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| Organ and band music takes center stage in the last quarter of the year | The Department of Culture and Heritage Recovery has drawn up an extensive program of musical activities for the last quarter of the year, in which the organs and bands will take center stage.Thus, in the coming months the cycles 'Sound the organs' and 'Music Bands of our municipality' will take place.Councilor Jesús Pacheco has indicated that "within our new cultural model, support for artists and creatives at all stages of their professional careers and specialization in street exhibitions, as part of our identity, are key.

initiatives like this bring culture closer to new audiences ".Thus, a total of six music bands from the municipality will participate in 17 concerts this fall.

More than 350 musicians will perform in different spaces of the municipality: Murcia Parque, Almudí Palace, Casa del Belén, El Palmar, Beniaján, Guadalupe and Cabezo Torres.These will be the first concerts of the bands after the confinement and will have the peculiarity that they will be formations of no more than 20 musicians."The bands of our municipality have had to adapt to the new sanitary measures and are making great efforts to be able to develop their activities.

For this reason they deserve the effort to carry out this series of concerts, where we will be able to see and listen to groups of musicians smaller than we are used to but always with great artistic gifts ", Pacheco pointed out.The bands from Guadalupe, Cabezo de Torres, Beniaján, El Palmar, Puente Tocinos and Torreagüera will participate in this cycle.Access to the spaces to enjoy the concerts will be on a first-come, first-served basis, with the use of gels at the entrance and bathrooms, seated distantly, and mandatory use of a mask.Organs soundThis cycle of organ concerts, organized in collaboration with the Merklin Association of Friends of the Organ of the Region of Murcia, will take place next Thursday, October 15, at the Iglesia del Carmen, and Friday, December 11 at the Church of San Miguel .Daniel Oyarzábal will be in charge of sounding the organ of the Iglesia del Carmen, in a recital that will begin at 8.30 pm.Oyarzábal has a long international career that has been cultivated for years with an intense concert activity at prestigious festivals in more than 20 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and America.As a harpsichord and organ soloist, his main instrument, he has performed in concert at important venues such as the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg, the Düsseldorf Opernhaus opera house, the Estonia Concert Hall in Tallinn, the Auditorium in Lyon, the Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofía and Palau de la Música in Valencia, the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, ??the Royal Theater and National Music Auditorium in Madrid, the Stiftbasilika in St.

Florian in Austria and the cathedrals of Moscow, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Florence, León and Seville, among others.He is currently the principal organist of the National Orchestra of Spain, organist of the Getafe Cathedral in Madrid and professor of the Degree in Contemporary Music Composition at the TAI-Universidad Rey Juan Carlos University School of Arts and Shows in Madrid.On the other hand, on Friday, December 11 at 8:30 p.m., Jesús Sampedro, Organ professor at the Superior Conservatory of Seville, will offer a recital at the Church of San MiguelSampedro is also president of the Friends of the Cavaillé-Coll Organ Association in Seville and director of the I International Organ Cycle of Malaga.His concert activity leads him to participate in a large number of specialized Cycles and Festivals such as those offered in Poland, France, Russia, Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, Estonia ...

During his stay in Paris he was organist of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Créteil (Paris).During his career he has recorded different CDs such as 'Los Órganos Históricos de Sevilla', 'Marchas de Semana Santa Vol I' and 'Marchas de Semana Santa Vol II'.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia