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May 2008
Agustín Fernández Elizabeth Schwimmer, Ivette Gómez, Orquesta de Cámara Concierto Sur, Una música escondida (A Hidden Music) 0 Comments
Fecha a confirmar (date tbc)Una música escondidaOrquesta de Cámara Concierto SurElizabeth Schwimmer, pianoIvette Gómez, directoraTeatro Tomás TerryCienfuegosCuba
Première of String Quartet No. 1, ‘Montes’, in Philadelphia
Agustín Fernández Fernando Montes, Maurice Wright, Momenta Quartet, Rock Hall Auditorium, Ryan Olivier, String quartet No. 1 'Montes', Temple University 0 Comments
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 I have to check myself […]
Première of ¡Oh guitarra! in Winterthur
Agustín Fernández Christoph Jäggin, Fritz Voegelin, Harri Suilamo, Oh Guitarra 0 Comments
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 November, at Theater am Gleis […]
Back in Bolivia
Agustín Fernández Conservatorio Nacional de Música, Grace Rodríguez, Juan Siles, Luz Bolivia Sánchez, María Angélica Kirigin, Oldrich Halas, Ramiro Soriano, Una música escondida 0 Comments
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 guests included the guitarists Piraí […]
January 2008
Agustín Fernández String quartet No. 1 'Montes' 0 Comments
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
Agustín Fernández Duo Dicto, Munirando 0 Comments
Munirando Duo DictoWednesday 5 December 2007Keele University, England MunirandoDuo DictoSunday 9 December 2007Royal Ghent Conservatoire, Belgium
Encounter in La Paz
Agustín Fernández Conservatorio Nacional de Música, Grace Rodríguez, Luz Bolivia Sánchez, Ramiro Soriano, Una música escondida (A Hidden Music) 0 Comments
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 or take, all the country’s […]
5 August 2007
Agustín Fernández bales of hay, Music and Land, String quartet No. 1 'Montes' 0 Comments
After the best part of another day toiling fruitlessly, finally towards the evening I found a way out of the deadlock in ‘Music and Land’. It doesn’t yet feel like a breakthrough, but the relief to see the music flowing again is no bad feeling. Fluffy the Bouvier showed a rare semblance of vigilance when […]
4 August 2007
Agustín Fernández Music and Land, String quartet No. 1 'Montes' 0 Comments
I’ve hit a dead end at bar 135 of ‘Music and Land’, the second movement of the string quartet. I’ve been trying one solution after another since K went on tour three days ago, but nothing I come up with seems to provide a suitable continuation from this point, which also has to be a […]
July 2008
Agustín Fernández Momenta Quartet, String quartet No. 1 'Montes', Vamos Festival 0 Comments
String Quartet No 1 ‘Montes’12 July 2008 at 1930Momenta String Quartet¡Vamos! FestivalKing’s HallNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon Tyne String Quartet No 1 ‘Montes’11 July 2008Momenta String Quartet¡Vamos! FestivalNorthern StageNewcastle upon Tyne