Agustín Fernández
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May 2008
Fecha a confirmar (date tbc)Una música escondidaOrquesta de Cámara Concierto SurElizabeth Schwimmer, pianoIvette Gómez, directoraTeatro Tomás TerryCienfuegosCuba
A Christmas offering
Yes, K did get the Maran she had wanted. I, too, had been keen to have a home-based producer of the lovely brown eggs of which The Farmer had given us two examples. In late September I answered an ad in the Hexham Courant, in time for a Haydon Bridge-based, […]
16 December 2007
This incomparable corner of Northumberland is proving unique in more than one respect. As the rigours of winter bite, temperatures seem to reach lower nadirs than the official forecast, even those the BBC or Mozilla predict specifically for this particular postcode. After a diluvial November, the first fortnight of December […]
Première of String Quartet No. 1, ‘Montes’, in Philadelphia
Miranda Cuckson (violin), Stephanie Griffin (viola), me (composer), Joanne Lin (cello), Annaliesa Place (violin). In the first image, said with Mrs Marcela Montes, widow of the painter Fernando Montes.It happened last 28 November in Rock Hall Auditorium at Temple University. The performers were the Momenta Quartet, a group for whom […]
Première of ¡Oh guitarra! in Winterthur
The guitarrist Christoph Jäggin. In the other image, me, the composer Harri Suilamo and Christopher Jäggin. ¡Oh guitarra!, the piece that took an eternity to complete and nearly put me off the guitar for life, received its first performance at the heroic hands of Christoph Jäggin, last weekend, Sunday 11 […]
Back in Bolivia
Two driving forces of this event: Luz Bolivia Sánchez and María Angélica Kirigin As a guest of Bolivia’s National Conservatoire I was in La Paz from 5 to 12 October. My visit was part of an Encounter of Bolivian Musicians called by the Conservatoire to mark its first centenary. Other […]
January 2008
String Quartet No. 1 ‘Montes’Jane Gordon, Adrian Charlesworth, violinsSara Jones, violaJennifer Morsches, cello17 January 2008 at 1930Bolívar HallLondon This performance is part of a celebration of the life and work of Fernando Montes, coinciding with the first anniversary of his death.
December 2007
Munirando Duo DictoWednesday 5 December 2007Keele University, England MunirandoDuo DictoSunday 9 December 2007Royal Ghent Conservatoire, Belgium
Encounter in La Paz
October will see the centenary of Conservatorio Nacional de Música, one of the most venerable musical institutions of Bolivia. For this great occasion a small team of visionaries has put together an Encounter of Bolivian Musicians, bringing together an array of musical personalities connected with the Conservatorio, which means, give […]