Olivia Carrión Arteta. Born in Madrid, where she studies piano at the Centro de Enseñanza Musical
KATARINA GURSKA.
Upon discovering that, also in music, she was even more fascinated by inventing games than playing them, she pursues higher education at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid, specializing in electroacoustic composition. Psychology studies through UNED.
Lumina Ensemble is the project of four saxophonists
passionate about their instrument and contemporary music, who belong
to two generations and who join efforts to achieve
high-level musical performances.
Lumina refers to the light that continuously permeates
our land. Light that determines our open and
tolerant character, and that proposes the union of people who converge in a
common project. Light as an analogy of our way of understanding musical performance in its infinite forms, with proposals
committed to contemporary music. Essential therefore to achieve
this goal, is the collaboration with composers and the premiere of works
written or transcribed for this group.
This concert serves as the presentation of Lumina to the
public, although it should be noted that its members
have an important artistic and professional background that has led them to perform in numerous auditoriums, festivals and concert series.
Lumina Ensemble is a modular group that is based on the
saxophonists Pablo de la Fuente, Javier Carrillos, Isaac Verdú and
José A. Suay. In this event it also includes Óscar
Martí (percussion) and Mercedes Lozano (organ).
Evidence of their interest –not exclusive– in working with
electronics, are works such as "Dublin in a Box", for harp quartet, symphonic band and electronics, premiered in 2008 at the
Auditorio Nacional; the cycle "REDES", formed by "Redes en el aire",
from 2012 for saxophone quartet and real-time electronics,
commissioned by Sigma Project and premiered at the SON festival of
MusicadHoy, and "Redes de arena", for guitar quartet and
electronics, also in real-time, commissioned by the Ex
Corde quartet and premiered at the International Festival of Molina de Aragón
in 2014. "Ese tiempo que me extraña", for shakuhachi and
electronics premieres in 2016 within the framework of IndiCtivE, of which she is
co-founder along with composer Jorge Sancho.
As an example of her purely instrumental works, the piece for solo violin "ViolinoSubito", premiered at the Festival of Spanish Music in Cádiz in 2008, or "Nostalgia de la Quietud", for large
ensemble, from 2015, performed at the COMA festival.
This project was born with the aim of establishing a connection between contemporary composers dedicated to creating avant-garde art and the public interested in it. Contemporary art faces various challenges—undoubtedly numerous ones—with one of the most recurring being the lack of "understanding" with which the potential audience for contemporary art justifies their disinterest in artistic manifestations.Contemporary music is not exempt from all these conditions and, at the same time, it is not immune to possible solutions that help normalize current repertoire in the demands of music lovers and integrate it into the cultural programming of cities and concert halls.Undoubtedly, when a creator speaks about their work with the passion of the creative act and delves not only into their creative processes but also into their motivations and expressive needs, a greater connection with the public is achieved and the path toward acceptance of the work is cleared. It is the project of four saxophonists passionate about their instrument and contemporary music. The members of LUMINA Ensemble combine their efforts for the respectful and committed achievement of high-level musical performances. Lumina refers to the light that continuously permeates our land and shapes us as human beings. Light as a means of union between people who converge in a common project and as a metaphor for our way of understanding musical performance, with proposals through contemporary music.The ensemble's main objective is the dissemination of repertoire composed from the 21st century onwards. Essential to achieving this goal is collaboration with composers and the premiere of works written for this group, proposing the saxophone quartet as a unique instrument full of timbral and expressive resources at the service of new creation.Lumina's infinite curiosity about performative action has led them to perform in various concert halls, festivals and concert series both in Spain and in other countries in our region such as the ENSEMS festival (Valencia), the Contemporary Festival of Alicante (ADDA), Kuraia Festival (Bilbao), Contemporary Music Festival (Córdoba), Mostra Sonora (Sueca), International Organ Festival – FIOB (Benidorm), Concerts d´Advent (Alcoi) or their recent participation in the Organistic Festival of Salento (Lecce – Italy), Festival Due Mare (Gallipoli – Italy). They have a first recording titled Terra Lucis, and have participated in Mexican composer Samuel Cedillo's album for the Kairós record label.Lumina Ensemble is the dedicatee of numerous pieces by renowned authors such as Jesús Torres, Zulema de la Cruz, Eneko Vadillo, Sonia Megías, Oliva Carrión-Arteta, José del Valle, Iluminada Pérez, Ximo Cano, David Leal, Sara Blanco, José Vicente Fuentes Castilla, Diana P. Custodio, M. Eugenia Luc or Voro García.Lumina Ensemble is composed of: Pablo de la Fuente (soprano saxophone), Javier Carrillos (alto saxophone), Pablo Pardo (tenor saxophone) and José Antonio Suay (baritone saxophone).
