Sonia Megías

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Dúa da Pel is a bridge where music and words are tuned and sharpened to discover the target, the exact center, the birth of rhythm—which is the birth of the world. It is a world beyond the one that is always rushing to feed an impossible novelty. In Dúa da Pel, poetry, music, singing, and bodies advance through the clock in a time that is not linear, but vital. Their songs, texts, and performances—which we could well call journeys—launch us into the eye of the wind. They lead us to remember what we thought we didn’t know, to feel that harmony is a reality that comes looking for us when we open our listening. Dúa da Pel connects with a common essence above languages or eras through precise words and musical intelligence. Defining their style is an endless task, much like deciding which country a cloud or a star belongs to.

Their live performance is a path toward the sacred; by sacred, we mean that which is worthy of absolute respect because it is a channel of connection: of the intellectual with the spiritual, the small with the large, the personal with the communal. It is an expanded concept of the singer-songwriter.

The group began in 2014 under the direction of composer Sonia Megías and poet Eva Guillamón. Since then, they have developed an extensive international career in venues such as The Juilliard School of Music in New York, The British Museum in London, The Culture Square Theater in Shanghai, The Yue Opera Town in Shengzhou, The Instituto Cervantes in Tokyo or Various Spanish Cultural Centers (AECID) across Latin America. Their discography has been presented at the Teatro Real (Dúa de Pel, 2018) and the Auditorio Nacional (Madera de pájaro, 2021), both in Madrid.

In Dúa da Pel, all lyrics and poems are created by Eva Guillamón, and all the music and arrangements are created by Sonia Megías.

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CoroDelantal is a laboratory for choral experimentation that was created in New York City in 2011 by Spanish composer Sonia Megias. After one year of work, the project expanded to Spain (Madrid and Alicante), where it continues running.

We continue celebrating our 15th anniversary with our series of concerts in New York City. For this one, we’ll share stage with solo soprano Ally Christiansen.

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Program:

• Hi, hi ______________________________________ Sonia Megías
• Contrapunto fonémico IV (video-score) * ___________ Sonia Megías. Thessia Machado, motion graphics
• Asatoma Sadgamaya (mantra) __________________ traditional from India, arr. Sonia Megías
• Templo (fragment, labyrinth-score) _______________ Sonia Megías
• Grafía Cantada (video-score) __________________ Sonia Megías + Pepe Gimeno
• Hotarukoi (round) _________________________ traditional from Japón
• Family Cord (tactile score) _____________________ Sonia Megías
• Barca Magia (video-score)** ___________________ Sonia Megías. Ally Christiansen, soprano
• Tempsiabo (video-score)** ____________________ Sonia Megías. Ally Christiansen, soprano
• Bye, bye _______________________________ Sonia Megías

 

* World Premiere
** World Premiere of the video-score for the piece

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Singers at CoroDelantal for “Singing Bodies”:

SOPRANOS: Floor Grootenhuis, Inma Heredia, Thessia Machado

MEZZOS: Mimi Berkova, Ana Fisyak, Marina Garde, Megan Schubert

ALTOS: Ranjit Bhatnagar, Joana Costa, Luisen Elias, Lindsey Williams