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Accordion Education and Promotional Concerts for 4,500 Children, Segovia – Spainby Raquel Ruiz |
From October 17th until December 2nd more than 4,500 children from schools in the region of Segovia, Spain, have been attending an educational series of concerts titled ‘The Family of Julieta Lengüeta’. In this concert, Angel Luis Castaño - concert accordionist and accordion professor in the Superior Conservatory of Music in Zaragoza, Aragon, Raquel Ruiz - accordion teacher of the Conservatory in Segovia, and Jesus Mozo - concert accordionist, have been showing to the children from 6 to 12 years old, more than 20 instruments of the accordion family, all of them belonging to the private collection of ancient instruments of Angel Luis Castaño and Raquel Ruiz. Julieta Lengüeta´s family is a musical story that includes in one hour live music played with ancient instruments as Khene, concertina, bandoneon, harmonica, diatonic accordion, classical and digital accordion, etc... music composed by Bach, Piazzolla, Rossini, and traditional music of Germany, Thailand, France, etc... The concert tour (28 concerts in total) has also been featured on the National Radio of Spain, with an article and interviews with Raquel Ruiz heard by more than 250,000 listeners in the magazine ‘Spain Directly’. For further information email: raquelru@gmail.com |