25 Enero 2014.
HOMENAJE A MANUEL AUSENSI.
RAQUEL RUBI & LAURA MARTINEZ LEON, SOPRANOS.
JOSE ANTONIO NAVARRO, TENOR.
GIANCARLO BRUNET, BARITONE.
MILANA STREZEVA, PIANO.
Raquel RUBI, soprano.
Doctor in Musical Arts in Vocal Performance (in progress,
3rd year)
University of Miami. Cognate in Vocal Pedagogy.
Vocal instructors, Dr. Carlos
Conde, Dr. Nobleza Pilar
Master of Music in Vocal Performance
Florida International University, 2009
Vocal instructor, Robert Dundas
Bachelor in Music with major in Composition
Instituto Superior de
Arte,
Havana, Cuba, 1998
Tutor, Dr. Harold
Gramatges
Piano Teacher and
Instrumentalist
Amadeo Roldan Conservatory, Havana, Cuba, 1993
Piano
instructors, Leonel Morales, Danae Ulacias
PERFORMANCE
EXPERIENCE
Miami World Music Festival, Miami, 2013
Artistic Director, Estampas de Zarzuela
Miami Lyric Opera,
Miami, 2013
Suora Zelatrice, Opera Suor Angelica
Pro Arte Grateli, Miami, 2013
Valencienne, Operetta La Viuda
Alegre
Pro Arte Grateli, Miami, 2013
Aurora, Revista Musical Las
Leandras
Pro Arte Grateli, Miami, 2012
Carmita, Zarzuela Amalia Batista
Frost Opera Theater, University
of Miami, 2011 and 2012
Countess, from Marriage of Figaro
Emily, from Der Vampir
2nd Lady, from Die Zauberflöte
Premier of Entanglements by
Charles Mason
Rubí Ensemble,
Miami (piano, flute, cello and soprano), 2010
Soprano & Director
FIU Collegium Musicum, 2008-2009
Soprano
FIU Opera Workshop 2007-2009
Excerpts as a principal role from:
Elixir de Amor
Die Zauberflöte
Lucia di Lammermor
CNMC, National Center of Concert
Music, Havana, Cuba, 2002-2005
Soprano soloist
El Gremio, Early Music Ensemble,
Havana, Cuba, 1998 -2002
Soprano & Director
Ars Longa, Early Music Ensemble,
Havana, Cuba, 1994-1998
Soprano, Clavichord, and Percussion
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Miami
Dade College
Community Education.
North and Wolfson campuses, 2006-present
Voice,
Piano and Theory instructor
“Family and Children Faith Coalition”, 2006
Music
teacher and Choir instructor
Music
Academy of Coral Gables, 2005-2006
Voice
and Piano instructor
Fernando
Carnicer Conservatory, 2002-2004
Piano
instructor
FESTIVALS AND
COURSES
Vocal
Coachings
Elaine
Rinaldi, 2011- 2012
Joan
Dorneman, 2011-2012
Vocal
Master Classes
Helen
Donath, Miami, 2012
Victoria Schneider Malipiero, Miami,
2008
Master Class in Barroque Dance
Catherine Turocy, Miami, 2011-2012
Festival
de Música
Religiosa
Popayán,
Colombia, 1997
Festival
Cervantes en todas partes
Guanajuato,
México,
1997
Musicology
Course
Prof. Ana Dujka Smoje.
University of Montreal, 1997 and 1998
Contemporary
Music Workshop
Edgar
Alandia, composer, University of Milano, 1998
Master
Class
Edgar Alandia,
composer, University of Milano, 1998
Early
Music Workshops
Vocal
Performance and Clavichord. 1994-1998
Josep Louis
Valdescabra
RECORDINGS
CD El Eco de Indias,
Early
Music Ensemble Ars Longa, Havana, 1998
Natural de Vila-real (Castellón). Realizó los estudios de canto en Barcelona a
L´Estudi del tenor Dalmau González, asimismo trabaja repertorio con Amparo García Cruells. Recibe lecciones magistrales de Jaume Aragall, Enriqueta Tarrés, Victoria de los Ángeles, Carlos Chausson.
L´Estudi del tenor Dalmau González, asimismo trabaja repertorio con Amparo García Cruells. Recibe lecciones magistrales de Jaume Aragall, Enriqueta Tarrés, Victoria de los Ángeles, Carlos Chausson.
Ha realizado más de 300 actuaciones desde 2009, actuando en Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Zaragoza, Córdoba, Sagunto, Gerona, Sitges, Albacete etc… así como en las principales salas de la Provincia de Castellon, Teatro Principal, Auditorio y Palacio de Congresos de Castellón, Teatro del Raval, Centro Municipal de Cultura, Castillo y Auditorio de Peñiscola, Auditori Municipal de Vila-real… bajo la dirección de Martínez Alpuente, Ros Navarro, Alapont, Ferrer, Rozi Rodríguez etc.. Ha actuado bajo el patrocinio de las Diputaciones de Valencia y Castellón, CAM Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo y Fundación Bancaixa.
Participa en: Antología en Blanco y Negro, Serrano y Chapí 100 años de Música, El Drama del Amor en la Ópera, La Plaça "Antología Lírica", Festival de Ópera (Castellón), La Bandas al Palau (Auditorio de Peñiscola), recientemente ha actuado en los festivales de Zarzuela de Serra (Valencia), Castellón y Peñíscola. Como solista interpreta La Alegría del Huerta (Alegrías) de Chueca, La Tabernera del Puerto (Leandro) de Pablo Sorozábal, Misa de la Coronación KV317 de W. A. Mozart, Misa en Si menor, BWV 232 de J. S. Bach. Recientemente actua en la ciudad de Miami para The Opera Atelier, con gran exito interpretando escenas de Traviata y La Boheme, para la Miami Lyric Opera en Madama Butterfly (Goro), y en Septiembre actua en el Palau de la Musica de Valencia. Director Manager de Joven Antologia de la Zarzuela Miami INC, bajo su direccion se han organizado 12 conciertos, Navarro & Brunet in Concert, The Night of Zarzuela (I & II), De la Opera a la Zarzuela, Zarzuela, Giuseppe Verdi, Zarzuela & Opereta, El Virtuosismo en la Opera y la Zarzuela, El Verismo en la Opera y la Zarzuela & Estampas de Zarzuela...
Laura MARTINEZ LEON, saprano.
Was born and raised in Havana, Cuba, and is currently a Graduate Vocal Performance major at Florida International University. She obtained her Bachelor in Vocal Performance from Nyack College in New York. Laura also has an Associate in Music Education from Miami Dade College. She has performed significant roles in the following musicals: Once Upon a Matress as Larken, Cabaret, Showtune, I love you, you're perfect now change, Side by Side by Sondheim and Oklahoma!. She portrayed Pamina in the Opera Die Zauberflote ,Musseta in the Opera La Boheme, and was last seen as Mrs. Fiorentino in the American Opera Street Scene. Her other credits include ; a Carnegie Hall presentation of Mozart’s Requiem with Nyack College Concert Chorus. Yerma, a theater adapted play by Federico Garcia Lorca in her senior year of high school, for what she got 2nd place in the Florida Foreign Language Annual Competition. She was awarded first place for the participation in the competition “Su Majestad La Voz” in the Global TV Show Sabado Gigante. She is also 1st place winner of the Invitational Scholarship Competition for Voice (2010-2012) of Nyack College.
