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Choreography
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Alicia Alonso, director of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba, will premiere
her choreography of Joaquín Rodrigo's "Concierto Serenata"
for harp and orchestra on June 4, 2008 in Havana, Cuba.
The ballet, under the title of "Serenata Goyesca", will
take place in the Sala García Lorca of the Gran Teatro de
La Habana, as part of the 20th Festival La Huella de España.
It will be presented again during the Festival Internacional de
Ballet de La Habana, which will be held starting October 28, 2008.
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Joaquín
Turina Conservatory visits the home and museum of Joaquín Rodrigo |
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On February 28, 2008, a group of Professor Ana Benavides’
students from the Joaquín Turina Conservatory of Madrid visited
the headquarters of the Victoria and Joaquín Rodrigo Foundation,
the composer’s home which is preserved as a museum, and gave
a recital, on the Maestro’s own piano, together with a series
of comments on his life and works, in a festive celebration of Joaquín
Rodrigo’s music.
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Ediciones
Joaquín Rodrigo at MIDEM 2008 |
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El
MIDEM celebra al Maestro Joaquín Rodrigo en formato audiovisual,
y lanza la recién descubierta Toccata
Cecilia
Rodrigo y el periodista de RNE-Radio 3, José Miguel López,
durante la entrevista que se emitió en directo desde el stand
de Radio France en MIDEM.
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| FOR
CHILDREN |
BOOK:
Joaquín Rodrigo and Per la flor del lliri blau |
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Published
by Susaeta, within the collection Making music with...,
this charming book for children with text by Montse Sanuy and illustrations
by Violeta Monreal. Includes a CD with fragments of music by the
composer.
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On September
21, 2006, the Mayor of Aranjuez presented Cecilia Rodrigo the
Tourism Prize "City of Aranjuez", awarded to Joaquín
Rodrigo.
In the first edition of the Tourism Prizes "City of Aranjuez"
the winner was
given a small statue, created by the artist Mauricio Jimenez Larios.
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The City Council
of Almenara, Castellón, has given the name of Joaquín
Rodrigo to a plaza in one of the new expansion areas of the city.
A sculpture was commissioned as a tribute to the composer.
The tribute took place on July 1, 2006, together with the ceremony
whereby the town of Quartell was declared sister city to Almenara.
The Band from Quartell performed several pieces together with the
Band of the Santa Cecilia Musical Association of Almenara.
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Chronicle
of the Rodrigo Competition 2006
The
3rd Edition of the Joaquín Rodrigo International
Competition closed in Madrid on June 1, 2006,
with an exciting final round in the Auditorio
400 of the Reina Sofía Museum, for which
three finalists were selected in each discipline, guitar
and voice.
The
competition was inaugurated May 24th at the headquarters
of the Spanish Author’s Society, the art-deco
Longoria Palace, where the thirty young musicians who
were preselected gathered for registration. There were
twenty different nationalities represented among the
17 guitarists and 13 singers participating in the event.
The
jury for guitar was composed of the guitarists Ernesto
Bitetti, Carlos Bonell, Ricardo Gallén, Hubert
Käppel, and Nikita Koshkin. For the discipline
of voice, the jury members were Manuel Cid, Josef Hussek,
Ana Higueras, Alicia Nafé and Patricia Rozario.
Presiding both jurys was the orchestra conductor Miguel
Ángel Gómez Martínez, and the vice
president was Thomas Daniel Schlee, composer and director
of the Carinthia Festival in Austria.
The
first round and semi-finals took place over a period
of five days at the splendid Royal Academy of Fine Arts
of San Fernando’s Sala Guitarte. There were eight
semifinalists for guitar : G. Krawiec (Poland), N. Rodionova
(Russia), S. Montes (Chile), C. Pérez González
(Chile), A. Montesinos (Spain), G. Chiche (France),
A. Parfinovich (Russia) and I. Zamfirescu (Rumania)
; and six semifinalists for voice : A. García
Tellería (Venezuela), F. González Moreno
(Venezuela), G. Ólafsdôttir (Iceland),
S. Casas (Spain), H. Cardeña (Spain) and E. González
Díaz (Spain).
And
the winners were : First Prize Guitar, Carlos Pérez
González (Chile, 1976), prizewinner in a long
list of international competitions, with a brilliant
performance of Concierto de Aranjuez. Thanks to this
award, apart from the cash prize of 12,000 Euros, the
winner will tour in Spain and abroad, giving concerts
and recitals in the coming months.
Carlos
Perez expressed his excitement vividly in the following
message sent a few days after his return to Chile :
« I want to say how grateful and happy I am for
receiving the Joaquín Rodrigo Prize. I worked
with great concentration for this event, and am thrilled
to think what incredible support this will be for my
artistic development. »
In
the discipline of guitar, the other prizewinners were
Anabel Montesinos Aragón (Reus, Spain, 1984)
Second Prize of 6,000 Euros plus recitals in Spain,
performing Concierto de Aranjuez, and the Russian Andrey
Parfinovich (1983) Third Prize of 3,000 Euros, with
the Fantasía para un gentilhombre.
In
the final round for voice, the First Prize was not awarded,
and the Second Prize (6,000 Euros plus recitals in Spain)
went to Gudrun Ólafsdôttir, from Iceland,
now living in Spain, for her performance of Cántico
de la esposa and Tríptic de Mossèn Cinto.
She was also the recipient of the Prize for Best Performer
of Joaquín Rodrigo’s Music, common to both
disciplines in the contest. Fabiola González
Moreno (1973) from Venezuela, received the Third Prize
for voice (3,000 Euros) on her performance of Rodrigo’s
Rosaliana and Cuatro madrigales amatorios.
