Concert: Pedro Bonet González and Belén González Castaño

Past event

Pedro Bonet González, cello
Born in León in 1997, he began his cello studies in Madrid at an early age with María Lopes da Cunha and completed his professional studies with Javier Albarés, Manuel de Moya and Kepa de Diego at the CIEM “Federico Moreno Torroba” in Madrid, obtaining the End of Grade Prize in his speciality. He has been taught by Suzana Stefanovic, Rafael Ramos, Juan Pérez de Albéniz, Iagoba Fanlo, Gregor Horsch, Philippe Muller, Jens Peter Maintz and Gary Hoffman.

In September 2013 he passed the admission tests for the Joven Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid and has been a member of the Halftone string quartet with which he has given several recitals and won the AgrupArte 2014 competition. He was also a prize-winner in the ConcursArte 2015 competition for soloists and orchestra, performing Haydn's C major concerto with the CIEM Federico Moreno Torroba Symphony Orchestra conducted by Javier Jacinto. He was a finalist in the last edition of the Concurso Intercentros Melómano.

He has given concerts in Madrid (Nicolás Salmerón, Museo Romántico, CSKG, Centro Príncipe de Asturias, Centro Galileo, Colegio de Médicos, Fundación Olivar de Castillejo, Club Matador,...), Teruel, Segovia (Palacio Real de La Granja, Teatro Canónigos) and in León (Sala Eutherpe).), Teruel, Segovia (Palacio Real de La Granja, Teatro Canónigos) and in León (Sala Eutherpe), he has also collaborated with the Grupo de Música Barroca La Folía in the tribute that Tomás Marco's tertulia paid to the composer Zulema de la Cruz held in the Casino de Madrid, and has played with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid in the Auditorio Nacional, he is a member of the Orquesta Sinfónica del CSKG.

He is currently a student of Michal Dmochowski and Karolina Styczen at the Katarina Gurska Centre for Music Education, for whose foundation he has been awarded a scholarship, obtaining the highest marks.

Belén González Castaño, piano
Born in León in 1975, she began her piano studies with Pilar Castaño, training which she later perfected with Miguel Frechilla, Rosa Mª Kucharsky, Joaquín Nin-Culmell, Edith Picht-Axenfeld, Jacques Chapuis, Leon Fleischer, Serghey Yerokhin and Anatoli Pouzvon. He studied chamber music with Luis Rego at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid and began his recorder studies in León with Vicente Balseiro. He studied the Grado Superior with Mariano Martín at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid, where he finished his degree with Honourable Mention in 1994, and then went on to further studies with Pedro Bonet.

She has been awarded a prize in the “Pianos Royal” competition and has performed as a piano soloist with the “Odón Alonso” Chamber Orchestra. In 1996 she represented Spain at the XVII International Congress of EPTA (European Piano Teachers Association) in Belgium with a programme of Spanish music for two pianos. He has been a member of various chamber ensembles and has premiered as a harpsichord soloist Ricardo Llorca's Concierto italiano with I Solisti Aquilani, a work he has recorded with the Chamber Orchestra of the Gran Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona for the Columna Música label, and also the Danzas del Vizcaíno for harpsichord solo by the same composer.

In the field of early music, he is a regular member of the recorder group “La Folía”, with which he has given concerts in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Austria, Holland, England, Belgium, Poland, Czech Republic, Serbia, Turkey, Puerto Rico, USA, Chile, Mexico, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Philippines, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Ivory Coast and Ghana and has recorded the CDs Música instrumental del tiempo de Velázquez, Música en la corte de Felipe V, Música de la Guerra de Sucesión Española, Corona Aurea and La Nao de China.

She is currently a pianist with the Excelentia Choral Society of Madrid and the Choir of the Complutense University of Madrid and teaches repertoire with piano at the Centro Superior Katarina Gurska, while at the same time maintaining a great concert activity.

Programme:

J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

Suite III BWV 1009

Allemande

Courante

Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)

Sonata G14 in Eb Major

Allegro brillante

Andante non tanto, Legato sempre

Minuetto with variations

Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994)

Grave (Metamorphoses for cello and piano (1981)

Sacher Variation for solo cello (1975)

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)

Allegro piano concerto

Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-)

Suite for solo cello

Serenade

Scherzo

Notturno

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Sonata for cello and piano Op. 102 No. 1
Andante - Allegro vivace
Adagio - Tempo d'Andante - Allegro vivace