Curso de verão e Ciclo de concertos de
Repertorio Vocal de América Latina e Espanha
Junho 28 a Julio 7, 2012
We are excited because in 60 days the 8th Barcelona Festival of Song is starting! If you are a singer and is interested in participating, there are only 2 more weeks left to register, so, hurry up!! Don't miss this once in a life opportunity to discover the amazing world of Latin-American and Spanish Vocal Music!
Please visit our website and learn about the Registration process.
We have great news! From 2012 the Barcelona Festival of Song its extending is influence to Brazil. This means that students located in São Paulo, Brazil will be able to actively participate in 3 sessions of master class as well as in one concert.
This is possible thanks to the Internet2. Internet2 is a member-owned advanced technology community founded by the nation’s leading higher education institutions. An exceptional partnership spanning U.S. and international institutions who are leaders in the worlds of research, academia, industry and government, the Internet2 community is developing breakthrough technologies that support the most exacting applications of today—and spark the most essential innovations of tomorrow.
The Barcelona Festival of Song´s partner that makes this possible is the Anella Cultural, a Catalan project lied by the Generalitat de Catalunya whos goal is to establish ways of cultural exchange and to contribute to innovation in education. Another important partner that contributes to this initiative is the Escuela Superior de Música de Catalunya, ESMUC.
Thanks to the infrastructure offered by the Anella Cultural, we will be able to reach students in Brazil and for the first time we will have sessions in which students and faculty are simultaneously working in real time in Barcelona and São Paulo. We will be exchanging knowledge and making music at the same time in both countries. This is a pioneer project of innovation starting in 2012.
In Brazil we count with the contribution of Dr. Martha Herr teacher of the UNESP (Universidad Estatal Paulista) and the Centro Cultural São Paulo a government owned institution who is the one providing the Internet2 infrastructure in Brazil.
The Master class sessions that will be broadcast using the Internet2 technology will take place during July 4, 5 and 6, 2012. If you are a voice student located in São Paulo and would like to participate in the Barcelona Festival of Song 2012 you have to register.
If you are a singer and wish to participate in the Barcelona Festival of Song Brazil please send us an email to Este endereço de e-mail está protegido de spam bots, pelo que necessita do Javascript activado para o visualizar
You can make history with us and sing across continents!
We are excited since our 8th festival will start soon! in only 68 days from now students, teachers and guest artists coming from different parts of the world will be in Barcelona to share their love for Latin-American and Spanish Vocal Music.
This year we will have a great faculty on board form by teachers coming from Spain, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and the US. Students are coming from the US and Canada.
If you are a classical singer with passion for new music and exciting repertoire, you are still on time to get on board for the 2012 festival! please check or site and register as soon as you can. We will be happy to have you here.
Barcelona Festival of Song director Patricia Caicedo together with pianist Asuka Kubota are presenting a recital at the Iberian and Latin-American Music Society of London. The concert will take place on Wed 21 March 2012, 1.10pm at St James's Church, 197, Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LL, United Kingdom http://www.ilams.org.uk/concerts.htm
"Adored by the cognoscenti, soprano Patricia Caicedo has begun an unstoppable career that has taken her to the most prestigious halls in Europe and the US with her beautiful Latin American art songs." Radio Nacional Española
Described as 'the voice of Latin American and Spanish art song' and often cited as its ambassador, Colombian-Spanish soprano and musicologist Patricia Caicedo has established herself as a leading interpreter of the Latin American and Spanish vocal repertory. Singing in Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, Quechua and Nahuatl, she draws listeners into the world of beauty, poetry, and warmth that is the Latin American and Spanish Art Song. Join Patricia Caicedo in the Baroque splendour of St James's Piccadilly for an exciting musical tour of Latin America, as she takes you through the art songs of Spain, Argentina, Peru, Brasil and her native Colombia.
Patricia Caicedo soprano | Asuka Kubota piano
We are very happy because our former students are presenting concerts dedicated to the Latin-American and Spanish Vocal repertoire around the world. For us this is a way to measure the success of our program and the impact we are having in the promotion and preservation of the repertoire for future generations.
So, here is the information of the concerts....perhaps you will be able to enjoy them if you happen to be in Belgrade, Paris or Florida!
March 15th, 2012 – 19.30hs
Melody Cooper, soprano & José Manuel Lezcano, guitar
Spanish Rhapsody 2
Unity of the Keys, Key West, Florida, USA - 19hs
May 13th, 2012 – 19hs
Melodia Sentimental: Latin-American and Spanish Songs
Emmanuelle Dijon soprano, Antoine De Grolée, piano
Studio Le Regard du Cygne, 210
Rue de Belleville, 75020 PARIS
31 May, 2012 - 19hs
Patricia Sands, soprano
Belgrade Philharmonic Hall
Belgrade, Serbia
Musicologist and soprano Patricia Caicedo, came to the world for one mission and that mission is to create awareness of the beauty of preserving AND performing a variety of outstanding Latin American and Spanish art song repertoire. She is the founder of Barcelona Festival of Song 2012, which has been a vehicle to achieve such an important task for the past seven years. Being part of the 8th edition of the Barcelona Festival of Song will allow participants to be responsible for this repertoire in their home countries.
Hear some of the past participants comments from previous years. The Barcelona Festival of Song team had the pleasure of meeting and having students from a variety of prestigious institutions including Boston Conservatory, the Julliard School of Music, the University of Texas at Austin, Eastman University and Yale University, amongst others.
“Patricia Caicedo is truly and inspiring force of nature”, shares Melody Cooper, a former participant.
“One of the highlights was the opportunity to perform with guitarist and composer José Lezcano. He is an amazing composer and a gifted accompanist, it was a joy to sing with him”.
“ I was not expecting such a thorough scholarly presentation on the subject”
“It is important to know that such resources and repertoire exist…it´s all about the music. I fell in love with Spanish vocal repertoire”
Why waste an opportunity to experience working close to world-class singers, teachers and coaches? This opportunity offers a new vision and alley for singers that are looking for originality and prestige to continue on their careers.
Starting from the benefits of the Alexander technique, the flawless diction knowledge, to the understanding of each piece of work, the Barcelona Festival of Song is truly an integrated and complete program. Serving as a “personal concierge” for participants as the staff assists from the accommodation and other petitions, learning about the in´s and out´s of the city, to the night of the performances in breathtaking venues where participants own the night!
“I went to the Barcelona Festival of Song to further my knowledge of Spanish art song and was introduced to a whole new world”…
As the last comment says, it is all about expanding one´s own horizons.
A new article about the Latin-American Art Song repertoire was published in the January-February 2012 issue of VoicePrints, the Journal of the New York Singing Teacher´s Association. The article written by Barcelona Festival of Song´s director, Dr. Patricia Caicedo gives an overview of the history and development of the Latin-American Art Song.
If you wish to read the article please click here
In the January 2012 issue of the Classical Singer Magazine there was a very nice article about the Barcelona Festival of Song. Here there are a few paragraphs that you will be able to read entirely if you visit the following link CLASSICAL SINGER issue.
“Patricia Caicedo is truly and inspiring force of nature”, shares Melody Cooper, a former participant.
“One of the highlights was the opportunity to perform with guitarist and composer José Lezcano. He is an amazing composer and a gifted accompanist, it was a joy to sing with him”.
“ I was not expecting such a thorough scholarly presentation on the subject”
“It is important to know that such resources and repertoire exist…it´s all about the music. I fell in love with Spanish vocal repertoire”
Why waste an opportunity to experience working close to world-class singers, teachers and coaches? This opportunity offers a new vision and alley for singers that are looking for originality and prestige to continue on their careers.
Starting from the benefits of the Alexander technique, the flawless diction knowledge, to the understanding of each piece of work, the Barcelona Festival of Song is truly an integrated and complete program. Serving as a “personal concierge” for participants as the staff assists from the accommodation and other petitions, learning about the in´s and out´s of the city, to the night of the performances in breathtaking venues where participants own the night!
“I went to the Barcelona Festival of Song to further my knowledge of Spanish art song and was introduced to a whole new world”…
As the last comment says, it is all about expanding one´s own horizons.
We are debuting our new website and we invite all our fans and past participants to write and share their experiences at the Barcelona Festival of Song!
