Muro City Council, Muro Music Association and Maestro Alcaraz Lyric-Cultural Association presented the town’s events this Monday discretion musician and composer dies Rafael Alcaraz on the occasion centenary of his birth. The first of the planned events is the biographical exhibition of the maestro, which will open on Friday, January 19, on the occasion of the Fireta de Sant Antoni celebrations.
Muro Mayor Vicen Molina was also present at the event; José Rafael Pascual Vilaplana, director, composer and artistic and music advisor of the Vila de Muro International Composition Prize; Manolo Mondéjar Criado, director of Unió Musical de Muro; Soraya Sanchis Mogino, president of Unió Musical de Muro, and Antonio Olcina, director of the Maestro Alcaraz Lyric-Cultural Association.
As the mayor explained, in the coming days the rules and corporate image will be changed. VIII Vila de Muro International Composition Prizethis year it will have the subtitle ‘Mestre Rafael Alcaraz’. An appeal for which 4,000 euros were donated this year. Those who want to participate will be able to submit their works until October 31, 2024. The winning entry will be presented at a concert next year, but full information will be in the rules to be available soon. Additionally, the mayor showed his full support “for this tribute” to the events organized by Unió Musical de Muro and Associació Lírico-Cultural Maestro Alcaraz. a glorious figure who is part of our history and a cultural and musical reference for our people”.
In addition to the biographical exhibition opening this week, a commemorative concert will be held in April, conducted by Manolo Mondéjar and José Rafael Pascual Vilaplana, which will be recorded live and later released on CD. In this concert four great works What the teacher wrote to testify to his work symphonic. For his part, José Rafael Pascual Vilaplana, director, composer and artistic and musical advisor of the International Composition Prize, emphasized “Alcaraz’s great interest in culture and in the recovery of the Murer legacy, especially musical, with the following pieces: the Hymn to l’Aurora, Danses de Palau, Mare de Déu dels Desemparatsand others”.
Festival Concert in May Moros and Christians Half of it will be dedicated to the Murer musician. As the head of Unió Musical explains, “During our Festival of Moors and Christians, different events will feature the works of maestro Alcaraz, because in these days when music plays an even more leading role, revelers and visitors will “learn some of the most important works of the musician and composer.”
In July, a Summer Concert dedicated to Zarzuela is planned, due to the admiration for this musical genre and the establishment of the “Mestre Alcaraz” Lyrical Music Association dedicated to the spread of this genre. In September there will be a lyrical concert by Associació Lírica Musical Mestre Alcaraz. The events on October 9 will also include a lecture by José Rafael Pascual Vilaplana on the life and work of Rafael Alcaraz. To close the year, the Vila de Muro Rafael Alcaraz Composition Prize will be awarded in December and a round table meeting will be held by the competition panel. Additionally, the CD recorded in April will be presented at the Santa Cecilia Concert.
As emphasized by the City Council, “An intense year of music and culture to carry on the memory of Murers and music lovers the great legacy that Rafael Alcaraz left us.”