Performance by Les Skeletas DJs. They define themselves as Les Skeletas, two girls dressed as skeletons who take over stages, creators of impossible scripts and DJs. If you want to have a great time, attend one of their sessions.

Voro García was born in Sueca (Valencia). He studied Trombone,

Piano, Voice, Choral and Orchestra Conducting, Musicology, Composition, etc., at the Joaquín Rodrigo Superior Conservatory of

Valencia, with R. Ramos, E. Cifre, M. Galduf, among others. In parallel, he expanded his training under the mentorship of

José Luis Castillo, Mauricio Sotelo and José Manuel López López. Doctor from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. Among the awards obtained, it is worth highlighting the first prize from the National Institute

of Youth in the Composition Encounters (2004),

Oïda 2001, Prize in composition encounters (INJUVE 2000 -

2001), Luis Morondo Prize (2007), best original music at the XIV

Mostra de Cinema Jove de Elche (2011) and K-lidoscopi (2012),

Matilde Salvador Prize (2007), finalist Bell'Arte Europa (2005),

Pablo Sorozábal (2001), ALEA III International Composition Prize

(2007)...

He has received commissions from different institutions and performers:

INAEM, JONDE, CDMC, IVM, National Auditorium of Music,

Carlos de Amberes Foundation, Fest-Clásica, Ensems Festival,

Mixtur Festival, Commande d'État (French Ministry of Culture),

Quatuor Tana, Dynamis Ensemble, Nexeduet, Kontakte percussion group,

NEXEnsemble, Duometrie, Ascolta Ensemble...

Founder and creator of the Ensemble Espai Sonor in 2003. In his

role as conductor, he has conducted the world premiere and/or Spanish

premiere of numerous works. He was resident composer of the Valencia

Instrumental Group (2001/02), JONDE (2006/07), MNCARS

(2009), JOGV (2009/10), SOMELGRUP (2013), Godella Festival

(2016), SBALZ (2018) and AGORA (2019). Artistic director of the

Mostra Sonora de Sueca (2005-2017). He is currently a professor of composition at the Superior Conservatory of Music of

València and artistic director of the Ensems Festival. He publishes his works with

Babelscores, SB edicions and Ed. Piles.

Sonia Megías. Born on June 20, 1982 in Almansa (Albacete). She studied piano, viola and composition at the conservatories of Almansa and Murcia. An artist specializing in vocal writing and expanded notations

The apron is for her a body mask, an

object of power, and for this reason she founded in 2011 in New York both the

CoroDelantal (vocal experimentation laboratory) and

EdicionesDelantal (sheet music publishing house), initiatives that she continues

developing today in the province of Alicante. She received several artistic scholarships, among which stand out Nuova Consonanza (Rome,

2005), Casa de Velázquez (Madrid, 2009), I-Park (Connecticut,

2008 and 2011) or the Fulbright Scholarship (New York, 2010-2012), with which

she studied a Master's in Musical Composition at New York

University. You can visit the Sonia Megías Classroom at the Aire

Libre School in Alicante or the Sonia Megías Library at the Orfeo

Conservatory in Granada. The National Dramatic Center considered her

Ambassador of the "A Different Look" festival for her inclusion

projects through music. Both Spanish Cooperation

(AECID) and the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum have

made documentaries about her work. She currently resides

in Santa Pola.

Aimed at families with children aged 12 to 14 years old, these sessions aim to foster interest in the world of art and reading among an audience approaching adolescence who is beginning to understand the adult world while still from the innocence of childhood. The selection of books, mostly biographies, offers a certain fascination among the younger audience that is beginning to move away from children's literature. This pre-adolescence is a very interesting moment to offer tools for creation and exploration of the world, because by developing our artistic talent and acquiring culture and knowledge, we foster empowerment, self-esteem and open minds.

Born in Bilbao in 1969. He studied at the Juan Crisostomo de Arriaga Superior Conservatory of Music and with Carmelo Bernaola in Vitoria, obtaining honors in composition and piano. In 1995 he entered the Royal Academy of Music in London where he completed postgraduate studies in composition with Michael Finnissy and obtained the Diploma of Excellence and a Master's degree with distinction from the University of London.

