As it did in 2011, the Alicante Music Festival will have one of its venues at the MACA.

THE PROMOTION OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

With José Luís Turina and Antonio Moral.

THE PROMOTION OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC II

With Luis Suñén, Jorge de Persia and Luis Mazorra.

PERFORMANCE

With artist Ester Ferrer, who will perform a performance in one of the museum's spaces.

INTERVENTION IN THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART OF ALICANTE

A proposal related to the search for and knowledge of the sensible qualities of urban space and the representations that inhabitants have of them.

Artistic action, in addition to acting on the individual, can awaken collective debate. The installation proposes a journey on two planes (real and virtual), a continuous dialogue between audiovisual language and everyday situations in the city of Alicante.

It is about capturing the character of the city, its sensory identity, transforming an architectural space (The Museum of Contemporary Art of Alicante) into an open space and projection of other spaces.

The staging, of a face-to-face and virtual nature at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Alicante, is situated at a point of balance between the documentary, the theatrical and audiovisual creation. The real and the virtual merge in a dialogued reflection about forms of knowledge and communication through the sensory (art as a form of knowledge).

This central action will be complemented with an audiovisual installation that will remain in the Museum's spaces. Finally, a website will be created, a meeting point between creators and citizens. People and groups will be able to participate by sending sounds, texts, images… This information will serve to build a collective sensory map of Alicante.

Freed from the structure of time and space, I coordinate all points of the universe, wherever I can register them. My mission is to create a new perception of the world. I decipher in a new way a world unknown to you. But it is not enough to show fragments of truth on the screen, separate parts of truth. These parts must be organized thematically so that the whole is also a truth. (Dziga Vertov and Kino-Eye).

DIRECTION: José Luis Carles and Cristina Palmese

SCREENPLAY: Estrella Sánchez, Jesús Barranco, Cristina Palmese, José Luis Carles

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Cristina Palmese

SOUND: José Luis Carles

PERFORMERS: Jesús Barranco and Mónica Gracia

WEB DESIGN: Sergio Ramirez

We present the first episode of the podcast created for the museum, whose theme on this occasion revolves around the figure of Juana Francés. For this, we have had the participation of: Rosa Mª Castells, Natalia Molinos, Isabel Francés, Isabel Tejeda, Leticia Cano, Anais Florin, Natalia Peña, students from IES María Blasco de San Vicente and the MACA team.

The direction and script were handled by Mentxu Segura and Verónica Cerdán Molina, with the technical and sound care of Laura Mirambell, and original music composed by Carlos Izquierdo.

Musical Disconcerts is created within a generic program called "The Plaza Moves". It presents heterogeneous repertoires that span all possible styles. They are improbable formulas and mixtures that always work.

Musical Disconcerts Proposal July 2021

JULY 9

SIAM EFFECT

Lara Misó Peinado, Wilma Puentes Linares, dancers and choreographers

Marco Colocci, original music

Exploration of the physical union between two people, as it occurs in Siamese twins. A silent debate about the physical restriction of movement and its emotional implications.

JULY 16

ARTURO SERRA

MUSICIANS

Arturo Serra vibraphone

Quique Ramírez drums

Borja Flores double bass

Concert by the award-winning Valencian percussionist

JULY 23

DIXIE PROJECT

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.

JULY 30

GIRASOMNIS

#immersivebeats, An immersive audiovisual electronic project by @ruben.solar.7 and @pacogramaje

A visual proposal perfectly synchronized with the music that will invite you on a completely immersive journey, achieving a profound multisensory sensation in the audience.

An odyssey of abstract and emotional character that will take spectators on a journey through other worlds.

Ruben Sølar resident DJ in Ibiza since 2001 where he has performed in all the major nighttime and daytime temples of Electronic music from residencies with the Day-off party at Space to the most iconic ambient spaces such as Cafe del Mar, Khumaras etc. He has various references on minimal music labels as well as house, for example at Trax Records Chicago the best house label in the world.

Paco Gramaje. Designer, video artist, AV performer, and composer

Capacity is limited to current regulations and safety controls established by Covid19, so registration on the MACA website is necessary: www.maca-alicante.es

Collaborates: Santa MACA

Discover the intersection between music and visual art in the Graphic Music Workshop, a creative laboratory where sound and image communicate with each other. This space is an invitation to play, experimentation, and collective imagination, in which participants of all ages and levels discover unique forms of expression through graphic scores.

Each session is unique and different. Throughout the workshop you will explore how to draw music and how to sonically interpret visual works, with inspiring examples from artists and composers who have worked on this artistic frontier. Through participatory dynamics, you will learn to create your own graphic scores and make them sound in surprising ways.

It is recommended to bring your own drawing materials. No prior training is necessary.

Listening activities and enhancement of the museum's programming in relation to sound art. The connection of Sempere with composers of his time will be explored, works and proposals from MACA related to sound will be discovered, and the

sound heritage of the surrounding environment will be visited

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).

Outreach activity of listening and highlighting the museum's programming in relation to sound art. The connection between Sempere and composers of his time will be explored, works and proposals from MACA related to sound will be discovered, and the heritage of the area surrounding the museum that defines its soundscape will be visited.

Carlos Izquierdo is a composer and sound artist who develops proposals and research that highlight the importance of listening in art.

The route involves some physical exertion, comfortable footwear is recommended, bring water and sun protection.

Outreach activity of listening and highlighting the museum's programming in relation to sound art. The connection between Sempere and composers of his time will be explored, works and proposals from MACA related to sound will be discovered, and the heritage of the area surrounding the museum that defines its soundscape will be visited.

Carlos Izquierdo is a composer and sound artist who develops proposals and research that highlight the importance of listening in art.

The route involves some physical demand, comfortable footwear is recommended, bring water and sun protection.

Outreach activity of listening and highlighting the museum's programming in relation to sound art. The connection between Sempere and composers of his time will be explored, works and proposals from MACA related to sound will be discovered, and the heritage of the area surrounding the museum that defines its soundscape will be visited.

Carlos Izquierdo is a composer and sound artist who develops proposals and research that emphasize the importance of listening in art.

The tour involves some physical exertion; comfortable footwear is recommended, as well as bringing water and sun protection.

Directed by composer Carlos Izquierdo. Graphic scores from the museum's workshop cycle are performed. Improvisation, play and creativity in a participatory concert featuring Fátima Boix on clarinet, Eve Matin on harp and Óscar Martí on percussion.