Quintet Casulana and Rivka Golani

Quintet Casulana
and Rivka Golani, viola
Repertory concert for piano and strings

WORLD PREMIER OF SHVARIM
BY COMPOSER GIL'AD HOCHMAN

Wednesday 26 July,
at 8:30 p.m

Felip Pedrell
Theatre-Auditorium,
Tortosa

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Tickets: €5

Concert by the Quintet Casulana and the prestigious viola soloist Rivka Golani. Quintet Casulana is made up of five female musicians and the group’s name pays tribute to Maddalena Casulana, one of the first composers to publish her music in the Western world.

During the concert, a collection of small gems from the repertoire for piano and strings will be performed, such as Joaquín Turina’s Scène andalouse, a delicate yet passionate piece that combines Andalusian folklore with the innovations of French Impressionism.


VOICES FROM MEMORY

Voices from memory

CONCERT -
EXPERIENCE
[Parallel activity]

Tuesday 25 July,
4 performances:
6:00 p.m.; 6:30 p.m.; 7:00 p.m.; 7:30 p.m

Tortosa Air Raid Shelter
(Refugi antiaeri nº 4)

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Free entry
*You must reserve a place at one of the 4 performances

Coinciding with the 85th anniversary of the outbreak of the Battle of the Ebro, Proto-fest offers a musical experience at the Tortosa Air Raid Shelter No. 4, on the same date as the start of the conflict. A small-scale experience with a limited number of spectators in commemoration of the anniversary of this terrible event.


Historical clarinet and piano. Lorenzo Coppola and Cristina Esclapez

Closing concert
Historical clarinet and piano

LORENZO COPPOLA
AND CRISTINA ESCLAPEZ
CONCERT

Sunday 30 July,
at 20:00

Reials
Col·legis
in Tortosa

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Tickets: €5*
*Includes a wine tasting from Celler Mas de Manxol

Like all instruments, the clarinet has evolved through history and so has its sound. This concert with Lorenzo Coppola and Cristina Esclapez offers a wonderful opportunity to discover the historic clarinet alongside the piano.


CLARINET AND PIANO. STUDENTS MASTERCLASS

Clarinet and piano

LORENZO COPPOLA
MASTERCLASS STUDENTS
CONCERT

Sunday 30 July,
at 18:00

Reials
Col·legis
in Tortosa

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Free admission with advance reservation.

A clarinet and piano concert performed by the students of the Historic Clarinet masterclass at Proto-fest. We will be able to enjoy the work carried out during the masterclasses given by Lorenzo Coppola and the pianist Cristina Esclapez.


XUP XUP. FAMILY CONCERT

Xup-Xup

FAMILY
SHOW

Saturday 29 July,
at 12:00

Felip Pedrell
Theatre-Auditorium ,
Tortosa

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Tickets: €3

XUP-XUP started out from the idea of three chefs preparing a meal with few ingredients: the poetry of the objects accompanied by live music brings to life each one of the elements participating in the creation of a dish of spaghetti.

A show which encourages playing and uses everyday elements to create a dish full of surprises. A children’s show with live music ideal for children from 0 to 5 years old.

XUP-XUP presentation video


CHAMBER MUSIC. PIANO QUINTET

Piano Quintet concert
Chamber music

Cristina Morell and Adrián Morena, violins
Rivka Golani, viola
Ludovico Colombo, cello
Zsuzsa Kollár, piano
Other performers

Saturday 29 July,
at 20:00

Sala ARTS,
Tortosa

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Tickets: €5

The Piano Quintet by Shostakovich is one of the most emblematic Chamber music pieces of the twentieth century. An excellent opportunity to hear this composition played here by a great group of musicians based in the United Kingdom.


MUSIC FROM AROUND THE WORLD. ETHNO CATALONIA

Music from
around the world

ETHNO
CATALONIA
CONCERT

Friday 28 July
at 21.00

Jardins del Prínce,
statue park
in Tortosa

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Tickets: €5

Ethno Catalonia is a project run by the Joventuts Musicals de Banyoles association. Every year they bring together between thirty and forty young musicians from around the world to share the traditional music from their home countries.

The youngsters participate in a residential course for ten days characterized by its open and horizontal organization and intercultural sensitivity. Each participant brings a traditional composition to show the rest of the group. This builds up a repertoire of folk music representing every continent, which the musicians rehearse and perform in public on a concert tour of Catalonia.

A unique opportunity to enjoy a wonderful musical journey through traditional music from around the world in a project based on the essential values of dialogue, tolerance and comprehension where music is a universal language capable of crossing any frontier.

*At the end of the concert there will be a food truck area.

Ya Henna (traditional Egyptian song), Ethno Catalonia 2016


Chamber music. Masterclass students

Chamber
music

Rivka Golani
Masterclass students
concert

Friday 28 July
at 18:00

Felip Pedrell
Theatre- Auditorium,
Tortosa

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Free admission with advance reservation.

Chamber music, viola and violin concert performed by students who have attended Rivka Golani’s masterclasses at Proto-fest. The perfect opportunity to see the work they have carried out. Accompanied by Inés Reguero on the piano.


PARTICIPATORY CONCERT. FELIP PEDRELL PREMIERE

Participatory Concert
Ramon Llull,
Visions de Randa

PREMIERE OF
FELIP PEDRELL.
FRANCESC VALLDECABRES
AND MIREIA ANDREU

Thursday 27 July
at 20:30

Felip Pedrell
Theatre-Auditorium,
Tortosa

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Tickets: €5

Participatory Concert with singers and instrument players – students, amateurs and professionals – performing the result of the work carried out during the Proto~fest masterclasses.

They will perform Ramon Llull, visions de Randa, an unpublished work by Felip Pedrell which was recently recovered by David Matheu. It was one of the last large-scope compositions Pedrell wrote.

A world premiere led by the renowned conductor Francesc Valldecabres and stage director Mireia Andreu.


RENAISSANCE VOCAL POLYPHONY. QVINTA ESSENÇIA

Qvinta
Essençia

RENAISSANCE VOCAL
POLYPHONY
CONCERT

Tuesday 25 July
at 20:30

Reials
Col·legis
in Tortosa

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Tickets: €5*
*Includes a wine tasting from Celler Mas de Manxol

The intimate connection between poetry and music in the Spanish Golden Age with a special focus on texts about love.

The performance includes poems by some of the most significant poets of that time such as Garcilaso de la Vega, Lope de Vega, Jorge de Montemayor and Joan Boscà. The musical pieces are from a variety of sources including important compilations like the Cancionero de Medinaceli and Recopilación de sonetos y villancicos a cuatro y a cinco voces by Juan Vázquez, among others such as the Calàbria and Casanatense song collections.

The sixteenth century was a period of splendour in both literature and music; a time when, despite the decisive Italian influence, Spanish poets and musicians maintained their own characteristics when writing, avoiding excessive affectation and sensuality and searching for seriousness and solemnity.

Hermosa Cathalina (Anònim) performed by Qvinta Essençia