‘Plegaria de la Infanta de Castilla’ from Cuatro piezas para piano
Alonso Mudarra ‘Fantasía que contrahace la harpa de Ludovico’ from Cinco piezas del siglo XVI for piano solo (arr. Rodrigo)
Joaquín Rodrigo Tres canciones españolas for guitar and soprano
Joaquín Rodrigo Tres villancicos for soprano and guitar
Joaquín Rodrigo ‘Fandango’ from Tres piezas españolas for solo guitar

Special guests:
 
Charles Matthews (organ)
Maya Sapone (soprano)
Clemmie Franks (soprano)
Laia Cortes Calafell (mezzo-soprano)
Helen Glaisher-Hernández (piano)
Tessa Grobel (piano)
 
 
Part of the ILAMS October Rodrigo Festival.


Information:
St James's Piccadilly
Web site
E-mail
020 7734 4511
Tickets: Free entry, with suggested £3.00 donation.

 

'Aranjuez mon amour': the Life and Music of Joaquín Rodrigo in his Own Words, with Cecilia Rodrigo and Carlos Bonell

Wed 7 October 2009, 7.30pm
Canning House
2 Belgrave Square
London
SW1X 8PJ
United Kingdom

Cecilia Rodrigo introduces and reads a fascinating collection of letters and essays written by her father, composer Joaquín Rodrigo, with a script compiled by guitarist Carlos Bonell. Together with Bonell playing music by Falla, Sanz, Sainz de la Maza and Rodrigo himself, the presentation will include letters to some of Spain’s leading artists of the last century, including Segovia, Mompou, and Manuel de Falla, and his future wife Victoria K. The letters reveal a personal and artistic struggle to find success and satisfaction, and are a vivid evocation of the turbulent times which Joaquin Rodrigo’s long life (1901-1999) encompassed.

‘High art…a virtuoso performance. A keen aural imagination, and the technique to reproduce the subtlety of tints and tones he hears, is what makes the playing of Bonell so distinctive.’ The Times

Carlos Bonell was born in London of Spanish parents and studied at the Royal College of Music with John Williams, where he was appointed the youngest ever professor in 1972. He gained prominence in 1981 through his recording for Decca of Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez. He has made more than 20 LP, CD and DVD recordings, received a Grammy nomination, and has been awarded the prestigious Spanish prize Premio Trujamán. Since 2006 Carlos has been helping Sir Paul McCartney in notating and recording a concerto for guitar and orchestra. The work was featured in a June 2007 cover article by The New Yorker magazine.

Programme to include:

Joaquín Rodrigo La sarabanda lejana
Joaquín Rodrigo 'Fandango' (from 3 piezas españolas)
Joaquín Rodrigo Sonata a la bolero
Joaquín Rodrigo Ya se van los pastores (arr. J. Rodrigo)
Joaquín Rodrigo Pequeña sevillana
Joaquín Rodrigo En los trigales
Joaquín Rodrigo Theme from ‘Adagio’ from Concierto de Aranjuez
Regino Sainz de la Maza Peteneras
Gaspar Sanz Selection of pieces that inspired Fantasía para un gentilhombre
Manuel de Falla Homenaje a Debussy

N.B. Narration in English.

www.queenguitarrhapsodies.com

Part of the ILAMS October Rodrigo Festival.

Information:
Canning House Cultural Office
Web site
E-mail
020 7235 2303 ext. 222
Tickets: £15, £10 members of ILAMS and Canning House

 

Lecture with Graham Wade: ‘Perspectives on Joaquín Rodrigo, Ten Years after his Death’

Thu 1 October 2009, 7.00pm
Canning House
2 Belgrave Square
London
SW1X 8PJ
United Kingdom

The reputation of Joaquín Rodrigo has been consolidated since his death ten years ago in the wide variety of publications, recordings and films devoted to his life and music. His central role in Spanish music of the second half of the 20th century is now being evaluated and the immense stature of his vast output is increasingly becoming appreciated.

‘Author Graham Wade has become [Rodrigo’s] Boswell…’ Classic FM Magazine

Graham Wade, the undisputed expert on the life and works of Joaquín Rodrigo both in the UK and worldwide, opens the 2009 Rodrigo Festival with a talk on the composer and his legacy. A regular author of programme and liner notes on the composer, Wade’s research culminated in his 2006 book Joaquín Rodrigo: Travelling to Aranjuez. In his talk, Wade will examine Rodrigo’s position ten years after his death, and will discuss the 21st century future of this consummately 20th-century artist.

Graham Wade, a graduate of Jesus College, Cambridge, a Fellow of Trinity College of Music, London, and formerly Head of Strings at City of Leeds College of Music, is acknowledged as one of the foremost international writers on classical guitar, and aspects of Spanish music and culture including the life and works of Joaquín Rodrigo. His publications include highly-acclaimed biographical studies of Segovia, Rodrigo, Bream and Bachauer, as well as books on guitar history. He has written liner notes for record companies such as Deutsche Grammophon, EMI, Naxos and RCA, and conducted guitar seminars at conservatories and festivals worldwide. In 2002 he was awarded the Schott Gold Medal for his contribution to Rodrigo studies. Graham Wade is an Advisory Editor for British and American editions of The New Grove Dictionary and for many years wrote programme notes for Segovia and Bream.

N.B. Lecture in English. 

Part of the ILAMS October Rodrigo Festival.

Information:
Canning House Cultural Office
Web site
E-mail
020 7235 2303 ext. 222
Tickets: £6, £4 members of ILAMS and Canning House

 

Festival Gala

Fri 25 September 2009, 7.30pm
Bolívar Hall
54 & 58 Grafton Way
London
W1T 5DL
United Kingdom

An anthology of  highlights of the London Classical Guitar Festival: a selection of the Festival artists are joined by some very special guests, followed by free wine reception.  Artists include: Farsa Monea, Ahmed Dickinson, Amanda Cooke, Morgan Szymanski & Guillaume Lacoste, and Daniela Rossi.

*Entry to this event is free but reservations are limited to ILAMS members only.  Non-ILAMS members are therefore advised to arrive early to avoid disappointment.  ILAMS members can reserve tickets by email through the Contact Us page.

Information:
Web site
E-mail
020 7388 5788
Tickets: Free entry*

 

'En homenaje': Morgan Szymanski and Guillaume Lacoste

Thu 24 September 2009, 7.30pm
Bolívar Hall
56 Grafton Way
London
W1T 5DL
United Kingdom

‘Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, save perhaps two.’ Frédéric Chopin

2009 is an exceptionally busy year for Latin composer anniversaries, and several of these are brought together in a new collaboration between two leading guitarists of their generation, Morgan Szymanski and Guillaume Lacoste, commemorating the life and works of Albéniz (100 years of death), Tárrega (100 years of death), Rodrigo (10 years of death), and the 60th and 70th birthdays of Jorge Cardoso and Leo Brouwer.

Isaac Albéniz Córdoba, Mayorca, Sevilla
Joaquín Rodrigo Tonadilla
Francisco Tárrega Recuerdos de la Alhambra (arr. for 2 guitars by Sagreras)
Manuel de Falla La vie brève (arr. Llobet)
Leo Brouwer Micropiezas
Ernesto Cordero Sonatina tropical
Jorge Cardoso Milonga
Paulo Bellinati Jongo

www.morganszymanski.co.uk

*Entry to this event is free but reservations are limited to ILAMS members only.  Non-ILAMS members are therefore advised to arrive early to avoid disappointment.  ILAMS members can reserve tickets by email through the Contact Us page.

Information:
Web site
E-mail
020 7388 5788
Tickets: Free entry*

 

'Dickinson's Real Cuban Deal': Tribute to Ñico Rojas

Wed 23 September 2009, 7.30pm
Bolívar Hall
54 & 58 Grafton Way
London
W1T 5DL
United Kingdom

‘Dickinson is clearly a real find.’ Songlines Magazine

Highly acclaimed Cuban artist Ahmed Dickinson pays homage to Ñico Rojas, one of the greats of the Filin' era, in this special London Classical Guitar Festival appearance. Combining traditional Cuban rhythms and classical genres, with harmonies deeply penetrated by jazz, Ahmed's refined guitar playing, accompanied by fellow Cuban percussionist Hammadi Rencurrell, brings the sounds of 50's bohemian Havana to London.

Ñico Rojas Guajira a mi madre (Guajira)
Ñico Rojas Francito y Alfonsito (Cha-cha-cha)
Ñico Rojas Jairo y Juan* (Motivo de Danzon)
Ñico Rojas Elías malogrado genio* (Motivo de Danzón)
Ñico Rojas Helenita y Jorgito* (Danzón)
Ñico Rojas Retrato de un médico violinista (Fantasía)
Eduardo Martín De la rumba son
Eduardo Martín Calendar (selections)
Eduardo Martín Divertimentos tropicales

*Works transcribed by Ahmed Dickinson

www.ahmeddickinson.com

*Entry to this event is free but reservations are limited to ILAMS members only.  Non-ILAMS members are therefore advised to arrive early to avoid disappointment.  ILAMS members can reserve tickets by email through the Contact Us page.

Information:
Web site
E-mail
020 7388 5788
Tickets: *Free entry

 

'Commemorating the Tárrega Centenary'

Fri 18 September 2009, 7.30pm
Bolívar Hall
54 & 58 Grafton Way
London
W1T 5DL
United Kingdom

Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909) is rightly regarded as the patriarch of the modern classical guitar. He was a superb virtuoso, a very influential teacher, a gifted composer, and he was also a prolific transcriber and arranger of music for the guitar.

7.30pm, Pre-concert Talk: Francisco Tárrega and the Art of Guitar Transcription, by Walter Aaron Clark

The lecture will examine this aspect of Tárrega's career, paying particular attention to his transcriptions of Spanish classics by his friend and compatriot Isaac Albéniz, the renowned pianist and composer, who also died in 1909.  Walter A. Clark is a professor of musicology at the University of California, Riverside, and director of the Center for Iberian and Latin American Music. He has authored major biographies of Albéniz and Granados, both published by Oxford. A student of Pepe Romero, he also holds a master's degree in classical guitar.

8.45pm, Concert: Fernando Espí

'... an emerging new talent .... an outstanding guitarist of the new generation.' Classical Guitar

‘Fernando Espí’s performances are rooted in an authentic, historically informed approach. The result is at once beautiful and very exciting.’ Gramophone

Spanish guitarist and Valencian compatriot of Tárrega, Fernando Espí, offers an overview of Tárrega’s various facets, from monumental works such as the Recuerdos de la Alhambra to some of his lesser-known gems, including some of the transcriptions which were crucial in widening what was previously an extremely limited repertoire.

Francisco Tárrega 2 Mazurkas: 'Sueño', 'Marieta'
Francisco Tárrega Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Ruperto Chapí Serenata morisca (transcription by Tárrega)
Francisco Tárrega Capricho árabe
Francisco Tárrega 2 Polkas: 'Pepita', 'Rosita'
Francisco Tárrega 2 Waltzes: 'Gran Vals', 'Las Dos Hermanas'
Francisco Tárrega 2 Early Dances: 'Pavana', 'Gavota María'
Joaquín Malats Serenata Española  (transcription by Tárrega)
Francisco Tárrega Gran jota de concierto

www.fernandoespi.com
http://www.music.ucr.edu/people/faculty/clark/

*Entry to this event is free but reservations are limited to ILAMS members only.  Non-ILAMS members are therefore advised to arrive early to avoid disappointment.  ILAMS members can reserve tickets by email through the Contact Us page.

Information:
Web site
E-mail
020 7388 5788
Tickets: *Free entry

 

'Latin Guitar Masters on 10 Strings'

Thu 17 September 2009, 7.30pm
Bolívar Hall
54 & 58 Grafton Way
London
W1T 5DL
United Kingdom

‘Saggese is to 10-strings what Schumacher is to Ferrari…’ Juan Colina, LGS

’...among the best European guitarists of the moment’
El País, Spain

Winner of various international competitions, including the Andrés Segovia competition in Spain, Saggese makes his London solo debut, transposing the compositions of Villa-Lobos, Ginastera and Gismonti with virtuosic bravado to the 10-string guitar. A rare opportunity for audiences to hear well-known Latin works performed on a very special instrument.

