Description:
In this beautifully edited book, you find the song cycle ALQUIMIA written by Bolivian composer Agustin Fernandez for the Barcelona Festival of Song 2006. The book has a bilingual introductory study that contextualizes the works, the composer's biography, and the poems. It provides translations of the poems into English as well as transcriptions to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
Brief description: Considered the voice of the Iberian and latin AMerican art song and often described as her ambassador, soprano and musicologist Patricia Caicedo is one of the leading interpreters of the Iberian and Latin American Art Song Repertoire, having sung in the United States, Canada, Denmark, Holland, Germany, Russia, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Latin America to public and critical acclaim. She has recorded nine CDs dedicated to the art song repertoire in Spanish, Catalan, and Portuguese and published eight books considered reference in the area. She often visits universities and conservatories around the world as a guest artist and teacher. She has published ten books considered a reference in the area. Caicedo is the founder and director of the Barcelona Festival of Song(R), a 10-day Summer Course and performance series on the history and interpretation of the Latin American and Spanish Vocal repertoire that reaches its 16th edition in 2020. Patricia holds a Ph.D. in musicology from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and a Medical Doctor´s degree from the Escuela Colombiana de Medicina. www.patriciacaicedo.com