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Cantoría is a vocal ensemble specialized in the Iberian Golden Age repertoire and conducted by Jorge Losana. It was formed in the summer of 2016 at the International Early Music Festival of Sierra Espuña (Murcia), although it has its origins in the Early Music Department of the High School of Music of Catalonia (Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya - ESMUC, Barcelona).
It is formed by Inés Alonso (soprano), Samuel Tapia (countertenor), Jorge Losana (tenor and conduction) and Valentín Miralles (bass), although it usually collaborates with other singers and musicians specialized in historically informed performance. In 2017 they were selected for the International Young Artist's Presentation program (IYAP, Antwerp, Belgium), the residences of the Cité de la Voix at Vezelay in 2018, and the emerging european ensambles program, Eeemerging 2018. |
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"The freshness in which music flows, the sympathy and empathy that they establish with the audience is something very remarkable in them"
Cultural Resuena
"great strictness, seasoned with a great freshness and closeness. Their youth, in this case, is an added value that helps to approach this repertoire to current audiences and tastes."
El Periódico de Lanzarote
"When this guys opened their mouths the room was filled with light"
Paola Erdas, Wunderkammer
Cultural Resuena
"great strictness, seasoned with a great freshness and closeness. Their youth, in this case, is an added value that helps to approach this repertoire to current audiences and tastes."
El Periódico de Lanzarote
"When this guys opened their mouths the room was filled with light"
Paola Erdas, Wunderkammer
Members
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Cantoría is a vocal ensemble specialized in the Iberian Golden Age repertoire and conducted by Jorge Losana. It was formed in the summer of 2016 at the International Early Music Festival of Sierra Espuña (Murcia), although it has its origins in the Early Music Department of the High School of Music of Catalonia (Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya - ESMUC, Barcelona).It is formed by Inés Alonso (soprano), Samuel Tapia (countertenor), Jorge Losana (tenor and conduction) and Valentín Miralles (bass), although it usually collaborates with other singers and musicians specialized in historically informed performance.
The group has been selected for Eeemerging 2018, a cooperation program supported by the European Union and organized by the Cultural Meeting Center of Ambronay (France) together with seven other collaborators: the National Center for Early Music of the University of Bucharest (Romania), the Göttingen International Händel Festival (Göttingen, Germany), the Ars Ramovš Institute in Ljubljana (Slovenia), the Ghislieri Music Center in Pavia (Italy), the Early Music Center in Riga (Lithuania), the National Center for Early Music of York (United Kingdom) and the audiovisual production company Ozango (France). Likewise, in 2017 thy were selected as young promise by the International Young Artist's Presentation (IYAP, Antwerp, Belgium), the "fringe" edition of the Musica Antiqua Early Music Festival (Bruges, Belgium) and the "fringe" edition of the prestigious Oude Muziek festival (Utrecht, Netherlands) together with other groups of young professionals from all over Europe. Thy are members of the Spanish Early Music Groups Association (GEMA) and is supported by the Institute for Cultural Industries and the Arts of the Region of Murcia, the City of Murcia and the High School of Music of Catalonia (ESMUC, Barcelona) .
Since its foundation in 2016, Cantoría has offered concerts in different national spaces, highlighting its presence in events such as the International Early Music Festival of Sierra Espuña (Murcia), the International Festival Murcia Tres Culturas, the Simfònic festival (Barcelona) and the Early and Baroque Music Festival of Lorca (Murcia), as well as concerts in Trieste, Aquitaine, Lanzarote, Barcelona, Madrid and Murcia.
The repertoire of Cantoría is based mainly on the music of the Spanish Golden Age and the Italian Renaissance. Along with the investigation of historically informed performance techniques, Cantoría explores and takes advantage of the theatrical and communicative character of Renaissance vocal music and investigates in the field of sound approximation and the Iberian vocal technique of the Renaissance.
The group has been selected for Eeemerging 2018, a cooperation program supported by the European Union and organized by the Cultural Meeting Center of Ambronay (France) together with seven other collaborators: the National Center for Early Music of the University of Bucharest (Romania), the Göttingen International Händel Festival (Göttingen, Germany), the Ars Ramovš Institute in Ljubljana (Slovenia), the Ghislieri Music Center in Pavia (Italy), the Early Music Center in Riga (Lithuania), the National Center for Early Music of York (United Kingdom) and the audiovisual production company Ozango (France). Likewise, in 2017 thy were selected as young promise by the International Young Artist's Presentation (IYAP, Antwerp, Belgium), the "fringe" edition of the Musica Antiqua Early Music Festival (Bruges, Belgium) and the "fringe" edition of the prestigious Oude Muziek festival (Utrecht, Netherlands) together with other groups of young professionals from all over Europe. Thy are members of the Spanish Early Music Groups Association (GEMA) and is supported by the Institute for Cultural Industries and the Arts of the Region of Murcia, the City of Murcia and the High School of Music of Catalonia (ESMUC, Barcelona) .
Since its foundation in 2016, Cantoría has offered concerts in different national spaces, highlighting its presence in events such as the International Early Music Festival of Sierra Espuña (Murcia), the International Festival Murcia Tres Culturas, the Simfònic festival (Barcelona) and the Early and Baroque Music Festival of Lorca (Murcia), as well as concerts in Trieste, Aquitaine, Lanzarote, Barcelona, Madrid and Murcia.
The repertoire of Cantoría is based mainly on the music of the Spanish Golden Age and the Italian Renaissance. Along with the investigation of historically informed performance techniques, Cantoría explores and takes advantage of the theatrical and communicative character of Renaissance vocal music and investigates in the field of sound approximation and the Iberian vocal technique of the Renaissance.
