Morelia, Michoacán.- The first edition of the National Chopin Hall Piano Festival and Competition “Mariano Elízaga” arrives in Morelia, Michoacán, to be held from August 21 to 28 of this year. The newly created Festival will be full of concerts, classes, conferences and competitions among young musicians, as reported in a press conference by its creator and director, Miriam Pérez Fleitas.
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The competition will consist of four stages; first and second stage, semifinal and final, participating 21 young pianists from Oaxaca, Mexico City, Monterrey, Cuernavaca, Querétaro, Durango, Saltillo, Xalapa, Guadalajara and Morelia.
About the jurors, Peréz Fleitas mentioned three important figures of music: the Italian musicologist Luca Giantore, the Mexican pianist Mauricio Nader and the Cuban Antonio Carbonell.Read more: Covid attacks more millennials in Aguascalientes, they are not vaccinatedThe grand prize will consist of an upright Boston piano with a value of 300 thousand pesos, plus a concert with the Tzintzuni Chamber Orchestra the following year; the second prize is 35 thousand pesos and the third is 20 thousand pesos. Read more: Man prostituted his daughter to pay the rent in EdomexIn addition, the best interpretation of Chopin and another award for the best execution of the obligatory work (a piece made by the young composer Juan Vázquez) will be awarded, with a contribution of 10 thousand pesos each, said the director.
The concerts will have two venues in Morelia; the Teatro Ocampo for three concerts plus two piano recitals, and the Centro Cultural Clavijero (CCC). In many places, up to 75 percent capacity will be allowed. The price of tickets for the inaugural concert will be between 500 and 370 pesos, while for the rest of the events will range between 440 and 275 pesos. Tickets are already on sale through the Super Boletos website or at the Farmacia del Ahorro branches on Avenida Enrique Ramírez, Morelos Norte, as well as CandyMania in Chapultepec Sur.
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