REFLECTIONS ON MACONDO
In Brief
One Hundred Years of Solitude revisited
This unprecedented expo-concert invites audiences to revisit the most famous novel by Nobel Prize laureate author Gabriel García Márquez in an intimate atmosphere through an artistic encounter born from the fusion of words, music and images. Colombian photographer Óscar Perfer makes an introspection of the masterpiece through these timeless characters from an artistic vision and in line with his peculiar aesthetic of portraits. During a recital performed by the pianist María José de Bustos, the public can experience a visual and musical immersion offering a dreamlike proposal within this universe of magical realism.
Programme:
Claude Debussy: Claire de lune, L. 75, No. 3
Franz Schubert: Ungarische Melodie in B minor, D. 817
José de Larrañaga: Sonata de quinto tono
Frédéric Chopin: Prelude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4
Jean Sibelius: Etude in A minor, Op. 76, No. 2
Johannes Brahms: Rhapsody No. 1 in B minor, Op. 79, No. 1
Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Jouaqín Turina: 5 Danzas gitanas – Zambra, Op. 55, No. 1
Bartók Béla: Allegro barbaro, Sz. 49, BB 63
Erik Satie: Gnossienne No. 3
Federico Mompou: Canción y danza No. 6
Claude Debussy: Estampes – Jardins sous la pluie
Programme:
Claude Debussy: Claire de lune, L. 75, No. 3
Franz Schubert: Ungarische Melodie in B minor, D. 817
José de Larrañaga: Sonata de quinto tono
Frédéric Chopin: Prelude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4
Jean Sibelius: Etude in A minor, Op. 76, No. 2
Johannes Brahms: Rhapsody No. 1 in B minor, Op. 79, No. 1
Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Jouaqín Turina: 5 Danzas gitanas – Zambra, Op. 55, No. 1
Bartók Béla: Allegro barbaro, Sz. 49, BB 63
Erik Satie: Gnossienne No. 3
Federico Mompou: Canción y danza No. 6
Claude Debussy: Estampes – Jardins sous la pluie
Synopsis
Cien años de Soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitude), by Gabriel García Márquez (1917–2024, a Nobel Prize winner in Literature was written in Mexico City between 1965 and 1966, and today it is considered a masterpiece of Latin American and universal literature. It is the second most read work in Spanish in the world, only surpassed by Don Quixote, translated into 35 languages and with an approximate sale of 30 million copies to date.
Colombian photographer Óscar Perfer makes an introspection of the masterpiece through these timeless characters, with contemporary phenotypes, from an artistic vision and in line with his peculiar aesthetic of portraits framed in his pictorial lighting technique, where the viewer feels observed through their hypnotic looks, giving the possibility to dive into the Macondian world. Perfer exalts this literary heritage in motion, through this expo-concert called Reflejos de Macondo, offering a dreamlike proposal within this universe of magical realism in its portraits, an intimate and unconventional experience, bringing the public closer to a visual and musical immersion.
The audience can discover each of the photographs with the characters that Perfer has captured from his perspective during a recital featuring atmospheric works by Debussy, Satie, Bartók, Schubert, and Spanish composers performed by the pianist María José de Bustos, each of the photographs with the characters that he has captured from his perspective. The unique layout of the auditorium with reduced capacity ensures an intimate space where viewers can immerse in this artistic encounter born from the fusion of words, music and images, and the thoughtful staging becomes a discovery of the titular “solitude” with great aesthetic, visual and sound potential.