A
great ovation was accorded to the premiere of Toccata,
the unpublished work for guitar solo written by Rodrigo
in 1933 and recently discovered in the Sainz de la Maza
Archive. Toccata was performed, while the Jury was deliberating
on the awarding of prizes, by Marcin Dylla of Poland,
winner of the 1st Edition of the Joaquín Rodrigo
International Competition in 2002.
The
Victoria and Joaquín Rodrigo Foundation, organizers
of this Competition, has promoted a DVD recording of
the final round, which will be issued on the commercial
label ‘Sello Autor’.
Another
outstanding event, which took place within the framework
of the Competition, was the presentation of the book
« Joaquín Rodrigo. A life in music. Travelling
to Aranjuez », the first biography of Rodrigo
in English, written by the musicologist and guitarist
Graham Wade. In this book, Wade analyzes the close relationship
between Rodrigo’s life and his creative production.
The
organizers and the composer’s family would like
to express with these lines their gratitude to all the
contestants in this Competition, which in spite of its
youth, has already brought to light some of the greatest
promises in the world of music. The high level of the
participants was a common denominator, and judging by
the warm messages that are arriving, they all felt like
winners. One of the preselected guitarists wrote :
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I would like to underline the high degree of respect
the Organization showed to all the contestants and the
opportunities they gave us to become better acquainted
with the life and the works of Maestro Rodrigo.
Personally,
it was an honor for me to travel to Madrid, to meet
so many other young performers, and participate in what
is certainly one of the most important international
competitions for up-and-coming musicians worldwide.
I noticed that the Competition was organized with loving
care by the composer’s family, and I sincerely
hope that it will continue to be held for many years,
maintaining alive the marvellous music of Joaquín
Rodrigo. »
Guilherme Vincens, Brazil |
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Roldán, Enrique Loras, Cecilia Rodrigo and Miguel
Ángel Gómez Martínez on opening
day for The Joaquín Rodrigo International Competition
2006 in the Manuel de Falla Hall at SGAE.
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From
left to right: Isabel Martínez Cubells, Cecilia
Rodrigo, Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez,
Patricia Rozario, Ernerto Bitetti, Carlos Bonell, Nikita
Koshkin, Hubert Käppel, Ricardo Gallén,
Thomas Daniel Shlee, Ana Higueras, Josef Hussek, Alicia
Nafé y Manuel Cid. Walking across the stage,
Santiago de Rábago, great-grandson of Joaquín
Rodrigo.
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Carlos
Pérez González (Chile), winner of 1st
prize, guitar.
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Anabel
Montesinos (Spain) y Andrey Parfinovich (Russia), 2nd
and 3rd prizes, guitar.
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Ólafsdòtir (Iceland) on the left, and
Fabiola Gómez Moreno (Venezuela) on the right.,
2nd and 3rd prize, voice, respectively.
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Marcin Dylla performing Toccata
in the world-wide premiere. On the right Cecilia Rodrigo,
Pepe Romero and Marcin Dylla at the end of the world-wide
premiere.
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| Presentation
of book by Graham Wade "Joaquín Rodrigo.
A life in music. Travelling to Aranjuez".
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Ana
Diosdado awarding the 2nd prize for guitar to Anabel
Montesinos. |
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 Joaquín
Rodrigo, el niño que soñó la música
("The little boy who imagined music)
The inspiring story of the young
blind boy who dreamed of being a musician, and went on to
become a great composer. (In Spanish)
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CONCIERTO
DE ARANJUEZ
First
recording (1948)
Latino Grammy Prize to best historical recording
CONCIERTO
ANDALUZ
One of
Joaquín Rodrigo's most popular concertos, inspired
by Andalusian Folklore. |
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The
story of his childhood in Valencia, immersed in the
aromas and sounds that awakened him to music; his arrival
in Paris, accompanied by his "lazarillo" (guide),
to study composition; the story of his romance with
a young Turkish pianist; the drama that surrounded Concierto
de Aranjuez; the
magic call of inspiration... |
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Joaquín Rodrigo, el niño que soñó
la música
is the fruit of a joint effort by Universal and the
Victoria and Joaquín Rodrigo Foundation to bring
children closer to the figure of this great Spaniard,
combining entertainment with educational goals. The
result is a fresh new CD, on the Philips label, where
the stor (in Spanish), with script by Eduardo Moyano,
is interlaced with short fragments of Rodrigo's works,
and includes a booklet with delightful illustrations
by Teo Puebla. All masterfully tied together by the
captivating voice of the narrator, Iñaki Gabilondo.
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Rodrigo must rightfully be accompanied by his most emblematic
work, Concierto de Aranjuez. However, this is not
just one more version, but the original historical recording,
a jewel recovered from the past, an obligatory reference
for all those interested in hearing the most genuine of
all performances; by the guitarist Regino Sainz de la
Maza, to whom the Concierto was dedicated, and
Ataúlfo Argenta, conducting the National Orchestra
of Spain. Dating from 1948, this recording won a Latino
Grammy award for quality recordings of historical relevance
in 2001, the year of Joaquín Rodrigo's Centenary
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The
CD is completed with Concierto andaluz, for four
guitars and orchestra, written for the famous guitar
quartet "Los Romeros", and performed with
the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra, conducted
by Sir Neville Marriner. This work, composed in 1967,
has become one of Rodrigo's most popular concertos.
Inspired in Andalusian folklore, but with original themes
by the composer, the lyrical beauty of the second movement,
Adagio, is offset by the dazzling cadences of
the four soloists and a vigorous "zapateado".
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