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Manuel García: la isla que prefieren los pájaros

By Mario Muñoz, 18 May 2015
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“el público acogió con cariño la música de García, que es de muy buena factura”
Reviewed at Teatros del Canal: Sala Roja, Madrid on 13 May 2015
Programme
García, L'isola disabitata
Performers
Rubén Fernández Aguirre, Conductor
Emilio Sagi, Director
Daniel Bianco, Set Designer
Pepa Ojanguren, Costume Designer
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Mario Muñoz
Mario Muñoz
Mario Muñoz Carrasco (Madrid, 1976) es compositor y crítico musical. Cursa estudios de Guitarra Clásica en la Escuela de Música Creativa para especializarse más adelante en Composición e Improvisación Jazz en la Escuela de Nuevas Músicas. Desde el 2007 ejerce como crítico musical en distintos medios, tanto en radio como en prensa escrita, a la par que participa en actividades musicales de diversa índole (ponencias, congresos, confección de temarios, notas a programas, cursos de apreciación musical, etcétera). Desde su creación en 2011 cursa el Grado en Musicología de la UCM, formando parte de su primera promoción.