{"id":7753,"date":"2025-07-16T19:58:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T18:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informacionlocal.es\/fuerteventura-welcomes-the-youth-orchestra-of-the-canary-islands-with-its-carnival-of-the-animals\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T19:58:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T18:58:51","slug":"fuerteventura-welcomes-the-youth-orchestra-of-the-canary-islands-with-its-carnival-of-the-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informacionlocal.es\/en\/fuerteventura-welcomes-the-youth-orchestra-of-the-canary-islands-with-its-carnival-of-the-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuerteventura welcomes the Youth Orchestra of the Canary Islands with its ‘Carnival of the animals’."},"content":{"rendered":"
July 16, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

The concert will take place on Friday, July 25 at 8:00 p.m. at the Palacio de Formaci\u00f3n y Congresos.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fuerteventura welcomes the Youth Orchestra of the Canary Islands with its ‘Carnival of the animals’.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The formation is presented in chamber format, under the direction of V\u00edctor Pablo P\u00e9rez and with the musician and humorist V\u00edctor Lemes as narrator.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There will be sign language interpreters on stage, as well as special devices for the hearing impaired, free of charge.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Youth Orchestra of the Canary Islands<\/strong> (JOCAN) will perform the famous work ‘The Carnival of the Animals’<\/strong> by Camille Saint Sa\u00ebns in Fuerteventura<\/strong>, where the public can also hear the island version entitled ‘The Carnival of the Canary Animals’.<\/strong> It will be on July 25, at 20.00 pm, at the Palace of Training and Congresses<\/strong>, in a concert in chamber format directed by Victor Pablo Perez<\/strong>, and with a funny script and narration by the musician and comedian Victor Lemes<\/strong>. Tickets are available at ecoentradas.com.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

It will be part of a tour of several islands of the archipelago, in which there will also be a special free device for the hearing impaired<\/strong>, who will be able to ‘hear’ the concerts through sensory backpacks.<\/p>\n

Program<\/strong><\/p>\n

The concert will begin with the interpretation of some fragments of ‘El Carnaval de los animales canarios’, in which the island composers Celia Rivero and Sergio Rodriguez<\/strong>, put music to several animals that are linked to the archipelago<\/strong>, among others the giant lizard of El Hierro, the eared bat, the hawkbill bird, the blind crab of Lanzarote and the blue whale<\/strong>; and also the aquaviva, the tiger butterfly, the Canarian camel, the grouper, the giant tortoise of Tenerife and the sardine. <\/strong>In this case, under the direction of the young Santiago Padilla.<\/p>\n

The second part, which incorporates V\u00edctor Lemes as narrator, will be for ‘The Carnival of the Animals’.<\/strong> This piece was composed by Saint-Sa\u00ebns<\/strong> in 1886 and is a suite in fourteen movements that he made during a vacation in Austria as a kind of musical joke to entertain his friends. In fact, he forbade it to be published or performed during his lifetime, with the exception of the movement ‘The Swan’, which he considered serious and beautiful. So the work was publicly premiered after his death in 1922 <\/strong>and became very popular since then, since, although it is a humorous work, it is composed with great mastery and deep knowledge of instrumental color. <\/p>\n

In each of these movements, an animal or scene is depicted with a humorous and parodic touch. For example, in the movement ‘Fossils’, Saint-Sa\u00ebns parodies himself and other colleagues such as Rossini and Offenbach. The piece will be conducted by V\u00edctor Lemes, <\/strong>who has created an amusing script to accompany the orchestra and act as narrator in the concert. <\/p>\n

