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YOUTHFUL MUSICIANS reaching out to their fellow youths.
This, in brief, may well sum up ?Variaciones Classicas Españolas?piano de concierto,? a free concert sponsored by the Spanish Program for Cultural Cooperation under the Spanish Embassy and Instituto Cervantes. The concert will be staged at the Meralco Theater on Jan. 30, 7:30 p.m.
The event was announced at a recent press conference at the Presidential Suite of the Manila Peninsula.
To begin, the main performer is crossover pianist Angelo Ortiz, 25, winner of the World Championship of Performing Arts held in Hollywood, USA. He will be accompanied by Banda 31, a wind symphony orchestra conducted by Michael Jacinto, whose members are mostly in their late teens. In fact, the youngest performer for that evening will be flutist Angelie Marie Nicolas, 11. There?s a flutist who?s only eight, but he will not be performing on Jan 30.
Other guest performers are American saxophonist Michael Young (?who is also young,? quipped Ortiz), and classical artists Paolo Alcantara and Lowel Lalic. Thus, the concert is being promoted in the schools and among the youth sector. ?And also the mature,? Ortiz hastened to add.
In keeping with the thrust, the lights and stage setup will be modern, to appeal to the target audience.
The repertoire consists of variations of Spanish warhorses like ?Suite Andalucia,? ?Suite Española,? ?Carmen Suite I? (by the Frenchman Bizet but with a Spanish flavor) and popular piano solos like Malagueña, Gitanerias, Leyenda, Tango, Granada, Cordoba and Concierto de Aranjuez.
?The artists will interpret works by all the major Spanish composers,? said José R. Rodriguez, director of Instituto Cervantes Manila. ?They will respect the music but will make it approachable through variations. It?s a real challenge.?
Rodriguez added that those wishing to avail themselves of a similar cultural and historical grant under this program of the Spanish Embassy and Instituto Cervantes may do so from March to June this year. He/she must be endorsed by a university and, of course, the proposal must have something to do with Spanish culture.
And the program is for young and old. ?It?s for everybody,? Rodriguez pointed out. ?There is no age limit. Anybody can apply. And all activities must be free, as we want to involve everybody.?
