Teatro lara madrid ara malikian biography
Guest Artists Highlight- Firebird! – Daniel Del Pino
Daniel del Pino is one of the leading Spanish concert pianists in the international scene. He has performed in all five continents. His performances have been heard in the most prestigious venues all over Europe (Salle Gaveau in Paris, Bulgaria Hall in Sofia, Atheneum G. Enescu in Bucharest, Teatro de la Maestranza in Sevilla, Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Palau de la Musica in Valencia, Auditori in Barcelona, Teatro Arriaga in Bilbao), in Morocco, Tunisia, all over the Middle-East, Gabon, India, Kazakhstan, Japan, Taiwan (Taipei’s National Concert Hall), Brazil, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Australia, and in the U.S.A. (Carnegie Hall in New York). He has been a soloist with the following orchestras: Symphonies of RTVE (Spanish Radio Television, Madrid), Clasica de España, Sevilla, Cordoba, Valencia, Galicia, Malaga, Castilla-Leon, Murcia, Chamber Orchestra Reina Sofia and the Meadows, Winchester, Kenosha, Federal Way, Garland, Las Colinas, New Arlington, Monterey, Santa Cruz, Medellín, Virtuosi di Praga, Soloists from the Almaty Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of India, Filharmonia Podkarpacka (Rzeszow, Poland), Bucharest Philharmonic “George Enescu” (Romania), Brasov, and Transilvania State Symphony Orchestras among others, with conductors such as: Max Bragado, Evgeny Bushkov, José Miguel Rodilla, Gloria Isabel Ramos, Enrique Garcia-Asensio, Alejandro Posada, Rubén Gimeno, Carlo Rizzi, Marco Gatti, Alfonso Saura, Carlos Riazuelo, Robert Carter Austin, Lanfranco Marcelletti…
He is a frequent guest at numerous festivals worldwide, Segovia, León, Zaragoza, Coruña, Valencia, Vigo, Gijón, Cadaqués, Ubeda, Ayamonte, Pau Casals (Vendrell), Otoño Soriano (Soria), Itu (Brasil), Morelia Festival (Mexico), Bravissimo Festival (Guatemala), Verbier (Switzerland), Musifleuves, Piano en Saintonge and Cap Ferret Festival (France), Chamber Music International (Dallas, USA), Newport Music Festival (USA) for eight
Lara Wong
Praised for her unique sound, musicality, and incredible versatility, flutist and bansuri player, Lara Wong is a groundbreaking flutist in the world music scene.
Lara’s musical journey began in the classical world and she earned her degree in classical and jazz flute at McGill University in Montreal. During her university years she began to dedicate herself to flamenco and upon graduating, she went to the south of Spain to study flamenco.
Over the years, she has become a respected figure in the flamenco scene, best known for playing flamenco music on the Indian bansuri flute. Lara is also the winner of the “Filon" first prize award for best flamenco instrumentalist of the prestigious Festival Cante de las Minas, making her the first foreigner to win in any category of the festival's 60 year history.
Lara has played in festivals such as: Mariposa Festival, Vancouver Folk Festival, Suma Flamenca, Festival Arte Flamenco Mont-de-Marsan, SunFest, Mundial Montreal, and Festival du Monde Arabe, to name a few, and has performed across Europe, Canada, Japan, Morocco, Mexico, and Armenia. Over her career, Lara has performed with artists such as, Tino di Geraldo, Pepe Rivero, Las Migas, Javier Colina, Jorge Pardo, etc.
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Jorge Grundman
Jorge Grundman started his musical training when he was twelve years old and composed his first work at the age of fourteen. He began his studies in music theory, piano and choir at Real Conservatorio Superior de Música of Madrid with Carmen Ledesma and Joaquín Soriano. He has continued his training until these days, being a PhD. in Arts and taking a master’s degree in Musical Creation and Interpretation, a degree in Sciences and History of Music; a degree in Sound and Image Engineering and a degree in Computer Technologies. He has also attended master classes by Jesús López Cobos and José Luis Temes and conducting master classes by maestro Navarro Lara.
As a musicologist, Grundman has led the diffusion of consonant contemporary music and has premiered in Spain works by Vladimir Martynov, Michael Hurd, Gerald Finzi, Kurt Atterberg, Georgs Pelecis, Marjan Mozetich or Giovanni Sollima, among many others. He is co-founder of the Non Profit Music Chamber Orchestra, together with the violinist Ara Malikian. He has collaborated in world premiere recordings of works by Ernesto and Rodolfo Halffter and Julián Bautista and also in the diffusion and rediscovering of the work of Bohemian composer Adalbert Gyrowetz or late composer Robert Kahn with the B3 Classic Trio.
Among the performers of his pieces there are prestigious soloists such as Brodsky Quartet, Ara Malikian, Daniel del Pino, Susana Cordón, Jiří Bárta, Arbós Trio, Sydney Contemporary Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional of Ecuador, Orquesta de Cámara de España or Non Profit Music Chamber Orchestra. His pieces have been premiered in music halls such as Auditorio Nacional de Música of Madrid, Teatro Nacional of Brasilia, Trinity Cathedral of California, West Valley College Theater or Iglesia La Dolorosa of Quito.
In April 2011, Grundman receives a commission by the International Music Festival of Toledo and writes the sonata for flute and piano Warhol in Sprin
Jorge Grundman
Jorge Grundman began his studies in music theory, piano and choir at Real Conservatorio Superior de Música of Madrid with Carmen Ledesma and Joaquín Soriano. Among many other degrees, he has a PhD in Arts and a master’s degree in Musical Creation and Interpretation. He has attended master classes with Jesús López Cobos and José Luis Temes and conducting curses with Maestro Navarro Lara.
As a musicologist, Grundman has carried out the diffusion of contemporary music and has premiered in Spain works by Vladimir Martynov, Michael Hurd, Gerald Finzi, Kurt Atterberg, Georgs Pelecis, Marjan Mozetich or Giovanni Sollima, among others. He is co-founder of the Non Profit Music Chamber Orchestra, together with the violinist Ara Malikian. He has collaborated in world premiere recordings of works by Ernesto and Rodolfo Halffter and Julián Bautista with the Orquesta de Extremadura and his conductor Jesús Amigo and has many own recordings in labels as Virgin, Warner Music, BMG, RCA or Non Profit Music.
Among the performers of his pieces there are prestigious soloists such as Brodsky Quartet, Ara Malikian, Daniel del Pino, Susana Cordón, Jiří Bárta, Trío Arbós, Sidney Contemporary Orchestra, Orquesta de Cámara de España or Non Profit Music Chamber Orchestra. His pieces have been premiered in music halls such as Auditorio Nacional de Música of Madrid, Teatro Nacional of Brasilia, Trinity Cathedral of California, West Valley College Theater or Iglesia La Dolorosa of Quito.
Presently, he has been designated by the heirs of writer Miguel Delibes and the Spanish literary agency Carmen Balcells to compose the opera to the masterwork of Spanish literature Cinco horas con Mario.