Dionisio Aguado Rondo brillante in A minor No. 2
Augustín Barrios La catedral
Joaquín Turina Sonata Op. 61
Egberto Gismonti Memoria e fado
Egberto Gismonti Agua y vinho
Heitor Villa-Lobos Cadenza (from the concerto for guitar and orchestra)
Heitor Villa-Lobos Etude No. 1
Heitor Villa-Lobos Etude No. 2
Paco de Lucía Taranta
Alberto Ginastera Sonata Op. 47

 *Entry to this event is free but reservations are limited to ILAMS members only.  Non-ILAMS members are therefore advised to arrive early to avoid disappointment.  ILAMS members can reserve tickets by email through the Contact Us page.

Information:
Web site
E-mail
020 7388 5788
Tickets: *Free entry

 

'Guitarra y mujer': Here Come the Girls

Wed 16 September 2009, 7.30pm
Bolívar Hall
54 & 58 Grafton Way
London
W1T 5DL
United Kingdom

‘La guitarra es como una mujer: cuando crees que la dominas, es cuando te demuestra lo contrario.’ Paco de Lucía

('The guitar is like a woman: just when you think you have managed to master her, she proves you wrong.')

Women have been compared to guitars since the instrument first existed, as objects of sensitive temperament, to be played, touched and caressed – by men alone. The Latin Classical Guitar Festival kicks off with an all-female line-up from Spain, Latin America and the UK who will prove to you that, to the contrary, the guitar is a very female instrument.

Daniela Rossi (Argentina)
Joaquín Rodrigo Sonata giocosa
John Dowland Lachrimae Pavan
Astor Piazzolla ‘Compadre’ from Cinco piezas para guitarra

Farsa Monea (Spain)
Rafael de León and Manuel Quiroga Ojos verdes*
Rafael de León and Manuel Quiroga Tatuaje*
Ramón Perelló Piconeros*
Carlos Gardel and Alfredo Lepera Volver*
Miguel Matamoros Lágrimas negras*

* Works arranged by María Camahort

Interval

Amanda Cook (UK)
Domenico Scarlatti Sonata K309
Domenico Scarlatti Sonata K175
Federico Moreno Torroba Castillos de España
Agustín Bardi Gallo ciego
Baden Powell Samba em preludio
Traditional (Peru) Arriba los pañuelos


www.amandacook.co.uk
www.danielarossi.com.ar
http://www.myspace.com/farsamonea

*Entry to this event is free but reservations are limited to ILAMS members only.  Non-ILAMS members are therefore advised to arrive early to avoid disappointment.  ILAMS members can reserve tickets by email through the Contact Us page.

Information:
Web site
E-mail
020 7388 5788
Tickets: Free entry*

 

Duo Alma

Fri 31 July 2009, 1.10pm
St James's Piccadilly
197 Piccadilly
London
W1J 9LL
United Kingdom

Eralys Fernández, piano and Joshua Burke, violin

An Anglo-Cuban partnership, this duo from the Royal College of Music present a sumptuous cross-Atlantic programme of European and Latin American favourites.

Gabriel Fauré Sonata
Manuel Ponce Sonatina Breve
Astor Piazzolla Histoire du Tango

http://eralyspiano.webeden.co.uk


 

Information:
Web site
Tickets: Free entry with suggested £3 donation

 

Latin Classical Guitar Concert

Wed 1 July 2009, 1.10pm
St James's, Piccadilly
197 Piccadilly
London
W1J 9LL
United Kingdom

Prize-winning classical guitarist Georgina Whitehead presents fiery and poignant works from acclaimed Spanish composers Isaac Albéniz and Manuel de Falla as well as a rarely-heard charismatic work by Salvador Brotons. With a light folk-based work from Mexico's finest guitar composer Manual María Ponce and an extraordinary exploratory piece by Brazilian composer Edino Krieger, this is an exhilarating programme for all to enjoy.

www.georginawhitehead.com

Weiss Fantaisie
Ponce Sonata mexicana
Krieger Ritmata
Brotons Two Suggestions
Albéniz ‘Capricho Catalán’ from España; Six Album Leaves; ‘Sevilla’ from Suite Española

Information:
Web site
020 7734 4511
Tickets: Free admission with £3 suggested donation

 


Sunday 31 May 2009

7.30pm
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore Street
London
W1U 2BP
United Kingdom

Nearest tube: Bond Street

Wigmore Hall

£13 / £11 / £9 / £8

(Not an ILAMS concert, but one we highly recommend!)

Clara Mouriz (soprano) and Joseph Middleton (piano)

Falla Siete canciones populares españolas
Britten Two French Folk Song Arrangements: 'Fileuse' and 'Il est quelqu'un sur terre'
Ravel Cinq melodies populaires grecques; Vocalise-etude en forme de habanera; Sheherazade
Turina Poema en forma de canciones Op. 19

 


Friday 22 May 2009

6.30pm
Schott Recital Room
48 Great Malborough Street
London
W1F 7BB
United Kingdom

Nearest tube: Oxford Circus/Bond Street

Schott Recital Room

£12 / £10 / £8 ILAMS members

The Spanish Cello

Evva Mizerska, cello
Emma Abbate, piano

Mendelssohn Sonata for cello and piano No.2 in D major Op.5
Granados Two Tonadillas, 'Intermezzo' from Goyescas
Cassadó Requiebros
Falla Suite populaire espagnole
Debussy Sonata for cello and piano

www.evvamizerska-cellist.co.uk


Thursday 21 May 2009

7:30pm
Bolívar Hall
4 Grafton Way
London
W1T 5DL
United Kingdom
 
Nearest tube: Warren Street
 
 
Admission free
(Not an ILAMS concert, but one we highly recommend!)

Clara Rodríguez (piano)
 

Moleiro Estampas del llano
Moleiro Toccata in B minor
Moleiro Toccata in C sharp minor
Carreño, T. Plainte - First Elegy Op. 17
Carreño, T. Un bal en reve Op. 26
Carreño, T. Corbeille de fleurs Op. 9
Astor Adriana
Pacheco El Cumaco de San Juan (merengue caraqueño)
Teruel Destilado de vals
Piazzolla Milonga del Ángel
Piazzolla Invierno Porteño
Ruiz Zumba que zumba (joropo)
Diaz Caballo viejo (pasaje llanero)
Escobar Noche de luna en Altamira
Elías Gutiérrez Alma llanera (joropo)
ñez Retrato De Ramón Delgado Palacios (waltz)
Lecuona Malagueña
Moleiro Joropo 

Tuesday 19 May 2009

7.30pm
Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace
London
SW1X 9DQ
United Kingdom

Nearest tube: Sloane Square

Cadogan Hall

£18 / £16.20 ILAMS members
(Not an ILAMS concert, but one we highly recommend!)

Orquesta Nacional de España

The Orquesta Nacional de España is considered one of Spain's finest orchestras and was founded in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. The orchestra's principal conductor, Josep Pons, is widely considered to be one of Spain's most engagingly contemporary conductors.  Jose María Gallardo Del Rey's worldwide guitar performances have drawn acclaim and applause from critics and audiences alike. He will join the orchestra for a performance of the beautiful Concierto de Aranjuez.

Turina Danzas Fantasticas Op. 22
Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez
Ravel Alborada del gracioso
Ravel Rapsodie espangole
Ravel Bolero
 
Before the concert there is a special serving of tapas and wine offer for just £8.

Friday 15 May 2009

8.45 pm
Latvian House
72 Queensborough Terrace
London
W2 3HS
United Kingdom

Tango Rojo

£10 on the door / £8 in advance

Tango Rojo Festival: A Short History of Tango through Visual Arts

Juan María Solare (piano, speaker)
 
8:45 to 9:30pm: lecture
9:45 to 10:30pm: lecture-recital

With tangos by Troilo, Solare, Gardel, Plaza, Demare, Piazzolla and others.

Friday 15 May 2009

7:30 PM
Latvian House Venue
72 Queensborough Terrace (Tube:Queensborough)
London
W2 3SH
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

£8

An evening of tango songs - TangoDuo
 

TangoDuo

An evening of tango songs presented by
Monica Acosta, soprano and
Craig White, piano



TangoDuo will present beautiful and passionate tango songs and solo piano pieces from the acclaimed Argentinean composer Astor Piazzolla as well as some tango classics by Carlos Gardel. The love poetry of Alfredo Le Pera, and the more political and urban by Jorge Luis Borges and Horacio Ferrer, inspired the forceful and touching melodies performed.

 

www.rojoynegroclub.com/festivals/TangoRojo/events/


Wednesday 13 May 2009

7:30 pm
Latvian House Venue
72 Queensborough Terrace (Tube:Queensborough)
London
W2 3SH
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

£8 (£6 ILAMS Members)

A Tango with the Camera: cultural identity and visual seduction in tango film
 

A lecture by Helen Glaisher-Hernández (Chair of ILAMS)
Tango Rojo Festival




Tango, a symbiosis of music, dance and poetry, is an interdisciplinary art form which imbibes cultural values. A potent cultural signifier in a catalogue of theoretical fields, including History, Politics, Sociology, Anthropology, Gender Studies, Queer Theory, Psychology, Semiotics and even Metaphysics. It is a metaphor in all kinds of novels, poems, plays, essays - and not least films. Within Argentina, it is regarded as the national music and the ultimate expression of identity. The purpose of this lecture is to combine these interdisciplinary elements and examine the ways in which film directors employ tango as a medium of Argentine identity with which to interrogate their culture.

ILAMS Chairman, Helen Glaisher–Hernández, is an academic in the field of Hispanic studies and a concert pianist, specialising in Iberian and Latin American repertoire.

 

www.rojoynegroclub.com/festivals/TangoRojo/
 


Sunday 26 April 2009

7:30pm
St John's, Smith Square
Smith Square
London
SW1P 3HA
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

£15, £12, £10/ILAMS members: £10 (proof of status required)

Gala Concert

Classico Latino
Lizzie Ball - Violin
Ivan Guevara-Bernal - Piano
Graham Walker - Cello

Gala Concert in advance of their performances at the Festival Mono Nuñez in Colombia, and in celebration of the launch of their new album: Serenata.
Classic Latino will perform an evening of classic Latin-American music, including Cumbias, Pasillos, Joropos and Boleros, in their own unique arrangements.

'Their passion is incredible, the power of their performances extraordinary and their technique staggering. I recommend their beautiful music wholeheartedly.'
Alfonso Lopez Caballero, Former Colombian Ambassador to the UK.
 

Bookings:
By telephone 020 7222 1061
Online at www.sjss.org.uk
By fax 020 7233 1618
By post St. John's, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA (Please enclose SAE)

Debit/Credit Cards MasterCard, Visa and Maestro accepted. Booking fees By telephone £2.00 per transaction, (£1.50 to Friends of St. John's). Online £1.50 per transaction. The Box Office is open for advance bookings from 10am-5pm (until 6pm on concert days) Monday to Friday. Advance bookings cannot be made after 6pm or at weekends/bank holidays. After 6pm the Box Office is open for personal callers for that evening's concert only. The Box Office opens at 6.30 on the day. Booking opens 2 March.


Friday 24 April 2009

7:30 pm
St Peter's Church
De Beauvoir Road
London
N1
United Kingdom

Details:
info@debeauvoir.org.uk
0207684 5811

£7 (Concessions £4)

Not an ILAMS concert, but one we highly recommend!!!

The DBA presents a CONCERT by FAMILY ATLÁNTICA

Something different, fresh, and exciting!
Renowned vocalist and cuatro player Luzmira Zerpa leads her ensemble which blends traditional Venezuelan songs with explosive Afro-Latin percussion, flute and electric guitar. A fresh perspective on the folk traditions of Venezuela. Luzmira lives locally, and she and her band are a welcome new addition to the life of De Beauvoir.


 

There will be a bar, continuing after the performance: come along, bring
your friends, and make it a social evening.


