Nurial Rial, Artemandoline - Entre Voix et Mandoline

Nuria Rial, sopranoArtemandolineJuan Carlos Muñoz and Mari Fe Pavón, direction FALCONIERI, RIBAYAZ, SCARLATTI, MARIN, SANTIAGO DE MURCIA, ARAIA…From Naples to Madrid The music called scholarly has never ceased to draw inspiration from the melodies and dances, even the sonorities, of popular traditions.

This was particularly true in the baroque era, with great journeys between the Old and New Worlds adding an extra dimension of rhythms and shimmering colors (Ribayaz is a magnificent example).

The mandolin was the very embodiment of this intermingling, Neapolitan in its most widespread identity, navigating between Naples and Spain.

While Italy gradually asserted its musical supremacy—notably vocal—across the continent, the Iberian peninsula retained its sonic specificity: Andrea Falconieri or Domenico Scarlatti superbly illustrate this phenomenon.

It is to a fascinating musical journey on the shores of the Mediterranean that the brilliant ensemble Artemandoline, conducted on the mandolin by Juan Carlos Muñoz and Mari Fe Pavón, welcomes you, surrounding the luminous Nuria Rial, a true icon of Spanish song.