With pianists for the first time<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the novelties of this year is that, for the first time, two young pianists<\/strong> will participate in the JOCAN ,<\/strong> namely Gabriel \u00c1lvarez Doreste and Natalia Dionis Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong>, chosen in a recent public call<\/strong>. They will be joined on stage by a selection of musicians chosen from the instrumentalists’ pool of the Youth Orchestra: Unai Marrero Sim\u00f3n (clarinet); \u00c9rika Guti\u00e9rrez Castillo (double bass), Sara Lorenzo Gonz\u00e1lez (flute); Ra\u00fal Fern\u00e1ndez Morales (percussion); Liz Flor Gonz\u00e1lez Dur\u00e1n (viola); Marie Cooper Aube (violin); In\u00e9s Ruiz Ortiz de Anti\u00f1ano (violin) and Aurora Fibla Tejedas (cello).<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Young musicians from the different islands of the Canary Islands, who are currently in the last year of their academic musical training in centers around the world, or recent graduates. For this tour, the JOCAN will once again count on the young conductor, Santiago Padilla<\/strong>, who accompanied the orchestra in its formative part during last year’s tour, three years after being selected in a specific public call. On this occasion he will also be responsible for conducting one of the pieces in the program, ‘El carnaval de los animales canarios’. <\/p>\n

Inclusive concerts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Given the good reception of its last tour, JOCAN is once again providing its concerts with some initiatives that will make them inclusive and accessible to everyone<\/strong>, including people with hearing disabilities<\/strong>. To this end, and in collaboration with Fundaci\u00f3n DISA,<\/strong> which assumes this sponsorship, it provides the public with sensory backpacks<\/strong> with which people with hearing problems will be able to enjoy this experience more fully. <\/p>\n

There will be ten of these devices, which will be provided free of charge upon request, starting July 14, by e-mail to <\/strong>jocan@icdcultural.org<\/strong> and invitations will be managed on a first-come, first-served basis. Likewise, and as ‘The Carnival of the Animals’ by Saint-Sa\u00ebns incorporates the figure of the narrator, there will also be an interpreter of Spanish Sign Language LSE<\/strong> on stage .<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Almost a decade on stage<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

JOCAN is a project of the Government of the Canary Islands launched in 2016 as a tool for the training and orchestral practice of young musicians from the islands. A program that materializes with the organization of the so-called Encounters, which several times a year bring together members of the orchestra to prepare a wide range of repertoires that are then performed on tour. All this with the help of a select group of professors and teachers, in addition to being able to work with great international soloists. <\/p>\n

This meeting will be the 23rd since the launching of JOCAN. A week before the start of the tour, the members of these concerts will meet in Tenerife for seven sessions dedicated to training, study, coexistence, rehearsals and preparations. <\/p>\n

JOCAN Summer Tour (July 2025)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The tour organized by Cultura del Gobierno de Canarias<\/strong> will start on Monday, July 21 <\/strong>at Espacio La Granja, in Tenerife<\/strong>; and will continue on July 23<\/strong> at Teatro Guiniguada, in Gran Canaria<\/strong>; Thursday 24<\/strong> at Teatro Municipal de San Bartolom\u00e9, in Lanzarote<\/strong>; the following day, Friday 25 at<\/strong>Palacio de Formaci\u00f3n y Congresos de Fuerteventura<\/strong>; and Sunday 27<\/strong> at Auditorio de La Gomera<\/strong>. The closing concert will be on Tuesday 29th<\/strong> at the Teatro Circo de Marte, in La Palma<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

\u00a7 Monday 21: Espacio La Granja, in Tenerife<\/strong> <\/p>\n

\u00a7 Wednesday 23: Guiniguada Theater, in Gran Canaria<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a7 Thursday 24: Municipal Theater of San Bartolom\u00e9, in Lanzarote<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a7 Friday 25: Palacio de Formaci\u00f3n y Congresos, in Fuerteventura<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a7 Sunday 27: Auditorio Insular, in La Gomera<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a7 Tuesday 29: Teatro Circo de Marte, in La Palma<\/strong><\/p>\n

All concerts start at 20.00h.<\/em><\/p>\n

+ Info and tickets: <\/em>https:\/\/www.icdcultural.org\/jocan<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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