4 March 2009 - 4 March 2009

7:30 pm
Westminster School - Up School
17 Deans' Yard
London
SW1P 3PB
United Kingdom

£15

Not an ILAMS concert, but one we highly recommend!!!

Clara Mouriz (mezzo-soprano)
Joseph Middleton (piano)



As part of the Westminster School Series, Clara Mouriz offers a performance of Spanish songs including:

Falla Siete canciones populares
Granados La maja dolorosa
Turina Poéma en forma de canción
Montsalvatge Cinco canciones negras
 

To obtain tickets, please send a cheque (made payable to Richard Stokes) to:

Richard Stokes
55 Fitzroy Park
London
N6 6JA

You should enclose details of the number of tickets required, a stamped addressed envelope and a contact telephone number so that the school can contact you in the unlikely event of a cancellation. Your cheque will not be paid in until after the concert. The seats are unreserved.
 


Wednesday 4 March 2009

7 pm
Bolivar Hall
54 Grafton Way
London
W1T 5DL
United Kingdom

£15 £18

Not an ILAMS concert, but one we recommend!

CLÉLIA IRUZUN - Piano
A concert organised by the Anglo-Brazilian Society

Works by Brazilian and international classical composers, Villa-Lobos, Marlos Nobre, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, and the Fantasy on the Brazilian National Anthem by Gottschalk.
 

RSVP 26th February


Monday 9 February 2009

1:10pm
St. James Church Piccadilly
197 Piccadilly (TUBE: Picadilly)
London
W1V 0LL
United Kingdom

ENTRY FREE

ENTRY FREE
 

ILAMS PRESENTS

 

Torricelli-Fuente duet – Singer and accompanist as an inseparable entity

The Torricelli-Fuente duet was created in 2005. Since the beginning of their close musical partnership they were tutored by Maestro Opitz (scholarship given by the Chamber Music Foundation - Argentina).
They gave recitals for a various number of prestigious musical organizations: Ars Nobilis, Mozarteum, Fondo Nacional de las Artes, Fundacion Szterenfeld and British Arts Centre. They also appeared in numerous broadcast and TV productions as well as live concert recordings.
Their repertoire is varied and extensive, encompassing German Lied as well as French, Argentinean and Spanish art-song.
On 2007 they won first prize of the “First National Argentine Song for voice and piano duets Contest”.



Eugenia Fuente - Soprano.
The soprano Eugenia Fuente was born in Buenos Aires and studied with Roberto Britos, Eduardo Cogorno, Irma Urteaga, Guillermo Opitz and Susana Cardonnet. Currently continuing masterclasses for further studies of art-song repertoire with Manuel Cid (Spain) and Dalton Baldwin (USA).
She recently sang Wagner´s “Wesendonck Lieder” with the Neuquén Symphony Orchestra and University of Lanús Academic Orchestra.

Santiago Torricelli - Piano
Born in Chivilcoy, Argentina in 1980. Began his musical studies at the Alberto Williams Conservatory of Music. He moved to Buenos Aires and established there permanently in order to continue his musical education at the Carlos López Buchardo National Conservatory of Music.
He was recently given a full scholarship to study with Dalton Baldwin (USA) and Lorraine Nubar (USA) at “Académie Musicale de Villecroze” (France) to specialize in the area of song accompaniment, concentrating on German lieder and French art-song.

PROGRAMME
Argentinean and Spanish songs



Carlos Guastavino (1912– 2000)
Jazmín del país ¡Que lindo! (León Benarós)
La rosa y el sauce (Francisco Silva y Valdés)

Gastón Alberto Taylor (1977)
Zudem ist Weisheit und Verstand (Paul Gerhardt)

Alberto Ginastera (1916 -1983)
Canción de la luna lunanca (Francisco Silva y Valdés)

Roberto Caamaño (1923 - 1993)
Balada amarillas (Canción Nº1) (Federico García Lorca)

Pascual De Rogatis (1880-1980)
Gato (Coria Peñaloza)

Félix Lavilla (1928)
Cuatro canciones vascas
Ai Isabel
Anderegeya
Loa-loa
Aldape ko mariya

Frederic Mompou (1893-1987)
Deux mélodies (Juan Ramón jiménez)
Pastoral
Llueve sobre el río

Jesús Guridi (1886- 1961)
Cómo quieres que adivine? (texto popular)
No quiero tus avellanas (texto popular)

Xavier Montsalvatge (1912 -2002)
Cinco Canciones Negras
Cuba dentro de un piano (Rafael Alberti)
Punto de habanera (Néstor Luján)
Chévere (Nicolás Guillén)
Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito (I. Pereda Valdés)
Canto negro (Nicolás Guillén)

 


Wednesday 28 January 2009

7:00 pm
Bauer & Hieber Music
48 Great Marlborough Street (TUBE: Oxford Circus)
W1F 7BB
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site
077 6262 2340

10 pounds

Not a concert organised by ILAMS, but one we STRONGLY recommend!!!

TangoDuo
Monica Acosta – Voice
Craig White – Piano
Powerful and passionate tango songs



Powerful and passionate tango songs
 


Tuesday 20 January 2009

7:30 pm
Barbican Hall (Tube: Barbican or Moorgate)
Barbican Centre - Silk Street
London
EC2Y 8DS
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

7 13 19 25 and 32 Pounds

Not an ILAMS concert, but one we STRONGLY recommend!!!
 

London Symphony Orchestra


Kristjan Jarvi conductor
Carel Kraayenhof Bandoneon

Sounds of Latin America
GINASTERA: Dances from 'Estancia'
PIAZZOLLA: Aconcagua - Concerto for Bandoneon
REVUELTAS: La Noche de los Mayas

 

Ginastera's ballet Estancia (1941) was inspired by life on the ranches of Argentina. His bravura four-movement suite drawn from it is bracingly rhythmic. Piazzolla's Aconcagua (1979) is named after the highest mountain in the Americas. The concerto, showcasing the accordion-like bandoneon, concludes in the composer's much-loved tango rhythms. La Noche de los Mayas, originally a 1939 film score, was edited after Revueltas' death into a compelling symphonic suite, which builds to a ferocious climax.


Monday 19 January 2009

   

Monday 15 December 2008

7:30 pm
WIGMORE HALL
36 Wigmore Street
LONDON
W1U 2BP
United Kingdom

£10 12 14 16

Not an ILAMS concert, but one we specially and heartily recommend!!!

A concert with Brazilian Cellist and ILAMS's member Tania Lisboa!
 


27 November 2008 - 27 November 2008

7:45 pm
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre
Southbank Centre - Belvedere Road
London
SE1 8XX
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

£15

NOT AN ILAMS CONCERT, BUT ONE WE RECOMMEND!

Berta Rojas: paraguay according to agustin barrios



Berta Rojas, one of the leading performers of Agustin Barrios' music, retraces the steps of the great Paraguayan composer. Berta Rojas has captivated music-lovers in the Americas, Europe and Asia. After sold-out concerts at the John F. Kennedy Centre in Washington DC and at Southbank Centre in 2004, this 'guitarist extraordinaire' (Washington Post) and 'Ambassador of the Classical Guitar' (Classical Guitar Magazine) returns for an evening of great nostalgic music. 'Rojas clearly has Barrio's music deeply in her blood...When Rojas is at her best, there may be no better Barrios interpreter alive' (Washington Post).


 


Thursday 27 November 2008

7:30
Bolívar Hall
54 Grafton Way (Tube: Warren street St)
London
W1T 5DL
United Kingdom

Details:
claris97@hotmail.com
07847263843 (Mo-Fri 8.30am to 6.00pm)

Tickets: 12.00 (Concessions: 10.00)

NOT AN ILAMS CONCERT, BUT ONE WE RECOMMEND!
 

Clara Rodríguez, piano
Karin Fernald, actor



LISZT IN PETTICOATS


A sparkling partnership, with a scorching repertoire from a really romantic pianist, Clara Rodriguez, balanced by Karin Fernald’s cool approach, narrating the life of the great Venezuelan pianist Teresa Carreño (Caracas 1853- New York 1917) so that we not only get the facts, but the feeling that she has been round the back and seen the funny side of the storm. Fresh air blowing through the hothouse”. Irving Wardle. The Independent


Music by Franz Liszt, Frederic Chopin and Teresa Carreño

Including Mephisto Waltz, Ballade Op. 52 No 4 and Mi Teresita

 


Thursday 13 November 2008

1 pm
St. Pancras Parish Church
Euston Road - Tube: Euston Station
London
NW1 2BA
United Kingdom

The entry is free: On the way out -£3 donation Strongly recommended!

NOT AN ILAMS CONCERT, BUT ONE WE RECOMMEND!
 

AMOR QUINTET

NIKOLAI RYSKOV - ACCORDION/BAYAN
JULIA DOVGIALLO - VIOLIN
EVGENIA TERENTIEVA - PIANO
IGOR SELUTIN - ELECTRIC GUITAR
NICK HAWARD - DOUBLE BASS





Lunchtime Concert of Astor Piazzolla Music

Programme:

1. Romance del Diablo;
2. Canto de Octubre;
3. Otoño Porteño;
4. Soledad;
5. Milonga del Angel;
6. Libertango;
7. Oblivion.

 


Friday 7 November 2008

7.30pm
Bolivar Hall
54 Grafton Way (Tube: Warren street St)
London
NW1 5DL
United Kingdom

Free Entry

NOT AN ILAMS CONCERT, BUT ONE WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND!

CENTENARY CONCERT, to celebrate the life and music of ELENA ROMERO, composition student of JOAQUIN TURINA and first Spanish woman conductor.



ENTRY FREE

"Asociación Mujeres en la Música" (Women in Music) Madrid, Spain
http://mujeresenlamusica.blogspot.com
 

MARÍA JOSÉ SÁNCHEZ, Soprano
DIEGO CARNEIRO, Cello
MATTHEW JONES, Violin/Viola
ALBERTO PORTUGHEIS, Piano

 

All British premieres

Villancico --- text by Juan del Encina
Ronda de siesta --- text by Luis de Góngora
Si la luna fuera espejo --- text by Luis de Góngora
Dicen que me case yo --- text by de Gil Vicente
Cantiga --- text by Gil Vicente
Soprano & Piano

Habanera
Canzonetta
Canción de Cuna (Lullaby)
Danza Rústica

Violin & piano

Adagio and Rondo
Viola & piano

Tres Piezas Breves
Tardes Tristes
Paseo
Naturaleza y Metafísica
Piano solo

INTERVAL

Divertimento
Fantasía Española

Violin, cello & piano

El cantar --- text by Manuel Machado
Luna sin retorno --- text by Manuel Betanzos
El ángel de los números --- text by Rafael Alberti
Cuatro poemas --- text by Juan Ramón Jiménez
El poeta a caballo - Anteprimavera - Madrugada - La niña
Soprano & Piano

Friday 10 October 2008

1:10 pm
St. James Church Piccadilly (Tube: Piccadilly)
197 Piccadilly
London
W1V 0LL
United Kingdom

*****ENTRY FREE*****

Tango Concert featuring Argentinean composer-pianist Juan María Solare


 

Piano: Juan María Solare




Julián Plaza (1928-2003)
Danzarín (ca. 1960)

Carlos Di Sarli (1903-1960)
Bahía Blanca (1940)

Héctor Maisano (1936)
Climático (1961) (British premiere)

Raúl Fiorino (born 1960)
Se fue con la lluvia (2007) (British premiere)

Eduardo Arolas (1892-1924)
La cachila (ca. 1920)

Luis Mihovilcevic (born 1958)
Tango de los segundos y de los cortes (2008) (British premiere)

Pablo Loudet (born 1969)
Milonga (2008) (World premiere)

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Calambre (1961)

Juan María Solare (born 1966)
Mate amargo (2006) (British premiere)

Juan Bautista Deambroggio (1890-1963)
Bandoneón Arrabalero (1928)

Juan María Solare (1966)
Para Lisa (2003) (British premiere)

Jorge Pítari (1943)
Lo que se fue (2001) (British premiere)

 

Argentinian Composer and pianist JUAN MARIA SOLARE was born in Buenos Aires on the 11th of August 1966. He now lives in Cologne (Germany). He was musically influenced by Stockhausen, Lachenmann and Kagel - his former teachers - as well as by Berio, Liszt, Piazzolla and The Beatles. Solare has written chamber, choral and electronic music, as well as film music. His catalogue comprises over 300 works. As a musical writer, his articles have been published in Spain, Mexico, Germany and the UK.


