A photo of the 2021 edition of FIMBA. Bariloche International Music Festival. Pictured, are Marcela Magin, Andrés Spiller, Rafael Gintoli, Damián Rovner, Edgardo Lanfre and Belén Álvarez. Photo by FIMBA Press
Polish classical music pianist Anna Miernik, the South Atlantic String Ensemble and jazz pianist Adrián Iaies animated in the Cunil Cabanellas hall of the San Martín Theater the Buenos Aires presentation of the Bariloche International Music Festival (FIMBA) between 25 and on May 29 it will celebrate its third edition.
In addition to Miernik, Iaies and Cuerdas del Atlántico Sur, the next event in five stages in San Carlos de Bariloche will have the stellar presence of the Baglietto-Vitale duo, the Brazilian Toquinhothe meeting between Uruguayans Ana Prada and the Chilean yorka and the duo from entrerriano Charles Aguirre and Israel Yotam Silberstein.
Juan Carlos Baglietto and Lito Vitale presented their versions of the great classic at FIMBA.
Bulgarian cellist Stanimir Todorov, Entre Ríos vocalist María Silva, Gabriel Sivak, the Opus Cuatro group and the Tous Ensemble Choir from La Plata were also present.
The Buenos Aires presentation
The short and charming set of music is an appetizer of the spirit that introduces FIMBA, a space sponsored by the Secretary of State for Culture of the Government of Río Negro and artistically led by musician and culture manager Martin Fraile, who is also responsible for the Rio Philharmonic Negro which as an orchestra and with his ensembles certainly contributes to the meeting.
Adrian Iaies, also present on the FIMBA program.
During the sets, Miernik -who said he lived in Buenos Aires seven months ago- performed Scherzo No. 2 by Fréderic Chopin, part of the repertoire of Polish composers that will take place on the 29th in Bariloche; four members of the Cuerdas del Atlántico Sur responded to chacarera by Luis Gianneo, and singular versions of Alfonsina and the sea Y eleanor rigby; while Iaies occupied the same grand piano used by his Polish colleague and reeled a clear performance somewhere between jazz and tango.
The history of the festival
After pre-FIMBA in 2018, FIMBA was born in May 2019 organized by the Secretary of State for Culture of the province of Río Negro. Its purpose, since its inception, has been reaffirm Bariloche as the cultural beacon of Patagonia.
It is characterized by having, year after year, an eclectic agenda that includes chamber music and popular rhythms, bringing together the various national and international musical proposals that exist as a framework of best stages of the city of Rio Negro.
After its baptism, the pandemic postponed it to 2020 and moved it to the end of October last year, but in 2022 it returned to its original May date, always with free seats.
Standing in the middle of the stage where the ceremony was held and on the sidelines by Ariel Avalos (Río Negro Secretary of State for Culture) and Enrique Avogadro (Porteño Minister of Culture), the FIMBA mentor emphasized that the festival is “promoting a meeting of we love music. “
“This year we are reclaiming training spaces in workshops and master classes, while Philamónica ensembles will have a more limited presence in relation to 2021 as each ensemble has its own and intense activity since February,” he pointed out. Fraile at launch.
In this regard, Avogadro added: “The Bariloche International Music Festival is a great opportunity to recognize the art of talented musicians. In addition, to celebrate this bridge with the Río Negro, and continue to promote the vast culture of our country given the unique sense of identity of each province ”.
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Source: Clarin
