52nd Cycle of Great Authors and Performers of Music of the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM)
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Seven subscription concerts and an extraordinary concert at the National Music Auditorium.
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The UAM is committed to music for everyone, varied, diverse and different from the usual.
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A 2024/2025 season that aims to “illuminate those corners of the sound universe that often remain in the dark.”
The Higher Centre for Research and Promotion of Music of the Autonomous University of Madrid presents the 52nd edition of the Cycle of Great Authors and Performers of Music. A season of seven subscription concerts and an extraordinary concert at the National Music Auditorium in which it is intended to “illuminate those corners of the sound universe that often remain in the shadows” through concerts that are different from the usual ones, where unusual practices, composers or repertoires are valued in search of a renewed musical sensitivity.
The 2024/2025 season begins on October 26 with the jazz of the André JahJah Jazz Trio. Led by Brazilian pianist André JahJah, along with bassist Pablo Carretero and drummer Jorge Santana, the trio will present their album Mongibello Island (AMP Music & Records, 2023) inspired by Patricia Highsmith’s “The Talented Mr. Ripley”, along with other repertoire works.
On November 16, a vision of the early French Baroque will be presented with “Poetic Music: Animal Spirits,” which highlights the ability of music to create emotions. This concert will focus on the figure of René Descartes, played by actor Fernando Sansegundo, and his influence on Baroque philosophy and musical practice. It will feature soprano Manon Chauvin, violinist Íñigo Aranzasti, viola da gamba player María Alejandra Saturno, flutist Anna Margules, and Ramiro Morales on plucked strings.
To celebrate Christmas, on December 21st a show for children and adults will be presented that combines music, storytelling, choir and dance. Directed by Gustavo Sánchez, this “Christmas Story” promises an experience full of warmth, tenderness and fantasy with the music of composer Luis Ponce de León.
On February 28, Anna Fedorova and the Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Pablo González, will perform the Piano Concerto in G major by Maurice Ravel, the Symphony No. 4 in D minor by Robert Schumann and the orchestral miniature Low Sky by Rosa García Ascot. This concert commemorates the memory of Professor Francisco Tomás y Valiente in the traditional “Music for Peace” concert.
On March 23rd, you will be able to enjoy the comic zarzuela “Los Locos” by Félix Máximo López, a stage production with an exceptional cast: the soprano Mariví Blasco, the mezzo-soprano Ingartze Astuy, the tenor Francisco J. Sánchez and the bass Ángel Rodríguez Torres. The Camerata del Prado, under the musical direction of Tomás Garrido and the stage direction of Ana Contreras, will bring to life this humorous work from the late 18th century.
On April 26, a concert will be presented dedicated to the rhythms that were in fashion in Spain in the 1920s and to the pianola, an instrument that had a great impact at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century. The repertoire will include popular songs, zarzuela numbers and American music such as the foxtrot and the Charleston. All of this will be performed by the Conjunto Washington, which specializes in this repertoire.
The season closes on May 23 with a Lyric Gala of great opera numbers, performed by the Reino de Aragón Orchestra, under the direction of Ricardo Casero, with soprano Maite Alberola, tenor Javier Tomé and baritone Àngel Òdena, together with the choir of the Autonomous University of Madrid. Opera for Everyone! It will offer the best-known arias and choruses, as well as charming surprises.
In addition to these subscription concerts, there is the exceptional concert of Buena Vista Stars and More On June 25, 2025, tribute to Cuban son with original performers from the legendary band Buena Vista Social Club.
The Cycle will include other activities organized by the Higher Center for Research and Promotion of Music, such as discussions prior to each concert at the National Auditorium, open rehearsals and courses related to the Cycle’s concerts.
With these concerts and experiences, the Great Authors and Performers of Music Cycle of the Autonomous University of Madrid is consolidated for another year as a lively, diverse and varied cycle of concerts that is committed to music for everyone. “The Hidden Value”, the motto chosen this year, is the excitement of discovering new and old music, the excitement of venturing into unknown repertoires, the excitement of attending the auditorium to live new experiences, the excitement of meeting other performers, other ways of making music or other authors; in short, renewed excitement to reveal and bring to light the hidden value of music and of the Cycle itself.
The purchase of season tickets for the 52nd Cycle of Great Authors and Performers of Music can be done at csipm.koobin.es, by phone (91 497 4978) or by email (52ciclo@uam.es).
