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| José Ballesta: "The category has registered its highest participation this year, with 34 groups appearing, of which 12 went to the semifinals and three are the finalists "| Colors, Aixa Sáez Escolano and Yaz Veh.
They are the three finalists of the Other Trends category of the CreaMurcia 2020 Contest, who will compete in the final this Saturday, October 17, at the Murcia Parque auditorium.
The Mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, together with the Councilor for Sustainable Mobility and Youth, presented the finalists this morning at an event held in the Murcia Parque auditorium."The Other Trends category has registered its highest participation this year, with 34 groups that appeared, of which 12 went to the semifinals and three are the finalists who will contest the final this Saturday," said José Ballesta, who added that "they represent the values ??that the youth of a city must uphold, dynamism, without surrendering to adversity in a year that is being dystopian, turning obstacles into horizons ”.Almost 30 years of CreaMurciaThe contest celebrates its XXVIII edition this year, "a national platform for Murcian talent, a springboard that has promoted artists such as Rozalén, Second or Diego Cantero, from Funambulista," said José Ballesta during the event.
Aarón Sáez, from Varry Brava, Alondra Bentley, Bite and Nathy Peluso are other bands that have also passed through the contest throughout its 28 years.Specifically, Other Trends is a category that welcomes different musical styles, such as experimental music, trap, hip hop and electronic, among others.Countdown to the endThe outcome will take place this Saturday, in the Murcia Parque auditorium, at 8 pm, with a maximum capacity of 100 people and free admission; an event that will also be broadcast live, by 'streaming', on the City Council's You Tube channel - like the rest of the musical finals that have already been held.Colors will play first, followed by Aixa Sáez Escolano and, finally, Yaz Veh.
Each group will act for 30 minutes, with a pause between each band, to proceed with the cleaning and disinfection of the technical materials, stages and chairs that are vacated. 3,500 euros in prizesSpecifically, the first prize will be endowed with 2,000 euros, the second with 1,000 euros and the third with 500 euros.
In addition, it should be noted that the 34 groups that participated in this call were able to record demos in a specialized studio.The jury will be chaired by the Councilor for Sustainable Mobility and Youth, Rebeca Pérez, and composed of Jam Albarracín, Claudia Orellana, Miguel Tébar, Maryan Frutos and Juan Albaladejo, who will act as secretary.Career of the finalistsColors is the title of Alfonso de Miguel's solo project (Bullas, 1992).
Artist, musician and professional drummer, in 2010 he began his studies at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Navarra.
In 2014, he obtained an advanced degree in Drums-Jazz and Modern Music with an outstanding.Later, he continued his training in Barcelona, ??Murcia and a brief period in New York.
Throughout his career he has performed on important stages and festivals in Spain, such as JazzFermín (Pamplona).
In 2016 and 2018, he obtained the first prize in the IV Contest of Young Jazz Musicians of Talavera de la Reina, in Toledo, and the first prize in the VI Contest of the International Portón del Jazz Festival of Alhaurín De la Torre.
In 2018, he was selected to study for a Master's degree in Drums and Modern Music at the Maastricht Conservatory in the Netherlands.He is currently immersed in his solo project, under the name of Colors, with which he experiences the possibilities of acoustic drums, electronics, 'loops', percussion ...For her part, Aixa Sáez Escolano has recently recorded a demo with 5 songs, a project that she is currently making known.
Since she was little, she wrote, composed and sings.
He has collaborated with groups such as 'GNC91', from Orihuela, and 'El Kamión de la Basura', from Callosa.Also, Yaz Veh is a proposal based in Murcia, formed by Gonzalo, Nacho Artaza, Sergio Molina, Samuel Navarro and Daniel Osiewala.
It started in 2018, by the hand of Gonzalo (voice and guitar) and Sergio (drums), with the idea of ??fusing instruments, rhythms and harmonies of modern jazz with rap and trap voices, based on 'freestyle' and 'autotune'.In 2019, Samuel (bass) and Nacho (keyboards) joined the group, and took their first steps on stage.
That same year, in the summer, Daniel (keyboards) arrived to complete the formation of the band, creating a powerful and joint sound.In the concerts that they have carried out in the last two years, the group refines its own style based on the interpretations that they give to their songs, as if it were a 'standard' of Jazz, making it never sound twice the same, understanding music as a conversation between instruments.
The release of their first EP is expected in early summer 2020.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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