At 10:30 hours of February 13, 2015, the members of the Evaluation Commission that should assess applications for obtaining Abvlensis 2015 Scholarship met in Ávila. This committee is formed, according to the bases of the call, by the following members:
In addition to the new website, whe feature today two studies written by Silvia Galán Hernández, one of our staff members. They are two researches about de reception of Tomás Luis de Victoria music in the nineteenth century from the point of view of recovery and edition of his music.
We hope they can be interesting for you.
The Victoria Choir is a professional chorus of international projection wich is based in Madrid. It have twelve singers -sopranos, altos, countertenor, tenor and bass- having both group and soloists roles, depending on the works to be performed. The essential repertoire of Coro Victoria is the Spanish Renaissance polyphony with special attention to the figure of Tomás Luis de Victoria. Other Baroque and Classicism repertoires will be sung, working with instrumental groups and orchestras specialized in the historicist interpretation.
Juan Diego Ortiz Izquierdo has just published in crowfunding platform libros.com his bibliographical proposal, under the title "Victoria, un réquiem para María", in which he gives his vision of the last years of Victoria's life, taking as thread the Officium Defunctorum.
Everybody can collaborate in order to make this project true, with contributions from 7€ to 99€, which give access to different benefits related to the edition.
The book "El corazón de la piedra" has been just released, in which José María García López, writer born in Avila and settled in Cadiz recounts, in the voice of the Archduchess Margaret of Habsburg, the vicissitudes of Europe at that time.
Through such diverse sites as the naval battles of Lepanto and the Invincible Army or cities like Vienna, Prague and Budapest, the Archduchess Margaret, on his retirement at the Descalzas Reales in Madrid draws a exciting sketch of the music of her time.
The Music Festival "Abvlensis", along with the V Centenary of the birth of Santa Teresa and the Medieval Days, will be the protagonists of Avila tour package at the International Tourism Fair -FITUR- to be held in Madrid from 22 to 26 January 2014.
In Hora Sexta vocal ensemble published last September on Youtube its concert at Pontificia Parrochia Sant'Anna in Vaticano, which took place on 13th. of october 2012. A great recording by vatican channel Telepace that includes the interpretation of maitin lections for MaundyThursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday.
As stated in the information about Abvlensis International Music Festival, organized every year by our Center, the full amount of incomes is intended for a scholarship to develop research related to the CEV.
Regarding the issue of 2013, is Silvia Galan, from Center team, who will develop this work, mainly to review, update and expand the musical background and documentary material of the Center.
Already in bookstores ICCMU's new publication, edited by Manuel del Sol and Javier Suárez-Pajares, which includes important studies focusing on many aspects of Victoria: study of sources, biographical, historiographical, interpretive, among others. This is the result of the research works presented by relevant especilistas and young musicologists at the past Victoria International Congress held in León on 2011.
The ten CD set edited by Caja Madrid in its series Los Siglos de Oro, with Michael Noone as artistic director and the Ensemble Plus Ultra, among others, as players, has been awarded with the Gramophone Prize.
