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Richard Strauss frente al espejo: Pons y la ONE afrontan un brillante monográfico

By Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 23 April 2023
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Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 22 April 2023
Programme
Strauss R., Elektra: Symphonic Rhapsody
Strauss R., Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs)
Strauss R., Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Op.24
Performers
Anne-Sophie Duprels, Soprano
Orquesta Nacional de España
Josep Pons, Conductor
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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.