Thursday 9 October 2008

7.30pm
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Silk Street, Barbican (TUBE: Barbican)
London
EC2Y 8DT
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

FREE ENTRANCE

*****FREE ENTRANCE*****
 

"Homage to Manuel María Ponce" (1882-1948)
on the 60th anniversary of his death



With the generous support of the Mexican Embassy.

`

CHARLES RAMIREZ - Guitar
DIEGO CARNEIRO - Cello
ALBERTO PORTUGHEIS - Piano

THE BARTHOLDY TRIO
Julia McCarthy, violin / Steffan Rees, cello / James Willshire, piano


Programme:

CELLO & PIANO SONATA
GUITAR SONATA III

+++Interval+++

PIANO TRIO

 


Saturday 27 September 2008

7.30pm
Cadogan Hall
Sloane Terrace.
London
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

***Not a concert organised by ILAMS, but one we warmly recommend!!!!****

Oxford Chamber Music Festival: London Launch Concert

Priya Mitchell – Violin
Julius Drake – Piano
Marcelo Nisinman – Bandoneon
Morgan Szymanski – Guitar.



Vivaldi – Four Seasons
Piazzolla – Four Seasons of Buenos Aires.


 


Monday 22 September 2008

1 pm
Regent Hall
275 OXFORD STREET
LONDON
W1R 1LD
United Kingdom

FREE entrance

"The ILAMS & Bolivar Hall International Guitar Festival"
 

SIMONE IANNARELLI (Italy-Mexico) - GUITAR
FREE ENTRANCE



PROGRAMME: All Compositions by SIMONE IANNARELLI (Italy-Mexico)

from 12 short Studies:
Study No 1 - Las Golondrinas
Study No 4 - Teresa (Homenaje a M. Gangi)
Study No 7 - Er Barcarolo (Homenaje a A. Piazzolla)
Study No 6 - Campo de´ Fiori

from Italian Coffee
Moka Serenade
Il tuo Aroma
American Coffee

Argentum (Homenaje a la ciudad de Taxco)

Three Miles Sketches
Preludio
Sketch 1
Interludio
Sketch 2
Interludio2
Sketch 3
Postludio (in Memory of Miles Davis)

from Italian Coffee
Tarde de lluvia con café
El Último Café Juntos
Café Coliman

Tango on the clouds

 


Saturday 20 September 2008

7:30 PM
Bolivar Hall
54 Grafton Way (Tube: Warren St)
London
W1T 5DL
United Kingdom

Entry free

ILAMS / BOLIVAR HALL "INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL"

Gala Concert
ENTRY FREE


Escolaso Trio
Duo Rossi-Pompilio
The Morris-Lenson Guitar Duo
Simone Iannarelli - Guitar
Morgan Szymanski - Guitar
Justin Hyer - Guitar
Eurico Pereira - Guitar



Guido Santorsola - Suite All'Antica
The Morris-Lenson Guitar Duo

Simone Iannarelli - From 'Italian Coffee'
Tarde de Lluvia con Café - L'ultimo caffé Insieme - Café Coliman
Argentum (Homenaje a la Ciudad de Taxco)
Simone Iannarelli

Radames Gnattali - Suite Retratos
Pixinguinha - Ernesto Nazareth - Anacleto de Medeiros - Chiquinha Gonzaga
Eurico Pereira & Justin Hyer

INTERVAL

Antonio Lauro - El Negrito, La Gatica, El Marabino & El Totumo de Guarenas
Morgan Szymanski

Alfonso Montes - Suite Melancónica
Valse – Canción- Merengue - Danza
Aire De Milonga - Aire De Valse - Aire De Tango
Duo Rossi Pompilio.

Astor Piazzolla - Verano Porteño
Duo Rossi Pompilio

Astor Piazzolla - Suite Troileana
Bandoneón - Zita - Whisky - Escolaso
Escolaso Trio


 


Friday 19 September 2008

7:30 PM
Bolivar Hall
54 Grafton Way (Tube: Warren St)
London
W1T 5DL
United Kingdom

Free Entrance

ILAMS / BOLIVAR HALL "INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL"


Escolaso Trio
ENTRY FREE


Mariano Mattar - Andrés Guzmán - Damián Cortés

GUITARS





Julián Plaza - Nocturna
Francisco De Caro - Flores Negras
Pepe Ferrer - Camino a Santinho
Antonio Lauro - Vals Venezolano Nº 2
Horacio Salgán - Don Agustín Bardi
Astor Piazzolla - Fuga y Misterio
Mariano Mores - Taquito Militar

INTERVAL

Magda Santos e Pó - Chorando em São Paulo
Ángel Villoldo - El Esquinazo
Antonio Lauro - Vals Venezolano Nº 3
Gardel/Le Pera - Arrabal Amargo
Aníbal Troilo - La Trampera
Francini-Stamponi - Pedacito de Cielo
Astor Piazzolla - La Muerte del Ángel

All arrangements by Mariano Mattar & Pepe Ferrer

 

 


Thursday 18 September 2008

7:30 PM
Bolivar Hall
54 Grafton Way (Tube: Warren St)
London
W1T 5DL
United Kingdom

Free Entrance

ILAMS / BOLIVAR HALL "INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL"


"Homage to Manuel Ponce"
ENTRY FREE


Morgan Szymanski - Guitar
Clara Mouriz - Mezzo-Soprano
Giovanni Guzzo - Violin
Luis Parés - Piano
Alberto Portugheis - Piano
The Morris-Lenson Guitar Duo




WORKS BY MANUEL PONCE (1882 - 1948)


Prelude for Guitar and Harpsichord
Morgan Szymanski & Alberto Portugheis

Suite in A Minor
Prelude - Allemande - Sarabande - Gavotes I et II - Gigue
Morgan Szymanski

Five piano pieces (arr. for two guitars)
Scherzino Maya - Arrulladora Mexicana - Intermezzo - Scherzino - Scherzino Mexicano
The Morris-Lenson Guitar Duo

INTERVAL

Campo from Sonatina Meridional
Morgan Szymanski

Estrellita - Metamorfosis de Concierto
Balada Mexicana
Alberto Portugheis

Sonata for violin and piano
Giovanni Guzzo & Luis Parés (Venezuela)

Four Mexican Songs
La pajarera - Por ti mi corazón - Estrellita - La Valentina - (Cuiden su vida)
Morgan Szymanski & Clara Mouriz

 


Wednesday 17 September 2008

7:30 PM
Bolivar Hall
54 Grafton Way (Tube: Warren St)
London
W1T 5DL
United Kingdom

Free entrance

ILAMS / BOLIVAR HALL "INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL"


ENTRY FREE


Duo Rossi-Pompilio


Sebastian Pompilio - Daniela Rossi, Guitars



Enrique Granados - Danza oriental
Manuel de Falla - Danza del molinero / La Vida Breve / Danza del corregidor
Johann Sebastian Bach - Partita II BWV 826
Sinfonia - Allemande - Sarabande - Rondeau - Caprice

INTERVAL

Oscar Vidal - Tres Aires Porteños (World Premiere)
Aire De Milonga - Aire De Valse - Aire De Tango
Astor Piazzolla - Las cuatro estaciones porteñas
Otoño porteño - Invierno porteño - Primavera porteña - Verano porteño

 


Monday 4 August 2008

1:10 pm
St James's Church Picadilly
197 Piccadilly
London
W1J 9LL
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

FREE ENTRANCE

****Not a concert organised by ILAMS, but one we warmly recommend!!!!****
 

NORTHLANDS SENIOR CHOIR (Buenos Aires)


Conductor: Humberto López
Piano: Rosa Mochi
Percussion: Gustavo Séneca
FREE ENTRANCE

Carabajal - Borrando fronteras
Gardel - Mi Buenos Aires querido
Torrealba - Corrido de los pájaros
Britten - Cuckoo
Piazzola - Adiós Nonino
Ramírez - Alfonsina y el Mar
Séneca - Soñé que a mi lado

 

Northlands Choir from Argentina, founded in 1979 and directed by Maestro Humberto Lopez will be performing at St James's Church Picadilly for a lunch time concert as part of their European tour. It is formed by 90 members, mostly women between 13 and 17 years old. The repertoire includes classical symphonic pieces and popular music, both a capella and with instruments.

www.northlands.org.ar/home.htm


Friday 1 August 2008

6:00 pm
Bauer and Hieber (Schotts Music Shop)
48 Great Marborough Street (nearest tube:Bond Street Station/Oxford Circus)
London
W1F 7BB
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

Tickets:£5 / free for students 8-22 years

****Not a concert organised by ILAMS, but one we warmly recommend!!!!****
 

Brazilian Ensemble




Felipe Karam - Violin and Cavaquinho
Diego Carneiro - Cello
Carla Ruaro - Piano and Percussion


Astor Piazzola ................................Le Grand Tango
Luiz Pardal .....................................Trio
Felipe Karam ..................................Estiagem
Arr. by F.karam and D.Carneiro ......Valsa do Trovador
Pinxiguinha ....................................1x0

 

 

This is a versatile group that explores traditional and contemporary Brazilian music, benefiting from a fusion of exotic instrumentation and influences. Our aims are to provide new music using our creativity based on our individual backgrounds. We believe that music is a deeply significant form of communication, from which they can derive considerable benefit.

 


27 June 2008 - 27 June 2008

7.45 PM
Wiltons Music Hall
Graces Alley, (off Ensign Street)
London
E1 8JB
United Kingdom

Details:
020 7226 5647 (booking)

Tickets £15 if booked in advance or £20 at the door

****Not an ILAMS concert, but one we warmly recommend!!!!****

Benefit concert for the SAM & RUBY Charity

KOSMOS ENSEMBLE
String Trio

HARRIET MACKENZIE violin
MEG HAMILTON violin
LAURA ANSTEE cello

Special Guests:

MILOS MILIVOJEVIS accordion
SOPHIE MILNER and YOHANN LE GRAND dancers


Lovers of Latin American Music will hear three wonderful works by Argentinian composer ASTOR PIAZZOLLA

Libertango - Coral - Oblivion

and, the most famous Tango of all times....written by ....a Dane !!!!!!!! JACOB GADE

Jealousy

For the Tangos, the musicians will be joined Tango dancers Sophie Millner and Yohann Le Grand.

Other composers in the programme are:

PABLO SARASATE JOHN WILLIAMS ROBERT FOKKENS BEN OLIVER

The eclectic Kosmos Ensemble will also perform new material composed by them, inspired by Jewish, Gypsy, Balkan and Jazz traditions
 


Friday 27 June 2008

7:30 pm
Wigmore Hal
36 Wigmore Street
London
W1U 2BP
United Kingdom

£10 £12 £16 £18

****Not an ILAMS concert, but one we warmly recommend!!!!****

Clara Rodriguez
“THE VIRTUOSO VENEZUELAN PIANIST“
The Daily Telegraph


PROGRAMME
ISAAC ALBÉNIZ (1860-1909)
From the Iberia Suite:
Evocación
Almería
El Albaicín
FIVE POPULAR VENEZUELAN SONGS
AND DANCES:
LUISA ELENA PAESANO (1946-)
Pajarillo
PABLO CAMACARO (1947-)
Señor Jou
PEDRO ELÍAS GUTIÉRREZ (1870 -1954)
Alma llanera (arr.Federico Ruiz)
SIMON DÍAZ (1938-)
Caballo viejo (arr.Pablo Camacaro)
MOISÉS MOLEIRO (1904 -1979)
Joropo
FREDERIC CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Ballade in F minor Op.52 No 4
Sonata in B minor Op. 58 No 3
 

How to Book
In person 7 days a week: 10am – 8.30pm.
Days without an evening concert 10am – 5pm
No advance booking in the half hour prior to a concert.
By telephone 020 7935 2141
7 days a week: 10am – 8.30pm.
Days without an evening concert 10am –5pm.
There is a £1.50 administration fee for all telephone
bookings, which includes the return of your tickets by
first class post.
Online www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
7 days a week; 24 hours a day. There is a 50p administration fee
for online bookings, which includes the return of your tickets by
first class post.


