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La Clementina en el Teatro de la Zarzuela: cualquier tiempo pasado fue mejor

By Mario Muñoz, 09 May 2015
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“La dirección de Marcon, siempre vivaz, atenta y con mucha intención en los fragmentos instrumentales”
Reviewed at Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid on 6 May 2015
Programme
Boccherini, La Clementina, G 540
Performers
Andrea Marcon, Conductor
Mario Gas, Set Designer
Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid
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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.