27ISLAND CONNECTIONS | EDITION 727

Sonic UniverSe concert

Rick Wakeman

National prizeGuía de IsoraUntil August 22there is still time to sub-mit your entries for the Xvi Arte isora painting and sculpture competition. there are two first prizes of €1,000 each. See: www.guiadeisora.org.

LaLaCore La LaGuNaUntil August 22Bands have until the above date to register for this year’s music competition that will take place on Sep-tember 12 and 13 at the Aguere espacio cultural. See: http://lalacore.com.

Tears of joysaNTa CruzUntil August 15oscar Alonso shows a col-lection of works at the centro de Arte La recova, Plaza isla de la Madera, Monday to Friday, 10am to 8pm. call 922 240 346.

Ara Malikian, one of the most brilliant violinists of his gen-eration, will play the Teatro Leal in La Laguna on Septem-ber 11. Widely acclaimed and the win-ner of a long list of awards, he has given concerts in more than 40 different countries and accompanied many of the world’s greatest orchestras. He began studying violin with his father and gave his first con-cert at the age of 12. At the tender age of 14 years old he was invited to study at Berlin’s Hochschule für Musik, theater

und Median in Hannover, their youngest ever student, before continuing his studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He plays an energetic and intriguing mix of classical music fused with Middle east-ern, central european, Argen-tinean and Flamenco music, as well as the works of many of the very best modern com-posers. the show starts at 9pm and tickets cost between €12 and €18. See: www.teatro-leal.com.

Heavenly violin

FLAMenco

Farewell Farruca

Rosario Montoya Manzano, known as La Farruca will be at the Adán Martín auditorium on September 14 as part of her last tour before she retires. Daughter of legendary fla-menco artist Farruco, the dancer became a name in her own right during her long career, sharing the stage with many other famous art-ists including el Güito, Man-uela carrasco and Antonio canales. As star of many fla-menco shows she has toured the world including a stint in

London with the raíces Fla-mencas show. this last leg of her career is entitled tribute to the Greats in which she honours flamenco favourites such as Lola Flores, La Perla and carmen Amaya and her own father. With her in the show will be many of the current big names in the flamenco world, including her son Manuel Fernández. the show starts at 8pm and tickets cost €25 to €35. See: www.auditoriodetener-ife.com.

Legendary songwriter and key-board player Rick Wakeman will give a one-off concert on September 26 as part of the Starmus Festival. Wakeman first became well known as a member of pro-gressive rock band Yes back in the early 1970s and has also had a long and success-ful career as a session musi-cian, working with stars such as Marc Bolan, Black Sab-bath, Lou reed, elton John and David Bowie. Born in england in 1949, he started playing piano at the age of five and purchased his first electronic keyboard at 12 years old. He later studied clarinet, piano, modern music and orchestration at the royal college of Music for a year.During 1970 and 1971, Wake-man was in Folk rock group the Strawbs, with whom he recorded three albums, before joining Yes. though initially

only with Yes for around four years, he has often rejoined them in sister projects and reunion tours. He has also had a long and productive solo career and in total has sold more than 50 million copies of his diverse works.He has appeared on several British tv shows, including countdown, never Mind the Buzzcocks, Have i Got news For You and top Gear, as well as being the host of Gastank, a channel 4 show featuring interviews and performances with 1970s musicians, as well as the itv comedy show Live at Jongleurs.His interest in the great unknown that is space is well documented, so the Starmus festival is the perfect setting for him. See: www.starmus.com or email: info@starmus.com for concert information.

SPIN NEWS

southwest craftssaNTIaGo deL TeIdeAugust 10 Las eras park in Arguayo will be the scene for this year’s craft fair which will be held between 10am and 6pm.

save the oceansaroNaUntil August 24the Son Atlántico festival offers a variety of activities on a conservation theme, including talks and a clos-ing concert. See: www.sonatlanticofestival.com.

Time-lapse talesLa GomeraUntil September 5You have until the above date to enter up to three time-lapse videos taken in La Gomera. First prize is €3,000. See: www.lagomera.es.

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