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Destellos de maestría en el Auditorio Nacional: Ashkenazy, Bashkirova y la Philharmonia Orchestra

By Tatiana Aráez, 27 April 2019
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Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 25 April 2019
Programme
Mendelssohn, Overture, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op.27
Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 21 in C major, K467
Elgar, Enigma Variations on an Original Theme for Orchestra, Op.36
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Philharmonia Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Conductor
Elena Bashkirova, Piano
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Tatiana Aráez
Tatiana Aráez
Tatiana Aráez Santiago es licenciada en piano y música de cámara por el RCSMM. Complementa su formación con la licenciatura en Historia y Ciencias de la Música y realiza el Máster en Música Española e Hispanoamericana recibiendo una beca de colaboración con el Departamento de Musicología, en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Becada por el MECD, lleva a cabo en la actualidad su tesis doctoral sobre la figura y obra de Joaquín Turina. Es además licenciada en Filología Inglesa por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, estudios finalizados en la University College London, y posee el Certificado de Aptitud Pedagógica.