Luis
delgado
El
polifacético músico Luis Delgado nació en Madrid en
1956. A los 14 años dio su primer concierto con la Orquesta de
Laúdes Gaspar Sanz, con cuyo director, D. Manuel Grandío realizó
sus estudios musicales fundamentales. También ha realizado cursos de
música hindú, iraní y andalusí, así como de percusión africana.
En su
carrera musical que abarca varias ramas —compositor, intérprete,
productor, coleccionista de instrumentos originales...—, Luis
Delgado ha pertenecido a formaciones musicales de diversos
estilos: Imán, de rock andaluz; Atrium Musicae, de música antigua;
el grupo de música medieval de Eduardo Paniagua, del grupo hispano
marroquí Ibn-Baya; el quinteto de música arábigo andaluza Calamus;
Finis Africae, de fusión étnica; La Musgaña, de música
tradicional, etc. Ha realizado giras por Europa, Estados Unidos,
Canadá, Norte de África, Turquía, Egipto, Líbano...
Actualmente
compagina su trabajo como solista con la co-dirección, junto a
Cesar Carazo, del "Quarteto Medieval de Urueña", con su
colaboración en el grupo Occitano de música medieval "Le Tre
Fontane" y como solista en directo con Amancio Prada. También
es asesor musical y compositor del Planetario de Madrid desde su
inauguración hasta la fecha.
Ha sido
productor con María del Mar Bonet, Nuestro Pequeño Mundo, Luis
Paniagua, Emilio Cao y muchos otros. En 1985 fundó una productora de
nuevas músicas, "El Cometa de Madrid", que ha editado una
docena de discos y ha obtenido un galardón del Ministerio de
Cultura.
Ha
compuesto y producido varias bandas sonoras para programas de
televisión, entre las que sobresale la de Alquibla, serie sobre
el mundo árabe con guión de Juan Goytisolo y dirección de Rafael
Carratalá. Igualmente, ha creado obras para ballet, como "Arrayan
Daraxa" y "Jaleos", ambas para Víctor Ullate, y para
teatro, como "Lope de Aguirre, traidor" y "Entremeses
de Cervantes", dirigidas por José Luis Gómez, y "Divinas
Palabras" de Valle Inclán y "Un Enemigo del Pueblo"
de Ibsen, dirigidas por Gerardo Vera para el Centro Dramático
Nacional.
Luis
Delgado, miembro honorario del Grand Ole Opry —máxima entidad de
la música tradicional americana— y presidente de la Asociación
Ibérica de la Zanfona, ha publicado siete discos en solitario antes
de El sueño de Al-Zaqqâq, y 20 como miembro de diversos
grupos, y ha colaborado en más de cien grabaciones.
El sueño
de Al-Zaqqâq es sin duda una obra maestra. La crítica ha sido
unánime en su valoración, y Todas las Novedades, rigurosa revista
de información discográfica, la ha calificado como el mejor CD de
música étnica de 1997.
En el
2000 Luís Delgado lanza junto a Nubenegra otro gran
proyecto, El hechizo de Babilonia. Esta vez es la poesía
femenina de Al-Andalus, producida en la que es hoy territorio
español, en los siglos XI y XII la protagonista. Este último album
cuenta con la participación de tres voces femeninas excepcionales
-María del Mar Bonet, Mariem Hassan y Herminia Hugenel- de
procedencia muy diversa pero perfectamente integradas en esta
aventura junto a grandes músicos como Hossan Ramzy, uno de los
grandes de la percusión árabe, Jaime Muñoz, más sutil que
nunca con los vientos, y Serghini el Arabí, contrapunto
perfecto a las voces femeninas. Una joya que el año 2000 obtuvo el
galardón de "Mejor disco de nuevas músicas"que la
SGAE y AIE otorgaron en la 5ª edición de los premios de la música.
Más información en musicasdelmundo.org El reino de los
cielos, de Riddley Scott, incluye en su banda sonora Balansiya y
Epitafio dos creaciones de Luis Delgado, más en: musicasdelmundo.org
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English
Luis Delgado was born on 7/16/1956
in the quarter Chamberi in Madrid. At the age of fourteen he did his
first concert with the orchestra of Laúdes, "Gaspar Sanz",
whose director, D. Manuel Grandío, taught him most of what he knows
about music. Luis also took classes in Hindu, Iranian and Andalusian
music, as well as in African percussion.
The musical spectrum of the Spanish
multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer ranges from Ambient to
different kinds of traditional and ethnic music, and even includes
medieval and ancient music. Luis Delgado has worked with
all kinds of groups, like "Iman" (Andalusian rock), "Atrium
Musicae" (antique music), "Babia" (east-west-fusion),
"Finis Africae" (ethnic fusion), "Cálamus"
(Spanish medieval music), "La Musgaña" (traditional
music), Spanish-Moroccan group "Ibn Baya" etc.
In the last years he has been touring in Europe, USA, Canada, North-Africa, Turkey, Egypt, Lebanon and many more countries.
