Broken Chord. El viaje de las fronteras de Gregory Maqoma

By Maria Sánchez, 21 July 2021

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Reviewed at Palau de la Música, Barcelona on 19 July 2021

Broken Chord (Gregory Maqoma)

Thuthuka Sibisi, Conductor

Laduma Ngxokolo, Costume Designer

Xolisile Bongwana, Dancer

Zandile Hlatshwayo, Vocals

Siphiwe Nkabinde, Vocals

Tshegofatso Khunwane, Vocals

Chamber Chorus of the Palau de la Música Catalana

Return to the Forest is a magical experience at Sadler’s Wells East

Maggie Foyer, 28th May

Gregory Maqoma’s immersive Return to the Forest delighted a captivated audience at Sadler’s Wells East with a superlative creative team and skilful dancing.

*****

Ballet Black celebrates its 20th anniversary with a double bill

Graham Watts, 19th October

Say It Loud and Black Sun prove to be two distinct works that showcase Ballet Black's diversity.

****1

Temirkanov and Leticia Moreno: tradition and the future, together in Barcelona

Pep Gorgori, 23rd May

Temirkanov avoided any useless gesture, while Leticia Moreno explored all the pain, sadness and violence of Shostakovich’s Concerto

*****

Sparkling Così fan tutte in Barcelona

Pep Gorgori, 24th April

Jacobs has found in the excellent musicians of this orchestra the perfect laboratory to explore his conception of Mozart.

****1

Dudamel conquers Barcelona with Beethoven

Pep Gorgori, 13th March

In Barcelona, Gustavo Dudamel and Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela continued their Beethoven cycle with performances of the Fifth and Sixth.

*****

Pablo Heras-Casado explores Monteverdi in Barcelona

Pep Gorgori, 9th February

Having received excellent reviews for his Mahler, Verdi, Wagner and Shostakovich, Pablo Heras-Casado decided to programme a composer he has loved since his youth: Claudio Monteverdi.

****1

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Maria Sánchez

Nacida en Barcelona, se formó musicalmente a una edad temprana y de manera autodidacta. Graduada en Historia del Arte (Universitat de Barcelona) y posteriormente formada en el máster Música como Arte Interdisciplinar (Universitat de Barcelona / ESMUC / Universitat Rovira i Virgili), se especializó en el estudio y creación de nuevos lenguajes escénicos y musicales. Ha llevado a cabo la creación de proyectos dramatúrgicos en torno a la reformulación del mito clásico en las artes escénicas contemporáneas, eje vertebral de sus estudios. En la actualidad, continúa proyectando nuevos discursos y planteamientos sobre la supervivencia del mito en lo social y lo artístico.