Artists
Joan Albert Amargós, conductor
David Leiva, assistant conductor, show designer and flamenco guitarist
Joan Torrentó, arrangements and orchestral conductor
Joan Antoni Pich, orchestral conductor
Carlos Rojo, arrangements
Neus Flores, presenter
Rafael de Utrera, cante
Ana Lorenzo, cante
Agustín Sánchez, flute
Júlia Soler, trombone
Toni Benlloch, trumpet
Marina Feliu, trumpet
Marc Urrutia, saxophone
Aina López, saxophone
Claudia García, viola
Zhongjin Ruiz, viola
Paula Ros, violin
Maria Sánchez, violin
Paula del Río, violin
Ana Fernández, violin
Helena Gilabert, violin
Hugo Gracia, violin
Carmen Pascual, violin
Elena Rodríguez, violin
Guiomar Ortiz , violin
Llorenç Carbó, cello
Carles Girbau, cello
Toni Abellán, flamenco guitar
Pau Domènech, flamenco guitar
Chano Domínguez, piano
Miranda Fernández, piano
Agustín Espín, bass
David Domínguez, percussion
Alba Morena, Laia Fandos, Anna Jané, Irene Ribas and Patricia García, choirs
Program
Suite de la Isla is a concert that pays tribute to the brilliant flamenco singer José Monje Cruz ‘Camarón’ on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of his death.
Joan Albert Amargós will be in charge of the musical direction with the collaboration of David Leiva, the author of Camarón (Hal Leonard 2009), the first book containing transcriptions of the artist’s music. Amargós worked alongside Camarón, orchestrating some of the flamenco singer’s most emblematic creations. All this guarantees a musical journey filled with emotions and unique, incomparable, richly woven sounds.
The composition department of the Taller de Músics Escola Superior d’Estudis Musicals (ESEM) and ESMUC will be responsible for the arrangements and orchestration for big band, string quartet and choruses, under the supervision of musician Santi Galán and the show’s musical director. More specifically, two highly experienced musicians from the composition department of both schools, Joan Torrentó and Carlos Rojo, will be entrusted with the said task, using David Leiva’s transcriptions and formal structure for the works. Because music evolves and it is a product of its time, at this Suite, the audience will be presented with innovative new arrangements, with a refreshing, totally new air.
The concert will feature guest artists as prestigious as Chano Domínguez, in addition to one of today’s finest flamenco singers, Pedro el Granaíno.
In this co-production by Taller de Músics, ESMUC and L’Auditori have joined forces for the third year running to present a highly original show with the participation of students and teachers from both schools, thus maintaining the three institutions’ close collaborative links.
