A young woman from Tudela appeared on ‘The Voice’ (A3 TV). Andrew, 25 years old, with a master’s degree in biochemistry and a secondary degree at the conservatory, specializing in violin and voice. He stood in front of the microphone and began to play the bolero delicately and at the same time with extraordinary depth. ‘My soul’. Judge (Pablo López, Malú, Orozco, Fonsi) They were astonished. We are at home more.
“He was so intense when he said that verse.”If I had found a soul like mine (..) A soul that would tell me everything with its look without saying anything when it looked at me.” An atmosphere immediately created that transcended the screen. Ah! These were two magical minutes. Singing Andrew has an impressive degree of perfection. And with a work of musicalization that reaches perfection by adding piano counterpoint. He usually sings this bolero song Natalia Lafourcade accompanied by two guitar masters Los Macorinos. They’ve said it ever since Lucho Gatica anyone Liberty Lamarque, until Portugal with Chucho Valdes.
But there is more. The choice of this song, which is rare in the television music scene, is also a tribute to its composer, a Mexican from Guanajuato. Maria Grever (1885-1951) managed to do something that was almost exclusively reserved for men in his time: composing songs. The woman did not compose, she sang. AND Maria Grever, Having never sung, he began composing compositions such as ‘Muñequita linda’, ‘When I return to your side’, ‘Quiéreme Hasta la loca’, ‘Júrame’ and amazed the entire Latin American music world. Ah! thank you Andrew He got better with his indisputable talent and quality. Maria GreverIt’s not well known here, but it’s still great.
Moments like the one I’m telling you today are so hard to find on television. I am now looking forward to tonight’s episode of ‘Això no es una cançó’ (TV3). Ramon Jener will dive into Frank Sinatra and his ‘My way’. This is another of the very few programs that feature musical excellence with a didactic tone. I hope you will forgive me for not telling you today about the miseries of television and the traps it spreads. As I get older, I search for these rarities with greater enthusiasm. Andrew, I’m slowly finding this out. It helps me maintain the illusion that television serves more than just general embarrassment.