Agenda

Agenda

  • From baroque works to contemporary compositions, passing through American, African and Spanish origins, Mexican mestizo music is incredibly rich and multifacted. Discover its history and evolution at Camac Harps Paris!

    Gerardo Tamez (direction, guitar, Baroque guitar and voice)
    Mercedes Gómez (harp and voice)
    Teodoro Gálvez (violin and voice)
    Carlos García (voice, flute, jarana, percussion)

     

    Gerado Tamez founded the Tierra Mestiza Ensemble in 2005, to present a repertoire nourished by the roots of Latin American folk music. Its character is clearly fusion, with elements from indigenous American, African and Spanish traditions. Its chronological scope is equally broad, ranging from Baroque works to more recent pieces composed or arranged by musicians such as Astor Piazzolla, Arturo Márquez and Gerardo Tamez himself.

    The four members of the Tierra Mestiza Ensemble are distinguished by their deep knowledge of Latin American folk music and their solid academic training. Gerardo Tamez is a renowned composer and instrumentalist, while Mercedes Gómez needs no introduction to the harp community as a soloist, teacher, chamber musician, writer and participant in interdisciplinary activities. Carlos García is a jazz musician of great stylistic experience, and Teodoro Gálvez is a Mexican chamber musician, member of the OFUNAM orchestra.

    The Tierra Mestiza Ensemble released its first CD, Ida y Vuelta, on Discos Pueblo in 2008. A second album followed on Fonarte Latino in 2012: Folia y Son, with new compositions by Carlos Garcia and Gerardo Tamez, colonial polyphonic music from Peru, and works by the 17th century Mexican poetess Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.

    The Tierra Mestiza Ensemble has performed in prestigious venues in Mexico City such as the Palace of Fine Arts, the Auditorium of the Mexican Radio Institute, the Botanical Gardens of the University of Mexico UNAM, the Teatro Reforma IMSS, the National Conservatory of Music and the National School of Music, as well as in many countries (USA, Brazil, Peru). In 2021, they created Pantéon de fiesta by Mercedes Gómez, a piece for puppets, actors and musicians with original music by Gerardo Tamez.

    Ensemble Tierra Mestiza at Camac Harps Paris, April 2023

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  • We are proud to support the fifth Wales International Harp Festival, which will take place in Caernarfon between April 5-11, 2023. It will be a busy week, full of superb concerts and an international competition. Isabelle Moretti, Deborah Henson-Conant, Edmar Castaneda, Catrin Finch and Festival Director Elinor Bennett are all on the programme. As for the competition, this runs in four categories: Junior, Youth, Chief Musician and world music. 

    The Camac team will be out in force along with our esteemed Welsh partners Telynau Vining, supplying harps for the competition and cheering everyone on! 

    The Festival is also going to be Elinor Bennett’s final one as Artistic Director, and we are looking forward to a joyful celebration of her incredible contribution to the harp world over the decades.

  • As well as being a unique performer, composer and recording artist, Marianne Gubri is the director of the International Harp Therapy Program in Italy and France. She regularly gives classes and lectures on improvisation, composition and therapeutic approaches.

     On the 15 April at the Espace Camac, you will have the chance both to hear Gubri and to enrich your playing and improvising.

     The day will begin with an Introduction to Harp Therapy; a chance for harpists (with at least one year’s experience) to discover a rich variety of improvisation patterns, play creatively and understand various concepts as applied in the fields of music and sound therapy. 

     This presentation will be followed by a performance of her beautiful Vita Nuova Programme, a concert that explores renewal and innovation, inspired by the poetic texts of Dante.


    You are cordially invited to register online for this rare event.

     

    Marianne Gubri at the Espace Camac 15.04.23
  • Come and spend an afternoon revelling in an intimate sound world at the Harfengalerie Camac, Berlin.  Sophie Shen (currently the academist of the Von Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic) will give a magnificent programme of solos. Sophie’s current mentor and principal harpist of the Philharmonic, Marie-Pierre Langlamet, will be joined by Upama Muckenstern (flute, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester), in a classic instrumental combination that will be the perfect sound palette for a May afternoon.

    There will be a rich variety of works ranging from the delicate classicism of Rameau and Dussek, to the beloved romanticism of Renié and Fauré, to more piquant sounds from the likes of Britten and Poulenc.    

    This promises to be a real treat and entry is free, but we strongly advise that you confirm your place by emailing [email protected]

  • Harpes au Max is indeed “harps to the max”, and it’s a very special festival organised by the civic authorities of our home region in France. Put May 11-14 in your diaries now, and read more here on the Camac blog!

    Harpes au Max 2023

    Festival Harpes au Max 

    For some guidance in English: Camac blog

  • As the spring reaches its height, we have great pleasure in presenting an Evening in Paris with harp ensembles from Israel, Taiwan and France.

    Each of these groups brings its own unique identity and sensibility to a joyous evening of music.

     Ensemble Yakinton, a group whose members come from all over Israel, will perform original pieces as well as traditional Israeli tunes, in an expression of the diverse ‘mosaic’ of Israeli culture.

    Monamis  (featuring graduates of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris and the Taiwan Department of Music) a group whose name evokes friendship and unity, will enrich the programme with arrangements of classical and film music as well as traditional music. 

    Harpo-Mélusine is a flexible harp ensemble made up of 3 to 20 harpists of all ages and all levels. Aided by original musical choices from the worlds of pop, rock, world, Celtic and film music, the group aims to share the music of the harp with the widest possible audience.

    16 May 2023: An Evening in Paris with Harp ensembles from Israel, Taiwan and France
  • Formed in the balmy climes of the Caribbean, The Transatlantic Hot Club was founded by Ben Creighton Griffiths (Harp) and Adrien Chevalier (Violin) in 2013 whilst both performing at ‘Journées de la Harpe’, a festival that takes place on the islands of Martinique, Guadeloupe, St Anne, and St Lucia, and in French Guyana. Apart from having since returned to that festival,  the group has been featured in many of the foremost jazz venues and festivals of the United Kingdom over the past decade. Their sound is a heady mix of gypsy and jazz influences and they present a unique force in terms of jazz harp today.

    We are delighted that as they embark on their Summer tour, they will make a stop at the Espace Camac, bringing all their colour, fire and irresistible rhythm to the Parisian evening! Confirm your attendance here: June 8, 7pm-  Don’t miss it!

  • Sylvain Blassel and Nikolaz Cadoret are both masters within their respective musical spheres. Blassel as conductor, performer, analyst and teacher; Cadoret as Breton traditional musician, improvisor and innovator. You can hear them both, as well as gaining from their vast expertise at the Camac Harp Days in Munich (15-17 June 2023)

    In addition to an unmissable solo recital by Blassel, and a dynamic trad’modern performance by Cadoret, both artists will give masterclasses and courses.  Please download the full programme to find out more – don’t miss this opportunity, both to hear and learn from two outstanding French artists !

    Camac Harp Days at the Institut Français, Munich, 15-17 June 2023

    Ms. Julia Becker, Managing Director, Camac Harps Germany: 030 21 97 11 76 – [email protected]

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