Was born and raised in Havana, Cuba, and is currently a Graduate Vocal Performance major at Florida International University. She obtained her Bachelor in Vocal Performance from Nyack College in New York. Laura also has an Associate in Music Education from Miami Dade College. She has performed significant roles in the following musicals: Once Upon a Matress as Larken, Cabaret, Showtune, I love you, you're perfect now change, Side by Side by Sondheim and Oklahoma!. She portrayed Pamina in the Opera Die Zauberflote ,Musseta in the Opera La Boheme, and was last seen as Mrs. Fiorentino in the American Opera Street Scene. Her other credits include ; a Carnegie Hall presentation of Mozart’s Requiem with Nyack College Concert Chorus. Yerma, a theater adapted play by Federico Garcia Lorca in her senior year of high school, for what she got 2nd place in the Florida Foreign Language Annual Competition. She was awarded first place for the participation in the competition “Su Majestad La Voz” in the Global TV Show Sabado Gigante. She is also 1st place winner of the Invitational Scholarship Competition for Voice (2010-2012) of Nyack College.
Giancarlo BRUNET, baritone.
Natural de Ciego de Avila. (Cuba), Inicio los estudios de canto con Luis Eduardo Jimenez Estrada, y los perfecciono en Barcelona (Spain), bajo la direccion del tenor Dalmacio Gonzalez.
Realiza su debut en Crevillente (Alicante) con La Bruja. (Inquisidor) Ruperto Chapi y La Verbena de la Paloma. (Julian) Tomas Breton.
Participa en numerosos conciertos bajo el patrocinio de las diputaciones de Castellon y Valencia. Actuando en los Auditorios de Castellon, Penyiscola, Onda, con la Banda Sinfonica Santa Cecilia de Onda, bajo la direccion de Antonio Alapont.
Recientemente regresa a Espana, para actuar en el Palau de la Musica de Valencia.
En Miami actua en el Concierto "Celebrate Verdi" para la Miami Lyric Opera, y funda junto al tenor Jose Antonio Navarro, la Joven Antologia de la Zarzuela Miami INC, que bajo su direccion artistica se han realizado 7 conciertos.
Milana STREZEVA, piano.
Praised by the critics for her “technically fluid, dramatically convincing, and sonically full-bodied supportive collaborations” (Boston Globe) - Milana Strezeva is a Moldovan-American pianist. At the age of 11 she began playing chamber music with her clarinetist father and her mother, a renowned soprano. Milana's love for family collaboration eventually grew into a passionate advocacy of vocal and instrumental chamber music.
A founding member of the award-winning Manhattan Piano Trio, one of the most creative and dynamic young ensembles in America, Milana has performed with them in over 30 American states, in Australia, South Africa and Italy, and in venues such as Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, and the Ravinia Festival. The Washington Post described the Trio as "impressive" and "outstanding", while the Sarasota Herald Tribune said "one seldom is privileged to enjoy music of such a wide range of styles performed with self-effacing skill and relaxed assurance." A CD of Schumann and Chopin trios in honor of the composers bicentennials, was successfully released on the Marquis Classics label in 2009.
Milana is a recipient of Grand Prizes at the Plowman Chamber Music Competition, Yellow Springs Chamber Music Competition; Australian Broadcasting Corporation Listeners Choice Award in Melbourne, IBLA International Competition as a vocal collaborator, and Arts Recognition and Talent Search Award. Among the prominent venues in which she has performed are - Carnegie Hall (New York), Jordan Hall (Boston), Kravis Center (West Palm Beach), Gusman Hall (Miami); Shenzhen Concert Hall (China), South Melbourne Town Hall (Australia), Linder Auditorium (South Africa).
Milana is a recipient of Grand Prizes at the Plowman Chamber Music Competition, Yellow Springs Chamber Music Competition; Australian Broadcasting Corporation Listeners Choice Award in Melbourne, IBLA International Competition as a vocal collaborator, and Arts Recognition and Talent Search Award. Among the prominent venues in which she has performed are - Carnegie Hall (New York), Jordan Hall (Boston), Kravis Center (West Palm Beach), Gusman Hall (Miami); Shenzhen Concert Hall (China), South Melbourne Town Hall (Australia), Linder Auditorium (South Africa).
