LIVE IN MADRID - Aranjuez's Concert
Concert-Presentation

Recorded entirely live, this work immerses us in a sonic journey where the guitar evokes the essence of dance through the centuries, exploring from the Spanish tradition to transcriptions of orchestral and piano repertoire, performed on a guitar Kurt Haller-Musima Markneukirchen ca.1950, restored by José Miguel Moreno and Carlos J. Busquiel in 2015.

The presentation will be enlivened with a recital of various pieces from this new album played by Pedro Jesús Gómez and Carmen Yepes playing piano.

CARMEN YEPES
Carmen Yepes has won First Prize in national and international competitions, such as the Ciudad de San Sebastián, Ciutat de Carlet, Petrof, and Ricard Viñes de Lleida competitions, where she was later invited to serve on the jury. She has also won Second Prize in the Infanta Cristina, Marisa Montiel, and Ciudad de Albacete competitions, and the Best Accompanist Pianist Award at the 11th Melómano Inter-School Competition.

She has performed solo and with leading orchestras throughout Europe and the United States, in prestigious concert series.

She has recorded for TVE's Classical Channel, Canal Cuatro, Radio Nacional de España, Radio Clásica, and Catalunya Música, as well as a CD with the Oviedo Philharmonic Orchestra featuring works by Piazzolla and Mederos. She also recorded a live performance of Beethoven's "Choral Fantasy," Op. 80, for piano, chorus, and orchestra at the Teatro Monumental in Madrid, broadcast on RTVE's La 2 channel. She has been a guest on the RNE program "Spanish Pianists," hosted by José Luis García del Busto, which was one of the most popular programs in the series.

Her repertoire with orchestra, performed live, includes a wide range of piano concertos. Carmen made her debut at the National Auditorium in Madrid at the age of 17, performing Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor.

Critics have hailed her as one of Spain's finest and most accomplished pianists, praising her extensive repertoire, which she continues to expand and refine, delving deeper into the most complex aspects of piano performance and technique.

Currently, Carmen Yepes combines her concert career with teaching as a Piano Professor at the Teresa Berganza Conservatory of Music in Madrid. She holds a Master's degree in Musical Research from the University of La Rioja. She has also taught at the Oviedo Higher Conservatory and the Royal Higher Conservatory of Music in Madrid.

PEDRO JESÚS GÓMEZ:

Born in Albacete (Spain), he has obtained the degrees and worked with the following
teachers: Doctor in Music by the U.A.X (G. Arriaga), Master DEA in Musicology by the U.C.M
(Suárez-Pajares), Master in Guitar Performance (M. Barrueco), Guitar Professor Higher Degree
(José Tomás), Early Plucked Instruments Higher Degree (JM Moreno and JC de Mulder). He also
received the teachings, among others, of L. Brouwer, D. Russell, J. L. Rodrigo, Pepe Romero,
Carles Trepat, Jordi Savall, Hopkinson Smith or John Griffiths. He won the Andrés Segovia
International Guitar Prize.

Guitar Professor at R.C.S.M. in Madrid. He holded the chair of guitar teaching and as a
profesor of tablature and through-bass in the Castilla la Mancha Higher Conservatory of Music.
He has performed concert tours as a soloist, in groups and with orchestras, masterclasses,
conferences and has taught courses in 10 countries around Europe, North and South America,
playing for H.M. Queen Sofia of Spain. He has published 11 CDs, as well as books and articles
for Arsis, Six per Vuit, Vanitas, Q.T.V. Classics. He is an artista of Mediaset Co., having performed
in Radio and TV in Europe and America. He has been a member of juries at International
Competitions of Cincilia, Ciutat d’Elx, “José Tomás”, Molina de Segura, Almería “Julián Arcas”.

He has made premieres and first recordings of contemporary live composers such as
Salvador Brotons, Enrique Igoa, Hernán Navarro, Roxana Paredes or David Cuevas.

He has published 12 CDs, being a pioneer in the publication of multimedia CDs with audio
including scores and musicological study, as well as a pioneer in the publication of live CDs with
Renaissance, Baroque, classical and contemporary repertoire (Live in Berlin, QTV, 2014). He has
also published books and musical research articles for ChanterelIe, I.E.A., Hispanica Lyra, S.G.R.
Magazine, CSMCLM Consonancias and Nombres propios de la guitarra in Córdoba Guitar
Festival.

He has given lectures, conferences, courses and masterclass at the Festivals: “José
Tomás - Villa de Petrer” International Guitar Festival Petrer, “Ciutat d'Elx” International Guitar
Festival, Cartagena Guitar Week, “Alcudia Valley” Guitar Festival, Córdoba International Guitar
Festival, International Journals of Guitar of Valencia, University of Castilla la Mancha,
Conservatory GB Martini of Bologna, Festival "Guitares du monde" Perpignan, Universidade de
São Paulo & Fundação das artes (Brasil), Universidade do Minho (Portugal) and Universidad
Nacional de Rosario (Argentina).

Since Leo Brouwer highlighted the professionalism of his performances, the specialized
critic has written: "His performance was impeccable,impressing the audience despite the
complexity of the works tackled with the guitar" (Violão Intercambio). "An exceptional concert,
with an indisputable attraction between virtuosity and emotion", "One of the most outstanding
European interpreters" (Tribune). "A warm, deep and very human reading, in an admirably played vihuela " (CD Compact). "... profound knowledge of the repertoire, knowing how to transmit its language both with a careful interpretation and with specific explanations of the performed works." (La Nueva España).

PROGRAM: “Live in Madrid: Concierto de Aranjuez”

G. Sanz (1640 – 1710)
- Canarios por la C, de “Instrucción de música….” (**)

G. Donizetti (1797 – 1848) - L. Urcullu (¿ - fl. 1830)
- Cavatina “Sim la tomba”, de la Ópera “El Belisario” (**)
  Moderato
  Allegro
  Andantino
  Coda

I. Albéniz (1860 – 1909)
- Malagueña, de España. op 165, n.º III (**)

H. Navarro (1973 – )
- Ambrosía

J. Rodrigo (1901 – 1999)
- Concierto de Aranjuez (**)
  Allegro spirito
  Adagio
  Allegro Gentile

Date: 23rd of January, 2026
Time: 20:30h
Place: Guitarras de Luthier - Madrid
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