Here are some free events that I attended this month:
- 5 February: David Quevedo & Ensemble Salvaje @ Paraninfo de La Universidad de Las Palmas, Calle Juan de Quesada, 30, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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The last event of Festival en paralelo that Timur and I were able to attend (it was free but one had to pick up the tickets beforehand, and I know people who weren’t so lucky).
- Llamada Tribal (David Quevedo)
- Intro Salvaje (David Quevedo)
- Advenimiento (David Quevedo)
- Excuses (Manuel Bonino)
- Wild Wild Hip Hop (Tana Santana)
- Todo Lo Que Te Propongas (Ernesto Mateo)
- La Ceremonia (Mario Ferrer Medina)
- Sr. Castaño (Luis Merino)
- Trance (Giulia Valle, arr. Toni Vaquer)
- Folías Calmas (David Quevedo)
- Blues Saljaje (David Quevedo)
- Interludio para Cello y Violín (Manuel Bonino)
- Mestizarama V.A. (David Quevedo)
The programme included
The band featured:
- Toni Vaquer (conductor), Esther Ovejero, Errol Woiski (vocals), Kino Ait Idrissen (gimbri, vocals), David Quevedo, Manuel Bonino, Ernesto Mateo (piano), Tana Santana (double bass, rap), Tom Warburton (double bass), José Carlos Cejudo (electric bass), Luis Merino (guitar), Germán López (timple), Javi Montero (drums), “Mayin” Mario Ferrer Medina, José Carlos Cubas, Nasim López-Palacios (percussion), Ana Muñoz, Carlos Alemán, Carlos López, Gustavo Montesdeoca, Ana Gil, Jairo Cabrera, Ernesto Aurignac, Kike Perdomo, Gabriel Domínguez, Juan Domingo Travieso (woodwinds), Rubén Guerrero, Abimael Ojeda, Matthew Simon, Idafe Pérez, Josep Tutusaus, Yossi Itskovich, Óscar Sanitso (brass), David Ballesteros, Matej Osap, Liliana Montané, Elisabeth Hernández, Laura Espino, Beatriz Nuez, Ismel Leal, Elena Mederos, David Cáceres, Juan Pablo Alemán, Caterina Trujillo and Miguel Ángel Gómez (strings).
- 6 February: Quiana Lynell @ Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Avda. Príncipe de Asturias
- Before playing two dates with Perinké Big Band, Ms Lynell gave a masterclass of jazz vocal which, I think, was useful for instrumentalists too although none of them had a chance to jam (unlike, say, Aubrey Logan’s masterclass last year). There was a moment of embarrassment when in the end of the class Quiana asked “Well, who is coming to the show?” and apprently nobody in the audience was going to. “See you tonight maybe?” she tried again hopefully but then Ximo Martínez, the musical director of Perinké Big Band, attempted to save the situation by announcing that both shows are sold out, which made the moment even more embarrassing.
- 7 February — 4 March: Leonardo Da Vinci. Observa, cuestiona, experimenta @ Parque de San Telmo
- Although there are no original works of Leonardo, I found this fun interactive exhibition well worth 30 minutes of my life.
- 8 February: Carmen París “En síntesis” @ Auditorio José Antonio Ramos, Parque Doramas
- Accompanied by Diego Ebbeler (piano) and Jorge Tejerina (percussion, vocals), Carmen París brought her inimitable fusion of jota, bolero, cha-cha-cha, Candombe, jazz etc. etc. with hits such as Cuerpo triste, Distancia espeluznante and Mucho Ringo-Rango. Half-way through Guaraní, the power went off but the trio continued unplugged as if nothing had happened.
- 21 February: Exposición Multiculturalidad @ Centro Cívico Suárez Naranjo, Calle Pamochamoso 34
- With the participation of Coro del Distrito Centro del Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the African Percussion workshop (including yours truly; however, we played just one African song together with a choir) and the Tango workshop.
- 25 February: Juanes @ Parque Santa Catalina
- After a gloomy weekend, with many Carnival events cancelled across Canaries thanks to calima, the
Mardi GrasMartes de Carnaval celebrations went as planned, culminating with Juanes’ concert in Santa Catalina, attended by some 30,000 revellers. The place was absolutely packed and for a good reason. Starting with A Dios le Pido all way through Bonita, La Camisa Negra, La Paga, Volverte a Ver, Yerbatero and so on, finishing with La Luz.
Come on, let’s have Spring already.
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