Spanish Young Music Talents & Ukraine: Pilar Miralles in Washington, DC

Spanish Young Music Talents (SYMT) is the new program of the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, D.C. SYMT has been envisioned to enhance and support Spanish young musicians’ careers, in collaboration with U.S. music schools and universities at a higher level (bachelor and graduate students orchestras), offering them an experience abroad.

SYMT aims to offer young musicians not only a concert or recital in the U.S., but a complete experience with complementary activities such as masterclasses, talks, conferences, etc. to broaden their opportunities and contacts. All visiting musicians are winners of the Juventudes Musicales de España national award and under 30 years old.

This event has been organized in collaboration with the Embassy of Ukraine in the USA and the Ukraine House. As part of this partnership, the concert will feature Ukrainian and Spanish music, both contemporary and traditional tunes.

PROGRAM

I

M. Skoryk - Mélodie

N. Kapustin - Étude Op.40 n.8

Traditional (arr. Gerdan) - Hutsul / Inspirations Bukovynian Polka

II

E. Granados - Zapateado

P. Sarasate - Romanza andaluza Danza Ritual del Fuego

M. de Falla - Danza Ritual del Fuego

III

M. Skoryk - Spanish Dance

Bezborodko - Paraphrase sur les thèmes de “Carmen”

IV

P. Miralles - music with backs turned, for violín, double-bass and piano

Musicians

Gerdan Music

Solomia Gorokhivska, violin; Andrei Pidkivka, flutes; Greg Watkins, bass

Daniel del Pino, piano

Pilar Miralles, composer - invited musician as part of SYMT

ABOUT PILAR MIRALLES

Pilar Miralles (Almería, Spain, 1997) is a composer and sound artist based in Helsinki, Finland. She completed her Master’s Degree in Electroacoustic Composition at “Centro Superior Katarina Gurska” of Madrid (2020) and her Master of Music in Composition at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki (2022). Pilar is currently a doctoral candidate at DocMus Doctoral School (Arts Study Programme), at the same institution. In her artistic research project, she investigates and questions, through the compositional process, the normalization of a culture of the overload, whose main consequence is the lack of space for a reflexive construction of the self. Her works have been part of festivals such as Time of Music in Viitasaari (Finland, 2023), ManiFeste at the IRCAM in Paris (France, 2022), or the VANG new music series of CentroCentro in Madrid (Spain, 2023). Pilar’s most recent recognition was the First Prize of the Young Composers Award organized by the Spanish Society of Authors and Publishers (SGAE) in Madrid (Spain, 2023), thanks to which she is the current composer in residence of Juventudes Musicales de España (Spanish Musical Youths). She also collaborates as a co-teacher of the SuperCollider programming workshop organized by the Music Technology department of the Sibelius Academy since 2023. Lastly, she has been invited by the Ulysses Network to join the “Ulysses Journeys for Young Composers” in 2023 and 2024.

• A reservation on Eventbrite is mandatory, printed tickets are not required.
• Seating is available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
• Doors open 20 minutes before posted showtime.
• Ticket holders will have access to the event while space is available. A reservation does not guarantee admission.
• No Late Seating, ticket holders may not be allowed to enter 15 minutes after posted showtime.
• Right of admission reserved.
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How to get there:

The best way to arrive is by public transportation. The closest Metro station is Columbia Heights (Green line). Limited metered and two-hour zoned parking is available in the surrounding neighborhoods. Public parking garage is available at DC USA Shopping Mall (Columbia Heights Metro Station).

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