In the cycle, which also highlights historical and cultural sites in the municipality, national and international artists such as Antonio Fruscella, María Ivana Oliva or Mariana Toral Sánchez will participate.
Las Fortalezas de la Música is a cycle of the Ministry of Culture of the Municipal Council of Cartagena, which is held in the port city during the month of August and which, in addition to music, highlights places of historical and cultural interest, according to municipal sources in a late release .
The cycle features national and international artists, including Antonio Fruscella, María Ivana Oliva, Fabio Furia, Dúo Armonía y Belleza, Simona Zapozucco, Laura Rodríguez, Óscar Requena, the Dianto Reed Quintet, Ana López, Isabel Martínez, Fernando Espí, the Cantiga Trio and the Cartagena Symphony Orchestra.
Among the venues that will house Las Fortalezas de la Música this year are the Barrio del Foro Romano, the Civil War Refugees, the Augusteum, Castillo de la Concepción, the Punic Wall, and the Paco Martín Auditorium in Parque Torres.
The program begins on August 3 with a performance in the Barrio del Foro Romano by Antonio Fruscella, who has won numerous awards in national competitions and performs as a soloist and ensemble in numerous international festivals and concert series. In 2004 he became director of the International Guitar Festival in Campobasso, Italy, and he remains so to this day.
That same day and on the same stage, María Ivana Oliva performs, who has an intense concert activity in Italy and abroad: Morocco, France, Greece, Spain or Germany among others. She is invited to numerous international guitar festivals, both as a soloist and as a jury member of prestigious international competitions.
On August 10, in the Shelters of the Civil War, Fabio Furia will perform, a world-class soloist, composer and arranger, considered one of the “most important bandoneonists in Europe”. He founded the Italian Bandoneon Academy through which he organizes masterclasses and concerts with the most important soloists in the world.
That same day and at the same time, the ‘Cantiga-Baile’ Trio will perform with the show ‘Con Fuoco’, which brings together the virtuosity of 2 musicians and a bailaora and castanets specialist who revisit the Spanish and classical repertoire and dance and music, through the emblematic composers of Spain, Albeniz-Granados-De Falla and arrangements of Andalusian folklore.
On August 17, ‘Spanish music as inspiration’ will be performed in the Augusteum by Mariana Toral Sánchez and, on flute, Miguel Ángel Moreno Cruz. Both interpret adaptations and original versions of works, such as dances with popular Oriental and Andalusian roots.
On August 24, the Castillo de la Concepción will host the performance of the Simona Capozucco trio, with Simona Capozucco, Maurizio Di Fulvio and Stefania Di Fulvio.
On August 29, at the Punic Wall, it will be Laura Rodríguez and Óscar Requena’s turn; as well as the Dianto Reed Quintet, a chamber music group consisting of five young Spanish musicians who, with the intention of growing musically and personally, coincide in completing their master studies at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.
A day later, on August 30, the Paco Martín Auditorium in Torres Park will host Ana López’s performance of “Carol of the Bells.” Dancer, teacher and choreographer, she has been a teacher for 15 years and has been dancing for 28 years, she was the first of the Professional Dance Conservatory of Murcia, where she obtained her diploma.
That same day and at the same place, the Cartagena Symphony Orchestra will perform; as well as Isabel Martínez, one of the most outstanding Spanish guitarists of her generation. Guitarist Fernando Espí will also perform, whose “brilliant career is based on an innate musical sensibility coupled with solid technical training.”
Source: La Verdad
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