Marina Heredia takes part next June 28 and 29 in the world premiere of En Libertad! El camino de los gitanos, for singer, percussion, flamenco guitar and orchestra. The piece was commissioned by the Duisburger Philharmoniker to José Quevedo ‘Bolita’ and Joan Albert Amargós as part of the artistic residency of the cantaora in the 2022/23 season of the orchestra, and the texts were written by Quevedo himself on an idea by Marina Heredia. Both Quevedo and Amargós will have an active participation in this premiere since the former, as Marina’s regular guitarist, will also perform as a soloist, along with Paquito González on the percussion; Amargós on his part will act as musical director.
Marina had already visited Duisburg in November 2022 as part of her artistic residence, offering two concerts with the orchestra and its principal conductor, Axel Kober, in which she sang El Amor Brujo by Manuel de Falla. This visit was closed with the show Garnata by Marina’s usual quintet, since the interest of the artistic direction goes beyond symphonic concerts and they have also programmed Marina Heredia’s flamenco company. In the same way, after this world premiere, Marina and her company, with the addition of several Duisburger musicians, will offer a concert with the repertoire of Marina’s latest album, Capricho. In addition, educational activities have also been programmed in schools, as well as conferences-concerts in collaboration with the Instituto Cervantes.
After the recent presentation of the 2023/24 season of the Galician Symphony Orchestra, we can also announce that the Spanish premiere of En Libertad will take place in May 2024 with the same soloists, this time conducted by José Trigueros. Marina is definitely the most demanded singer internationally for this repertoire; only last year she could be seen in Germany at the Konzerthaus, the Philharmonie and the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin; the Laieszhalle of the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, or the Lausitz Festival in Görlitz, and she has sung with important orchestras such as Chicago Symphony or San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lille or Orquestra Sinfônica da Casa da Música do Porto in Portugal.
Marina Heredia will be artist-in-residence of the Duisburger Philharmoniker in the 2022/23 symphony season. After a season that saw her debuts with the Orquesta da Casa da Música do Porto or the Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, and a summer that took her to the Granada International Music and Dance Festival and to Hamburg as a guest of the Martha Argerich Festival at the Laieszhalle of the Elbphilharmonie, Marina begun this season at the Lausitz Festival in Görlitz, the Seville Biennale or the inaugural concert of the Navarra Symphony Orchestra season, which was also the presentation of maestro Perry So as its new Musica and artistic Director, Marina will visit Duisburg up to four occasions to offer various concerts, both with the orchestra and with his flamenco company.
Marina’s residency begins with the quintessential work for cantaora with symphony orchestra, El Amor Brujo by Manuel de Falla. These concerts will take place at the Mercatorhalle in Duisburg, the orchestra’s usual venue, on November 9 and 10, under the direction of its principal conductor, Axel Kober. Next, on the 12th of that month in the same room, she will offer a flamenco recital with her company in quintet format, accompanied by guitar (José Quevedo ‘Bolita’), percussion (Paquito González) and choir / clapping (Fita Heredia and Anabel Rivera).
The second symphonic date will be at the end of the season and it will be the premiere of En Libertad! a work commissioned by the orchestra, composed jointly by José Quevedo ‘Bolita’ and Joan Albert Amargós, which will be conducted by Josep Pons on June 28 and 29. Quevedo, also the author of the texts, has based himself on the journey of the gypsy people from its original origins in the East to the Iberian Peninsula and, particularly, Andalusia. The residency closes with a new flamenco recital on July 1 whose program is based on the cantaora’s latest album, CAPRICHO, and which will feature the participation of musicians from the Duisburger Philharmoniker as guests along with the company’s musicians.
Marina Heredia will be artist-in-residence of the Duisburger Philharmoniker in the 2022/23 symphony season. After a season that saw her debuts with the Orquesta da Casa da Música do Porto or the Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, and a summer that took her to the Granada International Music and Dance Festival and to Hamburg as a guest of the Martha Argerich Festival at the Laieszhalle of the Elbphilharmonie, still waiting for her visit to the Lausitz Festival in Görlitz, the Seville Biennale or the inaugural concert of the Navarra Symphony Orchestra season, which is also the presentation of maestro Perry So as its new Musica and artistic Director, Marina will visit Duisburg up to four occasions to offer various concerts, both with the orchestra and with his flamenco company.
Marina’s residency begins with the quintessential work for cantaora with symphony orchestra, El Amor Brujo by Manuel de Falla. These concerts will take place at the Mercatorhalle in Duisburg, the orchestra’s usual venue, on November 9 and 10, under the direction of its principal conductor, Axel Kober. Next, on the 12th of that month in the same room, she will offer a flamenco recital with her company in quintet format, accompanied by guitar (José Quevedo ‘Bolita’), percussion (Paquito González) and choir / clapping (Fita Heredia and Anabel Rivera).