Friday 16 May 2008

Start: 7.30p
Queen Elizabeth Hall - Southbank (Tube: WATERLOO)
Belvedere Road
London
SE1 8XX
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

£22/£18/£15/£11/£8

In association with the Cultural Office of the Spanish Embassy.

An exciting programme which includes several British Premieres (with the exceptions of Sors and Casals). A very special case is "El cant de les estrelles" (The song of the stars) by Granados: its score was lost after the premiere in 1911 and fortunately found a short time ago.
This concert is part of the CHORUS !!! FESTIVAL organized by the South Bank Centre.

Performers:

Coro Cervantes (CC)

 

Cardiff Polyphonic Choir (CPC)

 

Debra Skeen, soprano (DS)

 

Anthony Hawgood, tenor (AH)

 

Charles Matthews, organ (CM)

 

Douglas Riva, piano (DR)

 

Carlos Fernández Aransay, director



-I-


Ferrán Sors (1778-1839)..........O Crux (CC)
Vicente Goicoechea (1854-1916).......Christus factus est (CC)
Pau Casals (1876-1973)......................O vos omnes (CC, CPC)
.............Organ solo (CM).............
Nicolás Ledesma (1791-1883)..Salve Regina (CPC, AH, CM)
Amadeo Vives (1871-1932)................O salutaris (CPC, DS, CM)
Nemesio Otaño (1880-1956).....Tota pulchra est Maria (CPC, AH, CM)

-II-


Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)..........Salmo VI (CC)
Frederic Mompou (1893-1987)..........Cantar del alma (CC, DS, DR)
Enrique Granados (1867-1916)..........Salve Regina (CPC, CM)
...............................................................L'herba del'amor (CPC, CM)
...............................................................Quejas o la maja y el ruiseñor (DR)
...............................................................El cant de les estrelles (CC, CPC, CM, DR)

 


Wednesday 9 April 2008

7:45pm
Purcell Room - Southbank Centre
London
SE1 8XX
United Kingdom

Details:
0871066302500

****Not an ILAMS concert, but one we warmly recommend!!!!****
 

BRAZIL PLUS I


Clélia Iruzun - PIANO
Lontano and Odaline de la Martinez




Piano solos by Clélia Iruzun


Mignone -Lenda Sertaneja No.2
-Serenata Humor&eicute;stica
-Valsa de Esquina No.8
-Congada


Nazareth -Carioca
-Odeon
-Ameno Resedá

-Brejeiro,
-Correcta with Andrew Sparling, clarinet


XXX

Lontano, Odaline de la Martinez and Clélia Iruzun

Jeroen Speak - New Work
Chris Sansom - New Work
Villa-Lobos - Dancas Africanas for octet .................UK Premiere
Franciso Mignone - Fantasia Brasileira no. 3...........UK Premiere
Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras no. 9

 


Wednesday 2 April 2008

7:45pm
Purcell Room - Southbank Centre
London
SE1 8XX
United Kingdom

Details:
0871066302500

****Not an ILAMS concert, but one we warmly recommend!!!!****
 

BRAZIL PLUS I



Clélia Iruzun - PIANO
Lontano and Odaline de la Martinez


Piano solos by Clélia Iruzun

Villa-Lobos-Branquinha
-Moreninha
-Caboclinha
-Pobrezinha
-Polichinelo, from Prole do Bebe Suite No.1
Mignone- 6 Prelúdios
-Andantino
-Allegro
-Allegro
-Calmo e serno
-Moderato
-Caicaras-Solene

-Danca do Botocudo



XXXX

Lontano and Odaline de la Martinez

Andrew G. Wilson New Work
Silvina Milstein New Work
Villa-Lobos - Sexteto Mistico
- Choros VII
- Choros II bis (vln, cello)

 


Thursday 27 March 2008

19:30
Bolivar Hall
54 Grafton Way (Tube: Warren St)
London
W1T 5DL
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site
01444 457061

£5 - £2 (concessions)

****Not an ILAMS concert, but one we warmly recommend!!!!****

Reflections on Latin Music
A concert by students of Trinity College of Music in collaboration with dancers from Laban Conservatoire of Contemporary Dance.
Trinity: T. Yates, K. Sutaria, H. Morii & S. Flak Sheye
Laban: H. Cooper, A. Thiriot, A. Fernández & I. Vasilakopoulou
Post-graduate artist: Susan Forsyth

Music by:
PIAZZOLLA
LAURO
BROUWER
PONCE
VILLA-LOBOS
GISMONTI

 


10 March 2008 - 10 March 2008

7.30 pm
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore Street
London
W1U 2BP
United Kingdom

****Not an ILAMS concert, but one we warmly recommend!!!!****

O Duo percussion
Oliver Cox and Owen Gunnell
Morgan Szymanski - guitar (Morgan is member of the ILAMS' council)

Works by BACH, CHOPIN, BARRIOS,
BELLINATI, BROUWER, LAURO, MIKI, ROTH, PONCE, PIAZZOLLA,
SIEGEL and the première of a new work ‘Los Ambulantes’, especially written for the Trio for tonight’s concert by STEPHEN MCNEFF.
 


Monday 10 March 2008

1:10 pm
St James's Church Piccadilly (Tube: Picadilly)
London
W1
United Kingdom

Free entry - voluntary retiring collection

ARIEL OSUNA guitar (Argentina)


Carlos Moscardini (1959-) El corazón manda Loca milonga

Tommy Emmanuel (1955-) Those who wait

Fernando Maglia (1954-) De la Sonata “Los Colores del Tiempo” / Simiente esmeralda / Lunas opacas

Sergio Assad (1952-) Remembrance

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) Catalunya

Agustín Barrios (1885-1944) Danza Paraguaya

Egberto Gismonti (1947-) Palhaco (Arr. Ariel Osuna)

Antonio Jobim (1927-1994) Samba de uma nota so

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) Verano Porteño (Arr. Sergio Assad)

 


Saturday 8 March 2008

7:30 p.m.
ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH
GLOUCESTER ROAD
LONDON
SW7 4RL
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

Tickets:£10

Not an ILAMS concert, but one we warmly recommend!!!!

AMOR QUINTET

Nikolai Ryskov-(Accordion-Bayan) [www.abnir.co.uk]
Anahit Chaushian (Piano)
Orpheous Papafilippou (Violin)
Enrique Galassi (Double bass)
Hideo Morii (Electric guitar)
 

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA GALA CONCERT



Programme includes:
Libertango, Milonga Del Ángel, Triunfal, Otoño Porteño, Invierno Porteño, Primavera Porteño, Verano porteño, Oblivion, Resurrección del Ángel, La Muerte del Ángel, Concierto para Quinteto, Michelangelo 70.

 


Tuesday 26 February 2008

7:30 pm
Cadogan Hall (Tube: Sloane Square)
5 Sloane Terrace
London
SWIX 9DQ
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

Not an ILAMS concert, but one we warmly recommend!!!!

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Garry Walker - conductor
Morgan Szymanski - guitar (Morgan is member of the ILAMS' council)

Britten .... Soirées Musicales
Ravel .... Pavane pour une enfant défunte
Rodrigo ....Concierto de Aranjuez
Sibelius ....Symphony No. 6
 


Monday 25 February 2008

1:00 pm
St Anne & St Agnes
Gresham Street (tube: St Paul's)
London
EC2V 7BX
United Kingdom

Admission Free
 

Following her tremendous success at our St James's concert on 3/12/2007, soprano PENELOPE WHITE DE GRACAS will delight us again before returning to her newly adopted country, Brazil.

 

also featuring:
Helen Glaisher-Hernández, piano
and Diego Carneiro, cello.




M. Camargo Guarnieri 1907-1993
Amor Mesquinho (Text by Olga Jilian Castillos)
Cantiga de Ausencia (Text by Rossine Camargo Guarnieri)
Madrigal Muito Fácil (Text by Manoel Bandeira)


Waldemar Henrique 1905-1995
Uirapurú (Anonymous)
A Rolinha
Tamba-tajá
Abaluaie


Diego Carneiro de Oliveira (1981)
Fantasia sobre Tambataja (Anonymous)
(voice and cello)


Heitor Villa-Lobos 1887-1959
Bachianas Brasileiras #5 - (Soprano and Cello Ensemble)
Aria (Cantilena) (Text by Ruth V. Correa)
Dansa (Martelo) (Text by Manoel Bandeira)

 


Wednesday 20 February 2008

Barbican Hall
The Barbican
London - Tube: Moorgate
United Kingdom

Not an ILAMS concert, but one we warmly recommend!!!!

St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra
Fuat Mansurov - conductor
Rolando Saad - guitar

Georges Bizet Carmen (excerpts)
Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez
Joaquín Rodrigo Fantasía para un gentilhombre
Giacomo Rossini Overture to The Barber of Seville
Moreno Torroba Sonatina


 


Friday 8 February 2008

1.10pm
St. Anne & St. Agnes
Gresham Street (Tube: St. Paul's)
London
EC2
United Kingdom

Susana Cardonnet- Marcelo OteguiAdmission Free

Marcelo Otegui, bass
Susana Cardonnet, piano

Eduardo Gilardoni (Uruguay 1935) Cinco canciones sobre poemas de García Lorca:

Canción-Flor-Despedida-Miedo-Deseo


Eduardo Fabini (Uruguay 1882-1950) Triste
Carlos Guastavino (Argentina 1912-2000) Se equivocó la paloma, La rosa y el sauce
Jayme Ovalle (Brasil 1894-1955) Azulao Op.21
Agustin Pérez Soriano (Spain 1846-1907) Suena guitarrico mío (Serenata de Perico) from EL GUITARRICO
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austria 1756-1791) Per questa balla mano, K.612
Jules Massenet (France 1842-1912) Astres étincelantes, from HÉRODIADE
Gaetano Donizetti (Italy 1797-1848) Vieni, la mia vendetta, from LUCREZIA BORGIA
 


Friday 1 February 2008

1.10pm
St. James's Church
Piccadilly (Tube: Piccadilly)
London
W1
United Kingdom

Susana Cardonnet - Marcelo OteguiAdmission Free

Marcelo Otegui, bass
Susana Cardonnet, piano

José Serebrier (Uruguay 1938) Dos canciones sin nombre y sin palabras
Luis Cluzeau Mortet (Uruguay 1893-1957) Rancho solo
Carlos Guastavino (Argentina 1912-2000) La siempreviva, El Sampedrino
Babi de Oliveira (Brazil 1908-1993) María Macambira
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austria 1756-1791) Mentre ti lascio o figlia, K.513
Piotr Illich Tchaikovsky (Russia 1840-1893) Lyubvi vsye vozrasti pokorni from EVGENY ONEGIN
Giacomo Meyerbeer (Germany 1791-France 1864) Nonnes qui reposez from ROBERT le DIABLE
 


Thursday 31 January 2008

6 pm
Music Hall of the Guildhall School
Silk Street, Barbican (TUBE:Barbican )
London
EC2Y 8DT
United Kingdom

Not an ILAMS concert, but one we warmly recommend!!!!

