On reflection, I will say who the figures were that left a lasting impression. Participating colleagues are unlikely to read these lines, and if they do they will understand, I’m sure, that any omission is the result of specific affinities on this occasion, and not a sign of failure to […]
Sunday 30 was the day of my departure, but not before the final event of the festival, a morning concert by the soloists from the Contemporary Vocal Ensemble of Indiana University. I had known their conductor, the excellent Carmen Téllez, from a distance, in her capacity as director of the […]
Marcha por la autonomía universitaria vista desde el piso 16 del Hotel Alba, Caracas 27 de mayo de 2010 The main event of the following day – 27 May – was the concert by Ensamble CG from Colombia. They had given a workshop the previous day, during which their […]
The first day I attended, 26 May, was the third of a composers’ conference adjacent to the festival. I was invited to read a paper – written it in the nick of time, during the journey across – and I read it in the third place, following papers by Diana […]
On an invitation from the Festival’s co-directors, Venezuelan composers Alfredo Rugeles and Diana Arismendi, I was able to extricate myself from the frenzy of end-of-year admin at ICMuS to fly to Caracas for five days. This was not the festival’s entirety but a section of it, for my hosts had […]