The Tenerife International Film Music Festival presents its complete programme of events for the twelfth edition of the festival. The programme includes the recital ‘Cine de Barrio in concert', which is a collection of classics from Spanish cinema made popular by beloved singers such as Raphael, Marisol, and Manolo Escobar.
For the first time ever, FIMUCITÉ plans to perform its opening concert ‘Play It Again, Jean-Michel’ (‘Tócala otra vez, Jean-Michel’) in both Tenerife & Gran Canaria. The performance in Tenerife will be held in the Teatro Leal in La Laguna, and the performance in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria will be held in the Teatro Guiniguada.
The Tenerife International Film Music Festival (FIMUCITÉ) is pleased to announce its concert programme, which complements the symphonic events already announced for the festival’s twelfth edition. The festival will run from September 21st – 29th, 2018 thanks to the support and sponsorship of the Cabildo Insular de Tenerife, the Canary Islands Government, and Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council. A highlight amongst its wide range of offerings is a performance of ‘Cine de Barrio in concert’, which is offered to you in collaboration with the Spanish public broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española.
The magnificent composer, orchestrator, and concert pianist Jean-Michel Bernard will open the concert programme on Friday September 21st in the Teatro Leal in La Laguna with a piano recital, during which he will be accompanied by the Japanese soloist Kimiko Ono. The amazing improvisation, charisma and talent of Jean-Michel Bernard, who was recently named an official artist of the prestigious piano maker Steinway & Sons and who is the official pianist of Ray Charles, earn him rounds of applause from the audience every time he takes the stage. In the concert ‘Play It Again, Jean-Michel’ will take audiences on a tour through his own personal interpretation of some classic soundtracks (‘The Pink Panther, ‘Forrest Gump’, ‘Schindler’s List’ or ‘Taxi Driver’, to name a few), as well as some of his own compositions that have featured in films such as ‘The Science of Sleep’ & ‘Human Nature’ by Michel Gondry. Tickets for the opening concert are now on sale at the Teatro Leal Box Office, and online at www.entrees.es.
The recital will be repeated at the Teatro Guiniguada in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on Sunday 23rd September, making this the first time FIMUCITÉ runs a parallel programme across the islands of Tenerife and Gran Canaria.
On Saturday 22nd September, the Pop Culture Band, under the musical direction of Gonzalo de Araoz, will be returning to Teatro Guimerá with a new and attractive concert entitled ‘Addicted to Love’. This show is dedicated to the best songs from romance films.
A selection of popular pieces taken from classic Spanish film that boasts the musical talent of national composers of renown standing such as Antón García Abril or Augusto Algueró, or singers such as Raphael, Imperio Argentina, Karina, Marisol or Manolo Escobar, will be performed in Teatro Guimerá on Sunday 23rd September in ‘Cine de Barrio in concert’. This is the official concert dedicated to titles headlining the popular program broadcast byRadiotelevisión Española. During the evening’s performance, audiences will see performances by the pianist and musical director David Quevedo, and Esther Ovejero and Fran León as lead vocalists. RTVE has reaffirmed its collaboration with FIMUCITÉ and will be recording both this exclusive event as well as the programmed symphonic concerts, as in previous years, for their subsequent broadcast at a local, national and international level.
On Thursday September 27th it will then be the turn of the ‘Colossus of the Silver Screen’ (‘Colosos de la Gran Pantalla’) during a concert held at the Teatro Guiméra. The performance will be delivered by the FIMUCITÉ Symphonic Youth Orchestra, which includes young musicians who study at the Professional Conservatory of Music of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and at the Canary Islands Higher Conservatory of Music. For the third consecutive year, the orchestra is led by maestro José Antonio Cubas. This year’s programme will trace a path through musical masterpieces by composers including John Barry, John Williams, Mario Nascimbene, Ramin Djawadi and Jerome Moross that are taken from films exploring cinema’s mythical beasts: King Kong and Godzilla, and the dinosaurs of ‘Jurassic Park’ or those of ‘The Valley of Gwangi’.
Of noteworthy mention is that part of this concert will include soundtracks from productions that were filmed in the Canary Islands, for example ‘Clash of The Titans’ featuring the Kraken, ‘Moby Dick’ starring a giant whale, or ‘When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth’ and ‘One Million Years B.C’ that startle audiences with prehistoric creatures.
There will be two showings of the concert: a matinee performance for schools (TBD), and a performance for the general public at 20:00. Tickets are available at the Teatro Leal Box Office, and online at www.TomaTicket.es.
As per tradition, the Auditorio de Tenerife will play host to the two biggest concerts of the festival that mark the end of the week’s events whilst placing the island firmly in the international film music spotlight:
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On Friday September 28th, the European premiere of the astounding live-to-picture concert dedicated to the film ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ by Steven Spielberg (‘Encuentros en la tercera fase’). The Artistic Director of FIMUCITÉ, the renown composer and conductor Diego Navarro, will be leading the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra and the Tenerife Film Choir throughout their performance of the entire, and now legendary, score by John Williams as the film is projected;
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On Saturday September 29th, the FIMUCITÉ 12 Closing Gala. In attendance will be guest conductor Ben Foster who is responsible for conducting ‘The Truth Is Out There’ (‘La verdad está ahí fuera'), a comprehensive journey through the most iconic scores from science fiction subgenre dedicated to U.F.Os and alien invasions. Included in the evening’s repertoire are soundtracks from films such as ‘Mars Attacks’ (1996, music composed by Danny Elfman), ‘Contact’ (1997, Alan Silvestri), ‘The Abyss’ (1989, Alan Silvestri), ‘Starman' (1989, Jack Nietzche), ‘The Thing’ (1982, Ennio Morricone) or ‘Thunderbirds Are Go’; the latter is a modern-day remake of the series containing the popular & well-known characters from the original which is now being broadcast on TV, and which includes scores written by Foster and his brother Nick, for which both received BAFTA Award nominations.
Tickets for the symphony concerts are available at the Auditorio de Tenerife Box Office, and online at www.auditoriodetenerife.com.
The Tenerife International Film Music Festival 12 (FIMUCITÉ XII) has been made possible thanks to the support and sponsorship of the Cabildo Insular de Tenerife, the Canary Islands Government, Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council, the companies AUDI, Dorada Especial, & Teleférico del Teide, and the collaboration of SGAE – the Spanish General Society of Authors and Publishers.