Guildhall School of Music & Drama presents:

Isaac Albéniz
Iberia
A complete performance by musicians from the
Guildhall School of Music & Drama to mark
the opening of the symposium Imagining Iberia

Admission free


Evocación - Anna Cardona Esteva
El Puerto - Madalina Rusu
El Corpus en Sevilla - Gunel Mirzayeva
Rondeña - Sibila Konstantinova
Almería - Samantha Ward
Triana - Kodo Osada
El Albaicín - Gemma Beeson
El Polo - Diana Brekalo
Lavapiés - Jennifer Lee
Málaga - Martyna Jatkauskaite
Jerez - Fergal O’Mahony
Eritaña - Anton Lyakhovsky

 


Friday 18 January 2008

1.10pm
St. James's Church
Piccadilly (Tube: Piccadilly)
London
W1
United Kingdom

Admission Free

Valentina Díaz-Frénot, piano

Moreno Gonzalez: Two Dances
Luzko: Sonatina
Martinez: Juego de niños
Saenz: Aquel Buenos Aires - Milonga-Vals criollo-Tango
Albéniz: El Albaicín and Eritaña (from Suite Iberia) - Navarra
 


Sunday 6 January 2008

4:00 pm
The Red Hedgehog
255 Archway Road, Highgate
London
N6 5BS
United Kingdom

£10 Green - £12 Standard

Not an ILAMS concert, but one we recommend

Martin Fogel guitar

Miguel Llobet: 7 Catalan Folk songs; 5 Piezas; Yozadura
featuring also works by J. S Bach, Toru Takemitsu and Ulrik Neumann
 


Wednesday 12 December 2007

7.00pm
Steinway Hall
44 Marylebone Lane (tube: Bond Street)
London
W1U 2DB
United Kingdom

Admission Free

Presented in association with The Piano Trio Society:
the music of argentine composer Martin Kutnowski.


Bertrand Giraud, piano
Guillem Calvo de Albeniz, violin
Tania Lisboa, cello
Ahmed Dickinson, guitar

Programme:
Five Tango Etudes (2001)
Pieces for Children
Prelude and Fugue (2007)
Buenos Aires Y2K


SPECIAL NOTE: the event is preceded by ILAMS' AGM at 6PM
 


Friday 7 December 2007

1.10pm
St. Anne & St. Agnes
Gresham Street
London
EC2
United Kingdom

Phuong Nguyen, accordion
Miho Sanou, piano
Special guest: Noel Evernden, tuba

Piazzolla: Cafe 1930; Michelangelo 1970; Oblivion; Escualo; Tarama Tango; Libertango
Villa-Lobos: Caixinha de musica quebrada
Ginastera: Two Dances
Alb&eacuteniz: España
Capuzzi: Rondo
 


Thursday 6 December 2007

6 pm
St David's Room, King's College London, Strand Campus
Strand S (Tube: TEMPLE)
London
WC2R 2LS
United Kingdom

Not an ILAMS concert, but one we warmly recommend!!!!

Guildhall School of Music & Drama presents:

Isaac Albéniz
Iberia

A complete performance by musicians from the
Guildhall School of Music & Drama to mark
the opening of the symposium Imagining Iberia

Admission free



Evocación - Anna Cardona Esteva
El Puerto - Madalina Rusu
El Corpus en Sevilla - Gunel Mirzayeva
Rondeña - Sibila Konstantinova
Almería - Samantha Ward
Triana - Kodo Osada
El Albaicín - Gemma Beeson
El Polo - Diana Brekalo
Lavapiés - Jennifer Lee
Málaga - Martyna Jatkauskaite
Jerez - Fergal O'Mahony
Eritaña - Anton Lyakhovsky

 


Monday 3 December 2007

1.10pm
St James's Church
Piccadilly
London
W1
United Kingdom

Penelope White, soprano
Helen Glaisher-Hern&aacutendez, piano
Cello ensemble led by Diego Carneiro De Oliveira
Kent Lee, conductor


Camargo Guarnieri: 4 songs
Claudio Santoro: 4 songs
Waldemar Henrique: 4 songs
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No.5 for soprano and cello ensemble
 


Friday 30 November 2007

1:05 pm
St Mary Abbots (tube: Kensington High Street)
High Street Kensington
London
W8
United Kingdom

RCM Lunchtime Concert - (Not an ILAMS concert but one that we warmly recommend)

Marta Santamaria,flute
Amie Owen, guitar
Guillem Calvo, violin
Neus Guiu, piano

Programme:
Piazzolla: History of the Tango, for flute and guitar
Turina: Sonata in D minor, for violin and piano D minor
Toldrá: "Oració al Maig", for violin and piano
Martinu: "Promenades", for flute, violin and piano



Friday 16 November 2007

1.10pm
St. Anne & St. Agnes
Gresham Street
London
EC2
United Kingdom

Free entrance

This concert inaugurates a series of ILAMS lunchtime events at this venue. St. Anne & St. Agnes Church has a thriving and exciting music society, and it is easily accessible, being located close to St.Paul's.

ILAMS is delighted to play a part in Tania Lisboa's own celebration of 20 years of culteral exchange between Brazil and the UK. The concert also marks the 100th Anniversary of the Brazilian composer, Camargo Guarnieri.

Tania Lisboa, cello
Cristina Capparelli, piano


Camargo Guarnieri: Sonata No.2 for cello & piano
Frank Bridge: Sonata for cello & piano


Thursday 8 November 2007

7.00pm
Canning House
2 Belgrave Square
London
SW1
United Kingdom

£15 and £12 concessions (OAP's, ILAMS members and Canning House members)

10th Anniversary Concert

The Society's ten years of successful work will be celebrated with a gala concert given by an array of today's top musicians in the field of Hispanic music. ILAMS has been promoting the music of Spain, Portugal and all the countries of Latin America since its launch at Canning House, in 1997. Tonight's concert will be followed by a reception which promises also to be a tour, a gastronomic tour of the Iberian Peninsular and Latin America.

Sponsors: Bluthner Piano Centre

The artists confirmed for the concert are:
Vanya Elias José, piano
Giovanni Guzzo, violin
Morgan Szymanski, guitar
Alberto Portugheis, piano
Daniela Lehner, mezzo-soprano
José Luis Gayo, piano

Programme details to be announced
 


Wednesday 31 October 2007

7.00pm
Steinway Hall
44 Marylebone Lane
London
W1
United Kingdom

Abel Soto Martel, piano

Abel Soto Martel is fast establishing an exciting international reputation. He performs an evocative set of music from his native Spain. The four composers chosen have their own unique signature and all helped develop a fascinating and diverse corpus of 20th Century Spanish musical literature.

Alb&eacuteniz: C&aacutediz & Asturias (Suite Española)
Alb&eacuteniz: Evocaci&oacuten & Almer&iacutea (Iberia)
Turina: La Andaluza Sentimental Op.17
Mompou: Trois Variations
Mompou: Canciones y Danzas No.s 7 & 6
Manuel Castillo: Sonatina
Manuel Castillo: Toccata




Wednesday 10 October 2007

07.30pm
Bolivar Hall
54 Grafton Street (Nr Warren Street underground station)
London
W1
United Kingdom

Presented in association with The London International Guitar Festival and the Venezuelan Embassy

Hommage to Antonio Lauro (1917-1986)



Clara Rodriguez, piano
Galo Ceron, guitar & cuatro
Luzmira Zerpa, voice & cuatro
Morgan Szymanski, guitar
Ahmed Dickinson, guitar
Al Mobbs, bass
Stefanie Read, soprano
Helen Glaisher-Hern&aacutendez, piano




We celebrate the life and work of the renowned musician and composer, Antonio Lauro, in his 90th Anniversary year. The wide-ranging programme will explore his guitar and piano music, to be contrasted by interpretations that will reflect the traditions of Venezuela and songs by some of his contemporaries, including Vincente Emilio Sojo and Innocente Carreño.
 

Free admission, but entry is on a first come basis. To avoid disappointment arrive when doors open at 7.00pm


 

1.10pm
St James's Church
Piccadilly
London
W1
United Kingdom

Claudio Chaiquin, piano

J F Giacobbe: Patio de los jazmineros tango
Guastavino: Three Preludes
J J Castro: Suite Infantil
Schumann: Symphonic Studies,Op.13


Monday 8 October 2007

1.10pm
St James's Church
Piccadilly
London
W1
United Kingdom

Presented in association with the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe:

The Argentine pianist, Alfredo Corral, plays a second London date with a diverse programme that includes Beethoven's Opus 7 Sonata and a selection of pieces from Spain and Argentina.

Beethoven: Sonata Op.7
Alb&eacuteniz: Almer&iacutea (Iberia)
Ginastera: American Preludes, Book 1
Ginastera: Milonga
Ginstera: Malambo


Saturday 6 October 2007

3pm to 6pm
The Anda Anastacescu Studio
72 Warwick Gardens
London
W14
United Kingdom

£8 and £5 ILAMS members

Alfredo Corral Piano Masterclass
 


Friday 5 October 2007

1.00pm
Regent Hall
295 Oxford Street (near Oxford Circus tube)
London
W1
United Kingdom

Alfredo Corral, piano

Last year Alfredo gave us a stunning recital at the Steinway Hall to a packed audience, focusing on a wide range of virtuosic Latin American compositions, including pieces by the Festival composer, Alberto Ginastera. He returns this year for 2 concerts which once demonstrate his command of a broad and exciting repertoire.

Brahms: Piano Pieces, Op.118
Alb&eacuteniz: El Albaic&iacuten (Iberia)
Juan Mar&iacutea Solare: Pasaje Seaver (tango)
Ginastera: 3 Pieces, Op.6
 


Wednesday 1 August 2007

1.10pm
St James's Church
Piccadilly
London
United Kingdom

Morgan Szymanski, guitar
Laura Mitchell, soprano

Morgan Szymanski has blazed an international trail of critical success over the last few years and is listed by BBC Music Magazine as one of a Top 20 of young performers to watch! After the razzmatazz of his Purcell Room concert in April for La Linea, he presents, with soprano Laura Mitchell, an inimitable selection of songs by Rodrigo, Villa-Lobos and Lauro.The recital will also include music for solo guitar by Alb&eacuteniz and Piazzolla
 


Friday 22 June 2007

1.10pm
St James's Church
Piccadilly
United Kingdom

Maria Redman, piano

Last year this exciting young pianist wowed an audience at St James's with a concert of breath-taking virtuosity and maturity. We are delighted to welcome Maria back in what promises to be a most characterful and interesting recital.

Ginastera: Argentine Dances, Op.2
Alb&eacuteniz: Castilla (Suite Espagnole)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor, Op.111



Monday 4 June 2007

1.10pm
St. James's Church
Piccadilly
London
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

Rarescale:
Carla Rees, flutes
David Black, guitar

Rarescale was formed in 2003 to promote the music of the alto flute. It is an exciting young ensemble that performs internationally, to critical acclaim. Their concert is a sparkling collection of music for flute and guitar with a more contemporary feel, including music from Latin America, by Roberto Sierra, Maximo Pujol and the ever-popular Astor Piazzolla.

Astor Piazzolla: Bordel 1900
David Bennet Thomas:Sketches
Toru Takemitsu:Towards the Sea
Roberto Sierra:Tercera Cr&oacutenica del descubrimiento
Maximo Pujol:Suite Buenos Aires


Friday 18 May 2007

7.30pm
Bolivar Hall
United Kingdom

£10, £7 members & concessions

Drumming up maximum support: gods, music and ritual in ancient Mexico: an interactive and illustrated lecture-demonstration on the musical instruments played by the Aztecs, by Ian Mursell. The talk will be supported by slides, copies of a wide range of wind and percussion instruments, and evidence for their existence from facsimiles of pre-Hispanic screenfold ritual books.

Ian Mursell is co-Director of Mexicolore, a long-established, independent, artefact-based teaching team on Mexico and the Aztecs for schools and museums throughout England, with 27 years of experience of working in over 1,500 schools as well as in national museums, bringing Mexico and the Aztecs to life through artefacts of all kinds, including many musical instruments. He has made a personal study of the evidence for Aztec musical instruments through the few extant pre-Columbian codices, has published features on individual Aztec instruments on the internet (aztecs.org), and is delivering a paper on Music and Spectacle in the ceremonial centre of Tenochtitlan at the 2007 Society for Latin American Studies annual conference at Newcastle University.
 


Thursday 3 May 2007

7.30pm
The Bolivar Hall
54 Grafton Way (near Warren Street tube)
London
W1
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site
BBC Call NOW Line 08700 13 18 12

£12 concession for ILAMS members

ILAMS in association with Clear Insight Productions presents

Rivers and Mirrors: Part I
Monologue for un-classic piano, perhaps in six parts,
with two impromptus - like lakes of intuition - and an
invitation to female voice, computer and film.

