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Interview with Federico Jusid and Iñaki Alberdi about Bidaia.
Bidaia, on RNE’s La Hora Azul
Bidaia: the journey of Federico Jusid and Iñaki Alberdi
It is not so much the goal we pursue that matters, but enjoying the way to reach it. This is part of the message that the Greek poet Constantine Cavafis intended to convey in his poem Ithaca and the composer Federico Jusid has based himself on it to create Bidaia, journey in Basque, a concert piece for accordion and symphonic orchestra for the accordionist Iñaki Alberdi. The two have been on La Hora Azul to talk about this transition and about this work which, after its premiere in 2022 in Buenos Aires, is now collected on a CD with a recording made with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra, conducted by Jusid himself. In this podcast you will find everything they told us.
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Kultura.eus
Interview about Bidaia from minute 10 onwards.
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Kultur Leihoa
Interview about Bidaia from minute 12 onwards.
“Audiences are easily swayed by popular-based music.”
Review of Amicitia in Scherzo, by Ismael G. Cabral
In recent decades, Luis de Pablo (b. 1930) has faced the challenge of being recognised, more unwillingly than willingly, as a classical composer. It is not that his music has renounced anything, but it has generously embraced the concertante form and other tailored suits of tradition. The only thing he has resisted is the symphony, but that garb imposes too much respect on a contemporary; Carter, Berio or Bernaola tried it on. And De Pablo could have done it too. But he has done other things, like this Amicitia, a concerto for accordion which is one of the most inspired in his catalogue (perhaps along with the subtle and resonant Concerto for harp or the almost poetic one he wrote for cello). read more…
Fusion, the focus of the Navarra Contemporary Music Festival
Noticias de Navarra, August, 28th
The NAK, Festival de Música Contemporánea de Navarra, returns once again this year as an essential event for all lovers of avant-garde music. It does so, moreover, with fusion as the backbone of its programme, which will take place in September and will present a total of 35 premieres, 19 of them absolute premieres, with more than 50 national and international guest artists. “Art is a tool for social transformation, and our intention is none other than to make the world a better place,” Yolanda Campos, the festival’s artistic director, said on Monday.
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The record of the friendship between Iñaki Alberdi and Luis De Pablo
El Correo, 23 May 2021
The premiere of the work was on 8 March 2018. That day, the Bilbao composer Luis de Pablo, with a solid career behind him, humbly acknowledged that he had followed the advice of the accordionist Iñaki Alberdi because he had hardly worked with that instrument before. And Alberdi emphasised that De Pablo, a living symbol of the vanguard who opened the windows to ventilate the rancid atmosphere of Spanish culture under Franco, sounded more lyrical than ever.
Amicitia’ for accordion and orchestra was recorded half a year later with the same Bilbao Symphony that premiered it (albeit with Ernest Martínez Izquierdo at the baton instead of Erik Nielen) and is now the centrepiece of an album in which Alberdi performs only works by De Pablo.
Teatro Real and Teatro Español premiere the opera Tránsito, by Jesús Torres
Platea Magazine, 24th May, 2021
The Teatro Real, in co-production with the Teatro Español, will stage the new opera by the Aragonese composer Jesús Torres, Tránsito, with a total of six performances from 29 May to 5 June, at the Matadero de Arganzuela.
With a libretto by the musician himself, based on the work of the same name by Max Aub, it has musical direction by Jordi Francés and stage direction by Eduardo Vasco, as well as the costume designer Lorenzo Caprile. Among the voices that will bring the characters to life are Anna Brull as Tránsito (replacing Lydia Vinyes-Curtis), Isaac Galán as Emilio, María Miró as Cruz, Javier Franco as Alfredo and Pablo García-López as Pedro (replacing José Manuel Sánchez).
The Orquesta y Coro RTVE presents its 2021/2022 season under the motto ‘Echoes of the Belle Époque’.
RTVE, 26 May 2021
Under the motto ‘Echoes of the Belle Époque’ and with maestro Pablo González as chief conductor, the Orquesta Sinfónica y Coro RTVE opens its concert season 2021-2022 on October 7th. In September 2023, Christoph König will take over as chief conductor of the Orchestra, and before that, in November 2022, he will become artistic director of the OCRTVE.