His works have been performed at the Biennale di Venezia (2004, 2014 and 2019), Musikverein in Vienna; South Bank Centre, ICA and Wigmore Hall in London; at the ISCM World Music Day in Manchester (1998), Hong Kong (2007) and Beijing (2018); Festival Musica Strasbourg, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival; New Music Festival in Sydney; Carnegie Hall and Symphony Space in New York; Festival Time of Music in Viitasaari (Finland); Konzerthaus in Berlin, National Auditorium of Music in Madrid, Salle Cortot in Paris and in other cities such as Saint Petersburg, Buenos Aires and Wellington.

His music has been published on DVD by the BBVA Foundation, as well as recorded on CD by the Ensemble Recherche, the Arbís Trio, the Madrid Community Orchestra or the countertenor Carlos Mena for the Verso, Stradivarius and Harmonia Mundi labels.

He has received various awards, among which the Queen Sofía Prize for Musical Composition in 2008 stands out; First prize from SGAE in 1996; Prize for Contemporary Musical Composition from the Basque Government in 1999; Musika Bulegoa Prize 2018 and several prizes from the Royal Academy of Music. In 2011 he obtained the Rome Prize, as well as the Musical Composition Prize from the Colegio de España in Paris-INAEM. He has participated in the UNESCO International Composers' Forum, and in the Gaudeamus Muziekweek.

In 2001 he was appointed honorary associate member of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM), where he taught orchestration classes. He was Professor of the Manuel de Falla Chair of Composition in 2014. That same year he gave the Inaugural Lecture of the summer courses at UPVEHU.

He has given lectures at the UDK in Berlin and at the Complutense University of Madrid. He was president of Musikagileak (Basque-Navarrese Association of Composers) between 2015 and 2019 and is currently a composition professor at Musikene (Superior Center of Music of the Basque Country), and coordinator of the Contemporary Music Concert Series of the BBVA Foundation in Bilbao. He received the National Music Prize 2021, awarded by the Ministry of Culture and Sports.

José del Valle, (Alcoi, 1976). He studied Composition with Javier Darias at the ECCA (School of Composition and Artistic Creation), of which he is currently a member.

He was awarded the "Francisco Guerrero Marín" prize at the XXI AWARD FOR YOUNG COMPOSERS "Fundación Autor-CDMC 2010" for his work for instrumental ensemble "Enécada grup". His compositions have been performed by chamber groups such as the Archeus Ensemble under the direction of Liviu Danceanu (Romania); Ars Poetica Ensemble directed by Oleg Palymski and Igor Ersac (Republic of Moldova); Ensemble Espacio Sinkro under the direction of Maite Aurrekoetxea; ENSA Saxophone Ensemble; Florilegium String Quartet of Bucharest; Lumina Ensemble; Trío Ausiàs March; Terol-Gómez Maestro Duo (clarinet and piano); Lisus Duo; Andrea Gómez Oncina, cello; Silvia Gómez-Mestro, piano.

María Eugenia Luc is an Argentine composer recognized for her innovative approach to contemporary music, combining traditional techniques with modern elements to create works of profound emotional expressivity. Her work is characterized by a constant search for new sonorities and a deep connection with human emotions. The work of María Eugenia Luc has been performed by distinguished soloists such as Mario Caroli, Harry Sparnaay, Pierre Strauch, Séverine Ballon, Claude Delangle, Jean Geoffroy and Jean Pierre Dupuy; as well as by renowned ensembles and groups, including Vox Clamantis, Exaudi Vocal Ensemble, Bout du Monde, Barcelona 216, Taller Sonoro, Plural Ensemble, Espai Sonor, Proxima Centauri, Dúo Levent, Cello Octet Amsterdam, Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble, Grupo Enigma, Sigma Project and S3 Spectral Sax Style. Likewise, her compositions have been performed by prestigious orchestras such as the National Symphony Orchestra of Spain, the Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoa, the Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa, the Symphony Orchestra of Rosario and the National Symphony Orchestra of Buenos Aires, under the direction of maestros such as Robert Treviño, Nacho de Paz, Michal Nesterowicz, Ernest Martínez Izquierdo, Pablo González, Juanjo Mena, Marcelo de Jesús, Manuel Nawri, Emmanuel Siffert and Jaime Martín, among others.

