The impossible coexistence of concerts at the same time in the Music Square and in the different rooms of the Alfredo Kraus Auditorium It has already come to an end. From the Department of Culture The City Council of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ensures that concerts and festivals held outside will not begin until what is scheduled for that same day inside the Paseo de Las Canteras venue has finished.
Thus, the councilor points out Adrian Santanaan agreement has been reached with the organizers of the Macro Fest Universitariowhich takes place tonight in the Plaza de la Música, so that The music doesn’t start until 11:00 p.m.
It must be taken into account that The Auditorium hosts two concerts this Friday. In its symphony hall, the Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Karel Mark Chichon, performs, within its subscription season and starting at 8:00 p.m., the long-awaited concert version of the zarzuela ‘Luisa Fernanda’, with Latvian mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca, one of the best singers in the world, leading the cast. Furthermore, at 8:30 p.m., in the Jerónimo Saavedra Room, within the El Rincón del Jazz cycle, she plays the Viktorija Pilatovic Quartet.
«The organizers of the Plaza de la Música event will not start with the music until 11:00 p.m., moment at which the two concerts in the Auditorium will have finished», emphasizes Adrián Santana.
The impossible coexistence of live music in the Plaza de la Música and inside the Alfredo Kraus Auditorium had its most complex moment on October 6 and 7. Outdoors, its new location in the area Gran Canaria Sum Festival. The first day, Friday, his concerts coincided with the so-called ‘Life of a Hero’, by the Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestraunder the direction of Dan Ettinger.
Through the public address system, those attending this subscription concert were informed that it would take place despite the fact that The symphony hall resounded with the musical power of the Sum Festival. So it was time to listen, to the chagrin of the audience, especially the ‘Symphony No. 25’by Mozart, in the first part, and ‘Life of a Hero’, by Strauss, after the break, a piece that, due to its sound, could coexist better with the outside noise that filtered through the entire Auditorium.
That Friday, Álex García’s conference, titled ‘Lorca in the Cinema’, in the camera room within the Classics in Colors Festival cycle.
The next day, while the Sum Festival celebrated its second and last day, from 8:00 p.m. India Martinez he sang in the Alfredo Kraus symphony hall, during his tour ‘Our World Tour’.
“As patron of the Auditorio Teatro Foundation of Las Palmas de Gran CanariaFrom the City Council we have to ensure the proper functioning of the activity that takes place inside the Auditorium. We have encountered events that were already scheduled in the Plaza de la Música with private companies before our government group arrived and we had to respect it,” clarifies Adrián Santana.
Agreement with Womad
The capital’s Culture Councilor explains that for weeks they have been working with the Womad so that the edition that will be developed between November 9 and 12 in the Plaza de la Música due to the MetroGuagua works in Santa Catalina Park, do not interfere with the Auditorium programming. «The music on the stage closest to the Alfredo Kraus will not start until the concerts inside end», Santana advances. On November 10, a new concert of the OFGC season is scheduled, directed by Günther Herbig, the next day the Sala Jerónimo Saavedra hosts the Camille Thurman & The Darrell Green Quartet concert, within the Jazz Autumn cycle, and Reválver plays the Sunday, November 12, in the Symphony Hall, starting at 7:00 p.m.
The OFGC headquarters, another victim
The headquarters of the Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra (OFGC)in the Plaza de la Música, is another of those affected by the concerts and festivals that take place in this enclave.
Sources from the OFGC Foundation confirm that during the celebration of the Sum Festival they had to suspend rehearsals in its Academy facilities and activities because they were incompatible with the sound checks and the first performances of that outdoor event.
This Friday, the City Council of the capital of Gran Canaria announces the enclaves in which the event will take place. next carnival. It is worth remembering that a part of this festival coincides in January and February 2024 with the 40th edition of the Canarias Music Festival and that the Alfredo Kraus Auditorium is one of its headquarters. Will the galas arrive in the area?
2023-10-19 23:15:02
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