- “Sal de mi vida”, by Víctor Daniel Lozada which was the winner of the “Manuel Parada” composition award in 2018, was heard for the first time.
- The jury composed of Nuria Fernández, Julia Foruria, Filippa Phalares, Robert Sellés and David Colado has already started its activity.
On the third evening of the 69th International Contest of Habaneras and Polyphony of Torrevieja has begun the phase of choral competition. It has done so with four international groups, from South America, who have been the first to interpret “Sal de mi vida”, by Víctor Daniel Lozada who won the composition prize “Manuel Parada” in 2018 and that this year is the work of obligatory interpretation by all the groups that dispute the winners of the Certamen, along with two habaneras and two free polyphonies.
The start of the competition has also brought the beginning of the activity of the five members of the jury in charge of judging this edition. Well-known personalities of the national and international music scene under the presidency of Nuria Fernández and with Julia Foruria, Filippa Phalares and Robert Sellés as members. David Colado acts as secretary.
The first group to take the stage of the Municipal Theater was the madrigal ensemble of the Universidad de Playa Ancha de Valparaíso (Chile), followed by the Ensamble Oikos from Montevideo (Uruguay), the Adelis Freitez polyphonic choir from the State of Lara (Venezuela) and the Pichincha choir from Quito (Ecuador).
In this evening has appeared before the media the presenter of the Contest, Elena Sanchez. The TVE journalist has stressed how happy she is happy to be back in Torrevieja and has returned to praise the international projection of the Contest. He has been delighted with the spectacularity of the Municipal Theatre, although he confessed that he misses the magic of the emblematic site of the Eras de la Sal, historical-monumental complex in which they have already undertaken the mandatory archaeological work for the large comprehensive rehabilitation project, making it impossible for the time being the celebration of the contest there.
THIS THURSDAY, SECOND COMPETITION EVENING
Tomorrow, Thursday, the competition continues with four new groups of international origin: the mixed choir Kaunas Kamertonas from Lithuania; the Ensamble Vocal Macondo from Medellín (Colombia); the Coro Concordia from Warsaw (Poland) and the chamber choir from Copiapó (Chile).
HABANERA AFTERNOONS
This July 26 have continued the “Afternoons of Habaneras” at the confluence of the commercial streets Concepción with Fotógrafos Darblade, as a parallel activity to the Contest. It has done so by putting in value the strength of the poetry of Ricardo Lafuente, with a performance by the association 3MAP
1st Image provided by the Certamen Internacional de Habaneras y Polifonía de Torrevieja.