Personal reality pushes us toward different sensations according to our inner time. But understanding the artist's thought and their creative processes undoubtedly allow us to obtain a more accurate approach to the genesis of creation, as well as to the aesthetic fact and the artist's motivations.

SoniArt 2023 is presented with the intention of consolidating a cycle of concerts dedicated to promoting newly created music among audiences who appreciate and are attracted to contemporary art. Its realization at the MACA stems from the idea of contextualizing music connected in time that predisposes us toward greater receptivity of the artistic event.

The realization of these concerts benefits from the presence of the composers of the pieces, who reveal to us the composition processes of each one of them, as well as the foundation of their personal aesthetics, allowing a natural and unbiased approach by the listener.

Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Valencia specializing in Electricity, Electronics and Computer Science, he works as a secondary education teacher at I.E.S. Marcos Zaragoza in Vila Joiosa, where he teaches in the higher cycles of computer science in the new Vocational Training program specializing in Computer Networks. In parallel, he studies tuba with Jesús Juan Oriola and composition with professors Ramón Ramos and Joan Enric Canet at the Óscar Esplá Higher Conservatory of Music in Alicante.

He has written works of diverse tendencies, from tonal music to experimental music. In his production for band, it is worth highlighting MAUAL DEL PERFECTE INOPORTÚ written on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Bellaguarda institute in Altea, HORES D'ESTIU first prize of the I CONCURS DE COMPOSICIÓ ILLA DE BENIDORM, (DE) CONSTRUCCIONS, written at the request of the Marina Baixa delegation of the Federació de Societats Musicals de la Comunitat Valenciana, or PETIT CONCERT for tuba and band, a commissioned work for the CONCURS DE TUBA VILA D'ALTEA in its II edition.

His concern for standardizing the resources of native music together with his scientific training lead him to combine the folkloric substrate with mathematical treatment, always in search of Mediterranean sonorities that, while remaining close to the listener, are free from obviousness. In his more experimental aspect, he has written works for performers such as Xelo Giner, Madrid Cámara, Grup Instrumental de València, ensemble Castelló XXI, Orquestra Simfònica d'Alacant or Interval Chamber (directed by the musician from Altea Josep Vicent, with whom he has collaborated frequently). Recently he has been part of the group of composers responsible for the opera 1714. MÓN DE GUERRES, with libretto by Albert Mestres and musical direction by Josep Vicent. His works have been performed in the Valencian Country, Murcia, Seville, Pontevedra, Tenerife, Madrid, Amsterdam, Buenos Aires and Portugal.

Inés Badalo (1989, Olivenza) is a Spanish-Portuguese guitarist and composer. She completed her studies in composition and guitar at the Lisbon School of Music, studying with Luís Tinoco, and also attended masterclasses and lectures by composers José Manuel López López, Franck Yeznikian, Christopher Bochmann, Pedro Amaral, among others. She completed her Doctoral studies in Music and Musicology, specializing in Composition, with an outstanding cum laude qualification from the University of Évora.

She has received commissions from the National Center for Musical Dissemination (CNDM), Portuguese Radio and Television – Antena 2, Mixtur Festival, Philharmonic Society of Badajoz, Arte no Tempo, Ensems Festival, DGArtes, Densité 93, National Institute of Performing Arts and Music (INAEM), Nak Festival, National Orchestra and Choir of Spain, Royal Philharmonic of Galicia, and the Symphony Orchestra of the Principality of Asturias, among others.

