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Accademia Bizantina y Ottavio Dantone dan un aire fresco a El arte de la fuga

By Pablo FitzGerald Cerdán, 28 February 2016
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Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 25 February 2016
Programme
Bach, Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV1080
Performers
Accademia Bizantina
Ottavio Dantone, Harpsichord, Conductor
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Pablo FitzGerald Cerdán
Pablo FitzGerald Cerdán
Pablo FitzGerald Cerdán (Madrid, 1994) estudió el grado medio de guitarra clásica en el Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Arturo Soria, y actualmente estudia el grado medio de Instrumentos de Cuerda Pulsada del Renacimiento y el Barroco en el mismo centro, además de cursar, desde 2012, el Grado en Musicología en la Universidad Complutense. Como intérprete de música antigua, ha realizado cursos de perfeccionamiento y forma parte de grupos especializados en la interpretación de este repertorio, además de presentarse como solista. Como musicólogo ha ofrecido conferencias. Colabora también con la revista Síneris y es cofundador del blog 'Lírica para todos'.