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07 Apr 18conclusoOpera and Zarzuela
Cristina Fernandez, soprano. Josep Buforn, piano.
Works by Mozart, Donizetti, Granados ...
Der Hölle Rache, La Flauta Mágica. Mozart.
Eccomi in lieta vesta, I Capuleti e i Montecchi. Bellini.
Intermezzo Cavallería Rusticana. P. Mascagni.
Quel guardo il cavaliere, Don Pasquale. Donizetti.
Quando me'n vo, La Boheme. Pucini.
Canción Andaluza del Dúo de la Africana, M.F. Caballero.
Yo quiero a un hombre, El Cabo Primero. M. F. Caballero.
Danza española nº 5, E. Granados.
Esta es su carta, Gigantes y Cabezudos. M. F. Caballero
Si las mujeres mandasen, Gigantes y Cabezudos. M.F. Caballero.
Cristina Fernandez, soprano
She began her piano studies with the teacher Elvira Guarás obtaining the degree of Middle Grade in the Professional Conservatory of Music of La Rioja, where she began singing studies. Then she continued her singing studies at the Municipal Conservatory of Barcelona and finished them at the Superior Conservatory of the Liceu in Barcelona with the teacher Carmen Bustamante.
She has received master classes in singing and vocal repertoire with outstanding teachers such as: Mariella Devia, María Bayo, Cynthia Sanner, Aquiles Machado, Kurt Widmer, Ana Luisa Chova, Ana María Sánchez, Jaume Aragall, Francesca Roig, Dolores Aldea, Roberto Accurso, Elena Copons, Miquel Ortega, Marta Pujol, Rubén Fernández, Josep Surinyac, Ricardo Estrada, Olga Kobekina ... etc.
She has performed as soloist in numerous venues: Enric Granados Auditorium (Lleida), Olimpia Theater (Huesca), La Amistad Theater (Mollerussa), CaixaForum (Lleida) Hall of Mirrors of the Gran Teatro del Liceo, Sant Cugat Monastery, Pedralbes Monastery , Monastery of Fitero, Patio de Santo Tomás (Alcalá de Henares), etc.
She has been part of the cast of Sour Angelica playing the role of "novice" in the production of Superior Conservatory of the Liceu 2014. She has been a soloist in Missa no. 2 in G major, D 167, and in the Tantum ergo in major Mib, D 962, both by Schubert; accompanied by the Coral Shalom and the Jove Orquestra de Ponent, directed by director Robert Faltus. She has also participated as a soloist in the Requiem for the Living by Dan Forrest, along with the Coral Shalom and the Orchestra of the Musiquem Lleida Festival, directed by Robert Faltus.
She has played the role of Marola de La Tabernera del Puerto, P.Sorozabal in Sant Pere de Vilamajor, Barcelona.
Winner in the "Penyafort 2015 Singing Competition" Barcelona. Scholarship by the tenor Aquiles Machado for the master's degree "An approach to the Verdiana Interpretation", Madrid 2014. Camerata Sant Cugat Award, 2013. Clarós Foundation Award, 2013. Second prize in the "Eleventh edition of the Musical Performance Awards of the Conservatory of Isaac Albéniz Music, Girona 2012 ". Winner at the "Gala Lírica de Graus", Huesca 2011.
Josep Buforn, piano
Born in Barcelona, ??he studied at the Conservatorio Superior de Música del Liceo. He did the studies of piano to The Associated Board of the Royal School of Music (England) with Òscar Boada and the Municipal Conservatory of Music of Barcelona with María Jesús Crespo with the maximum ratings. He has received master classes from Luiz de Moura Sousa, Nina Drath, Nina Svetlanova and Peter Bithell.
He won the first prize of the Young Performers Competition of Vilafranca del Penedès and also of the I Ricard Viñes de Lleida Piano Competition. Recently he has won the best prize Accompanying state pianist at the Intercentros Contest in Madrid.
He has extensive experience as a repertorist, accompanist and chamber music pianist, he has also collaborated with the Orquesta Sinfónica del Vallés, Young National Orchestra of Catalonia, Symphonic Orchestra of Barcelona and National of Catalonia and with the Municipal Band of Barcelona.
Currently, and within his role as a repertorist pianist, his presence is constantly required by recognized and prestigious interpreters within the operatic scene at the international level. He collaborates with the Choir of the Gran Teatro del Liceo and the Chamber Choir of the Palau de la Catalan music, and he is a pianist accompanying the Orfeón Catalán. He is also an official pianist of international competitions such as the Viñas Contest and regularly collaborates with festivals such as that of Peralada and Portaferrada.
He has recently been invited to play at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York, along with the flutist Isabel Franch, on the occasion of the recording of her CD 'Gipsy Airs', with great success.