Oscar Edelstein (Buenos Aires) Composer / Pianist
Deborah Claire Procter (Cardiff)Singer / Film director
Sandra Grinberg (New York) Filmed Dancer





We are delighted to introduce the premiere of a new
musical work, Rivers and Mirrors: Part I by the
avantgarde Argentinean composer Oscar Edelstein. We
hope you will come to see this evocative and
compelling performance. It is poetic and modern,
infused with uniquely Argentinean rhythms. And as
always with Oscar's work, it pushes the boundaries
between the classical, the contemporary and the
popular.

In this work Deborah Procter has been producer, film-maker and vocalist. The dancer in the film is Sandra Grinberg from the Trisha Brown Dance Company in New York. The film was shot in Buenos Aires with a crew from Argentina, using an abandoned factory and the former National Library where Borges had worked.





 

Performances also at :
The Tabernacle, Machynlleth, 21st April
Cardiff School of Music, 5th May


Saturday 16 December 2006

10.30am
The Alberto Portugheis Studio
London
United Kingdom

Details:
E-mail

£7 members (ILAMS, EPTA & BPSE), £10 non-members & £5 students; Active participants £20

Valentin Surif Masterclass

ILAMS presented a Masterclass by the Argentine pianist, Valentin Surif in association with EPTA West London and BPSE

Maestro Surif taught works by Beethoven, Iberian and Latin American composers.


 


Friday 8 December 2006

7.30pm
Bolívar Hall
Grafton Way (near Warren Steet tube)
London
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

Valentin Surif, piano

The Argentine pianist Valentin Surif has carried out special research into, and made recordings of, the works of Argentine composers.
Actors appearing in Alicia Terzian's work: Omar Sanchez Camarena & Freddy Wichert

Alberto Williams: The Shady Hill Op 32 No 1
Alberto Williams: Berceuse Op 47 No 1
Alberto Williams: Poem of the Night: Bells in the Night - Moonlight Halo - Still Night - Stormy Clouds
Juan Angel Ciurleo: Three Tangos Op 14
Alicia Terzián: Buenos Aires me vas a matar ('Buenos Aires you are going to kill me') for piano and tape
Alberto Ginastera: Rondo on Argentine Children's Folk Tunes Op 19
Alberto Ginastera: Malambo Op 7
Alberto Ginastera: Sonata No 3 Op 54

Ginastera Festival 2006
 

A series of concerts in London, throughout 2006, celebrating the life of Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), his music, and Argentina.

For further enquiries about the Ginastera Festival 2006 or any of the concerts, please call NGR Musical Artists' Management on +44 (0)20 8950 2220 or ILAMS on +44 (0)20 7537 4227 or +44 (0)1603 898339.


Friday 24 November 2006

7.30 pm
St. John's Smith Square
London
SW1
United Kingdom

QuattroQuarti present the solo guitar recital of Edoardo Catemario

The concert is held in aid of the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity and with the sponsor of Baglioni Hotels.

The composer,Eduardo Morales Caso, is the Prize Winner of the First ILAMS International Composition Competition







Giuliani: Sonatina op.71 no.3
Albeniz: Capricho Catalan; Torre Bermeja; Asturias; Sevilla
J. S. Bach: Chaconne in D minor
Eduardo Morales Caso: El Kalasha de Avalokitesvara (World premiere)
Ginastera: Sonata op.47

This concert is not part of ILAMS' Ginastera festival
 


Thursday 9 November 2006

7.30pm
Canning House
London
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

Guitar Recital at Canning House

Fabio Zanon,guitar

One of today's most successful guitarists, Brazilian Fabio Zanon, winner of the coveted Carlos Gomes Prize, will be celebrating Ginastera and, on 2 November, the centenary of his compatriot Radamés Gnattali.

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Studies No 11 and No 10
Marlos Nobre: Rememórias (European première)
Francisco Mignone: Four Etudes
Carlos Guastavino: Bailecito
Gerardo Gandini: Tientos No 2 and No 4
Alberto Ginastera: Sonata Op 47

Ginastera Festival 2006
 

A series of concerts in London, throughout 2006, celebrating the life of Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), his music, and Argentina. For further enquiries about the Ginastera Festival 2006 or any of the concerts, please call NGR Musical Artists' Management on +44 (0)20 8950 2220 or ILAMS on +44 (0)20 7537 4227 or +44 (0)1603 898339.


Friday 3 November 2006

2pm
Bolívar Hall
London
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

Fabio Zanon - Masterclass on the Guitar Sonata Op 47 by Alberto Ginastera

Open to advanced students of all British Music Schools, Colleges and Academies

2.00pm to 5.00pm

Two students will be selected to perform in the ILAMS 2007 season

Ginastera Festival 2006
 

A series of concerts in London, throughout 2006, celebrating the life of Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), his music, and Argentina.

For further enquiries about the Ginastera Festival 2006 or any of the concerts, please call NGR Musical Artists' Management on +44 (0)20 8950 2220 or ILAMS on +44 (0)20 7537 4227 or +44 (0)1603 898339.


Thursday 2 November 2006

7.30pm
St John's
Smith Square
London
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site
Box Ofice: 0207 222 1061

The London Schubert Players String Orchestra

The London Schubert Players is a chamber orchestra founded by the pianist Anda Anastasescu in 1989 as the orchestra-in-residence of the French Institute in London, and showcasing the cream of international young talent.

Daniel Mazza, conductor

Alberto Portugheis, piano

Fabio Zanon, guitar


Radamés Gnattali: Concerto No 4 à Brasileira (British première)
Alicia Terzian: Tres Piezas Op 5 (based on Armenian folk tunes) (British première)
Marlos Nobre: Concertante do imaginario Op 74
Alberto Ginastera: Concerto per Corde Op 33



Ginastera Festival 2006
 

A series of concerts in London, throughout 2006, celebrating the life of Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), his music, and Argentina.

For further enquiries about the Ginastera Festival 2006 or any of the concerts, please call NGR Musical Artists' Management on +44 (0)20 8950 2220 or ILAMS on +44 (0)20 7537 4227 or +44 (0)1603 898339.


Thursday 26 October 2006

7pm
Steinway Hall
London
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

Emilio Peroni, piano

This young Argentine pianist is now living in Germany and this is his London début

D Zippoli - A Ginastera: Toccata P Saenz: Policromías J C Paz: 3 Movimientos de Jazz J J Castro: Tangos J J Castro: Toccata A Williams: Suite In the Hill Op 32 C Guastavino: Sonatina in G minor A Ginastera: Dances from the ballet Estancia Op 8a

Ginastera Festival 2006
 

A series of concerts in London, throughout 2006, celebrating the life of Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), his music, and Argentina. For further enquiries about the Ginastera Festival 2006 or any of the concerts, please call NGR Musical Artists' Management on +44 (0)20 8950 2220 or ILAMS on +44 (0)20 7537 4227 or +44 (0)1603 898339.


Friday 20 October 2006

1.10pm
St James Church
Piccadilly
London
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

Ricardo Sciammarella, cello and Eva Pereda, piano

The husband and wife duo Sciammarella-Pereda, he Argentinean, she Spanish, have years of experience in the exciting Hispanic repertoire for cello and piano.

Ginastera cello works: Triste; Pampeana No 2; Puneña No 2 for Cello Solo; Sonata Op 49

FREE CONCERT

Ginastera Festival 2006
 

A series of concerts in London, throughout 2006, celebrating the life of Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), his music, and Argentina. For further enquiries about the Ginastera Festival 2006 or any of the concerts, please call NGR Musical Artists' Management on +44 (0)20 8950 2220 or ILAMS on +44 (0)20 7537 4227 or +44 (0)1603 898339.


Tuesday 26 September 2006

9.30am
Steinway Hall
London
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

Alberto Portugheis: Masterclass on the Piano Music of Alberto Ginastera

An all day masterclass dedicated to the piano output of Alberto Ginastera.

Open to advanced students of all British Music Schools, Colleges and Academies.

9.30am to 5.30pm

Two students will be selected to perform in the ILAMS 2007 season

Ginastera Festival 2006
 

A series of concerts in London, throughout 2006, celebrating the life of Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), his music, and Argentina.

For further enquiries about the Ginastera Festival 2006 or any of the concerts, please call NGR Musical Artists' Management on +44 (0)20 8950 2220 or ILAMS on +44 (0)20 7537 4227 or +44 (0)1603 898339.


Monday 25 September 2006

1.10pm
St James Church
Piccadilly
London
United Kingdom

Details:
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Maria Redman, piano

Maria Redman is an outstanding young pianist who will perform two strongly contrasting works by Alberto Ginastera and fascinating music by Dutilleux and Ireland

Alberto Ginastera: Piano Sonata No.2 Op.53
Alberto Ginastera : Danzas Argentinas Op.2
Music by Dutilleux and Ireland to be announced

Ginastera Festival 2006
 

A series of concerts in London, throughout 2006, celebrating the life of Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), his music, and Argentina. For further enquiries about the Ginastera Festival 2006 or any of the concerts, please call NGR Musical Artists' Management on +44 (0)20 8950 2220 or ILAMS on +44 (0)20 7537 4227 or +44 (0)1603 898339.


Friday 15 September 2006

7.30pm
Bolívar Hall
London
United Kingdom

Details:
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Luis Parés, piano

Luis Parés is considered one of the best pianists to have come out of Venezuela in recent years. His wide repertoire includes a good number of Latin American composers and he has been involved in the music of Ginastera for a number of years.

Alberto Ginastera: Suite de Danzas Criollas Op 15
Modesta Bor: 4 Fugues
Carlos Guastavino: 4 Cantilenas Argentinas
Enrique Granados: Los requiebros (from Goyescas)
Antonio Estévez: 17 Piezas Infantiles
Alberto Ginastera: Danzas Argentinas Op 2



Ginastera Festival 2006
 

A series of concerts in London, throughout 2006, celebrating the life of Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), his music, and Argentina. For further enquiries about the Ginastera Festival 2006 or any of the concerts, please call NGR Musical Artists' Management on +44 (0)20 8950 2220 or ILAMS on +44 (0)20 7537 4227 or +44 (0)1603 898339.


Wednesday 6 September 2006

1.00pm
Regent Hall
275 Oxford Street
London
W1
United Kingdom

Details:
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Patrice Jegou, mezzo-soprano and Anna Rutkowska-Schock, piano

The British debut of Patrice Jegou, the First Prize winner of the 2005 International Singing Competion Trujillo, Peru.

Dmitri Shostakovitch: Spanish Songs Op.100
Alberto Ginastera: Cinco Canciones Populaires Argentinas,Op.10
Francisco Ernani Braga: Cinco Cancoes Nordestinas do Folclore Brasileiro
Xavier Montsalvatge: Cinco Canciones Negras

Ginastera Festival 2006
 

A series of concerts in London, throughout 2006, celebrating the life of Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), his music, and Argentina.

For further enquiries about the Ginastera Festival 2006 or any of the concerts, please call NGR Musical Artists' Management on +44 (0)20 8950 2220 or ILAMS on +44 (0)20 7537 4227 or +44 (0)1603 898339.


Monday 4 September 2006

1.00pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
London
United Kingdom

Details:
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Germán Torre, organ

Now based in Italy, the Argentine organist appears regularly in towns across Europe. Germán Torre is also a prolific composer.

Domenico Zipoli: The Emperor's retreat
Domenico Zipoli: Birthday of Archduke Joseph Benedicto
Domenico Zipoli: Toccata in A minor (British première)
Germán Torre: Suite 'Comasca' : Introduzzione Corale - Preludio - Scherzo - Intermezzo - Aria - Toccata (British première)
Alberto Ginastera: Toccata, Villancico y Fuga Op 18
Astor Piazzolla: Adiós Nonino

Ginastera Festival 2006
 

A series of concerts in London, throughout 2006, celebrating the life of Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), his music, and Argentina.

