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EPISODE ZERO: Introducing the Latin American & Iberian Art Song Podcast
In Episode Zero of the Video Podcast, the host, Patricia Caicedo introduces herself and explains the journey that she is inviting viewers to take. It is a short and exciting episode of about 20 minutes.
EPISODE ONE: Brazilian art song with Dr. Lenine Santos
In Episode one of the Latin American & Iberian art song Wednesdays Patricia Caicedo's talks with Dr. Lenine Santos, a Brazilian art song expert and a faculty member of the Barcelona Festival of Song. Dr. Santos, a professor of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro will be a guest of the Podcast on the first Wednesday of each month. Together with Patricia, they will talk about many different subjects related to the Latin American art song.
EPISODE 2: Talking about Spanish music with musicologist Dr. Walter Clark
In Episode 2, Patricia talks to Dr. Walter Clark, a musicologist, and director of the Center for Iberian and Latin American Music of the University of California Riverside. They will talk about Albeniz, Granados, Joaquin Rodrigo, Moreno Torroba, and much more!
In this episode, Patricia talks with Eugenia Forteza an Argentinean mezzo-soprano. She is an entrepreneur and opera promoter. She is a former participant of the Barcelona Festival of Song.
EPISODE 4: Conversation with composer Nicolรกs Gutiรฉrrez
Composer Nicolรกs Gutierrez talks about his life and compositions. An exciting conversation about his compositional process, his vocal works, and many aspects of what it means to be a composer in the contemporary digital society. We will hear some of his songs.
One of the most important Catalan living poets, Carles Duarte, often collaborates with artists from different media. We will learn some of the Catalan language history and hear the poet reciting some of his poems that are part of the two song cycles commissioned by the Barcelona Festival of Song.
One of the most renowned Spanish composers of the XX century, Joaquin Rodrigo, apart from composing his famous Concierto de Aranjuez, wrote hundreds of works, including many songs. His biographer, Dr. Walter Clark, will unveil for us some of the details of the fascinating life of a composer who overcame blindness to become worldwide known by his music.
EPISODE 7: The Performance Practice of the Latin American Song
Learning the Performance practice of the different repertoires is essential for musicians. Which things influence the performance of a song? Lenine Santos and Patricia Caicedo talk about different issues related to the Performance Practice of the Latin American and Iberian Art Song.
EPISODE 9: Moments that change our musical life: the story of the tenor Isai Jess Munoz
Have you ever felt love at first sight with a new repertoire and language? Have you lived an aesthetic experience so strong that it changed the course of your musical life? This is what happened to our guest, the tenor Isa Jess Munoz in 2010 when he participated in the Barcelona Festival of Song. Isai will share his story with us and present some of the songs of his new album Visca lร mor.
EPISODE 10: Expanding your identity through music, the story of soprano Regina Stroncek
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๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐บ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐โ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒโ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ธ, ๐๐ต๐ผ, ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐, ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐.
For Regina, discovering the Brazilian Art Song at the Barcelona Festival of Song was the beginning of an exciting journey that brought her to obtain a Fulbright Scholarship, making long-lasting friends in different parts of the world, and developing a passion for studying and performing Brazilian music.
EPISODE 11: 30 Women Composers of Latin America and Spain
How many Latin American and Spanish female composers do you know? How many of their songs do you have in your repertoire? Don't you think it's about time to start learning and performing their music? In this episode, you will discover more than 30 female composers and listen to some of their songs, let's start!
In this episode you will listen to songs by Maria Grever, Babi de Oliveira, Lia Cimaglia & Celia Torra. The complete CD Miraba la noche el alma: Latin American and Iberian Art Songs by Women Composers is available on Spotify.
To buy the Anthology of Latin American & Iberian Art Song Women Composers visit www.mundoarts.com
EPISODE 12: The life and songs of Carlos Guastavino
For classical singers, very often, the first contact with the Latin American art song comes throughout the songs of the Argentinian composer Carlos Guastavino. He was one of the most outstanding art song composers of the continent who wrote hundreds of art songs literally, setting to music some of the most prominent Argentinian, Latin American, and Spanish poets. His music goes straight to the heart. The combination of his neo-romantic style with the folkloric elements makes it unique. He had a gift for finding the music inherent to the poems.
Guastavino was a very reserved person. During his life, very few people could talk to him and get to know him. To talk about his life, personality, political views, values, and of course, about his music, in this episode Patricia talks with Dr. Silvina Luz Mansilla, a musicologist who met him and spent a lot of time with him and, the world's expert in his music.
EPISODE 13: Un nuevo espacio para la canciรณn artรญstica latinoamericana e ibรฉrica
En el primer episodio en espaรฑol, la soprano y musicรณloga Patricia Caicedo explica la misiรณn de programa, nos cuenta cรณmo se interesรณ por el repertorio de canciรณn artรญstica latinoamericana, comparte algunas canciones y nos prepara para los prรณximos programas.
EPISODE 14: Jaime Leรณn: one of the most important Latin American art song composers of the XX century.
In this episode, you will discover the extraordinary life and music of Jaime Leon, a conductor, a composer, and a pianist, and the author of some of the most beautiful art songs in Spanish written in the XX century. If you are interested in obtaining the scores of Jaime Leonยดs songs visit www.mundoarts.com
EPISODE 15: Distinguishing between Latin American folk and art songs and participating in a singing challenge.
Have you ever sung an art song in Spanish, Catalan or Portuguese? How do you identify a Latin American art song? Have you had problems distinguishing between Latin American folk songs or art songs?
In this episode, Patricia Caicedo will help you solve your doubts and invite you to participate in the upcoming celebration of the International day of Latin American and Iberian Art Song on May 11th. To celebrate this important day, she invites singers from all over the world to participate in a singing challenge. To do it, you have to send a video performing an art song in Spanish, Catalan, or Portuguese before May 4th. Although this is not a competition, participants will receive many rewards, including half scholarship to participate in the Barcelona Festival of Song 2021 and many other prizes. To help singers to choose their repertoire, Patricia talks about the exciting subject of Performance practice. This concept will allow singers to identify when they are performing an art song or a folk song. You will hear many beautiful musical examples. To participate in the singing challenge, go to https://www.mundoarts.com/latinsongday
EPISODE 15: Introducing a gem: a new Brazilian Art Song Anthology
In this episode, Patricia talks with Carol McDavit and Flavio Melo, experts in Brazilian art songs and the authors of a new Brazilian Art Song Anthology published by Mundoarts, a true gem that provides all the diction resources and historical background to introduce classical singers into this vast world.