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With some delay I write a few lines on this year’s Sigismund Toduță Festival, which took place from 11 to 17 May in Cluj-Napoca. This year’s was my third visit to the Festival. The Festival is an impressive display of organisation by the staff at Academia de Muzică Gheorghe Dima, with strong support from a […]

May 19, 2018

Farewell to Cluj 2018

Agustín Fernández Adrian Pop, Alexandru Murariu, Cluj, Gheorghe Dima Academy, Jubilate Choir, Kati Banciu, Mihaela Cesa-Goje, Oana Balan, Sebastian Țună, Sigismund Toduța Festival 0 Comments

Well, even the most beautiful things must come to an end, although in their beauty lies an assurance that they will live on. Thank you, Academia de Muzică Gheorghe Dima, for your generosity and kindness towards me. Thank you, Prof Banciu and Mrs Banciu, Adrian Pop, Edith Gergely and Oana Balan for looking after me so well. Thank you, […]

April 23, 2018

James Wishart

Agustín Fernández Bertold Brecht, James Wishart, Kurt Weill, Robin Hartwell, Stephen Pratt, The Mahagonny Songspiel 0 Comments

Today’s drive to Liverpool was not a conventional trip down memory lane, but a very special occasion: a send-off to James Wishart, who died last month. James was a composer, lecturer, pianist, conductor and animateur. He taught music to generations of students who were fired up by his enthusiasm and knowledge, myself among them. He […]

March 17, 2018

Digital distribution by Filarmonika

Agustín Fernández digital distribution, Filarmonika.com, Miguel Harth Bedoya, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, South American Discoveries 0 Comments

Many of my hitherto unpublished works are in the process of being made available for digital distribution by Filarmonika.com. This means that those interested in browsing my work will be able to access a preview of the score and, in many cases, a snippet of audio. Those interested in acquiring the work will be able to […]

October 26, 2017

May 2018

Agustín Fernández Mihaela Cesa-Goje, Sigismund Toduta International Festival, Tres canciones sobre poemas de Rachel 0 Comments

16 May 2018Tres canciones sobre poemas de RachelJubilate Chamber ChoirMihaela Cesa Goje, conductorThe Reformed Church on Ulița LupilorSigismund Toduța International FestivalCluj-Napoca

September 8, 2017

Proyecto orquestal Laredo 2017

Agustín Fernández Adriana Inturias Villarroel, Andreas Siles Mellinger, Augusto Guzmán, Franklin Anaya, Franklin Anaya Georgis, Instituto Laredo, Miguel Ángel Salazar Hidalgo, Santiago Bernal 0 Comments

Dos semanas en Cochabamba (To my anglophone readers: the following is an outline in Spanish of the project I undertook in my native city, Cochabamba, in August 2017. Invited by Instituto Laredo, I spent two weeks discussing curricular ideas and preparing a concert of the Symphony Orchestra of Instituto Laredo. The concert took place on […]

July 18, 2017

More on Notes from Underground

Agustín Fernández Cappella Transylvanica, Cluj-Napoca, Cristian Hodrea, Notes from Underground, Philharmonic Hall, Sean O'Brien, Vlad Agachi 0 Comments

Who better to write – or talk – about this piece than the man of letters who produced the words, Sean O’Brien. Apropos of the – then – impending repeat performance at the Newcastle Poetry Festival 2017, O’Brien gave an interview on the subject. As to me, I probably said as much as I need […]

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