Live music and stuff in Las Palmas, May 2023

This is what I’ve seen in May:

• 1 May: Maratón de Jazz @ Auditorio José Antonio Ramos, Parque Doramas, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
  The LPA International Jazz Day concert featuring
  • Tribute to Bill Evans: Jose Alberto Medina Quintana (piano), Tana Santana (double bass) and Juan Perez (drums)
  • Girl in Trouble Band
  • Joven Borondón Big Band + Gabriela Suárez and Vanessa Lemoine
  • Gran Canaria Big Band + special guests Polo Ortí (piano) and Jorge Pardo (flute)

  

• 3 May: Baldosa @ Palacete Rodríguez Quegles, Calle Benito Pérez Galdós, 4
  The first (and, IMHO, the best) concert of the cycle «Miércoles, Mayo y Rock & roll». An indie rock quartet from Tenerife featuring Paula de Vega (vocals, guitar), Pedro Rodríguez (guitar), Victor Garritano (bass, vocals) and Miguel Suárez (drums). Full of youthful enthusiasm, catchy songs, short and to the point. Baldosa, Mejor Banda Revelación de los Premios Canarios de la Música 2022, are playing 28 July 2023 at WOMAD Charlton Park.

  

• 6 May: Taburiente @ Auditorio José Antonio Ramos
  The quartet from La Palma celebrating their 50^th anniversary. (Or rather 51^st, according to what Miguel Pérez said during the concert.) Taburiente: Luis Morera (vocals), Miguel Pérez (vocals, guitar), José Eduardo Martín and Carlos Martín Brito (vocals, guitar), accompanied by Augusto Báez (piano), Sergio García (percussion), Juan Carlos León (sax), Germán López (timple), Totó Noriega (drums, percussion) and Jaime del Pino (electric bass).

  

• 10 May: Telurian @ Palacete Rodríguez Quegles
  Vanessa Lemoine (lead vocals, guitar, keys), Jorge Rodríguez (drums, vocals), Guillermo Sánchez (bass guitar, vocals) and Pablo Silva (guitar, sax, vocals). In the beginning the performance was marred by technical problems but the young Telurians persevered!

  

• 13 May: Noche Europea de los Museos @ Vegueta
  In CAAM (Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno), the exhibition Isla de Arte, plus Matriz by Paula Scamparini and Corpografías by Analivia Cordeiro; in Casa de Colón, more Isla de Arte, with paintings by Pedro de Guezala, Francisco Iturrino, Néstor and Sorolla, among others.

  

  

  

• 16 May: «Soleil: Música en la corte de Luis XIV» @ Casa de Colón, Calle Colón, 1
  Academia del Atlante has opened the 8^th edition of the cycle Música Antigua en el Patio with music of the times of Louis XIV, “le Roi Soleil”. Featuring Yurena Darias (viola da gamba), Liana Llauger (lute), Jorge Rubiales (theorbo) and Carol Sosa (soprano). The programme included:

  François Couperin: Salve Regina Jean-Baptiste Lully: Qu’Atys dans ses respects mêlé d’indifférence Robert de Visée: Prelude Jean-Baptiste Lully: Atys est trop heureux Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Par la souveraine sagesse Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Ah! Quelle affreuse image Jean-Baptiste Lully: Sé que me muero Marin Marais: Marche Tartare André Campra: O dulcis amor Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Sans frayeur

  

• 17 May: Kimera @ Palacete Rodríguez Quegles
  OK covers, much better originals. Luis Auyanet (drums), Dani González (guitar, vocals), Pablo Roldán (guitar) and Pablo Saavedra (bass, vocals).

  

• 18 May: Gino Marcelli @ Teatro Guiniguada, Plaza F. Mesa de León
  A masterclass organised by Mousikê La Laguna, with focus on harmony on piano and composing for cinema.

• 20 May: Noche Europea de los Museos @ Museo Castillo de Mata, Calle Domingo Guerra del Río, 147
  Yes, another “night at the museum”. A complimentary glass of cider — I didn’t drink it, but still, a nice touch — perhaps to compensate for a shock of the soprano.
  1. Bianca Milacic (live painting) and Francisco Navarro (percussion): «Museum»
  2. Rafaela Carrasco: «Ariadna (al hilo del mito)»
  3. Enrike Solinís and Euskal Barrokensemble: «Canarios y jácaras»
  4. Mariza Donizette Benedito and Santiago del Carmen (body painting): «El santuario de las musas»
  5. Audiovisual presentation «Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1478—2023»
  6. Juanjo Artero (recitation) and Javier Infante (guitar): «Noche de poesía»
  7. Estefanía Perdomo (soprano) and Nauzet Afonso (piano): Quando me’n vo’ (Musetta’s Waltz) from La Bohème (Puccini) and Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß from Giuditta (Franz Lehár)
• 23 May: Maui and Susana Baca @ Edificio Miller, Parque Santa Catalina
  This double concert, plus exhibition of photos by Mónica Rodríguez Medina «MUJERES con mayúsculas», was the first part of the cycle «Voces de Ellas». Maui de Utrera presented the show «Quererse a medias», accompanied with Paco Soto (guitar), Kiko Martin and Juan Carlos Gil (palmas, baile). Susana Baca’s magnificent performance included such classics as Canterurías, Negra Presuntuosa and Toro Mata. Now who will explain me why the venue was half-empty?

  

• 27 May: «Alma» @ Auditorio José Antonio Ramos
  Three weeks after his performance with Taburiente, timplist Germán López takes centre stage. With Augusto Báez (piano), Jairo Cabrera (wind instruments), Valentín Iturat (drums), Carlos Meneses (bass), Antonio Toledo (guitar) and Carla Vega (vocals).

Good bye May. I’m gonna miss you.