“Mujeres en Canto is a commitment to take cultural activity out of the center of Santa Cruz. Not everything has to be done at the Guimerá Theater”. This is how the Councilor for Culture of the capital, Gladis de León, defends the implementation of the pilot program Women in Singing, with which four artists will offer, starting this Thursday, as many concerts with the aim of extending cultural activity beyond the center. “At the moment we start with these four concerts that, if they work as we hope, we will repeat with other activities throughout the year to bring culture closer to the neighborhoods of Santa Cruz”, adds the councillor.
The first of these concerts will take place tomorrow, February 17, in which Marianne Robiou will offer a performance at the premises of the Ruyman Neighborhood Association, in the neighborhood of La Salud. The concert will start at 7:00 p.m. and will have limited capacity. Robiou is a singer-songwriter of French origin with more than 10 years of career, who will offer a wide musical repertoire that she interprets in five languages.
The second concert will take place on Friday, February 25, at 5:00 p.m., at the Roque Negro Neighborhood Association, in Anaga, in which the voice duo Morimoto Sisters, made up of Satomi and Emiko Morimoto, two Japanese sisters, who They include music from the East and West in their repertoires, they will offer a sample of their virtuosity both with their voice and with the piano.
The third meeting of this cycle will feature Fabiola Socas, who will perform on Friday, March 18 at the Nuevo Obrero Neighborhood Association, in Ofra. There, at 7:00 p.m., the Canarian will take a tour of her best-known repertoire, from her facet as a singer to her commitment to styles such as jazz or the pop.
The last concert of Women in Singing, on March 24, will be carried out by Carla Vega, in the 7 Islands Association, in the Southwest District. It will start at 7:00 p.m. Vega has developed her career to date within the more traditional folklore, although she has been evolving, as she herself acknowledges, towards more modern music.
