Las NANAS según LORCA. Conferencia cantada

Lorca describes this first encounter between the infant and literature in a form that is both beautiful and chilling, and draws attention to the deep and permanent impression this makes on the child’s heart.

An actor playing the role of lecturer paces the stage, scattering pages of notes like wounded birds, as he savours the words sketched out by Federico. The actor plays with origami figures, suggestive elements that call to mind the miniature puppet theatre that so delighted Lorca.

At the same time Elena Aranoa, accompanied by a guitar and some simple forms of percussion that she plays herself, softly sings the lullabies, originating from various parts of Spain, that Lorca refers to in his Lecture. Her powerful voice carries the emotion of the melody and rhythm of the lullabies to the ears of the audience.   

BIOGRAPHY:

Elena Aranoa
Musician
Elena Aranoa was born in Zarautz in 1964 and studied piano, harmony and composition at
the Conservatorio Superior de San Sebastián, completing her studies in piano at the
Conservatorio de Logroño.
Elena’s music is a fusion of classical music, zortziko (Basque dance rhythms) and songs
from her native Euskadi, together with la nova cançó (from Catalunya), la nueva trova
(from Cuba), bossa (from Brazil), rock, the singer-songwriter genre, jazz and son cubano.
In 2019, as a solo vocalist, she released her album Autoras, a homage to the creative work
of women composers.
Towards the end of 2020, Elena released Nanas para Federico, a double album collection
of the lullabies that Federico García Lorca discusses in his lecture, which also feature in
today’s lecture.
Her latest album is Tú me quieres blanca, in which she has set to music the poems of
women poets of the “Generation of ’27”, together with a number of Latin American
women poets.
As a composer, pianist and vocalist she is a member of several music groups and works
with theatre companies to create music fora number of different stage shows.
(www.elenaaranoa.com)

Jorge Padín
Actor, Director and Educator
Education
Jorge Padín completed advanced theatre studies at the Teatro de La Abadía, as part of
their first intake of students. He embarked on his personal explorations in 1994 with his
own theatre company, Ultramarinos de Lucas, creating his own plays for adult and young
audiences. The company was awarded the Castilla La Mancha Medal of Cultural Merit in
2022 and the National Prize for Performing Arts for Children and Young Adults in 2015. He
has written and directed more than twenty plays, which have been performed in Spain
and abroad, receiving a number of prizes.
As a multi-faceted artist his work in the theatre encompasses a wide artistic panorama,
with plays for children, dance compositions, cabaret shows and also classical works,
notably those of Shakespeare, Beckett and Lorca, among others.
Currently, he also gives lectures and talks on the international circuit, at Universities and
other forums, on writing for the stage, interpretation and directing, and he combines
theatre workshops with his activity as an actor and director in Ultramarinos de Lucas.
(www.ultramarinosdelucas.com).

SINOPSIS

BIOGRAFIA

Elena Aranoa
Música

Elena Aranoa nace en Zarautz en 1964 y cursa estudios de piano, armonía y composición en el Conservatorio superior de San Sebastián, finalizando sus estudios de piano en el Conservatorio de Logroño.
En Elena se mezclan la música clásica, el zortziko y los cantos de su tierra, Euskadi, con la nova cançó, la nueva trova cubana, la bossa, el rock o la canción de autor, el jazz y el son cubano.
Como cantante solista publica en 2019 el disco Autoras, un homenaje a la labor creadora de mujeres compositoras.
A finales de 2020, Elena publica Nanas para Federico, álbum doble en el que se recogen las nanas sobre las que habla Federico García Lorca en su conferencia y la propia conferencia.
Su último álbum es Tú me quieres blanca, en el que ha musicalizado poemas de mujeres poetas de la generación del 27, además de varias poetas iberoamericanas.
Como compositora, pianista y cantante es miembro de varias formaciones musicales y trabaja con compañías de teatro creando música para diferentes espectáculos.
(www.elenaaranoa.com)

Jorge Padín
Actor, Director y Formador

Formación
Jorge Padín recibió su formación teatral avanzada en el Teatro de La Abadía, de cuya primera promoción formó parte. Inició una investigación personal en 1994 con su propia Compañía de teatro, Ultramarinos de Lucas, elaborando obras de creación propia para público infantil y adulto. Esta Compañía recibió la Medalla al Mérito Cultural de Castilla La Mancha 2022; y el Premio Nacional de Artes Escénicas para la Infancia y la Juventud, 2015.
Ha escrito y dirigido más de una veintena de obras de teatro, que se han representado internacionalmente y han recibido diversos premios.
Como artista polifacético, su trabajo teatral abarca un gran panorama artístico con obras para la infancia, piezas de danza, espectáculos de cabaret, y también textos clásicos, entre los que destacan Shakespeare, Beckett o Lorca entre otros.
Actualmente, también imparte conferencias y charlas de ámbito internacional sobre escritura dramática, interpretación y dirección en universidades y otros foros, y combina los talleres de teatro con su actividad como actor y director en Ultramarinos de Lucas.
(www.ultramarinosdelucas.com).

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