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We are memory...

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Start: 2015-10-13T19:00
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As a preamble and presentation of the premiere of Siempre/Todavía on October 15, the Museum proposes a meeting with its creators.

This conversation between/with Alberto Corazón (visual artist) and Alfredo Aracil (composer), illustrated with images of the work, will be an opportunity to discover the genesis and creative process of this "opera without voices". Both artists will talk about the trip that originated the project, Alberto Corazón's trip to Damascus (Syria) that was unexpectedly extended and concluded in the creation of his book "DAMASCO SUITE, somos imágenes (2004)". Both will explore themes related to history and memory, traditions and culture, artistic creation and music.

"The important thing is to be able to remember, and to be able to remember when you need to. Even if you remember things that never happened. Without memory it wouldn't take long for us to fall apart."

Alberto Corazón, DAMASCO SUITE, we are images

This meeting is sure to contribute to the full enjoyment of Siempre/Todavíaa co-production between the Museum, Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical and META/CCIÓN.

Alberto Corazon

Founder and President of the Spanish Association of Professional Designers, he has won awards such as the National Design Award (1989), Gold Medal Award from the Arts Directors Club (New York), Gold award from The Designers Association of London, Award from the American Institute of Graphic Arts.Spanish designer, sculptor and painter born in Madrid. His work has toured the main cultural and artistic centers of France, Italy, Germany, Great Britain, Spain and the United States. Some of his most famous designs belong to widely known logos in Spain: ONCE, Anaya, Paradores, RENFE (Cercanías), Domo telephone, MAPFRE, Junta de Andalucía, Biblioteca Nacional, Teatro de la Zarzuela, Casa de América, etc.

In mid-November 2006 he became the first designer to be admitted to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando.

Alfredo Aracil

He studied music with Cristóbal Halffter, Tomás Marco, Carmelo Bernaola, Luis de Pablo and Arturo Tamayo in Madrid, and Karlheinz Stockhausen, Iannis Xenakis and Christian Wolf in Darmstadt, among others. He holds a PhD in Art History, a field to which he has dedicated an important part of his activity and publications. He worked in RNE, where he was Head of the Department of Musical Productions of Radio 2, delegate in the Group of Experts of Classical Music of Euroradio and director of several programs and projects.

His compositions have been programmed in international cycles and festivals all over the world and he has received commissions from important Spanish and European cultural institutions. His works have been performed by, among others, the Moscow Radio Orchestra, the Minsk Philharmonic, the Buenos Aires National Symphony Orchestra, the Percussion Group of The Hague, the Kammerensemble Modern der Deutschen Oper Berlin and the most important Spanish ensembles.

Juan Carlos Garvayo

Juan Carlos Garvayo is one of the most active and versatile Spanish pianists today. He is currently a professor at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid. As a soloist and as a member of the prestigious Trio Arbós (National Music Prize 2013), he performs regularly in major halls and international festivals throughout more than 30 countries. He has recorded more than 30 albums for various labels, highlighting his numerous reference recordings of contemporary Spanish music for piano.