Aarón Zapico
Aarón Zapico
Conductor
Aarón Zapico is managed worldwide by Rozemarijn Tiben.
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Haydn/Sánchez-Verdú: Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze. Festival de Granada. Academia Barroca del Festival de Granada. July 2024
“Aarón Zapico, along with the narrator Enrique Árbol, gave a reading with a daring version by alternating Haydn’s original with Sánchez-Verdú’s studies, not always in the expected order of original and recreation. However, they always left the element of surprise in the sounds that the Cádiz composer draws out as a skilled orchestrator from an orchestra that performed with full dedication and quality to the mastery of the Asturian conductor. This conductor, capable of seamlessly blending two works into one with total naturalness, careful attention to contrasts, and a handling of dynamics where silence is as important as sound, took advantage of the reverberation of the monastic church to leave us with “Aaron Zapico’s final words in Granada,” which are part of the festival’s own history.”
Domenico Scarlatti’s La Silva, Forma Antiqva at the Auditorio Nacional Madrid. April 2024.
“The selection of invariably beautiful and varied instrumental fragments—sometimes a single movement, other times a complete short work—proved very apt for blending the arias without distracting attention. The eleven excellent musicians on stage naturally supported this. And, above all, by Aarón Zapico’s effective, dynamic, and incredibly communicative direction, attentive to every detail and building a solid musical structure.”
La Liberazione di Ruggiero by Francesca Caccini, Teatros del Canal/Teatro Real, June 2024.
“In the instrumental part, all the members of Forma Antiqva proved to be an absolute delight of vitality, style, passion, and constant, hard work, resulting in a fluid, vibrant, and colorful foundation on which the vocal soloists, always comfortable and supported, could perform their roles with ease. This was largely thanks to the splendid musical direction that Aarón Zapico provided from the harpsichord, as he was an active leader at all times, always attentive to every detail, to every recitative—of which there are countless—but allowing the freedom that the soloists needed for the music to feel organic, while also maintaining a consistently stable and infectious beat that the entire orchestra executed in an exemplary manner. [...] The soloists of the Madrid Symphony Orchestra adapted at all times to the style set by Aarón Zapico, creating a beautiful symbiosis between modern and period instruments.”
Los Elementos by Literes, Forma Antiqva at the Palau de la Música Valencia, April 2024.
“Aarón Zapico, one of the major names in the realm of Spanish early music and also one of its great “rescuers,” conducted with ease, lightness, and stylistic sense the three episodes of the opera—Night, Dawn’s Beginning, Arrival of the Sun. He provided unity and cohesion to the balance between voices and the few but effective instrumental means: two violins, cello, double bass, baroque guitar, and the harpsichord itself. The mere 75 minutes flew by in the blink of an eye, despite an apocryphal and insubstantial libretto and the lack of staging in a work that is more of a “scenic cantata” than an opera. Such is the appeal of the luminous creation by one of the key figures in great Spanish music.”
Granada International Music and Dance Festival, June 2023
“The performance was magnificent: the OCG plays Falla as naturally as breathing, and Zapico knew how to serve the music to the scene with precision, intelligence, and elegance; it was of great beauty and lyrical suspension, without fear of a slow tempo (...)”
“Thursday evening was simply historic: superb in both musical and emotional aspects. Baroque music, perfectly conducted by the enormous Aarón Zapico, with an orchestra that sounded uniquely exquisite. The orchestra and the conductor’s gesture were one, making it easier to convey the greatness of the excellent chosen repertoire.”