A journey through the music of the 1920s, the beginnings of jazz: Swing, Ragtime, Charleston.
The band is composed of 8 musicians: Ana Esteban, vocals; Fede Crespo, trumpet; Pierre León, clarinet; Paco Soler, trombone; Pascual Pérez, banjo; Carlos Botella, piano and accordion; Dani Tortosa, double bass; and Toni Prats, washboard, drums and percussion.
Digital artistic experience of sound spatiality, digital complement to the activity: Sound walks around the MACA
Binaural Path. Urban Frequency Landscape. Move forward and backward to see and listen to soundscapes. Use the WS keys or up/down arrows to navigate, only forward and backward. Use headphones for a complete experience.
Credits: Original idea and creation: Fluenz (colectivofluenz.com) Carlos Izquierdo (carlos-izquierdo.com), composer, pedagogue and sound artist. Sergi Hernández (orsieg.es), architect and creative technologist.
La Banda is a street proposal, for all ages, with original music by Raquel Molano, set design by Luis Crespo, costumes by Ana Esteban, dramaturgy by Lucas Escobedo, choreography by Asun Noales and scenic direction by Escobedo and Noales.
Within SoniArt October 2021 at the MACA. Jesús Torres: (1965 - Zaragoza). He completed his academic training at the Royal Higher Conservatory of Music in Madrid. In parallel, he took various courses in Musical Analysis with Luis de Pablo. Between the years 1986 and 1988 he studied composition with Francisco Guerrero. He has been awarded various prizes: SGAE (Madrid 1992), Gaudeamus Prize (Amsterdam 1995), Valentino Bucchi (Rome 1997), Reina Sofía (Barcelona 1999), Millennium Chamber Players (Chicago 2008) and the National Music Prize 2012. He was appointed resident composer of the CNDM (National Center for Musical Dissemination) for the 2017/2018 Season. Since the 2019/2020 Season he was appointed resident composer of the Zaragoza City Symphony Orchestra.
His first opera, Tránsito, based on the homonymous play by Max Aub, premiered in May 2021 at the Naves del Español in Madrid, commissioned by the Teatro Real, in co-production with the Teatro Español. His catalog consists of more than 130 compositions, with orchestral and chamber pieces of very different instrumental formations. His music has been performed at festivals and concert series in numerous countries.
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.