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La energía del rito: Teodor Currentzis deslumbra con su Mozart en el Auditorio Nacional

By Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 11 March 2024
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“el director griego nos inmerge desde el principio en un clima de angustia y aprehensión”
Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 10 March 2024
Programme
Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 24 in C minor, K491
Mozart, Requiem in D minor, K626
Performers
musicAeterna
Teodor Currentzis, Conductor
Olga Pashchenko, Fortepiano
Elizaveta Sveshnikova, Soprano
Egor Semenkov, Tenor
Andrey Nemzer, Tenor
Alexey Tikhomirov, Bass-baritone
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Leonardo Mattana Ereño
Leonardo Mattana Ereño

Leonardo Mattana (1988) es Doctor en filosofía por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. También ha cursado estudios de piano, composición, teoría musical e historia de la música en el conservatorio de Sassari (Italia). Sus pasiones musicales son trasversales, privilegiando la música sinfónica y de cámara, pero sobre todo, buscando siempre en la experiencia estética de la música elementos de reflexión.