Carmen Solís & Rubén Fernández Aguirre
Biography Carmen Solís & Rubén Fernández Aguirre
Carmen Solís
She has performed under the baton of Plácido Domingo, Thomas Sanderling, Ros Marbá, Pedro Halffter, Josep Caballé-Domenech, Daniel Lipton, Kazushi Ono, Adrian Leaper, Julian Kovatchev, Paolo Arrivabeni, José Ramón Encinar, Guerassim Voronkov, Miguel Angel Gómez Martínez, Oliver Díaz, Ramón Tebar, Manuel Coves, Alberto Veronesi and Alvaro Albiach among others. At the same time, she has collaborated with stage directors such as Emilio Sagi, Curro Carreres, José Carlos Plaza, Olivia Fuchs, Renzo Giacchieri, Fabio Sparvoli, Gustavo Tambascio, Hugo de Ana or Gilbert Defló together with ORTVE, Teatro Real Orchestra, Al Ayre Español, Staatskapelle de Halle (Germany), AGAO Orchestra, Quebec Opera Orchestra, ORCAM, O.P. Asturias, Extremadura Symphonic Orchestra, Teatro Liceo Orchestra, Toscana Orchestra, OSCYI, Granada Orchestra, OBC, and the Bilbao Symphonic Orchestra among others.
Her debut in Madrid's Teatro Real was in the role of Furie in the concert version of Ernst Krenek's opera Orpheus und Euridyke. Her principal stage performances, always in leading roles, began in 2009 with Amelia (Un Ballo in Maschera) at the Oviedo Opera, where she later on sang the role of Leonora (Il Trovatore) and Madama Butterfly. She performed the latter role in the Municipal Theater of Santiago de Chile where she also sang Nedda (Pagliacci). She performed Tosca in Bilbao, Pamplona, the Giglio Theater in Lucca (Italy), and the Ephesus Theater (Izmir, Turkey); Suor Angélica in Badajoz; Mimi (La Boheme) in Barcelona; Contessa (Le Nozze di Figaro) in ABAO Bilbao, Fidelia (Edgar) in the Monumental Theater in Madrid and Rosa (Juan José) in the Zarzuela Theater in Madrid.
Her extensive catalogue of zarzuelas includes: Moreno Torroba's Luisa Fernanda; Paloma (El Barberillo de Lavapiés); Reyes (Entre Sevilla y Triana) with performances in Oviedo, Bilbao and the Maestranza Theater in Seville; Aurora (La del Soto del Parral) in Alicante and Alcoy; Sagrario (La Rosa del Azafrán) in the Gayarre Theater in Pamplona; and María del Pilar in the Zarzuela Theater in Madrid, among others.
In the area of oratorio and choral symphonic works, she has performed Verdi's Requiem; Mozart's Requiem and Coronation Mass; Vivaldi's Gloria; F. Schubert's Mass in G Major; G.B. Pergolesi's Stabat Mater; G. Fauré's Requiem, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony; G. Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle, as well as Liederabend and contemporary repertoire.
Her first solo CD (Nana) of Spanish song, together with the pianist Eduardo Moreno, was released in 2015 (Brilliant Classics). She also took part in the recording of a zarzuela recital with ORTVE and Adrian Leaper for the RTVE (Spanish Radio and Television) label as well as contemporary music with Ensemble XX-XXI.
Rubén Fernández Aguirre
Born in Barakaldo, in the province of Vizcaya, Spain, Rubén Fernández-Aguirre completed his solo piano studies in Vitoria with Albert Nieto before specialising in opera coaching and piano accompaniment in Vienna with David Lutz and in München with Donald Sulzen. He has also received the guidance of Félix Lavilla, Miguel Zanetti and Wolfram Rieger.
A much sought-after recital accompanist, he regularly collaborates with Carlos Álvarez, Ainhoa Arteta, María Bayo, Gabriel Bermúdez, Mariola Cantarero, Elena de la Merced, Andeka Gorrotxategi, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Ismael Jordi, José Antonio López, David Menéndez, María José Montiel, Carmen Romeu, José Luis Sola and Carmen Solís, and he has also worked alongside Celso Albelo, Yolanda Auyanet, Josep Bros, Measha Brueggergosman, Mariella Devia, Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, Carol García, Eglise Gutiérrez, Montserrat Martí, Isabel Rey, Christopher Robertson, Ofelia Sala, Ana María Sánchez, Leontina Vaduva and José Manuel Zapata. In these partnerships, he has performed at most of the Spanish festivals and theatres, as well as the major music centres around the world, including Vienna's Musikverein, La Monnaie in Brussels, the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, New York's Avery Fisher Hall and Carnegie Hall, Montevideo's Teatro Solís, and concert halls in Paris, Lyon, Bremen, Graz, Budapest, Damasco, Argel, Mexico City and Buenos Aires.
Rubén has accompanied Masterclasses given by Teresa Berganza, Renata Scotto, Jaume Aragall, Ileana Cotrubas, Simon Estes, Bruno de Simone, Emilio Sagi and Ana Luisa Chova, and was an official pianist at Plácido Domingo's "Operalia 2006". He has worked as a repetiteur at Valencia's Palau de la Música, Madrid's Teatro Real and Sevilla's Teatro de la Maestranza and as a vocal coach, he runs his own Masterclasses hosted by "Cursos de Verano Isaac Albéniz" (Girona), "Festival Manuel de Falla" (Granada), "Quincena Musical Donostiarra" (San Sebastián) and the University of the Basque Country.
His discography most notably includes the complete songs of Antón García Abril (Bolamar Music), "Canciones en la Alhambra" with soprano Mariola Cantarero and "Carlos Álvarez Live in La Monnaiae" (Ibs Classical Gold) and "Ensueños" with mezzo Nancy Fabiola Herrera (AIM Records).
In 2010 he receivedthe Ópera Actual award "for his dedication to and the rising recognition of his accomplishment in thefield of the lyric art".
