Thursday 28th, October 2004
Clara Rodríguez & El Cuarteto at the Bolívar Hall
7:30 pm
MINIMUN DONATION £10
Voice mail 07906901796 or info@veninos.org
Bolívar Hall of the Embassy of Venezuelan Embassy
54 Grafton Way, London W1T 5DL
Doors open at 7:00 pm

Clara Rodríguez, piano
José Antonio Naranjo, Flute
Telésforo Naranjo, Double Bass
Miguel Delgado, Guitar
Raúl Delgado, Cuatro

Clara Rodríguez was born in Venezuela and after winning a scholarship from the Venezuelan Arts Council trained in London at the Royal College of Music under Phyllis Sellick. There, she was the recipient of numerous prizes and performed as a soloist with the RCM orchestras including a performance of the Ravel Concerto in G at St. John's Smith Square.
Clara Rodríguez's career as a concert pianist has taken her to perform all over the world. Her repertoire covers works by the best-known Classical, Romantic and Modern composers but she is also an enthusiastic promoter of the music of the Latin American continent. Her discography includes CDs of the piano music of Moises Moleiro (ASV), Federico Ruiz (ASV), Teresa Carreño (MMG Foundation) and the newly released on the Meridian label of works by Ernesto Lecuona.
Clara has recently premiered two major works especially written for her: the Second Piano Concerto for Piano and Orchestra by Federico Ruiz and Clarissma Visione by Diego Silva with the Orquesta Municipal de Caracas.

José Antonio Naranjo was born in Caracas where he studied the flute studies in the School of Music Lino Gallardo. In 1971, a fellowship took him to Paris where he was accepted by Jean Pierre Rampal as a student in the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique de Paris. In 1974 he became the first flute of the Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela. He founded the Quinteto de Vientos Venezuela in 1977, and later the Trío de Cámara Bellas Artes. Nowadays he performs as a flautist of the Quinteto de Vientos Latinoamericanos. He is the first flute of the Fundación Orquesta Filarmónica Nacional and director of the Ensamble de Flautas José Antonio Naranjo. His career as performing artist in Latin America matches that in musical education, for which he has been awarded several national prizes.

Telésforo Naranjo was born and educated in Caracas where Inocente Carreño, Vicente Emilio Sojo, Eduardo Plaza and Primo Casale taught him. Omar Sansone turned him into a performing double bass player and in 1965 he entered he entered the Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela in that capacity. Since 1988 he has been the first double bass soloist of the National Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1979 he began orchestral and choral conducting with Gonzalo Castellanos, and continued studies in the Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome and the Chigiana Academy of Siena. In 1980 he was named associate conductor of The Municipal Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, with which he has toured throughout Venezuela and North, Central and South America. He has accompanied Maurice Hasson, Joen Vásquez, Monique Duphil, José Antonio Naranjo and Olaf Ilzins among others.

Miguel Delgado was born in Calabozo, a town in the Llanos of Venezuela. He was a founding member of the Pro-Music Group and performed and directed Los Anauco. By working with Venezuelan luminaries such as Simón Díaz, Morella Muñoz, Lilia Vera and Cecilia Todd, his career as an instumentalist expanded into that of composer, arranger and producer of musical shows, theatre productions, documentaries and television programmes. He has taught the guitar at the Father Sojo Foundation and at the University Institute of Musical Studies (IUDEM). He is currently the manager of Creamusic, the music division of 1BC Firms.

Raúl Delgado was also born in Calabozo, but studied in Caracas at the Escuela Superior de Música and the Music School Juan Manuel Olivares. With a scholarship from Inciba, he moved to Paris for five years to continue studying in the Ecole Normale de Musique, the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique and in the group of Musical Research of the Radio and French Television. He has founded, conducted, taught and sang in some of the best known choral groups in Venezuela. For 23 years he performed with the famous Orfeón de la Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV). He is currently the conductor of the Choir of the Industrial Bank of Venezuela.His contribution to the cultural scene has earned him the top national decorations, the Gran Cordón and the Orden del Congreso de Angostura, among them.

Programme

1 Quirpa con chipola	Folk music
2 El Margariteño	Alberto Valderrama
3 Caramba Otilio Galíndez	Luis Ochoa
4 Pajarillo	Luisa Elena Paesano
5 Differences over "Guárdame las vacas"	Luis de Narváez-folklore (polo)
6 Yo esperaré tu voz	Federico Ruiz
8 El diablo suelto	Heraclio Fernández, Pedro Toro, Ulises Acosta
9 Pueblos tristes Otilio Galíndez	Luis Ochoa
10 Seis flautero	Miguel Astor
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11 Zumba que zumba con San Rafael	Folk music.
12 Tu presencia	Federico Ruíz
13 Carnaval	Folk music
14 Paisaje del olvido	Simón Díaz
15 Seis por derecho	Antonio Lauro - Clara Marcano
16 Mañanita pueblerina	Inocente Carreño - Efraín Oscher
17 Mañanita caraqueña	Evencio Castellanos
18 Joropo	Moisés Moleiro
19 El sinvergüenza	José Antonio Naranjo