On February 21, Cuatro cantos para el ecólogo de día feriado, by Luis Ernesto Gómez (and with text by the poet, Juan Calzadilla), was premiered by the Simón Bolívar Contemporary Music Ensemble under the direction of Alfredo Rugeles.
Fernando Oliveira informed us that his guitar duo, Prolação, was premiered by the Duo Obliquo (Atílio Rocha and Felipe Marques de Mello) on March 11 at the Triade Musical Institute in São Paulo. He said that although the work was well received, the audio recording of the event, due to persistent traffic noise outside of the hall, was not exactly of optimal quality.
We were very pleased to learn a few days ago that Alvaro Zúñiga’s work, Marinera limeña 1, for unaccompanied clarinet, was reviewed in the March issue of The Clarinet. (See page 3 below).
Yesterday in Caracas there was a screening of silent films from the 1920s accompanied by live music. The event, which was billed as Anémic Cinéma, was musicalized by Doktor Fakuménica, which is a contemporary music ensemble whose members consist of Gorgias Sánchez, Jaime De Armas, Liber Oscher and Andrés Levell. The presentation took place at the Los Galpones Art Center.
And at 6:00 pm today, clarinetist Carlos Saldaña will be presenting a recital in the Jesús Alberto Rey Auditorium of the Autonomous University of Bucaramanga. Included on the program will be the 21st century premiere of
Romanza for clarinet and piano by the 19th century Venezuelan composer, José Ángel Montero. The original manuscript of this piece was found and then edited by Juan López-Maya, and will soon be a part of the “Venezuelan Master of the Fin-de-Siècle” series that is being published by Cayambis Music Press.
Tomorrow at 5:00 pm, Federico Núñez and singer Horacio Berdini will be presenting a concert of works by Carlos Guastavino in the Circe in Buenos Aires.
Finally, we’d like to leave you with this very fine performance of Branca Bilhar’s Samba sertanejo, that was recently recorded by one of our Cayambis artists in the US, Kimberly Davis. Enjoy!
