Music – «The music of composer Laura Vega»
Music — The music of composer Laura Vega at the Headquarters of La Feria of the Municipal School of Music Education, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Venue: Headquarters of La Feria of the Municipal School of Music Education of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, multipurpose room of module A.
Format: In-person, by registration request and subsequent confirmation by the organization. Recording or online broadcast is not planned.
Application period opens: Monday, May 11, 2026 at 9:00 AM. Registration requests received before this day and time will not be considered.
Organizes: Municipal School of Music Education of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Teaches: Laura Vega.
Laura Vega was born in Gran Canaria in 1978 and is a composer. Her catalog includes more than eighty works. Among her orchestral productions, her Concerto for Oboe and Two Orchestral Groups, Images of an Island for Orchestra and Silbo Gomero, In Paradisum Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Angel of Light Double Concerto for Percussion, String Orchestra and Harp, Galdosiana for Orchestra, Light, Love and Ecstasy Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra, and Zafra Canarian Concerto for Timple and Orchestra, dedicated and premiered in 2024 by timple player Domingo el Colorao and the Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra, stand out.
Several of her works have been recorded for various record labels, highlighting her two latest monographic works: Luz de tinieblas. Chamber Music for the NEOS label and Galdosiana. Orchestral Works for the IBS Classical label. In 2025, Galdosiana was nominated for best contemporary classical composition at the Spanish Music Academy Awards. She is also a Doctor from the University of La Laguna, Professor of Composition at the Higher Conservatory of Music of the Canary Islands at its Gran Canaria campus, and a Full Member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of the Canary Islands. She was recently awarded the Can de las Artes of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria 2025.
Content: Lecture The music of composer Laura Vega.
In this talk, the Canarian composer Laura Vega herself will present her work Zafra, a Canarian concerto for timple and symphonic band, through a reflection on her musical creation processes, tracing the path from the birth of ideas and inspiration to their materialization in the score and their subsequent performance before the public. Laura Vega will also share her vision on decision-making related to the choice of musical structures and forms, instrumental ensembles, harmonies, melodies, rhythms, and textures, as well as the influence of collaboration with performers on the final outcome of a work.
Through other works in her catalog, aspects such as the interdisciplinary relationship with other artistic manifestations, such as literature, painting, or dance, will be addressed, illustrated with various examples from her production. During the activity, fragments of some of her compositions will be heard.
During the active music listening sessions, Vega provides students with tools for technical analysis and historical contextualization of the work in question, its author, its different movements, the instruments involved, among other elements, thus helping students understand the creative process and the sonic elements that make up each piece.
Registration request and profile of participating students: Maximum of 25 people from 10 years of age upwards, including young people and adults. Applications will be processed in order of receipt, prioritizing students currently enrolled in the EMEM and then the rest of the citizens, in any case preferably from 10 years of age upwards and with preference for residents registered in the municipality.
More information by writing to ememlaspalmas@ememlaspalmas.com.
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