Recording with Taka 2009

Photo: With Taka at the Salon 

I’ve been with my good friend Taka from Japan, collaborating as he records his first solo album. Here we are testing the tone and those other things...

Photo: With Taka at the Studio

The recording is finished. And we like how it turned out, don’t we Taka?

Spain National Orchestra and Mtro. Josep Pons

Photo: With Josep Pons and Mauricio Sotelo at the dressing room

Master Soelo and I were invited today by Master Josep Pons to a marvellous concert. You can see a copy of the programme below. We really enjoyed it. Thank you Maestro!

Ludwig van Beethoven

Concierto para piano y orquesta núm. 5, 

en Mi bemol mayor, opus 73 “Emperador” 

Allegro 

Adagio un poco mosso

Allegro ma non troppo

Gustav Mahler 

Sinfonía núm. 5, en Do sostenido menor 

Trauermarsch (Marcha fúnebre) 

Stürmisch bewegt (Tempestuosamente agitado)

Scherzo

Adagietto

Allegro

Concert in Gran Canaria-Day 2

Photo: Children enjoying the concert

Photo: Flamenco Concert with Rafa

Photo: With children and  Maestro Costas Cotsiolis after the concert

Concert in Gran Canaria Day-1

Photo: Press conference at the Auditorium Alfredo Kraus

The concerts start today. They are for children aged 3-9 and explain the history of the guitar. The show is entitled "Guitarra Tarra".

Photo: Entering children into Auditorium

This is probably the youngest audience I have ever played for. But they are great.

Photo: © Marcos de Rada

You can see what I good time I had watching them dance!

 

Trip to Gran Canaria 2009

Photo: At the Madrid International Airport

We travelled to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria today. I came across Tao at Madrid Airport. He is the percussionist I went on tour with a few years ago.

Foto: En el Camerino con Rafa

We went to the Alfredo Kraus Theatre in the afternoon to rehearse with Rafa Villalba and the other musicians. Starting tomorrow, we give concerts to 5,500 children from the island!

should be fun...!

I have created an Album of  CANARIAS in "CAÑI ALUBUM"

"Viaje a CANARIAS 2009"