In the last years he has been touring in Europe, USA, Canada, North-Africa, Turkey, Egypt, Lebanon and many more countries.
As a producer he has worked among
others with Amancio Prada, Joaquín Díaz, María del Mar Bonet,
Nuestro Pequeño Mundo, Luis Paniagua, Emilio Cao and has
collaborated in recordings of "Alfonso X El Sabio", Pablo
Guerrero, Oscorri, Vainica Doble, Kepa Kunkera etc.
Apart from his work as an interpreter
and composer, at the moment he forms part of the "Quarteto
Medieval de Urueña", works with the French ensemble of medieval
music "Le Tre Fontane", the trio of Andalusian music "Riyad
al-Hubb" and Joaquín Saura's "Academia de Música
Leonardina".
The most important prices he has been
offered are the titulation of honorary member of the "Grand Ole
Opry", highest entity of traditional American music, "Premio
de la Música" and "Premio Trovador", both in 2001.
Luis Delgado is also working as a
composer and musical adviser for the "Planetario de Madrid"
and has been working for the Planetariums of New York, Pamplona,
Cuenca, La Coruña and San Sebastián.
In 1985 he founded a production company
for new kinds of music, "El Cometa de Madrid", which
released various albums and won a price for fostering new Spanish
authors, offered by the Ministry of Education.
Luis Delgado has composed and
produced various soundtracks for television programs. Outstanding is
the soundtrack of Alquibla, a serial about the Arabian world,
written by Juan Goytisolo and directed by Victoria Prego. Besides he
has created the music for the documentary "Al-Andalus" for
the exhibition the Metropolitan Museum of New York did in the
Alhambra, the documentary serial for Spanish Television (TVE) "Un
Mundo Sin Fronteras" (a world without frontiers) about the work
of the NGO and, in cooperation with José María Silva, the dramatic
serial "Don Juan Tenorio", directed by José Luis García
Berlanga.
Among the pieces he composed for ballet
there are three important ones, all for Victor Ullate, which are
"Arrayan Daraxa" performed as the final act of the Expo ´92
before the Majesties of Spain, "Jaleos", performed for the
first time in the City Center of New York and "Seguiriya",
first performed in the Liceo in Barcelona.
Some of his outstanding works for
theatre are "Lope de Aguirre, traidor", written by José S.
Sinisterra; "El retablo de la Avaricia, la Lujuria y la Muerte"
by Valle Inclán; "Los Entremeses" written by Cervantes and
directed by José Luis Gómez. For the "Teatro de la Abadía"
in Madrid he has composed the music for "El Señor Puntila y su
Criado Matti", written by Bertold Brecht and directed by Rosario
Ruiz, and for the "Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico"
he composed the music for "El caballero de Olmedo" by Lope
de Vega, directed by José Pascual.
Luis Delgado has published 20 solo
albums and 29 albums as a member of various groups, produced more
than 40 works and participated in more than 100 recordings.
In 1997 he started to work with
Arabic-Andalusian poetry of the Spanish middle Ages. He dedicated the
first album of that series to the work of Al-Zaqqâq, who inspired
him to compose twelve themes, five vocal and seven instrumental
pieces. More than a recreation of Andalusian music it is a personal
work, settled in the extremely rich legacy of the Arabian culture
left for the Spanish peninsula. The critics were unanimous in their
appreciation of El sueño de Al-Zaqqâq. In 1997 "Todas las
Novedades" named the album to be the best album of ethnic music.
In the year 2000 Luis
Delgado started to occupy himself with Andalusian female poetry
of the 11th and 12th century. In El hechizo de Babilonia three
exceptional female voices take part - María del Mar
Bonet, Mariem Hassan and Herminia Hugenel - all
of diverse origins but perfectly integrated in this adventure shared
with great musicians like Hossam Ramzy, one of the best in
Arabic percussion, Jaime Muñoz on flutes and Serghini
el Arabí, perfect counterpart to the feminine voices.
The album is a jewel that in the same year won the price "Mejor disco de nuevas músicas" (Best album of new music), offered by the SGAE and AIE.
The album is a jewel that in the same year won the price "Mejor disco de nuevas músicas" (Best album of new music), offered by the SGAE and AIE.
The trilogy is completed with Tánger,
which was recorded during a concert in the antique synagogue Ets Haim
(The tree of life), which now is the residence of the Foundation
Lorin. New compositions as well as extracts of Luis Delgado's former
works, recorded this time only using acoustic instruments, form an
intense and truly beautiful album. The participating musicians
are: Luis Delgado (santur, Andalusian oud), El Arabi
Serghini Mohammed (voice, viola), Jaime Muñoz (kaval,
bamboo-flutes, clarinet) - those three musicians have participated in
all three albums - Akrin Larbi (oriental oud), Jamal
Ben Allal (violin), David Mayoral (darbucas and other
percussions), and Cuco Pérez (accordion).
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