Supported by the Gulbenkian Foundation and the Ministry of Culture, she has received various national and international awards, including the Composition Prize from the Portuguese Society of Authors / Antena 2 RTP in 2017 (Portugal), was honored for two consecutive years in the Young Composers Awards from the SGAE Foundation – CNDM, FIDAPA Prize from the International Composition Competition 'Città di Udine' in 2018 (Italy), Young Composers Prize from Plural Ensemble in 2018 (Spain), International Composition Competition 'Manuel de Falla' in 2016 (Spain), Fernando Lopes-Graça International Composition Prize in 2017 (Portugal). In 2019 she won the Composition Prize from the Spanish College in Paris and the National Institute of Performing Arts and Music, INAEM (France / Spain) and was selected in 2023 to participate in the UNESCO International Composers' Forum (Netherlands). In 2024 she received the SGAE-AEOS Symphonic Commission Prize, her work was selected in the Ibermúsicas program of Colombia and received the Leonardo Fellowship from the BBVA Foundation for a new compositional project with philosopher and poet Chantal Maillard, soprano Johanna Vargas (Neue Vocalsolisten), conductor Asier Puga and Grupo Enigma. In 2025 her work Khemia for orchestra has been selected by the Ministry of Culture of the Mexican Government, through the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature (INBAL) and the National Coordination of Music and Opera (CNMO), for the closing concert of the 47th Manuel Enríquez International Forum of New Music.

Her orchestral works are conducted by maestros of the caliber of Baldur Brönnimann, Shiyeon Sung, Juanjo Mena, Nuno Coelho and Michael Wendeberg, among others. Her music is performed by renowned ensembles, soloists and orchestras, such as the WDR Symphony Orchestra of Cologne, National Orchestra of Spain, National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of the Principality of Asturias, Royal Philharmonic of Galicia, Orchestra of Extremadura, Young National Orchestra of Spain, Plural Ensemble, Hand Werk Ensemble, Sigma Project, Contemporary Music Group of Lisbon, Soli-Tutti Vocal Ensemble, Sonido Extremo Ensemble, Neopercusión, Vertixe Sonora, Ensemble Mikrokosmos, Zahir Ensemble, Contemporary Music Group of Lisbon, Kuraia Ensemble, Grupo Enigma; in Switzerland, Spain, Austria, Croatia, Belgium, Portugal, Italy, United Kingdom, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, China, Japan, Germany, United States and France. Her music has been broadcast by radio stations in various countries: BBC (United Kingdom), WDR (Germany), Antena 2 – RTP (Portugal), Radio Beograd (Serbia), Yle Radio (Finland), Sveriges Radio (Sweden), LRT Radijas (Lithuania), RTV SLO (Slovenia), Radio Clásica – RNE (Spain), Klassikaraadio (Estonia), Hrvatski Radio (Croatia), Radio Ascoli (Italy), Ö1 Radio (Austria), etc.

Her works have been performed in numerous festivals and concert halls around the world such as the Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik, or the Internationalen Ferienkursen für Neue Musik Darmstadt (Germany); Suena Festival für zeitgenössische Musik Wien, Forum Gitarre Wien, MUK Theatre Vienna (Austria); Filarmonica George Enescu (Romania); Contemporanea – Festival di Nuova Música (Italy); Mixtur Festival, National Auditorium of Music, Ensems Festival, Juan March Foundation, Palau de la Música, Nak Festival, Contemporary Music Concert Series of the BBVA Foundation, Auditorium 400 of the National Museum of Contemporary Art Reina Sofía, Contemporary Music Days of Santiago de Compostela, or in the Current Music Series of the Philharmonic Society of Badajoz (Spain); Nief-Norf Festival Tennessee, Riverview Performing Arts Center, Florida (USA); Música Viva Festival, Grand Auditorium of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Casa da Música, Grand Auditorium of the CCB Lisbon (Portugal); XVIII World Saxophone Congress (Croatia); Mishima Contemporary Music Days, Tokyo Opera City (Japan); or in the Palace of Fine Arts of Mexico City (Mexico).