The second symphonic date will be at the end of the season and it will be the premiere of En Libertad! a work commissioned by the orchestra, composed jointly by José Quevedo ‘Bolita’ and Joan Albert Amargós, which will be conducted by Josep Pons on June 28 and 29. Quevedo, also the author of the texts, has based himself on the journey of the gypsy people from its original origins in the East to the Iberian Peninsula and, particularly, Andalusia. The residency closes with a new flamenco recital on July 1 whose program is based on the cantaora’s latest album, CAPRICHO, and which will feature the participation of musicians from the Duisburger Philharmoniker as guests along with the company’s musicians.
Marina Heredia returns to the United States to sing Manuel de Falla’s El Amor Brujo, alongside the San Diego Symphony and Rafael Payare, on 8 October at 7:30 p.m. on the spectacular stage of the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park. Marina will share the stage with Javier Perianes, who will play Noches en los Jardines de España, to complete, together with Chabrier’s España, a very Spanish evening that, in fact, is entitled A Night in Spain. Marina will repeat the experience later, in 2026, again with Rafael Payare but this time with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Marina was in the United States as recently as this past March to participate in the New York Flamenco Festival, and previous visits include the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and St Luke’s in New York, always with El Amor Brujo and conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado. Her most recent performance was very special because, in addition to taking place at the Palace of Charles V in the Alhambra as part of the 1st Granada Flamenco Biennial, it was a double presentation as she sang En Libertad! El camino de los gitanos, presenting his latest album, with this work as the centrepiece, with the City of Granada Orchestra conducted by José Trigueros, and with José Quevedo “Bolita” on guitar and Paquito González on percussion. This work, composed jointly by Joan Albert Amargós and José Quevedo, was commissioned by the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra, with which it premiered on 28 and 29 June 2023 with Amargós himself conducting. It had its Spanish premiere in A Coruña on 24 and 25 May 2024 with the Galicia Symphony Orchestra, and this season it is also scheduled to be performed by the Castile and León Symphony Orchestra in January 2026, in both cases also conducted by Maestro Trigueros.
Marina Heredia is undoubtedly the most sought-after international singer for this repertoire. In recent seasons, she has performed at the Konzerthaus and Philharmonie in Berlin with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin, the Laieszhalle at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Lausitz Festival in Görlitz, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the New York Flamenco Festival and the Cartagena Festival. She has sung with orchestras of the stature of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Orchestre National de Lille, the Orquestra Sinfônica da Casa da Música do Porto, the Rouen Opera and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, with which she recorded El Amor Brujo under the baton of Pablo Heras-Casado, and in La Fura del Baus’ production for the Granada Festival under the baton of Manuel Hernández -Silva, as well as with the Castile and León Symphony Orchestra and Thierry Fischer, the Galicia Symphony Orchestra and José Trigueros, the Navarra Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Perry So, the RTVE Symphony Orchestra, again conducted by Hernández-Silva, the Murcia Region Symphony Orchestra with Roberto Forés, and the North Macedonia Philharmonic Orchestra with Christian Vásquez.
Marina Heredia presents En Libertad! El Camino de los Gitanos (In Freedom! The path of the gypsies) at the Palace of Charles V in the Alhambra of Granada, on September 18th, as part of the 1st Granada Flamenco Biennial, with the Granada City Orchestra conducted by José Trigueros, José Quevedo ‘Bolita’ on guitar and Paquito González on percussion. This is a double presentation, as the concert is accompanied by the launch of his new album, which revolves around this piece as its central work. En Libertad!, composed jointly by Joan Albert Amargós and José Quevedo, was commissioned by the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra, with which it premiered on June 28th and 29th, 2023, with Amargós himself conducting. It had its Spanish premiere in A Coruña on May 24th and 25th, 2024, with the Galicia Symphony Orchestra under the direction of José Trigueros, and it is also scheduled to be performed with the Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra in January 2026, again under the baton of Maestro Trigueros. Marina, who was at the New York Flamenco Festival on past March, is also scheduled to perform with the San Diego Symphony and the Philadelphia Orchestra in the United States, singing Falla’s El Amor Brujo, on both occasions conducted by Rafael Payare.
Marina Heredia is undoubtedly the most sought-after singer internationally for this repertoire. In recent seasons, she has appeared at the Konzerthaus and the Berlin Philharmonie, alongside the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; the Pierre Boulez Hall in Berlin; the Laieszhalle of the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg; the Lausitz Festival in Görlitz; the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival; the New York Flamenco Festival or the Cartagena International Music Festival.
She has sung with orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre National de Lille, the Orquestra Sinfônica da Casa da Música do Porto, the Rouen Opera, and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, with whom she recorded El Amor Brujo under the baton of Pablo Heras-Casado and the production of La Fura del Baus for the Granada Festival under the baton of Manuel Hernández-Silva. She has also performed with the Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra and Thierry Fischer, the Galicia Symphony Orchestra and José Trigueros, the Navarra Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Perry So, the RTVE Symphony Orchestra under the direction, again, of Hernández-Silva, the Murcia Region Symphony Orchestra with Roberto Forés, and the North Macedonia Philharmonic with Christian Vásquez.
