Chigaday Explained

Chigaday is an orchestral piece of classical music by the Spanish composer and pianist Gustavo Díaz-Jerez. Chigaday refers to a rocky formation in the Canary Island of La Gomera where, according to writer and historian Benito Pérez Armas, in 1488 during the Spanish conquest of the Canary Islands, the last islanders who resisted decided to kill themselves before surrendering to the enemy troops.^[1] Together with Ymarxa, Ayssuragan, Aranfaybo, Azaenegue, Erbane and Guanapay, Chigaday is part of Maghek, a cycle of seven orchestral works inspired in different places of each of the Canary Islands. Chigaday was commissioned by the Fundación Autor and the AEOS (Spanish Association of Symphonic Orchestras)^[2] ^[3] and given its first performance on June 3, 2016, at the Auditorio de Tenerife by the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife under maestro Perry So.^[4] ^[5] It was very well received by audience and critics alike.^[6] ^[7] ^[8] Chigaday is a one-movement work lasting about 20 minutes, merging elements from spectralism and algorithmic procedures.

External links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeBY4E8dWXQ

Notes and References

News: La Leyenda De La Baja Del Secreto, De Benito Pérez Armas.
News: Concedidas las Ayudas a la Composición SGAE-AEOS. 2016-06-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20160809025056/http://www.scherzo.es/content/concedidas-las-ayudas-la-composici%C3%B3n-sgae-aeos-0. 2016-08-09. dead.
News: Díaz-Jerez consigue una ayuda de la SGAE para crear una obra sinfónica.
News: La Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife estrena 'Chigaday', una obra del compositor tinerfeño Gustavo Díaz-Jerez.
News: La Orquesta Sinfónica estrena la obra del tinerfeño Gustavo Díaz-Jerez, "Chigaday".
News: El Auditorio se rinde a la excelencia de Abe. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160605095822/http://eldia.es/cultura/2016-06-04/18-Auditorio-rinde-excelencia-Abe.htm. 2016-06-05.
News: Apertura arrolladora del Festival de música contemporánea de Tenerife.
News: Viaje al universo musical de Díaz-Jerez. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160608132321/http://eldia.es/cultura/2016-06-07/8-Viaje-universo-musical-Diaz-Jerez.htm. 2016-06-08.