The deadline for enrollment in the Master of New Technologies of the Royal Conservatory of Music of Madrid opens. This year the master will have an extraordinary period of registration period, from today July 26 to september 1. And at a cost of public price, it is one of the cheapest (€ 2,593 with the…
One of the pieces of music and video, that I have the most performed in concerts is Metapoiesis and although it is still very modern the work is already 10 years old. In this recording you will see the original version recorded on CD together with the video This piece represents very well the transformation…
Electroacoustic music emerged in 1949 in Paris, within the scope of the Concrete Music Research Group (GRMC), founded by Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry* and located on Radio France. In 1953 Shaeffer left the group, returning in 1958 to reform it and at this time Luc Ferrari and Francois-Bernard Mâche joined the GRMC. Mâche born…
I have news that is important for you to help me to spread. The III European Saxophone Congress that was to be held this summer in the Italian city of Trento, it’s delayed until 2022 due to the Coronavirus. How do you know this congress was founded in Spain in 2014 (Ciudad Real) and held…
Jorge Antunes: Rituel violet https://vimeo.com/401925339
Very good the video of Tomás Marco: “The dream of viral reason”. The images are expressive of the situation we are currently experiencing and perfectly combined with the music is fantastic. With the timpani in the background as a dramatic element and the entire orchestral mass with a choir transformed and suggesting disorder and panic.…
“His virtuosity, his exceptional faculty in the extreme treble range, and his smooth technique were an inspiration for the students…
“A soloist with a beautiful sound and excellent interpretation in the concert for Saxophone and Orchestra by Edison Denisov …
“Really exemplary interpretation… The activity of Francisco Martínez, as a saxophone soloist and as conductor of the Sax-Ensemble, has proved to be unpayable regarding the diffusion of his instrument in Spain, in general as well as in the specific field of contemporary music.
“Admirable sound – With the alto and the soprano saxophone – Perfect air column, as well the “bow” movement in string instruments. Excellent vibrato and very talented lyricism. My congratulations in the name of the “good saxophone”. You are “Grand” with the instrument. –––BRAVO!!!
“The concert by the saxophonist Francisco Martinez revealed some clues of the current interpretation such as: believing in what you are performing – believing the music contained in the scores played -; high technical and musical skills which allow tackling without difficulty any written work with the composition languages and codes of today; and finally,…
The “Concert for Saxophone and Orchestra” by Carlos Cruz de Castro was new in Madrid; an important work based on the balanced and contrasting dialogue between the soloist – with a very virtuous part mastered by Francisco Martínez – …