For further enquiries about the Ginastera Festival 2006 or any of the concerts, please call NGR Musical Artists' Management on +44 (0)20 8950 2220 or ILAMS on +44 (0)20 7537 4227 or +44 (0)1603 898339.


Wednesday 16 August 2006

1.10pm
St James Church
Piccadilly
London
United Kingdom

Details:
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Norma López, soprano with Alberto Portugheis, piano

Norma López is one of the most successful international singers to have come out of Uruguay in the last few years.

José Serebrier: 2 Songs Without Title or Words
Alberto Ginastera: Two Songs Op 3
Alberto Ginastera: Five Argentine Popular Songs Op 10
Alberto Ginastera: Las Horas de una Estancia Op 11 (The hours of an 'Estancia')

Ginastera Festival 2006

A series of concerts in London, throughout 2006, celebrating the life of Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), his music, and Argentina. For further enquiries about the Ginastera Festival 2006 or any of the concerts, please call NGR Musical Artists' Management on +44 (0)20 8950 2220 or ILAMS on +44 (0)20 7537 4227 or +44 (0)1603 898339.


Thursday 13 July 2006

7pm
Steinway Hall
London
United Kingdom

Alfredo Corral, piano

Alfredo Corral, the distinguished Argentine pianist and conductor has long been associated with the works of Latin American composers, especially those of his native country.

Julián Aguirre: Huella Op 49
Julián Aguirre: Five Tristes
Celestino Piaggio: Rondo in C sharp minor
Celestino Piaggio: Hommage to Julián Aguirre
Alberto Ginastera: Malambo Op 7
Pedro Saenz: Variations on an Original Theme
Antonio Tauriello: Toccata
Alberto Ginastera: Twelve American Preludes

Ginastera Festival 2006

A series of concerts in London, throughout 2006, celebrating the life of Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), his music, and Argentina.

For further enquiries about the Ginastera Festival 2006 or any of the concerts, please call NGR Musical Artists' Management on +44 (0)20 8950 2220 or ILAMS on +44 (0)20 7537 4227 or +44 (0)1603 898339.


Friday 30 June 2006

1.10pm
St James Church
Piccadilly
London
United Kingdom

Details:
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Nancy Lee Harper, piano

American pianist and scholar Nancy Lee Harper, now based in Portugal, has dedicated most of her professional life to the study, writing and performance of the Hispanic repertoire.

Alberto Ginastera: Suite de Danzas Criollas Op 15
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Valsa da Dor
António Fragoso: Nocturne in D
Maurice Ravel: Sonatine
Manuel de Falla: Fantasia Baetica
Alberto Ginastera: Danzas Argentinas Op 2

Ginastera Festival 2006
 

A series of concerts in London, throughout 2006, celebrating the life of Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), his music, and Argentina.

For further enquiries about the Ginastera Festival 2006 or any of the concerts, please call NGR Musical Artists' Management on +44 (0)20 8950 2220 or ILAMS on +44 (0)20 7537 4227 or +44 (0)1603 898339.


Thursday 1 June 2006

7.30pm
Wigmore Hall
London
United Kingdom

Details:
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Coro Cervantes

Carlos Fernandez Aransay, conductor
Alberto Portugheis, piano
Morgan Szymanski, guitar
Coro Cervantes

Guastavino: Canciones Indianas
Ginastera: Song to the Tree of Oblivion
Piazzolla: Libertango;Summer in Buenos Aires
Ginastera: Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah
Rodolfo Halffter: Three Epitaphs of Don Quixote
Tarrega: Arabian Caprice;Souvenirs of the Alhambra
Castelnuovo-Tedesco:Gypsy 'Romancero'

Ginastera Festival 2006

Coro Cervantes is the only professional choir based in Britain dedicated to the music of Iberian and Latin American composers. Founder and conductor Carlos Fernandez Aransay is also establishing himself as a very successful orchestral conductor.

Georgina Ginastera, daughter of the composer, will be in conversation with Alberto Portugheis at 6pm in the Bechstein Room at the Wigmore Hall, admission free.

Ginastera Festival 2006 is a series of concerts in London, throughout 2006, celebrating the life of Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), his music, and Argentina.

For further enquiries about the Ginastera Festival 2006 or any of the concerts, please call NGR Musical Artists' Management on +44 (0)20 8950 2220 or ILAMS on +44 (0)20 7537 4227 or +44 (0)1603 898339.


Monday 24 April 2006

1.10pm
St James
Piccadilly
London
United Kingdom

Details:
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Aída Dopchiz, flute and Sebastián Beltramini, piano

Dopchiz and Beltramini are a well known Argentine flute and piano duo, frequently performing in Europe since making Rome their base. Flautist Aida Dopchiz will be joined by oboist Lorna John and the Sitkovetsky String Quartet for two rarely heard works by Ginastera.

Alicia Terzian: Shantiniketan (flute solo)
Alberto Ginastera: Duo Op 13 (flute and oboe)
Carlos Guastavino: Introduction and Allegro (flute and piano)
Alberto Ginastera: Piano Sonata No 1 Op 22
Alberto Ginastera: Impresiones de la Puna (flute and string quartet)

Ginastera Festival 2006
 

A series of concerts in London, throughout 2006, celebrating the life of Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), his music, and Argentina.

For further enquiries about the Ginastera Festival 2006 or any of the concerts, please call NGR Musical Artists' Management on +44 (0)20 8950 2220 or ILAMS on +44 (0)20 7537 4227 or +44 (0)1603 898339.


Tuesday 11 April 2006

7.30pm
Wigmore Hall
London
United Kingdom

Details:
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'Assai' String Quartet with Alberto Portugheis, piano

The 'Assai' String Quartet is an extraordinary group from Madrid, with a vast repertoire of the Iberian and Latin American world. This is their London début concert.

Alberto Ginastera: String Quartet No 1 Op 20
Astor Piazzolla: Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas ('The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires')
Ernesto Halffter: String Quartet
Alberto Ginastera: Piano Quintet Op 29

Ginastera Festival 2006
 

6.30pm - Pre-Concert Talk - Bechstein Room - Bryce Morrison, pianist, piano teacher and well known scholar and writer.

Ginastera Festival 2006 is a series of concerts in London, throughout 2006, celebrating the life of Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), his music, and Argentina.

For further enquiries about the Ginastera Festival 2006 or any of the concerts, please call NGR Musical Artists' Management on +44 (0)20 8950 2220 or ILAMS on +44 (0)20 7537 4227 or +44 (0)1603 898339.


Tuesday 28 March 2006

7.30pm
St John's
Smith Square
London
United Kingdom

Southbank Sinfonia

This vibrant orchestra of young people is exploring for the first time the rich and colourful Latin American music world.

Matilda Hofman, conductor

One of a handful of very talented new British conductors, now based in the US.

Sara Trickey, violin

A gifted young English violinist with a particular enthusiasm for the music of Argentina.

Alberto Portugheis, piano

Christian Baldini: Latentes Santos Lugares (world première)
Astor Piazzolla: Las Cuatro Estaciones 'Porteñas' (violin and string orchestra)
Marlos Nobre: Desafío VII Op 31 No 7 (piano and string orchestra)
Alberto Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes Op 23

Ginastera Festival 2006
 

A series of concerts in London, throughout 2006, celebrating the life of Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), his music, and Argentina. For further enquiries about the Ginastera Festival 2006 or any of the concerts, please call NGR Musical Artists' Management on +44 (0)20 8950 2220 or ILAMS on +44 (0)20 7537 4227 or +44 (0)1603 898339.

 

Latentes Santos Lugares
to Ernesto Sábato



A rare combination of Latin American and European elements can be found in the novels by Ernesto Sábato. In the author's note to his novel Sobre héroes y tumbas, he states that a certain type of fictional narrative exists, whereby the author endeavors to free himself of an obsession that is not clear even to himself. He then explains that this is the only sort of fiction that he is able to write.

The novels El túnel and Sobre héroes y tumbas have always been of particular importance to me. In them, Ernesto Sábato created characters that are the inspiration for this work: obsessive and paranoid figures such as Fernando Vidal Olmos and Juan Pablo Castel represent one of the main compositional elements, whereas the tender and yet unreachable and complicated Alejandra is part of a pure musical expression which is sometimes altered or interrupted by other elements. Totally different characters, such as Martín and Bruno also become part of the discourse of Latentes Santos Lugares. As in the novel, they create a flexible and poetic frame, evoking different places in the cathartic Buenos Aires that Sábato represents in his writing.

The contradictory and conflicting characters in his novels sometimes complement each other and very often interact in surprising ways, providing us with a rich palette of elements which derive from many different worlds and expressionist stories, full of - mainly - dark atmospheres.

Besides meaning Holy Places, Santos Lugares is the name of a small town close to Buenos Aires, where Ernesto Sábato lives with his wife Matilde.

Christian S. Baldini

 


Monday 13 March 2006

7.30pm
Wigmore Hall
London
United Kingdom

Details:
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Morgan Szymanski, guitar

Accepted in 2004 for representation by YCAT, this young Mexican guitarist is the perfect combination of artistry and temperament.

Ponce: Suite in A minor (in the style of Weiss)
Mangore Barrios: Vals Op 8 No 4
Mangore Barrios: Julia Florida (Barcarola)
Mangore Barrios: Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios
Mangore Barrios: Maxixe
Piazzolla: Verano Porteño
Piazzolla: Milonga del ángel
Piazzolla: La muerte del ángel
Piazzolla: Primavera porteña
Ginastera: Guitar Sonata Op 47

Ginastera Festival 2006

In association with YCAT and the Mexican Embassy

Ginastera Festival 2006 is a series of concerts in London, throughout 2006, celebrating the life of Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), his music, and Argentina.

For further enquiries about the Ginastera Festival 2006 or any of the concerts, please call NGR Musical Artists' Management on +44 (0)20 8950 2220 or ILAMS on +44 (0)20 7537 4227 or +44 (0)1603 898339.


Wednesday 15 February 2006

1.10pm
St James
Piccadilly
London
United Kingdom

Details:
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Free entrance

Rafael Gintoli, violin, and Alberto Portugheis, piano

The dean of the Argentine violin world, Rafael Gintoli is well known internationally for his interpretations of the classical as well as the Latin American repertoire.

The distinguished pianist Alberto Portugheis was born in La Plata, Argentina, to parents of Russian and Romanian descent. He is chairman of ILAMS and artistic director of this festival.

Floro Ugarte: Sonata (British première)
Luis Gianneo: Cinco Piezas (Vidala; Canción incaica; Chacarera; Canción de cuna; Zapateado)
Arvo Pärt: Fratres
Alberto Ginastera: Pampeana No 1 Op 16

Ginastera Festival 2006
 

A series of concerts in London, throughout 2006, celebrating the life of Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), his music, and Argentina.

For further enquiries about the Ginastera Festival 2006 or any of the concerts, please call NGR Musical Artists' Management on +44 (0)20 8950 2220 or ILAMS on +44 (0)20 7537 4227 or +44 (0)1603 898339.


Wednesday 11 January 2006

7.30pm
Wigmore Hall
London
United Kingdom

Details:
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José Menor, piano

Recognised as one of the best Spanish pianists of the new generation

Ginastera: 8 Piezas Infantiles (unpublished - first public performance)
Mompou: Canción y Danza 1,4,6
Albèniz: Evocaçion; El Puerto; El Corpus Christi en Sevilla; Triana (from Suite Iberia)
Ginastera: 3 Pieces for Piano Op 6
Ginastera: American Preludes Book 1
Ginastera: Rondo on Argentine Children's Folk Tunes Op 19
Ginastera: Sonata No 1 Op 22

Ginastera Festival 2006
 

Concert sponsored by the Ramon Llull Institute and the Spanish Embassy.

Ginastera Festival 2006 is a series of concerts in London, throughout 2006, celebrating the life of Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), his music, and Argentina.

For further enquiries about the Ginastera Festival 2006 or any of the concerts, please call NGR Musical Artists' Management on +44 (0)20 8950 2220 or ILAMS on +44 (0)20 7537 4227 or +44 (0)1603 898339.


 

 

 

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