Free live music in Las Palmas, March... to June 2020

This is how my never-published March post was about to start:

• 7 March: Patricia Muñoz «Con M de mujer» @ Auditorio José Antonio Ramos, Parque Doramas
  In this fabulous pre-8-M concert, the Gran Canarian singer Patricia Muñoz performed such hits as Soy una mujer que canta by Albita, Derroche by Ana Belén, Mis recuerdos by Luz Casal, Tu fotografía by Gloria Estefan, La Puerta Violeta by Rozalén and Desilusióname by Olga Tañón.

And then... Well, I think everybody knows what happened then. We had a long, long break from any live music. I don’t count initiatives like “Musicando en casa” — OK, it’s all great, the live stream from someone’s bedroom, it’s just not what I call live music.

Three months later, Musicando re-started, together with other concerts under the «Cultura en acción» umbrella, by inscription only and with now-customary safety and social distancing measures.

• 6 June: Germán López @ Pueblo Canario
  What a fantastic opening of a “new” Musicando season: the Canarian timplist Germán López accompanied by Jaime del Pino (bass), Yuniel Rascón (guitar), Totó Noriega (percussion) and Carla Vega (vocal). And for those who couldn’t get there, LPA Cultura made available all the «Cultura en acción» concerts on the web.

• 24 June: Happy Piano Day 176 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, various locations (12:00—22:00)
  Why 176? Because the Piano Day takes place on the 88^th day of the year, and this year that day was in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis. Since the state of alarm finished on 21 June, the organisers decided to double the number of days (or the keys on piano) and celebrate it on the 176^th day, which coincided with San Juan. The eight pianos (or shall I say, four double pianos?) were installed in four locations: Plaza Hurtado de Mendoza (aka “Las Ranas”), Jardines del Atlántico, Plaza de Saulo Torón and Parque San Telmo. Se we went to this latter to see what’s going on and caught the end of Irga González Falero and Ana Marrero’s performance (two Astor Piazzolla pieces, to be precise). I returned in the afternoon to hear Satomi Morimoto of ST Fusion playing a 45-minute-long non-stop recital — from Chopin, Debussy and Puccini to Gershwin, Chick Corea and, well, Morimoto — and then we came back at 21:00 to watch Buster Keaton films accompanied by Federico Lechner.

• 27 June: Natalia Machín «Las simples cosas, recordando a Chavela» @ Auditorio José Antonio Ramos, Parque Doramas
  Now, as we live in la nueva normalidad, it was possible to move Musicando from Pueblo Canario back to Auditorio José Antonio Ramos. Natalia Machín sang the classics by Chavela Vargas including Luz de Luna, Macorina, Paloma Negra and, of course, La Llorona.

Now, I’m really looking forward to more live music in July. Please, please, people, don’t screw it.