Luminoso Bach tricentenario por Akamus en Santander

By Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 31 August 2021

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Reviewed at Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria: Sala Argenta, Santander on 27 August 2021

Bach, Brandenburg Concerto no. 1 in F major, BWV1046

Bach, Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV1048

Bach, Brandenburg Concerto no. 4 in G major, BWV1049

Bach, Brandenburg Concerto no. 6 in B flat major, BWV1051

Bach, Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 in D major, BWV1050

Bach, Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F major, BWV1047

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

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Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro

Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro es un apasionado de toda la música clásica, pero muy especialmente de la obra y de la personalidad de Gustav Mahler. Su estudio y su disfrute han llenado y llenan su vida, hasta el punto de que una autoridad como José Luis Pérez de Arteaga lo ha calificado como "fabuloso estudioso mahleriano". Actualmente es coeditor de la principal web en castellano dedicada a dicho compositor (gustav-mahler.es). Profesionalmente, enseña e investiga neuroanatomía animal en la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela.