Legendary Spanish soprano Ainhoa Arteta comes to Armenia for the first time in her world-acclaimed career. The program will feature works by Antón García Abril, Manuel de Falla, Fernando Obradores, and Enrique Granados.
The concert is organised by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain with the support of the Armenian National Philharmonic orchestra and Primavera Charitable Foundation (Armenia).
Program
The program features works by Anton Garcia Abril, Manuel de Falla, Fernando Obradores, and Enrique Granados.
“To say Ainhoa Arteta is to refer to a brilliant career, to a beautiful and well-tuned voice; it is to remember her struggle against adversity, from which she has emerged triumphant; it is to review the important roles she has performed in the world of opera. It is to recall her successes in the world’s leading theaters. And it is also to remember her enormous professionalism, her kind and approachable nature, her rapport with the audience, her undeniable beauty.
All of this contributes to making her, Ainhoa Arteta, a singer who is always received with interest and who never disappoints. Therefore, it was a wise decision on the part of the management of the Centro Falla to offer a recital by the great Basque soprano who has managed, once again, to completely captivate the audience…”
— Ideal.es – Ainhoa Arteta llegó y volvió a triunfar en Granada. José Antonio Lacárcel.
ABOUT
Ainhoa Arteta, soprano
After winning the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in New York and the Concours International de Voix d’Opera Plácido Domingo in Paris, she began a brilliant international career in theatres such as the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, Covent Garden, Bayerische Staatsoper, Operas in Washington, Houston, Dallas, Seattle, San Francisco, Scala in Milan, Comunale di Bologna, Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, San Carlos in Naples, Arena di Verona, Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, Royal Opera House in London, Teatro Bellas Artes in Mexico City, Amsterdam, Deutsche Oper Berlin and many more, performing the main roles in operas such as La Traviata, La Bohème, Romeo et Juliette, Faust, La Rondine, Euguene Oneguin, Turandot, Tosca, Manon Lescaut, Madama Butterfly, Adriana Lecouvreur, La Wally, Falstaff among the others.
The following performances marked a milestone in his career: with the New World Symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas at Carnegie Hall in New York; Faust at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich and the Munich Opera Festival with Rolando Villazón; La Traviata at the Metropolitan Opera, Detroit, Washington, Cincinnati, Amsterdam, Maestranza de Sevilla, Peralada Festival, Graz… La Bohème at the Metropolitan Opera, San Carlo in Naples, San Francisco, Amsterdam; Arena di Verona, Teatro Verdi in Trieste conducted by Daniel Oren; Turandot (Liú) at the Bilbao Opera Season (A.B.A.O.), Romeo et Juliette at the Palacio Bellas Artes in Mexico with Rolando Villazón; Les Pecheurs de perles at the Seattle Opera, Bordeaux, Riga Opera and Opera Bilbao; Cosi fan tutte (Fiordiligi) and La Rondine (Magda) at the Washington Opera and Bonn Opera; Carmen (Micaela) with the Scottish Opera and the Teatro del Liceo; Fedora (Olga) at the Metropolitan Opera, alongside Plácido Domingo and Mirella Freni, and Poulenc’s Les Mamelles de Tirésias at the Metropolitan Opera under the baton of James Levine; Tosca at the Arena di Verona, Teatro Comunale di Bologna; Manon Lescaut at the Bolshoi Theatre, San Carlo in Naples, ABAO Bilbao Opera; and the premiere at the Salle Pleyel in Paris of the opera Le Dernier jour d’un Condamné alongside Roberto Alagna.
Her career in concerts with orchestras has led her to be conducted by great maestros such as Sir Neville Marriner, Gustavo Dudamel, Nicola Luisotti, Christian Badea, Gianandrea Noseda, Christopher Hogwood, Vasily Petrenko, Pablo González, Adrian Leaper, Víctor Pablo Pérez, Friedrich Haider, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez, Günter Neuhold, Frédéric Chaslin. During her recital career, she collaborated with pianists like Roger Vignoles, Malcolm Martineau, Marco Evangelisti, Rubén Fernández Aguirre, Javier Carmena, etc., performing recitals in the most famous world concert halls.
Regarding the list of awards received, we can highlight: The Hispanic Society of America Award for her contribution to the arts, Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts, Doctor Honoris Causa from the Menéndez Pelayo International University, Vasca Universal, City of Alcalá Award for Arts and Letters, Grand Cross of the Order of May 2 of the Community of Madrid, Gold Medal of the Association of Friends of the Opera of Lleida, Gold Medal of the Palau de la Música of Valencia, Doctor Honoris Causa from the Rey Juan Carlos University, Honorary President of the Maestro Segovia Association, Academic of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Cádiz, Patron of the Fundació Orfeó Català-Palau de la Música, Enric Granados Award, Award for Best Classical Music Artist in 2001, ONDAS Award for the most notable work in classical music, Ópera Actual Award, Federico Romero Award from the Fundación Autor for her career of international projection, Golden Microphone of the Federation of Associations of Spanish Radio and Television, 2019 Txapeldun Award, Best Female Singer of the Campoamor Theater Foundation in Oviedo; Full Member of the Santa Isabel de Hungría Academy in Seville; Golden Drum of the city of San Sebastián; “Ama Mayor” Award granted by the ACAZ Association of La Solana (Ciudad Real) in 2022; Mujeres World Fest Award in 2023; Honorary Member of the Spanish Academy of Performing Arts in 2024
ABOUT
Victor Carbajo, piano
A Spanish composer and pianist born in Madrid in 1970.
He studied music at the Royal Conservatory of Music in his hometown, where he graduated as a Professor of Harmony, Counterpoint, Composition, and Instrumentation, earning the Composition Award in 1993.
His career as a pianist is highly prolific. He regularly accompanies well-known figures in Spanish opera such as Luis Santana, Montserrat Martí Caballé, Cecilia Lavilla Berganza, Simona Todaro Pavarotti, and Ainhoa Arteta on their tours throughout Spain and abroad. He has appeared as an accompanying soloist in concert halls such as the National Auditorium in Madrid, the Palau de la Música in Valencia, the Palau de la Música in Barcelona, and the Olympia Theatre in Paris.
As a composer, his music has been performed in Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Russia, Ukraine, Denmark, the United States, Mexico, Argentina, and Australia. He has also received several commissions from various international organizations.
He currently combines his work as a pianist and composer with his teaching duties at the Katarina Gurska School of Music.
He maintains a personal website—www.carbajo.net—where all of his musical output (audio files and scores) and other materials of interest are available. He would be happy to hear from anyone interested in his work at carbajo@carbajo.net.
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