This Monday Queen Sofía presides over the ‘Stradivarius por la dana’ concert at the Teatro Real

This Monday, January 20, the Teatro Real hosts the charity concert ‘Stradivarius por la dana’, to contribute to the recovery of the cultural and musical fabric of the affected areas.

It is organized jointly by National Heritage and the Royal Theater and will be chaired by Queen Sofía. The presence of the Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun, is also scheduled; the Minister of Equality, Ana Redondo; the Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres; the mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida; mayors of the affected areas and the president of the Federation of Musical Societies of the Valencian Community, Daniela González.

As stated by the Teatro Real, the proceeds will mainly go to the Federation of Musical Societies of the Valencian Community, but will also cover territories outside this community.

In this sense, solidarity with those affected by the damage has led National Heritage to move its Palatine Quartet to the Royal Theater, for the first time in this century, since the instruments have not left the premises of the Royal Palace since 1996.

The concert will feature the Casals Quartet, which is currently made up of Vera Martínez and Abel Tomàs (violins), Cristina Cordero (viola) and Arnau Tomàs (cello). In his 27 years of activity he had the privilege of playing 18 times with the palace instruments.

Thus, he will perform pieces from the score ‘The Art of Fugue’, the last, mysterious and unfinished work of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), without specific assignment of instruments. As reported by the Teatro Real, the four voices are adapted for string quartet, “achieving the clarity, cohesion and intimacy necessary to face the counterpoint of the fourteen fugues and four canons like an ethereal labyrinth, a transcendent perpetuum mobile.”

Likewise, he has pointed out that the interpretation of the music will reach the public through the four instruments made by Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737) that the Royal Palace treasures, whose quality and uniqueness will make the concert a unique evening.

In addition to the sale of tickets for the concert, between 20 and 98 euros, available on the website, the Teatro Real has enabled Row 0 for donations.