Free live music and stuff in Las Palmas, April 2024

This is what I’ve seen in April:

• 3 April: Grupo coral @ Palacete Rodríguez Quegles, Calle Benito Pérez Galdós, 4
  The programme included: Wiegenlied and Das Heimliche Lied by Louis Spohr, performed by Andrea Quintana Mesa (soprano), Simón Martín (clarinet) and Cristina Díaz Álamo (piano); Yesterday and Can’t Help Falling in Love performed by Paula Herrera Hernández (mezzo-soprano), Nira Vera Almeida (harp) and Laura Urbín López (harp); and Bastien und Bastienne (Bastián y Bastiana) by Mozart, with Teresa Rodríguez Vázquez (Bastiana), Daniel Marrero González (Bastian), Francesco Pisapia (Colas), Marta López Falcón (flute) and Riccardo Vignaga (piano).

  

• 7 April: Happy Piano Day 2024 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, various locations (11:30—22:00)
  This year, the 6^th edition of Happy Piano Day was postponed because of rain, and I was afraid it would be cancelled again because, well, it was raining in the morning. But it stopped in the afternoon and in the evening I headed straight to the Parque San Telmo to watch Levi Keyb & Kisandra Pujol (19:00), Sergio Alonso & Magdalena Padilla (20:00) and two Charlie Chaplin films accompanied by Federico Lechner (21:00).

  

• 11 April: Luismi Segurado @ Teatro Guiniguada, Plaza F. Mesa de León
  A masterclass organised by Mousikê La Laguna.

• 13 April: «Étnico» @ Auditorio José Antonio Ramos, Parque Doramas
  Another great Musicando concert with José Manuel Ramos (guitar, vocals) and Benito Cabrera (timple).

  

• 14 April: Zumba @ Parque de El Rincón
  As a part of the Tour Universo Mujer, Jessica Expósito gave two free classes of Zumba Fitness; I joined in for twenty minutes or so.
• 17 April: Grupos de cámara @ Palacete Rodríguez Quegles
  The complete programme of this evening of classical chamber musi is available here. My favourite part was Pagan Dances for Saxophone Quartet (Pagan Ballad and Pagan Fugue) by Steve Winstead performed by José Manuel Falcón, Gabriel Climent, Gabriel Santana and Alberto Medina.

  

• 25 April: Alba Rodríguez and Víctor Lemes @ Museo Castillo de Mata, Calle Domingo Guerra del Río, 147
  A double bill of Gran Canarian singers-songwriters in one evening, the fourth concert from the cycle «12 Noches de autor».
• 27 April: Maratón de Jazz @ Auditorio José Antonio Ramos
  The LPA International Jazz Day concert organised by Fabrica La Isleta.
  • 18:00: Maracujazz Trio featuring Ernesto Rossger (electric guitar), Jonay Mesa (acoustic guitar) and Nelson Saavedra (double bass), plus a guest vocalist Melania Piñeiro.
  • 19:00: Manu Sija, an Argentine multiinstrumentalist (electric bass, guitars, keyboards, drums, percussion, accordion, violin, vocals and loops) — a true discovery for me!
  • 20:00: Gary Willis Trio featuring Gary Willis (electric bass), Gergo Borlai (drums) and Zsolt Kaltenecker (keyboards). Unfortunately, this last set was interrupted by rain.

  

And two exhibitions:

• 14 March — 5 May: «Deshilar la Colección. Urdimbres de lo sagrado: tramas que des(a)nudan amarres» @ Casa de Colón, Calle Colón, 1
  An exhibition of works by Canarian artist Macarena Nieves Cáceres.

• 18 April — 17 May: «Poéticas del Deseo» @ Centro de Artes Plásticas (CAP), Calle Colón, 8
  The works by José Luis Luzardo revolve around sex, gender violence, religion and disease. Naturally, they generate controversy: the Abogados Cristianos, the foundation known for being prodigious litigators in “defense of religious feelings”, were not exactly happy with images of Virgin Mary, saints or Pope John Paul II within glass dildos and (so far unsuccessfully) demanded to suspend the exhibition.

And that was it for April.