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Rafael Capilla - vocals
András Demeter - violin
María Ventosa - harp
Raquel Pastor - soprano
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Tel./Fax.: +34 (9) 1-518-7110, |
More than any other genre, JARRATINA emphasizes the relationship between language and music. Listening to JARRATINA is like time travelling. Their art is the transmission of our common past: stories, history and legends, through the captivating rhymes recollected from the oral tradition and put to music by Javier Velasco.
Jarratina grew out of a project on European folklore in 1985 at the Complutense University of Madrid. Since then, they have performed as both a quartet and quintet all over Europe, earning a gold medal as best folk group in the "Concurso de Participacion Cuidadana", organized by the Madrid City Hall. Consisting of guitar, vocals, harp, and violin, the overwhelming reception of their first three programs: the Spanish Romancero, the Traditional Britannic Ballads and the European Anthology of traditional Music, has lead to the creation of a Christmas program of Traditional European Music. Their repertoire with more than 180 songs draws traditional ballads from Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Greece which are sung in their original language along with other minority languages such as Basque, Gallego, and Catalan.
Javier Velasco has been researching and performing traditional narrative Spanish and European folklore since 1985 and has arranged the 180 songs in JARRATINA'S repertory which were originally sung without instrumentation. With his solid classical education, he has combined his research into European folklore with his work in the Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Chorus and Orchestra where he has tenure. There is also a pedagogical side of his career, as well as sporadic appearances in musical theater, Opera and Zarzuela (Spanish light Opera).
Rafael Capilla was born in Madrid where he studied voice and musical performance. He has collaborated with Spanish lyrical theater companies such as the Calderón Theater, the Spanish Lyrical Company, and the National Company of Baroque Opera. He has interpreted such Zarzuelas (Spanish light opera) as "La verbena de la paloma" and "Pan y toros", among others. He was a founding member of the Monteverdi Chorus where he expanded his repertoire. His work as a soloist in "Jarratina" has been characterized by the research and diffusion of ancient music, as well as music from the oral tradition.
Born in Hungary, András Demeter began playing the violin when he was only eight years old. At the age of fourteen he entered the Music Conservatory of Hungary, where he studied piano and composition. From an early age he participated in international tours and was a part of the Chamber Orchestra "Leo Weiner", visiting countries such as Austria, Germany, Spain, Greece, etc.
After finishing his studies at the Superior Music Conservatory of Hungary, he became part of the symphonic orchestra of this city. In 1986 he became part of the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Grand Canaries which later merged with the Symphonic Orchestra of Austria. Since 1989 he has been a member of the Community Orchestra of Madrid in which he has played solo many times.
Along with his orchestral involvement, he participates in important educational and chamber music activities. For six years he has been a member of "The Solanists of Madrid Quintet" , and is also founding member of "The Webber Quartet".
He is a composer and arranger as well as editor of his own compact disc of compositions (1989).
Born in Madrid in 1981, María Ventosa began studying music when she was barely 8 years of age, and receiving her degree at the age of 21. Today, she is one of the youngest harpists on the Spanish music scene. She has studied harp with Susana Cermeño y presently with Maria Rosa Calvo Manzano.
María Ventosa has taken numerous national courses under prestigious teachers of harp. Not only does she play classical harp, but, she is a renown expert and interpreter of the Celtic harp, with a very broad repertoire in that field.
Presently, she divides her time between performance engagements and her University studies.
Raquel Pastor López was born in Madrid where she began studying music with her grandmother, who conducted the Joaquin Pastor Orchestra. She studied voice with the mezzo-soprano Carmen Charlán and later obtained a Master´s degree in Arabic and Islamic Linguistics.
She has participated in the Master Classes given by Monserrat Caballé and in the Courses of Musical Critique through the magazine "Ritmo" . She is a member of "The Rhapsody", a company which collaborated with the Spanish Radio and Television during the Opera Season 98/99, performing from the Calderon Theatre of Madrid.
